The Czech Republic national handball team is the national

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team of the

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. It was most successful in the mid-1990s, with sixth place at the 1996 European Championship and a win over the later runners-up

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at the 1995 World Championship, but the team have failed to qualify for major championships on several occasions since. Before the Czech Republic became independent in 1993, the

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national team won five

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medals between 1954 and 1967, and qualified for every World Championship between 1954 and 1993. However, the Czech federation were admitted in time to attempt to qualify for the first European Championship in

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. They were eliminated by another new nation,

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, after losing on the away goals rule.

Results

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the

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.2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad
/ref> Head coach: Jan Filip

Notable former players

* Jan Filip *

Martin Galia Martin Galia (born 12 April 1979) is a Czech handball player for HC Baník Karviná and the Czech national team. He participated at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging o ...

Filip Jícha Filip Jícha (born 19 April 1982) is a former Czech handballer. He most recently played for Spanish handball team FC Barcelona. He also played for the Czech national team. Currently he is the head coach of his former club, German handball team ...

* David Juříček * Daniel Kubeš * Karel Nocar * Petr Štochl

Player statistics

References

External links

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IHF profile
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