Motor České Budějovice and HC Dukla Jihlava have won this season of the league, HC Dukla Jihlava succeeded in the Extraliga qualification.
They have been replaced by HC Karlovy Vary, who have been demoted from the Czech Extraliga.
The teams that finish 7th through 10th play a play-in series (best-of-five) to determine who will join the top six into the playoff quarter-finals (best-of-seven).
HC Karlovy Vary failed to qualify for the 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season.
Motor České Budějovice failed to qualify for the 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season.