The Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Czech Republic. Since 2021, the team has been officially known in English as Czechia.[2] It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States.[3][4] It is governed by the Czech Ice Hockey Association. The Czech Republic has 85,000 male players officially enrolled in organized hockey (0.8% of its population).[5]
The Czech national team was formed following the breakup of Czechoslovakia, as the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic was recognized as the successor to Czechoslovakia and retained in the highest pool (A), while Slovakia was required start international play in pool C. See also Post-Cold War period of the IIHF world championships.[6][7][8][9]
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, the Czechs won a bronze medal, defeating Russia 3–0 (roster) in the bronze medal game. At the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, the Czechs earned silver, falling to Sweden in the final, the only time the Czechs have lost the final game of the tournament. The Czech Republic won the 2010 World Championships in Germany. For the first time in history, the Czech Republic did not qualify for the quarterfinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics and finished in ninth place, their lowest placement in history.[12] However, they won a bronze medal at the 2022 IIHF World Championship later the same year, ending its longest medal drought in IIHF tournaments history, which had lasted since 2012. In 2023, the Czech Republic finished in eighth place at the World Championship, which is the worst placement in history.
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The Czech Republic men s national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Czech Republic Since 2021 the team has been officially known in English as Czechia 2 It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so called Big Six the unofficial group of the six strongest men s ice hockey nations along with Canada Finland Russia Sweden and the United States 3 4 It is governed by the Czech Ice Hockey Association The Czech Republic has 85 000 male players officially enrolled in organized hockey 0 8 of its population 5 Czech RepublicAssociationCzech Ice Hockey AssociationHead coachRadim RulikAssistantsJiri KalousTomas PlekanecMarek ZidlickyCaptainRoman CervenkaMost gamesDavid Vyborny 218 Top scorerMartin Prochazka 61 Most pointsDavid Vyborny 147 Home stadiumO2 ArenaTeam colors IIHF codeCZERankingCurrent IIHF8 2 28 May 2023 1 Highest IIHF2 2006 Lowest IIHF8 2023 First internationalCzech Republic 6 1 Russia Stockholm Sweden 11 February 1993 Biggest winCzech Republic 11 0 Italy Hanover Germany 6 May 2001 Biggest defeatFinland 7 0 Czech Republic Stockholm Sweden 11 February 2012 IIHF World ChampionshipsAppearances31 first in 1993 Best resultGold 1996 1999 2000 2001 2005 2010 World CupAppearances3 first in 1996 Best result3rd 2004 OlympicsAppearances8 first in 1994 MedalsGold 1998 Bronze 2006 International record W L T 416 208 48 Medal record Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Team 2006 Turin Team World Championship 1996 Austria 1999 Norway 2000 Russia 2001 Germany 2005 Austria 2010 Germany 2006 Latvia 1993 Germany 1997 Finland 1998 Switzerland 2011 Slovakia 2012 Finland Sweden 2022 Finland World Cup 2004 Toronto Contents 1 History 2 Tournament record 2 1 Olympic Games 2 2 World Championship 2 3 World Cup of Hockey 2 4 Euro Hockey Tour 3 Team 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Retired numbers 3 3 Coaching history 4 Uniform evolution 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Czech national team was formed following the breakup of Czechoslovakia as the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia The Czech Republic was recognized as the successor to Czechoslovakia and retained in the highest pool A while Slovakia was required start international play in pool C See also Post Cold War period of the IIHF world championships 6 7 8 9 The Czechs won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won three straight gold medals at the world