Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team
The coat of arms of the Czech Republic is the badge used on the players jerseys.
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| Association | Czech Ice Hockey Association | ||
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| General Manager | Slavomír Lener | ||
| Head coach | Vladimír Vůjtek | ||
| Assistants | Josef Jandač Jaroslav Špaček Jiří Kalous |
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| Captain | Jakub Voráček[1] | ||
| Most games | David Výborný (218) | ||
| Top scorer | Martin Procházka (61) | ||
| Most points | David Výborný (147) | ||
| Home stadium | O2 Arena | ||
| IIHF code | CZE | ||
| IIHF ranking | 6  1 |
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| Highest IIHF ranking | 2 (2006) | ||
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 6 (2015) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Czech Republic 6–1 Russia  (Stockholm, Sweden; 11 February 1993) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Czech Republic 11–0 Italy  (Hanover, Germany; 6 May 2001) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Finland 7–0 Czech Republic (Stockholm, Sweden; 11 February 2012) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |||
| Appearances | 22 (first in 1993) | ||
| Best result |  (1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 – (1996, 2004) | ||
| Best result | 3rd (2004) | ||
| Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1994) | ||
| Medals |  Gold (1998) Bronze (2006) |
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| International record (W–L–T) | |||
| 310–208–46 | |||
| Medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1998 Nagano | Team |
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2006 Turin | Team |
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1996 Austria | Team |
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1999 Norway | Team |
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2000 Russia | Team |
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2001 Germany | Team |
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2005 Austria | Team |
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2010 Germany | Team |
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2006 Latvia | Team |
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1993 Germany | Team |
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1997 Finland | Team |
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1998 Switzerland | Team |
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2011 Slovakia | Team |
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2012 Helsinki/Stockholm | Team |
The Czech men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Czech Republic. 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.[2][3] It is controlled by the Czech Ice Hockey Association. The Czech Republic has 72,075 players officially enrolled in organized hockey (0.7% of its population).
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. 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. But the following year, 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 won silver, falling to Sweden in the final. Czech Republic won the 2010 World Championships in Germany. David Krejci is one of the best players on the current squad.
Contents
Tournament record
Olympic Games
| Year | Result | |||
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| 1920-1992 | As part of Czechoslovakia |
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| 1994 | 5th place | |||
| 1998 |  Gold |
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| 2002 | 7th place | |||
| 2006 |  Bronze |
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| 2010 | 7th place | |||
| 2014 | 6th place | |||
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| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
World Championship
- 1993 – Bronze
- 1994 – Finished in 7th place
- 1995 – Finished in 4th place
- 1996 – Gold
- 1997 – Bronze
- 1998 – Bronze
- 1999 – Gold
- 2000 – Gold
- 2001 – Gold
- 2002 – Finished in 5th place
- 2003 – Finished in 4th place
- 2004 – Finished in 5th place
- 2005 – Gold
- 2006 –
Silver - 2007 – Finished in 7th place
- 2008 – Finished in 5th place
- 2009 – Finished in 6th place
- 2010 – Gold
- 2011 – Bronze
- 2012 – Bronze
- 2013 – Finished in 7th place
- 2014 – Finished in 4th place
- 2015 – Finished in 4th place
World Cup
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2015 IIHF World Championship.[4]
Head coach: Vladimír Růžička
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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| 1 | G | Jakub Kovář | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 19 July 1988 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
| 8 | D | Jan Hejda – A | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 18 June 1978 |  Colorado Avalanche |
| 10 | F | Roman Červenka | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 10 December 1985 | SKA Sankt Petersburg |
| 12 | F | Jiří Novotný | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 12 August 1983 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 14 | F | Tomáš Plekanec | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 31 October 1982 |  Montreal Canadiens |
| 17 | F | Vladimír Sobotka | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 2 July 1987 | Avangard Omsk |
| 20 | F | Jakub Klepiš | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 5 June 1984 | Oceláři Třinec |
| 23 | D | Ondřej Němec | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 18 April 1984 | CSKA Moscow |
| 24 | F | Martin Zaťovič | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 25 January 1985 | Lada Togliatti |
| 29 | D | Jan Kolář | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 22 November 1986 | Admiral Vladivostok |
| 30 | D | Jakub Krejčík | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 25 June 1991 |  Örebro |
| 31 | G | Ondřej Pavelec | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 31 August 1987 | Winnipeg Jets |
| 36 | D | Petr Čáslava | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 3 September 1979 | Pardubice |
| 42 | F | Petr Koukal | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 16 August 1982 | Jokerit |
| 43 | F | Jan Kovář | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 20 March 1990 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 47 | D | Michal Jordán | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 17 July 1990 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| 48 | F | Tomáš Hertl | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 12 November 1993 | San Jose Sharks |
| 53 | G | Alexander Salák | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 5 January 1987 | Sibir Novosibirsk |
| 68 | F | Jaromír Jágr – A | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 15 February 1972 | Florida Panthers |
| 70 | F | Radek Smoleňák | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 3 December 1986 | Modo Hockey |
| 82 | F | Michal Vondrka | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 17 May 1982 | HC Sparta Praha |
| 87 | D | Jakub Nakládal | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 30 December 1987 | TPS |
| 91 | F | Martin Erat | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 29 August 1981 | Arizona Coyotes |
| 93 | F | Jakub Voráček – C | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 15 August 1989 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 94 | F | Dominik Simon | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 8 August 1994 | Plzeň |
Coaching history
- Olympics
- 1994 – Ivan Hlinka
- 1998 – Ivan Hlinka and Slavomír Lener and Vladimír Martinec
- 2002 – Josef Augusta
- 2006 – Alois Hadamczik
- 2010 – Vladimír Růžička
- 2014 - Alois Hadamczik
- World Championships
- 1993–1994 – Ivan Hlinka
- 1995–1996 – Luděk Bukač
- 1997–1998 – Ivan Hlinka and Slavomir Lener
- 1999 – Ivan Hlinka
- 2000–2002 – Josef Augusta
- 2003–2004 – Slavomír Lener
- 2004 – Ivan Hlinka
- 2005 – Vladimír Růžička
- 2006–2008 – Alois Hadamczik
- 2009–2010 – Vladimír Růžička
- 2011–2013 – Alois Hadamczik
- 2014–2015 – Vladimír Růžička
- 2015– Vladimír Vůjtek
See also
- Czechoslovak national ice hockey team
- Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia men's national ice hockey team
- Bohemia national ice hockey team
References
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