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The Czech men's national floorball team, presented as Czechia, is the national

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team of the

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, and a member of the

International Floorball Federation The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by representatives from the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and S ...

(IFF). The Czech Republic has appeared in every World and European Championships tournament organised by the IFF. Its biggest successes are silver medals from the 5th World Championships in 2004 and 14th World Championships in 2022, which both took place in

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. The team also won four bronze medals in

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and

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. That makes Czech team the third most successful team after

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and

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

and before fourth

. In the IFF ranking, the team is also third (behind

and

and ahead of

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), following their mentioned third and second-place finishes at the World Championships in 2024 and 2022.

Milestones

The Czech men's national floorball team was founded at the turn of 1993 and 1994. They have played their first friendly match in February 1994 against

and competed at the European Championships in the same year. They first fought for medals at the first World Championships in 1996 in the bronze medal match against

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. The Czechs defeated the Finnish team for the first time in the group stage at the 2002 World Championship. Since then, however, they have never won over Finland at the World Championship. In

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, they have defeated Switzerland for the first time at World Championship. It was in semifinals, which earned the Czech team its first medal and the silver. The Czechs defeated the Swedish team for the first time at the home

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in April 2014, where they also won against Finland and Switzerland, thus dominating the tournament for the first time. The Czechs have never won against Sweden at the World Championships. They won their first draw in the group stage at the 2022 championships, but lost to Sweden in the final. With their second silver, the Czechs overtook Switzerland's third place in the medal standings.

World Championship

References

External links

Official webpage of Czech National Floorball teamTeam page on app.floorball.sportTeam page on IFF site
Men's national floorball teams National sports teams of the Czech Republic Floorball in the Czech Republic {{floorball-stub