championships from 1999 to 2001 10 11 In the next three years the team did not get a medal at the world championships not even home at the 2004 Men s World Ice Hockey Championships held in Prague and Ostrava thus keeping the world championship home ice curse alive The following year however the Czechs won gold at the 2005 tournament the only world championship where due to the 2004 05 NHL lockout all NHL players were available to participate At the 2006 Winter Olympics the Czechs won a bronze medal defeating Russia 3 0 roster in the bronze medal game At the 2006 Men s World Ice Hockey Championships the Czechs earned silver falling to Sweden in the final the only time the Czechs have lost the final game of the tournament The Czech Republic won the 2010 World Championships in Germany For the first time in history the Czech Republic did not qualify for the quarterfinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics and finished in ninth place their lowest placement in history 12 However they won a bronze medal at the 2022 IIHF World Championship later the same year ending its longest medal drought in IIHF tournaments history which had lasted since 2012 In 2023 the Czech Republic finished in eighth place at the World Championship which is the worst placement in history Tournament record editOlympic Games edit Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1920 1992 As part of nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp 1994 Lillehammer 8 5 0 0 0 3 30 18 Ivan Hlinka Otakar Janecky 5th place match 5th nbsp 1998 Nagano 6 5 0 0 0 1 19 6 Ivan Hlinka Vladimir Ruzicka Champions nbsp nbsp 2002 Salt Lake City 4 1 0 1 0 2 12 8 Josef Augusta Jaromir Jagr Quarter finals 7th nbsp 2006 Turin 8 4 0 0 0 4 23 20 Alois Hadamczik Robert Lang Bronze Medal Game nbsp nbsp 2010 Vancouver 4 2 1 0 2 13 11 Vladimir Ruzicka Patrik Elias Quarter finals 7th nbsp 2014 Sochi 5 2 0 0 3 13 15 Alois Hadamczik Tomas Plekanec Quarter finals 6th nbsp 2018 Pyeongchang 6 2 2 0 2 16 15 Josef Jandac Martin Erat Bronze Medal Game 4th nbsp 2022 Beijing 4 0 2 0 2 11 12 Filip Pesan Roman Cervenka Playoffs 9th nbsp 2026 Milan Cortina To be determined World Championship edit Championship GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1920 1992 As part of nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp 1993 Munich Dortmund 8 6 1 1 0 33 10 Ivan Hlinka Otakar Janecky Bronze Medal Game nbsp nbsp 1994 Bolzano Canazei and Milan 6 1 2 3 17 20 Ivan Hlinka Otakar Janecky Quarter finals 7th nbsp 1995 Stockholm Gavle 8 4 0 4 17 16 Ludek Bukac Jiri Kucera Bronze Medal Game 4th nbsp 1996 Vienna 8 7 1 0 42 15 Ludek Bukac Robert Reichel Champions nbsp nbsp 1997 Helsinki Tampere Turku 9 6 0 3 30 20 Ivan Hlinka Robert Reichel Bronze Medal Game nbsp nbsp 1998 Basel Zurich 9 6 2 1 33 16 Ivan Hlinka Robert Reichel Bronze Medal Game nbsp nbsp 1999 Oslo Hamar Lillehammer 12 9 0 3 46 24 Ivan Hlinka Pavel Patera Champions nbsp nbsp 2000 St Petersburg 9 8 0 0 0 1 41 19 Josef Augusta Robert Reichel Champions nbsp nbsp 2001 Nuremberg Cologne Hanover 9 6 2 1 0 0 37 13 Josef Augusta Robert Reichel Champions nbsp nbsp 2002 Gothenburg Karlstad Jonkoping 7 6 0 0 0 1 31 17 Josef Augusta Jaromir Jagr Quarter finals 5th nbsp 2003 Helsinki Tampere Turku 9 6 0 1 0 2 36 21 Slavomir Lener Robert Reichel Bronze Medal Game 4th nbsp 2004 Prague Ostrava 7 6 0 0 1 0 28 8 Slavomir Lener Martin Straka Quarter finals 5th nbsp 2005 Vienna Innsbruck 9 8 0 0 0 1 25 9 Vladimir Ruzicka David Vyborny Champions nbsp nbsp 2006 Riga 9 4 1 2 0 2 26 24 Alois Hadamczik David Vyborny Final nbsp nbsp 2007 Moscow 7 3 0 1 3 23 19 Alois Hadamczik David Vyborny Quarter finals 7th nbsp 2008 Quebec City Halifax 7 3 1 2 1 29 19 Alois Hadamczik Tomas Kaberle Quarter finals 5th nbsp 2009 Bern Kloten 7 4 0 0 3 26 14 Vladimir Ruzicka Marek Zidlicky Quarter finals 6th nbsp 2010 Cologne Mannheim Gelsenkirchen 9 5 2 0 2 25 16 Vladimir Ruzicka Tomas Rolinek Champions nbsp nbsp 2011 Bratislava Kosice 9 8 0 0 1 36 18 Alois Hadamczik Tomas Rolinek Bronze Medal Game nbsp nbsp nbsp 2012 Helsinki Stockholm 10 6 1 0 3 32 19 Alois Hadamczik Tomas Plekanec