The Czechoslovakia national men's volleyball team was the national

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team for

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that had represented the country in international competitions and friendly matches between 1948–1993 FIVB considers

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) as the inheritor of the records of

(1948–1993). The Czech team’s first participations in international competitions saw them win a gold medal at the inaugural European Championship in 1948 which kick-started a golden age for the team. They won two more European in 1955 and 1958, two golds at the

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of 1956 and 1966, and a further eight medals in other elite tournaments. They took silver at the Tokyo 1964

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and followed that with the bronze four years later in

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Results

Olympic Games

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

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''Silver medal'' *

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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''Bronze medal'' *

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— 6th place *

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

— 5th place *

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

— 8th place

World Championship

* 1949 Czechoslovakia – Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1952 Soviet Union – Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1956 France – Gold medal with cup

Gold medal * 1960 Brazil – Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1962 Soviet Union – Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1966 Czechoslovakia – Gold medal with cup

Gold medal * 1970 Bulgaria – 4th place * 1974 Mexico – 5th place * 1978 Italy – 5th place * 1982 Argentina – 9th place * 1986 France – 8th place * 1990 Brazil – 9th place

World Cup

* 1965 Poland — Bronze medal with cup

''Bronze medal'' * 1969 East Germany — 5th place * 1985 Japan — Bronze medal with cup

''Bronze medal''

European Championship

* 1948 Italy — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal * 1950 Bulgaria — Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1955 Romania — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal * 1958 Czechoslovakia — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal * 1963 Romania — 5th place * 1967 Turkey — Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1971 Italy — Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1975 Yugoslavia — 6th place * 1977 Finland — 6th place * 1979 France — 6th place * 1981 Bulgaria — 4th place * 1983 East Germany — 5th place * 1985 Netherlands — Silver medal with cup

''Silver medal'' * 1987 Belgium — 6th place * 1991 Germany — 12th place * 1993 Finland — 8th place

Team

1990 Last World Championship squad

Head coach: Rudolf Matejka, Zdenek Pommer

References

External links

Official websiteFIVB profile
{{CEV teams National men's volleyball teams Volleyball in Czechoslovakia

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World champion national volleyball teams