Founded in 1985, it was known as the 1. liga ženského hokeje from 1989 until 2017, at which time the league came under the oversight of the Czech Ice Hockey Association and the current name was adopted.

First contested in 1985, the inaugural champion of the Turnaj v Klatovech was TJ Kovo Praha from Prague.

Ahead of the 1989–90 season, the league was named the 1. liga ženského hokeje (lit.

Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the 1. liga became the highest level of women's ice hockey in the Czech Republic.

During the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, the number of teams in the Čechy conference led it to be further subdivided into skupina A (sk.

[3][4] A new division system was implemented in 2012 that introduced a national elite level, called the 1. liga - TOP divize.

[5] The 1. liga was organized and operated by the Association of Women's Hockey League Clubs (Asociace Ligových Klubů Ženského Hokej, ALKŽH) during the 2010s until the league came under the oversight of the Czech Ice Hockey Association in 2017.

Top women's ice hockey competition/league in Czechoslovakia Top women's ice hockey league in the Czech Republic Sources: [6][7] HC Berounské Lvice qualified for the 2024–25 Extraliga žen season and the club continues to hold league rights but the team opted to instead participate in the 2024–25 season of the second-tier league, the 1. liga žen.

[8][9] Sources: [6][12][13][7][14][15][16] All-time regular season records of the Women's Extraliga since the league came under the oversight of the Czech Ice Hockey Association in 2017.