1979–80 1. Česká národní hokejová liga season

The 1979-80 1. Česká národní hokejová liga was the 11th season of the 1. Česká národní hokejová liga, the second-level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia, alongside the 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga.

Regular season

Group A

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	TJ Slovan NV Ústí nad Labem	44	32	2	10	223	109	66
2.	TJ VTŽ Chomutov	44	27	5	12	177	131	59
3.	ASD Dukla Jihlava B	44	26	5	13	195	132	57
4.	TJ Stadion PS Liberec	44	21	7	16	190	147	49
5.	TJ Baník Sokolov	44	20	5	19	149	159	45
6.	TJ Slavia IPS Praha	44	19	6	19	188	161	44
7.	TJ ZVVZ Milevsko	44	19	3	22	161	165	41
8.	VTJ Litoměřice	44	18	5	21	156	174	41
9.	TJ Šumavan Vimperk	44	16	8	20	148	192	40
10.	TJ Autoškoda Mladá Boleslav	44	16	5	23	152	165	37
11.	TJ Baník Příbram	44	11	4	29	127	211	26
12.	TJ Spolana Neratovice	44	9	5	30	111	231	23

Group B

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	TJ Gottwaldov	44	34	4	6	232	118	72
2.	TJ Slezan STS Opava	44	27	4	13	193	132	58
3.	TJ Ingstav Brno	44	25	5	14	194	113	55
4.	TJ DS Olomouc	44	24	7	13	190	147	55
5.	TJ Lokomotiva Meochema Přerov	44	18	7	19	157	140	43
6.	TJ Stadion Hradec Králové	44	17	6	21	142	148	40
7.	TJ Kolín	44	18	4	22	140	170	40
8.	VTJ VVŠ PV Vyškov	44	17	5	22	160	185	39
9.	TJ Žďas Žďár nad Sázavou	44	18	2	24	140	193	38
10.	TJ Baník ČSA Karviná	44	17	3	24	163	179	37
11.	TJ Tatra Kopřivnice	44	14	6	24	131	176	34
12.	TJ TŽ VŘSR Třinec	44	6	5	33	109	250	17

Final

TJ Slovan NV Ústí nad Labem - TJ Gottwaldov 0:2 (0:2, 3:7)

1. CNHL Qualification

Group A

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	VTJ Pribram	6	5	1	0	41	8	11
2.	I. CLTK Praha	6	4	0	2	32	29	8
3.	Slovan Louny	6	1	1	4	19	29	3
4.	PS Karlovy Vary	6	1	0	5	13	39	2

Group B

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Jitex Pisek	6	3	1	2	24	19	7
2.	Havlickuv Brod	6	3	0	3	18	21	6
3.	Stadion Sumperk	6	2	1	3	17	21	5
4.	Prostejov	6	2	0	4	16	24	4

The Prostejov-Sumperk match (4-3 initially) became a 0-5 forfeit. Prostejov, Sumperk, and Havlickuv Brod all used unauthorized players, so only one team was promoted from the group.

Second-level Czechoslovak seasons

Czechoslovak 2. Liga seasons (1953-1969) 1953–54 - 1954–55 - 1955–56 - 1956–57 - 1957–58 - 1958–59 - 1959–60 - 1960–61 - 1961–62 - 1962–63 - 1963–64 - 1964–65 - 1965–66 - 1966–67 - 1967–68 - 1968–69 1. Česká národní hokejová liga seasons (1969-1993) 1969–70 - 1970–71 - 1971–72 - 1972–73 - 1973–74 - 1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79 - 1979–80 - 1980–81 - 1981–82 - 1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89 - 1989–90 - 1990–91 - 1991–92 - 1992–93 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga seasons (1969-1993) 1969–70 - 1970–71 - 1971–72 - 1972–73 - 1973–74 - 1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79 - 1979–80 - 1980–81 - 1981–82 - 1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89 - 1989–90 - 1990–91 - 1991–92 - 1992–93