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Czech Republic men's national handball team

The Czech Republic national handball team is the national handball team of the Czech Republic. It was most successful in the mid-1990s, with sixth place at the 1996 European Championship and a win over the later runners-up Croatia at the 1995 World Championship, but the team have failed to qualify for major championships on several occasions since.

Czech Republic
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Information
AssociationCzech Handball Federation
CoachXavi Sabaté
Assistant coachMartin Galia
Josep Espar Moya
Colours
Team colours
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Team colours
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1st
Team colours
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances6 (First in 1995)
Best result8th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances12 (First in 1996)
Best result6th (1996, 2018)
Last updated on Unknown.

Before the Czech Republic became independent in 1993, the Czechoslovakia national team won five World Championship 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 1994. They were eliminated by another new nation, Slovenia, after losing on the away goals rule.[1]

Results edit

World Championship edit

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1995 7/8th place 8 9 5 0 4 206 205
  1997 Round of 16 11 6 3 0 3 138 125
  1999 did not qualify
  2001 Preliminary round 18 5 1 2 2 136 136
  2003 did not qualify
  2005 9/10th place 10 9 3 2 4 261 271
  2007 11/12th place 12 8 2 0 6 227 235
  2009 did not qualify
  2011
  2013
  2015 17/18th place 17 7 4 0 3 209 199
  2017 did not qualify
 /  2019
  2021 Withdrawn
 /  2023 did not qualify
 / /  2025 To be determined
  2027
 /  2029
 / /  2031
Total 6/17 – 44 18 4 22 1177 1171

European Championship edit

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1994 did not qualify
  1996 Preliminary Round 6 6 3 0 3 154 152
  1998 Preliminary Round 10 6 1 0 5 166 170
  2000 did not qualify
  2002 Main Round 8 7 3 0 4 180 205
  2004 Main Round 11 6 1 1 4 177 202
  2006 did not qualify
  2008 Preliminary Round 13 3 0 0 3 88 97
  2010 Main Round 8 6 2 1 3 175 180
  2012 Preliminary Round 14 3 1 0 2 77 84
  2014 Preliminary Round 15 3 0 1 2 73 87
  2016 did not qualify
  2018 Fifth place match 6 7 3 1 3 173 186
    2020 Main Round 12 7 2 0 5 172 183
   2022 Preliminary Round 13 3 1 1 1 80 74
  2024 Preliminary Round 15 3 1 0 2 70 73
    2026 To be determined
    2028
Total 12/18 – 60 18 5 37 1585 1693

Team edit

Current squad edit

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Xavi Sabaté

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Tomáš Mrkva (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35) 2.01 m 118 9   THW Kiel
2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 140 474   Dessau-Roßlauer HV [de]
4 GK Jan Hrdlička (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27) 1.89 m 8 0   MKS Kalisz
7 RB Tomáš Piroch [de] (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 23) 1.87 m 29 61   Orlen Wisła Płock
10 CB Jonáš Patzel (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 22) 1.90 m 7 10   HCB Karviná
14 RW Jakub Štěrba [de] (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 27) 1.84 m 16 32   ASV Hamm-Westfalen
16 GK Martin Galia (1979-04-12) 12 April 1979 (age 45) 1.89 m 219 10   HCB Karviná
17 RB Stanislav Kašpárek (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 27) 2.00 m 62 213   Dinamo București
18 P Vít Reichl [de] (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 30) 1.88 m 14 41   TV Hüttenberg
19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 30) 1.86 m 93 290   Bergischer HC
20 LB Jaroslav Trkovský (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 22) 1.84 m 11 9   HK FCC Město Lovosice
28 CB Matěj Havran (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22) 1.90 m 10 2   HC Zubří
31 LB Matěj Klíma (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25) 1.92 m 36 141   SC DHfK Leipzig
32 LB Vojtěch Patzel (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 25) 1.90 m 39 56   VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
34 LB Dominik Solák (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 26) 1.99 m 34 19   HCB Karviná
39 CB Lukáš Mořkovský (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22) 1.89 m 2 3   Górnik Zabrze
66 P Štěpán Zeman (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 26) 1.97 m 55 53   VfL Gummersbach
77 P Daniel Režnický (1998-03-26) 26 March 1998 (age 26) 1.90 m 15 17   Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski

Notable former players edit

Player statistics edit

Most capped players
Player Games Position
Jan Filip 220 W
Martin Galia 201 GK
Karel Nocar 184 W
Petr Štochl 182 GK
Filip Jícha 155 OB
Daniel Kubeš 140 P
Pavel Horák 122 OB
Ondřej Zdráhala 117 CB
Roman Bečvář 111 CB
Jakub Hrstka 103 W
Jan Sobol 101 W
Tomáš Mrkva 90 GK
Top Scorers
Player Goals Average Position
Jan Filip 960 4.36 W
Filip Jícha 877 OB
Karel Nocar 432 W
Ondřej Zdráhala 408 CB
Pavel Horák 350 OB
Jakub Hrstka 337 W
Jan Sobol 274 W
Roman Bečvář 238 CB

References edit

  1. ^ 1994 – Men's European Championship / Runners Up Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2007
  2. ^ "Poslední test před show: Reprezentace v generálce na EURO vyzve Maďarsko" (in Czech). handball.cz. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Czech Republic". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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