Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team

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Czech Republic
Shirt badge/Association crest
The coat of arms of the Czech Republic is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association Czech Ice Hockey Association
Most games David Výborný(218)
Top scorer Martin Procházka (61)
Most points David Výborný (147)
Home stadium O2 Arena
IIHF code CZE
IIHF ranking 4
Highest IIHF ranking 2 (2006)
Lowest IIHF ranking 8 (2023)
Team colors               
Czech Republic national team jerseys 2015.png
First international
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 6–1 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png
(Stockholm, Sweden; 11 February 1993)
Biggest win
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 11–0 Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png
(Hanover, Germany; 6 May 2001)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 7–0 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png
(Stockholm, Sweden; 11 February 2012)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 31 (first in 1993)
Best result Gold medal icon.png (1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2024)
World Cup
Appearances 3
Best result 3rd (2004)
Olympics
Appearances 8 (first in 1994)
Medals Gold medal icon.png Gold (1998)
Bronze medal icon.png Bronze (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
416–208–48

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1996 Austria Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Norway Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Russia Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Austria Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Czechia
Silver medal – second place 2006 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Finland/Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Finland
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Toronto

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.[1] It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in history 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.[2][3] 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).[4]

History

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.[5][6][7][8]

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.[9][10] 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 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.[11] 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. At the 2024 IIHF World Championship, they ended their 14-year gold drought after winning it for the first time since 2010, also as hosts.[12]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1920–1992 As part of Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia
Flag of Norway 1994 Lillehammer 8 5 0 0 0 3 30 18 Ivan Hlinka Otakar Janecký 5th place match 5th
Flag of Japan 1998 Nagano 6 5 0 0 0 1 19 6 Ivan Hlinka Vladimír Růžička Champions 1
Flag of United States 2002 Salt Lake City 4 1 0 1 0 2 12 8 Josef Augusta Jaromír Jágr Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Italy 2006 Turin 8 4 0 0 0 4 23 20 Alois Hadamczik Robert Lang Bronze Medal Game 1
Flag of Canada 2010 Vancouver 4 2 1 0 2 13 11 Vladimír Růžička Patrik Eliáš Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Russia 2014 Sochi 5 2 0 0 3 13 15 Alois Hadamczik Tomáš Plekanec Quarter-finals 6th
Flag of South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 6 2 2 0 2 16 15 Josef Jandač Martin Erat Bronze Medal Game 4th
Flag of China 2022 Beijing 4 0 2 0 2 11 12 Filip Pešán Roman Červenka Playoffs 9th
Flag of Italy 2026 Milan / Cortina To be determined