Bronze Medal Game nbsp nbsp nbsp 2013 Stockholm Helsinki 8 3 1 0 4 20 14 Alois Hadamczik Jiri Novotny Quarter finals 7th nbsp 2014 Minsk 10 3 2 2 3 24 27 Vladimir Ruzicka Tomas Rolinek Bronze Medal Game 4th nbsp 2015 Prague Ostrava 10 5 1 1 3 32 26 Vladimir Ruzicka Jakub Voracek Bronze Medal Game 4th nbsp 2016 Moscow St Petersburg 8 5 1 2 0 27 12 Vladimir Vujtek Tomas Plekanec Quarter finals 5th nbsp nbsp 2017 Paris Cologne 8 3 2 0 3 23 17 Josef Jandac Jakub Voracek Quarter finals 7th nbsp 2018 Copenhagen Herning 8 3 3 0 2 29 18 Josef Jandac Roman Cervenka Quarter finals 7th nbsp 2019 Bratislava Kosice 10 7 0 1 2 47 23 Milos Riha Jakub Voracek Bronze Medal Game 4th 2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 13 nbsp 2021 Riga 8 3 2 0 3 27 19 Filip Pesan Jan Kovar Quarter finals 7th nbsp 2022 Helsinki Tampere 10 6 0 1 3 32 24 nbsp Kari Jalonen Roman Cervenka Bronze Medal Game nbsp nbsp nbsp 2023 Tampere Riga 8 4 0 1 3 22 19 nbsp Kari Jalonen Roman Cervenka Quarter finals 8th nbsp 2024 Prague Ostrava Radim Rulik Roman Cervenka World Cup of Hockey edit Year GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1996 3 0 0 3 4 17 Ludek Bukac Jaromir Jagr Round 1 8th 2004 5 2 0 0 1 2 19 15 Vladimir Ruzicka Robert Reichel Semi finals nbsp 2016 3 1 0 1 1 6 12 Josef Jandac Tomas Plekanec Group stage 6th Euro Hockey Tour edit Year GP W OW T OL L GF GA Rank 1996 97 9 0 2 7 15 36 4th 1997 98 12 7 2 3 47 29 nbsp 1998 99 12 3 5 4 28 27 nbsp 1999 00 12 7 1 4 31 20 nbsp 2000 01 12 3 1 3 5 27 29 4th 2001 02 12 3 2 1 6 34 36 4th 2002 03 12 4 1 3 4 33 33 nbsp 2003 04 12 2 4 3 3 24 28 nbsp 2004 05 11 2 2 1 3 3 28 33 4th 2005 06 13 1 1 2 9 29 46 4th 2006 07 14 2 2 2 8 33 42 nbsp 2007 08 12 4 1 1 6 33 44 nbsp 2008 09 12 3 1 2 6 36 43 4th 2009 10 12 3 2 3 1 3 31 27 4th 2010 11 12 3 1 1 7 27 39 4th 2011 12 12 5 2 1 4 31 29 nbsp 2012 13 12 6 0 0 6 16 24 nbsp 2013 14 12 4 1 1 6 16 31 nbsp 2014 15 12 4 1 2 5 33 31 nbsp 2015 16 12 4 2 0 6 32 37 nbsp 2016 17 12 6 0 1 5 43 39 nbsp 2017 18 12 6 1 0 5 32 31 nbsp 2018 19 12 4 1 0 7 30 34 4th 2019 20 9 3 3 1 2 25 19 nbsp 2020 21 12 5 1 2 4 30 29 nbsp 2021 22 12 5 0 2 5 33 32 nbsp 2022 23 12 4 2 2 4 26 33 nbsp 2023 24 nbsp Team editCurrent roster edit Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship 14 15 Head coach Radim Rulik No Pos Name Height Weight Birthdate Team 1 G Lukas Dostal 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 72 kg 159 lb 2000 06 22 22 June 2000 age 23 nbsp Anaheim Ducks 3 D Radko Gudas A 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 94 kg 207 lb 1990 06 05 5 June 1990 age 33 nbsp Anaheim Ducks 6 D Michal Kempny 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 89 kg 196 lb 1990 09 08 8 September 1990 age 33 nbsp Sparta Praha 7 D David Spacek 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 86 kg 190 lb 2003 02 18 18 February 2003 age 21 nbsp Iowa Wild 8 F Ondrej Beranek 1 84 m 6 ft 0 in 90 kg 200 lb 1995 12 21 21 December 1995 age 28 nbsp Karlovy Vary 10 F Roman Cervenka C 1 82 m 6 ft 0 in 89 kg 196 lb 1985 12 10 10 December 1985 age 38 nbsp Rapperswil Jona Lakers 18 F Ondrej Palat A 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 88 kg 194 lb 1991 03 28 28 March 1991 age 33 nbsp New Jersey Devils 19 F Jakub Flek 1 73 m 5 ft 8 in 76 kg 168 lb 1992 12 24 24 December 1992 age 31 nbsp Kometa Brno 22 F Jachym Kondelik 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 107 kg 236 lb 1999 12 21 21 December 1999 age 24 nbsp Motor Ceske Budejovice 23 F Lukas Sedlak 1 84 m 6 ft 0 in 96 kg 212 lb 1993 02 25 25 February 1993 age 31 nbsp Dynamo Pardubice 34 G Petr Mrazek 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 84 kg 185 lb 1992 02 14 14 February 1992 age 32 nbsp Chicago Blackhawks 36 D Jakub Krejcik 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 87 kg 192 lb 1991 06 25 25 June 1991 age 32 nbsp Sparta Praha 44 D Jan Rutta 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 91 kg 201 lb 1990 07 29 29 July 1990 age 33 nbsp San Jose Sharks 50 G Karel Vejmelka 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 90 kg 200 lb 1996 05 25 25 May 1996 age 27 nbsp Arizona