The Round of 16 of the Champions Hockey League begins today, and the Czech representatives Kometa Brno and Sparta Prague are right in the middle of it. Sparta Prague travel to Zug in Switzerland, while Kometa Brno meet Luleå Hockey in Sweden.
Sparta Prague travel to Switzerland as one of the most in-form teams of the Champions Hockey League. In the Round of 16, the Prague side aim to make a strong statement in the first leg against EV Zug. Kometa Brno face SHL champions Luleå Hockey; both teams finished the regular season just behind one another.
Sparta Prague start in Switzerland
On Wednesday, the first encounter between HC Sparta Prague and EV Zug in the Round of 16 of the Champions Hockey League will take place in Zug. Although Sparta Prague are playing their seventh season on Europe’s biggest club ice hockey stage, and EV Zug are appearing for the ninth time under the CHL banner, this is the first ever meeting between these two established European clubs in the competition.
Sparta travel to Switzerland as one of the most in-form teams in the CHL. The Czechs finished fourth in the group stage with five wins from six games and concluded the campaign with a convincing 4–0 home victory over Grenoble. Balanced and disciplined, Sparta showed solid defensive form, conceding only nine goals in six matches – one of the best defensive records in the tournament – while remaining dangerous in attack.
Kometa Brno begin their campaign in Sweden
Czech Extraliga champions HC Kometa Brno face SHL title holders Luleå Hockey this evening in the first knockout round of the 2025/26 Champions Hockey League Play-offs. As both teams finished the regular season close behind one another, this Round of 16 clash promises to be particularly evenly matched.
Both sides delivered solid performances in the regular season, achieving identical 3–3 records with a 50% win rate, setting the stage for a very balanced and exciting two-leg series.
With today’s start of the play-offs, the hot phase of this year’s CHL season begins. The first three play-off rounds are played over two legs. The season concludes with the final on 3 March 2026.
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