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| Most games         = [[Jiří Holík]] (319)
| Top scorer         = [[Josef Maleček]] (216)
| Most points        = [[Josef Maleček]] (285)
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| First game         = {{ih|CAN|1868}} 15–0 {{ih-rt|TCH}}<br /><small>([[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]; 24 April 1920)</small>
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| World champ apps   = 42
| World champ first  = 1930
| World champ best   = [[Image:Gold medal icon.png|16px]] ''Gold'': 6 (1947, 1949, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985)
| World champ medals = [[Image:Silver medal icon.png|16px]] Silver: 10 (1961, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983)<br>[[Image:Bronze medal icon.png|16px]] Bronze: 14 (1933, 1938, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992)

| Olympic apps       = 16
| Olympic first      = 1920
| Olympic medals     = [[Image:Silver medal icon.png|16px]] Silver: 4 (1948, 1968, 1976, 1984)<br>[[Image:Bronze medal icon.png|16px]] Bronze: 4 (1920, 1964, 1972, 1992)

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The '''[[Czechoslovakia]] men's national ice hockey team''' was one of the world's premiere teams for the duration of its existence.

The successor to the [[Bohemian National Team|Bohemian national ice hockey team]], which was a European power prior to [[World War I]], the Czechoslovak national team first appeared at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]], two years after the creation of the state. In the 1940s, they established themselves as the best team in Europe, becoming the first team from the continent to win two World Championships (1947 and 1949). After the arrival of the [[Soviet National Team|Soviet Union]] on the international hockey scene in the 1950s, the Czechoslovaks regularly fought [[Swedish National Team|Sweden]] and [[Canadian National Team|Canada]] for silver and bronze medals, but sometimes beat the Soviets. In total, they won the gold medal six times. 

Due to the split of the country [[Czechoslovakia]] into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]], the team was disbanded and replaced with the [[Czech National Team|Czech]] and the [[Slovak National Team|Slovak]] national teams. The [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF) recognized the Czech national team as a successor of Czechoslovakia national team and kept it in the top group, and the Slovak national team was demoted to Pool C.

==Notable events==
*First game: 24 April 1920, [[Antwerp]]: {{Ih|CAN|1868}} 15–0 {{Ih|TCH}}
*Last game: 19 December 1992, [[Moscow]]: {{Ih|TCH}} 7–2 {{Ih|SUI}}
*Largest victory:
**3 February 1939, [[Basel]]: {{Ih|TCH}} 24–0 {{Ih|YUG}};
**21 February 1947, [[Prague]]: {{Ih|TCH}} 24–0 {{Ih|BEL}};
**25 April 1951, [[East Berlin]]: {{Ih|TCH}} 27–3 {{Ih|GDR}}
**4 March 1957, [[Moscow]]: {{Ih|TCH}} 25–1 {{Ih|JPN}}
*Largest defeat: 28 January 1924, [[Chamonix]]: {{Ih|CAN|1868}} 30–0 {{Ih|TCH}} 

==Olympic record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
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! Year !! colspan=4|Result
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| [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
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| [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] || colspan=4|6th place
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| [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] || colspan=4|7th place
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| [[1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] || colspan=4|''did not participate''
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| [[1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] || colspan=4|4th place
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| [[1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] || colspan=4|{{Silver medal}}
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| [[1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] || colspan=4|4th place
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| [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] || colspan=4|5th place
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| [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] || colspan=4|4th place
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| [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
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| [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] || colspan=4|{{Silver medal}}
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| [[1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
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| [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] || colspan=4|{{Silver medal}}
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| [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] || colspan=4|5th place
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| [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] || colspan=4|{{Silver medal}}
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| [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] || colspan=4|6th place
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| [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
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! colspan=5|'''Totals'''
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! Games !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total
|-
| 16 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 8
|}

==Canada Cup record==
*[[1976 Canada Cup|1976]] – Finished in second place
*[[1981 Canada Cup|1981]] – Finished in third place
*[[1984 Canada Cup|1984]] – Finished in fifth place
*[[1987 Canada Cup|1987]] – Finished in fourth place
*[[1991 Canada Cup|1991]] – Finished in sixth place

==European Championship record==
*1910–1914 – Did not participate. See ''[[Bohemian National Team]]''.
*1921 – Won silver medal
*1922 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1923 – Won bronze medal
*1924 – Did not participate
*1925 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1926 – Won silver medal
*1927 – Finished in fifth place
*1929 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1932 – Finished in fifth place

==World Championship record==
*[[1930 World Ice Hockey Championships|1930]] – Finished tied in sixth place
*[[1931 World Ice Hockey Championships|1931]] – Finished in fifth place
*1933 – Won bronze medal
*[[1934 World Ice Hockey Championships|1934]] – Finished in fifth place
*[[1935 World Ice Hockey Championships|1935]] – Finished in fourth place
*1937 – Finished in sixth place
*1938 – Won bronze medal
*1939 – Finished in fourth place
*1947 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1949 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1950 – Did not participate
*1951 – Did not participate
*[[1953 World Ice Hockey Championships|1953]] – Disqualified (did not finish)
*1954 – Finished in fourth place
*1955 – Won bronze medal
*1957 – Won bronze medal
*1958 – Finished in fourth place
*1959 – Won bronze medal
*1961 – Won silver medal
*1962 – Did not participate
*1963 – Won bronze medal
*1965 – Won silver medal
*1966 – Won silver medal
*1967 – Finished in fourth place
*1969 – Won bronze medal
*1970 – Won bronze medal
*1971 – Won silver medal
*1972 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1973 – Won bronze medal
*1974 – Won silver medal
*1975 – Won silver medal
*1976 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1977 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1978 – Won silver medal
*1979 – Won silver medal
*1981 – Won bronze medal
*1982 – Won silver medal
*1983 – Won silver medal
*1985 – '''Won gold medal'''
*1986 – Finished in fifth place.
*1987 – Won bronze medal
*1989 – Won bronze medal
*1990 – Won bronze medal
*1991 – Finished in sixth place
*1992 – Won bronze medal

==Team Photos==
<gallery>
1920Cze.jpg|The national team at the 1920 Olympics.
1921cze.jpg|The national team at the 1921 EC. 
1922cze.png|The national team at the 1922 EC.
1923cze.jpg|The national team at the 1923 EC.
1924Czechoslovakia.jpg|The national team at the 1924 Olympics.
1925cze.jpg|The national team at the 1925 EC.
</gallery>
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