Coyotes 55 D Libor Hajek 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 95 kg 209 lb 1998 02 04 4 February 1998 age 26 nbsp Dynamo Pardubice 64 F David Kampf 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 86 kg 190 lb 1995 01 12 12 January 1995 age 29 nbsp Toronto Maple Leafs 73 F Ondrej Kase 1 82 m 6 ft 0 in 85 kg 187 lb 1995 11 08 8 November 1995 age 28 nbsp HC Litvinov 81 F Dominik Kubalik 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 86 kg 190 lb 1995 08 21 21 August 1995 age 28 nbsp Ottawa Senators 84 D Tomas Kundratek 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 94 kg 207 lb 1989 12 26 26 December 1989 age 34 nbsp Ocelari Trinec 93 F Matej Stransky 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 98 kg 216 lb 1993 07 11 11 July 1993 age 30 nbsp HC Davos 95 F Daniel Vozenilek 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 97 kg 214 lb 1996 02 10 10 February 1996 age 28 nbsp Ocelari Trinec 96 F David Tomasek 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 85 kg 187 lb 1996 02 10 10 February 1996 age 28 nbsp Farjestad BK 98 F Martin Necas 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 90 kg 200 lb 1999 01 15 15 January 1999 age 25 nbsp Carolina Hurricanes Retired numbers edit 4 Karel Rachunek 15 Jan Marek 63 Josef Vasicek Coaching history edit Olympics 1994 Ivan Hlinka 1998 Ivan Hlinka 2002 Josef Augusta 2006 Alois Hadamczik 2010 Vladimir Ruzicka 2014 Alois Hadamczik 2018 Josef Jandac 2022 Filip Pesan World Championships 1993 1994 Ivan Hlinka 1995 1996 Ludek Bukac 1997 1999 Ivan Hlinka 2000 2002 Josef Augusta 2003 2004 Slavomir Lener 2005 Vladimir Ruzicka 2006 2008 Alois Hadamczik 2009 2010 Vladimir Ruzicka 2011 2013 Alois Hadamczik 2014 2015 Vladimir Ruzicka 2016 Vladimir Vujtek 2017 2018 Josef Jandac 2019 Milos Riha 2021 Filip Pesan 2022 2023 Kari Jalonen 16 2024 Radim RulikUniform evolution editNational team jerseys nbsp 1994 Olympic jerseys nbsp IIHF jerseys 1996 1998 nbsp IIHF jerseys 1998 2002 nbsp 2006 IIHF jerseys nbsp 2009 IIHF jerseys nbsp 2014 Olympic jerseys nbsp 2015 2019 IIHF jerseys nbsp 2018 Olympic jerseys nbsp 2019 2021 IIHF jerseys nbsp 2021 IIHF jerseys needs update nbsp 2022 Olympic jerseys nbsp 2022 2023 IIHF jerseysSee also editBohemia national ice hockey team Czechoslovak national ice hockey team Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia men s national ice hockey teamReferences edit IIHF Men s World Ranking IIHF 28 May 2023 Retrieved 28 May 2023 Miller Gord GMillerTSN 20 December 2021 the Czech Federation officially requested that it be referred to as Czechia in all competitions Tweet via Twitter NHL announces World Cup of Hockey for 2016 The Canadian Press 24 January 2015 Retrieved 29 January 2015 Russia Czech Republic IIHF 2 November 2015 Archived from the original on 10 June 2016 Retrieved 2 November 2015 About czehockey cz Retrieved 29 April 2022 Story 22 webarchive iihf com Retrieved 21 January 2024 Story 75 webarchive iihf com Retrieved 21 January 2024 Szemberg Szymon Szymon Podnieks Andrew May 2008 Story 77 Recently separated Czechs and Slovaks meet in World Championships final International Ice Hockey Federation Retrieved 11 March 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint date and year link IIHF Brotherly but divided IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation Retrieved 21 January 2024 Marc Di Duca 2006 Czech Republic The Bradt Travel Guide p 31 ISBN 9781841621500 Retrieved 25 October 2016 Efstathia Sioras Michael Spilling 2010 Czech Republic p 112 ISBN 9780761444763 Retrieved 25 October 2016 Swiss avenge group stage loss advance to QF iihf com Retrieved 15 February 2022 Steiss Adam 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled iihf com IIHF Retrieved 21 March 2020 A tym Nominace ceske hokejove reprezentace na domaci mistrovstvi sveta 2024 in Czech ceskyhokej cz 5 May 2024 Team roster Czechia PDF iihf com 10 May 2024 Jalonen prevzal hokejovou repre sebevedome Cil z MS Jedine zlato in Czech TN nova cz 11 March 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media 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