# Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team

The Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team of Czechoslovakia, and competed from 1920 until 1992. The successor to the Bohemia national ice hockey team, which was a European power prior to World War I, the Czechoslovak national team first appeared at the 1920 Summer Olympics, two years after the creation of the state. In the 1940s, they established themselves as the best team in Europe, becoming the first team from the continent to win two World Championships (1947 and 1949). After the arrival of the Soviet Union on the international hockey scene in the 1950s, the Czechoslovaks regularly fought Sweden and Canada for silver and bronze medals, and sometimes beat the Soviets. In total, they won the gold medal six times.
Due to the split of the country Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the team was replaced in 1993 with the Czech and the Slovak national teams. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) recognized the Czech national team as a successor of Czechoslovakia national team and kept it in the top group, while the Slovak national team was entered into the lowest level, Pool C, winning promotion in successive years to join the elite division in 1996.

## Notable events

* First game: 24 April 1920, Antwerp: Canada 15–0 Czechoslovakia
* Last game: 19 December 1992, Moscow: Czechoslovakia 7–2 Switzerland
* Largest victory:
** 3 February 1939, Basel: Czechoslovakia 24–0 Yugoslavia
** 21 February 1947, Prague: Czechoslovakia 24–0 Belgium
** 25 April 1951, East Berlin: Czechoslovakia 27–3 East Germany
** 4 March 1957, Moscow: Czechoslovakia 25–1 Japan
* Largest defeat: 28 January 1924, Chamonix: Canada 30–0 Czechoslovakia
* Plane crash on 8 November 1948. Six players on the way to an exhibition tour in the UK were killed in the crash of a charter flight from Paris to London.

## Notable players

* Mike Buckna
* Ladislav Troják
* Ján Starší
* Jaroslav Drobný
* Vladimír Dzurilla
* Jozef Golonka
* Dominik Hašek
* Ivan Hlinka
* Jiří Holeček
* Jan Hrdina
* František Kaberle Sr.
* Karel Koželuh
* Igor Liba
* Vincent Lukáč
* Josef Maleček
* Vladimír Martinec
* Václav Nedomanský
* Milan Nový
* Dušan Pašek
* Jan Peka
* František Pospíšil
* Jaroslav Pouzar
* Dárius Rusnák
* Vladimír Růžička
* Marián Šťastný
* Peter Šťastný
* Jan Suchý
* František Tikal

### Former National jerseys
## Olympic record

| Games | GP | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
| 1920 Antwerp | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | ? | Josef Šroubek | Bronze medal Round | |
| 1924 Chamonix | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 41 | ? | Josef Šroubek | First round | 6th |
| 1928 St. Moritz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ? | Josef Šroubek | First round | 7th |
| 1932 Lake Placid | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | ? | Josef Maleček | Final Round | 4th |
| 1948 St. Moritz | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 18 | Mike Buckna | Vladimír Zábrodský | Round-robin | |
| 1952 Oslo | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 18 | Jiří Tožička, Josef Herman | Karel Gut | Round-robin | 4th |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 36 | Vladimír Bouzek | Karel Gut | Final Round | 5th |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 31 | Eduard Farda, Ladislav Horský | Karel Gut | Medal Round | 4th |
| 1964 Innsbruck | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19 | Jiří Anton, Vladimír Kostka | Vlastimil Bubník | Final Round | |
| 1968 Grenoble | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 17 | Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka | Jozef Golonka | Final Round | |
| 1972 Sapporo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13 | Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka | Josef Černý | Final Round | |
| 1976 Innsbruck | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | František Pospíšil | Final Round | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 17 | Karel Gut, Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | Bohuslav Ebermann | Consolation round | 5th |
| 1984 Sarajevo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 9 | Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | František Černík | Final Round | |
| 1988 Calgary | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 28 | Ján Starší, František Pospíšil | Dušan Pašek | Final Round | 6th |
| 1992 Albertville | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 21 | Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter | Tomáš Jelínek | Bronze Medal Game | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia | Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia |

