The Czech Republic national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side.

History

Their most notable achievement to date was in 2001, when they won the Bowl final of the

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Sri Lanka Sevens

European Championship

The Czechs made their first European Championship appearance at

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in 2002, where they finished 11th out of a possible 12. In 2003, when the final tournament was again at Heidelberg, they finished 10th. The following year saw the tournament, which also doubled as qualifiers for the

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, at

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in Spain, with the team claiming the Shield after beating Poland 17-5. They haven't qualified for the Championship again since that particular tournament.

European Championship results

Results

2008

2009

* Czech wins in bold.

Current players

Squad for 2008 Zagreb Sevens: #Ota Hejmala (

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#Jan Rudolf ( Petrovice)
#Jakub Procházka ( Tatra Smíchov)
#Jan Frýdl (Tatra Smíchov)
#Václav Jursík (

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#Michal Schlanger (Petrovice)
#Jan Konečný ( Bystrc)
#Petr Okleštěk (

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, France)
#Michal Ouředník (Sparta Prague/ ARC Iuridica)
#Antonín Brabec (Tatra Smíchov) (player-coach)

Notes and references

{{National rugby union teams (sevens) Rugby union in the Czech Republic Czech Republic national rugby union team National rugby sevens teams