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The Czech Stiga Game association has been organizing the Czech Open tournament every year since 2003.

Out of twenty years, five Czech players managed to win the Czech Open six times. Lukáš Turoň was able to repeat his triumph eight years later. Finnish player Ahti Lampi won the Czech Open three times.

In 2010 in Liberec and in 2014 in Letovice, 145 and 146 players gathered, respectively. The first WC club tournament was held in 1996 in Pilsen.

It is one of the biggest tournaments in the World League with regular participation of at least 100 players. 

In 2024, the Czech Open became the largest tournament in the world with 163 players in the last 5 years, thanks to the merger with the World Club Championships, and the largest tournament since the first Stig Hockey tournament in the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia).

This year, the tournament will return to Prague on Saturday 18 April 2025.

Come and enjoy your favourite sport in the picturesque Czech capital.

The tournament will be played according to the official international game rules and ITHF Tournament rules.

Tournament playing system 2026: 

• 8 preliminary groups
• The top 8 players advance to the A final.
• Odd-numbered groups will be merged together, and even-numbered groups will also be merged together.
• Players placed 9th–11th will play in the B final, 12th–14th in the C final, 15th–16th in the D final, and 17th–18th in the E final.
• Groups B and C will have 24 players (results are carried over), while groups D and E will have 16 players (results are not carried over).
• There will be 2 A final groups, each with 32 players, and results from the preliminary groups will be carried over.
• From each A final group, 16 players (32 in total) will advance to the playoffs, played as best-of-7 series (first to 4 wins).
• Playoffs in groups B, C, D, E, and F will be played by 4 players, in best-of-5 series (first to 3 wins).

• Matches will be played on 64 new Stiga Play Off Forsberg hockey table tables with cut goals and original STIGA deflectors.
• Official association pucks will be used in the tournament.

Trophies will be awarded to:

• the top 3 players overall
• the top 3 players in each performance group (B, C, D, E)
• the top 3 female players
• the top 3 players in the age categories U13, U18, 45+, and 55+

Referees:

• Ville Henttonen
• Mikus Saulitis
• Anže Božič
• Amund Risa Fylling (substitute)

LIVE Results:
Two new rules will be used at the tournament for the live results: https://www.stolni-hokej.cz/co/live_results.php

Other information

• For accommodation we recommend the hotel Pyramida.
• Lunch: There are several restaurants near the venue.