World Championship

Championship GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
19201992 As part of Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia
Flag of Germany 1993 Munich, Dortmund 8 6 1 1 0 33 10 Ivan Hlinka Otakar Janecký Bronze Medal Game 1
Flag of Italy 1994 Bolzano, Canazei and Milan 6 1 2 3 17 20 Ivan Hlinka Otakar Janecký Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Sweden 1995 Stockholm, Gävle 8 4 0 4 17 16 Luděk Bukač Jiří Kučera Bronze Medal Game 4th
Flag of Austria 1996 Vienna 8 7 1 0 42 15 Luděk Bukač Robert Reichel Champions 1
Flag of Finland 1997 Helsinki, Tampere, Turku 9 6 0 3 30 20 Ivan Hlinka Robert Reichel Bronze Medal Game 1
Flag of Switzerland 1998 Basel, Zürich 9 6 2 1 33 16 Ivan Hlinka Robert Reichel Bronze Medal Game 1
Flag of Norway 1999 Oslo, Hamar, Lillehammer 12 9 0 3 46 24 Ivan Hlinka Pavel Patera Champions 1
Flag of Russia 2000 St. Petersburg 9 8 0 0 0 1 41 19 Josef Augusta Robert Reichel Champions 1
Flag of Germany 2001 Nuremberg, Cologne, Hanover 9 6 2 1 0 0 37 13 Josef Augusta Robert Reichel Champions 1
Flag of Sweden 2002 Gothenburg, Karlstad, Jönköping 7 6 0 0 0 1 31 17 Josef Augusta Jaromír Jágr Quarter-finals 5th
Flag of Finland 2003 Helsinki, Tampere, Turku 9 6 0 1 0 2 36 21 Slavomír Lener Robert Reichel Bronze Medal Game 4th
Flag of the Czech Republic 2004 Prague, Ostrava 7 6 0 0 1 0 28 8 Slavomír Lener Martin Straka Quarter-finals 5th
Flag of Austria 2005 Vienna, Innsbruck 9 8 0 0 0 1 25 9 Vladimír Růžička David Výborný Champions 1
Flag of Latvia 2006 Riga 9 4 1 2 0 2 26 24 Alois Hadamczik David Výborný Final 1
Flag of Russia 2007 Moscow 7 3 0 1 3 23 19 Alois Hadamczik David Výborný Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Canada 2008 Quebec City, Halifax 7 3 1 2 1 29 19 Alois Hadamczik Tomáš Kaberle Quarter-finals 5th
Flag of Switzerland 2009 Bern, Kloten 7 4 0 0 3 26 14 Vladimír Růžička Marek Židlický Quarter-finals 6th
Flag of Germany 2010 Cologne, Mannheim, Gelsenkirchen 9 5 2 0 2 25 16 Vladimír Růžička Tomáš Rolinek Champions 1
Flag of Slovakia 2011 Bratislava, Košice 9 8 0 0 1 36 18 Alois Hadamczik Tomáš Rolinek Bronze Medal Game 1
Flag of Finland Flag of Sweden 2012 Helsinki, Stockholm 10 6 1 0 3 32 19 Alois Hadamczik Tomáš Plekanec Bronze Medal Game 1
Flag of Sweden Flag of Finland 2013 Stockholm, Helsinki 8 3 1 0 4 20 14 Alois Hadamczik Jiří Novotný Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Belarus 2014 Minsk 10 3 2 2 3 24 27 Vladimír Růžička Tomáš Rolinek Bronze Medal Game 4th
Flag of the Czech Republic 2015 Prague, Ostrava 10 5 1 1 3 32 26 Vladimír Růžička Jakub Voráček Bronze Medal Game 4th
Flag of Russia 2016 Moscow, St. Petersburg 8 5 1 2 0 27 12 Vladimír Vůjtek Tomáš Plekanec Quarter-finals 5th
Flag of France Flag of Germany 2017 Paris, Cologne 8 3 2 0 3 23 17 Josef Jandač Jakub Voráček Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Denmark 2018 Copenhagen, Herning 8 3 3 0 2 29 18 Josef Jandač Roman Červenka Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Slovakia 2019 Bratislava, Košice 10 7 0 1 2 47 23 Miloš Říha Jakub Voráček Bronze Medal Game 4th
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[13]
Flag of Latvia 2021 Riga 8 3 2 0 3 27 19 Filip Pešán Jan Kovář Quarter-finals 7th
Flag of Finland 2022 Helsinki, Tampere 10 6 0 1 3 32 24 Flag of Finland Kari Jalonen Roman Červenka Bronze Medal Game 1
Flag of Finland Flag of Latvia 2023 Tampere, Riga 8 4 0 1 3 22 19 Flag of Finland Kari Jalonen Roman Červenka Quarter-finals 8th
Flag of the Czech Republic 2024 Prague, Ostrava 10 7 1 2 0 36 17 Radim Rulík Roman Červenka Champions 1

World Cup of Hockey

Year GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1996 3 0 0 3 4 17 Luděk Bukač Jaromír Jágr Round 1 8th
2004 5 2 0 0 1 2 19 15 Vladimír Růžička Robert Reichel Semi-finals 1
2016 3 1 0 1 1 6 12 Josef Jandač Tomáš Plekanec Group stage 6th

Euro Hockey Tour

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 1
1998–99 12 3 5 4 28 27 1
1999–00 12 7 1 4 31 20 1
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 1
2003–04 12 2 4 3 3 24 28 1
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 1
2007–08 12 4 1 1 6 33 44 1
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 1
2012–13 12 6 0 0 6 16 24 1
2013–14 12 4 1 1 6 16 31 1
2014–15 12 4 1 2 5 33 31 1
2015–16 12 4 2 0 6 32 37 1
2016–17 12 6 0 1 5 43 39 1
2017–18 12 6 1 0 5 32 31 1
2018–19 12 4 1 0 7 30 34 4th
2019–20 9 3 3 1 2 25 19 1
2020–21 12 5 1 2 4 30 29 1
2021–22 12 5 0 2 5 33 32 1
2022–23 12 4 2 2 4 26 33 1
2023–24 1

References

External links


Men's National teams
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Defunct teams: Flag of Bohemia svg.png Bohemia - Flag of Bohmen und Mahren svg.png - Bohemia and Moravia - Flag of the CIS svg.png CIS - Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czechoslovakia

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Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:
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Non IIHF members: Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain - Flag of Costa Rica.png Costa Rica - Flag of Haiti.png Haiti - Flag of Falkland Islands.png Falkland Islands - Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg.png Saudi Arabia - Flag of Venezuela.svg.png Venezuela
Other teams: Flag of Basque Country.svg.png Basque Country - Flag of Catalonia.svg.png Catalonia - Flag of England.svg.png - England - Flag of Ulster.svg.png Northern Ireland - Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg.png - Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Flag of Scotland.svg.png Scotland - Logo of Team Europe WCH 2016.png Team Europe - Logo of Team North America WCH 2016.png Team North America

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