The Czech Republic 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,

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and the United States. It is governed by the Czech Ice Hockey Association. The Czech Republic has 85,000 men players officially enrolled in organized hockey (0.8% of its population). The Czechs won the gold medal at the

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and won three straight gold medals at the world championships from

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. 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 The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was the 68th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2 ...

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

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, all NHL players were available to participate. At the

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, the Czechs won a bronze medal, defeating Russia 3–0 ( roster) in the bronze medal game. At the

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, the Czechs earned silver, falling to

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

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and finished in ninth place, their lowest placement in history, but won a bronze medal at the

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later the same year, ending its longest medal drought in IIHF tournaments in history, which had lasted since 2012.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup of Hockey

Euro Hockey Tour

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

. Head coach: Kari Jalonen

Retired numbers

* 4 –

Karel Rachůnek Karel Rachůnek (, August 27, 1979 – September 7, 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Rachunek was the captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) when the team was decimated in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yarosla ...

* 15 – Jan Marek * 63 –

Josef Vašíček Josef Vašíček (; 12 September 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Vašíček last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. ...

Coaching history

;Olympics *1994 – Ivan Hlinka *1998 – Ivan Hlinka *2002 – Josef Augusta *2006 –

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*2010 – Vladimír Růžička *2014 –

*2018 –

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*2022 –

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;World Championships *1993–1994 – Ivan Hlinka *1995–1996 –

Luděk Bukač Luděk Bukač (4 August 1935 – 20 April 2019) was a Czech ice hockey player and manager. As a player, he played for ČLTK Praha, HC Sparta Praha and HC Dukla Jihlava, while as a manager, he coached HC Sparta Praha, HC Košice Hockey Club ...

*1997–1999 – Ivan Hlinka *2000–2002 – Josef Augusta *2003–2004 –

Slavomír Lener Slavomír is a Czech and a Slovak masculine given name. It may refer to: * Slavomir of Moravia, medieval duke * Slavomír Bališ, Slovak football player * Slavomír Bartoň, Czech ice hockey player * Slavomír Kňazovický, Slovak sprint canoeist * ...

*2005 – Vladimír Růžička *2006–2008 –

*2009–2010 – Vladimír Růžička *2011–2013 –

*2014–2015 – Vladimír Růžička *2016 – Vladimír Vůjtek *2017–2018 –

*2019 –

Miloš Říha Miloš Říha (6 December 1958 – 31 August 2020) was a Czech ice hockey player and coach, who coached the Czech national team at the 2019 IIHF World Championship The 2019 IIHF World Championship was hosted from 10 to 26 May 2019 by Slovakia. ...

*2021 –

*2022 – Kari Jalonen

Uniform evolution

File:Czech Republic national team jerseys 1994 (WOG).png, 1994 Olympic jerseys File:Czech Republic national team jerseys 1996 (WC).png, IIHF jerseys 1996–1998 File:Czech Republic national team jerseys 1998-2002.png, IIHF jerseys 1998–2002 File:Czech Republic national team jerseys 2006.png, 2006 IIHF jerseys File:Czech Republic national team jerseys 2009.png, 2009 IIHF jerseys File:Czech Republic national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png, 2014 Olympic jerseys File:Czech Republic national team jerseys 2015.png, 2015–2019 IIHF jerseys File:Czech Republic national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 (WOG).png, 2018 Olympic jerseys File:Czech Republic national ice hockey team jerseys 2019 IHWC.png, 2019–2021 IIHF jerseys File:Czech Republic national ice hockey team jerseys 2021 IHWC.png, 2021– IIHF jerseys File:Czech Republic national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png, 2022 Olympic jerseys File:Czech Republic national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 IHWC.png, 2022– IIHF jerseys

References

External links

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