Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format.
After the resignation of Košice, runner-up of the previous season, to continue playing in the league, Lučenec, champion of the 1.Liga, replaced them.
[1] Also, VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava resigned to the league thus reducing the number of teams to nine.
Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.
Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.