## Canada Cup record

| Year | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
| 1976 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 20 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | František Pospíšil | Final | |
| 1981 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | Milan Nový | Semi-finals | |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | Vladimír Caldr | Round-robin | 5th |
| 1987 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | Ján Starší, František Pospíšil | Dušan Pašek | Semi-finals | 4th |
| 1991 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 18 | Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter | František Musil | Round-robin | 6th |

## European Championship record

| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
| 1910–1914 | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. | did not participate. Was Bohemia. |
| 1921 Stockholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ? | ? | Final | |
| 1922 St. Moritz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1923 Antwerp | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1924 Milan | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. | did not participate. |
| 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1926 Davos | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | ? | ? | Final round | |
| 1927 Wien | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 5th |
| 1929 Budapest | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ? | ? | Final | |
| 1932 Berlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ? | ? | Final round | 5th |

## World Championship record

| Championship | GP | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
| // 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | ? | ? | Quarter-finals | tied 6th |
| 1931 Krynica-Zdrój | 7 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 10 | 7 | ? | ? | Quarter-finals | 5th |
| 1933 Prague | 8 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 17 | 12 | ? | Josef Maleček | 3rd place Game | |
| 1934 Milan | 5 | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ? | ? | Third round | 5th |
| 1935 Davos | 9 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 4 | 38 | 15 | ? | ? | Final Round | 4th |
| 1937 London | 8 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 22 | 9 | ? | Josef Maleček | Consolation round | 6th |
| 1938 Prague | 7 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 9 | 6 | Mike Buckna | Josef Maleček | 3rd place Game | |
| 1939 Zürich/Basel | 10 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 37 | 9 | Mike Buckna | Josef Maleček | 3rd place Game | 4th |
| 1940 | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia |
| 1947 Prague | 7 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 85 | 10 | Mike Buckna | František Pácalt | Round-robin | |
| 1949 Stockholm | 7 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 42 | 12 | Antonín Vodička | Vladimír Zábrodský | Final Round | |
| 1950 London | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1951 Paris | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1953 Zürich/Basel | (4) | (3) | – | (0) | – | (1) | (32) | (15) | Eduard Farda | Karel Gut | did not finish/Disqualified | did not finish/Disqualified |
| 1954 Stockholm | 7 | 4 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 41 | 21 | Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton | Karel Gut | Round-robin | 4th |
| 1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne | 8 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 63 | 22 | Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton | Karel Gut | Round-robin | |
| 1957 Moscow | 7 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 66 | 9 | Vladimír Bouzek, Bohumil Rejda | Karel Gut | Round-robin | |
| 1958 Oslo | 7 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 21 | 21 | Bohumil Rejda | Karel Gut | Round-robin | 4th |
| 1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava | 8 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 46 | 22 | Vlastimil Sýkora | Karel Gut | Final Round | |
| 1961 Geneva/Lausanne | 7 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 33 | 9 | Zdeněk Andršt, Vladimír Kostka | Vlastimil Bubník | Final Round | |
| 1962 Colorado Springs, Denver | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1963 Stockholm | 7 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 41 | 16 | Jiří Anton | Vlastimil Bubník | Final Round | |
| 1965 Tampere | 7 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 43 | 10 | Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka | František Tikal | Final Round | |
| 1966 Ljubljana | 7 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 32 | 15 | Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka | František Tikal | Final Round | |
| 1967 Vienna | 7 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 29 | 18 | Vladimír Bouzek, Jaroslav Pitner | František Tikal | Final Round | 4th |
| 1969 Stockholm | 10 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 40 | 20 | Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka | Jozef Golonka | Final Round | |
| 1970 Stockholm | 10 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 47 | 30 | Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka | Josef Černý | Final Round | |
| 1971 Bern/Geneva | 10 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 44 | 20 | Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka | Josef Černý | Final Round | |
| 1972 Prague | 10 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 72 | 16 | Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka | František Pospíšil | Final Round | |
| 1973 Moscow | 10 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 48 | 20 | Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka | František Pospíšil | Final Round | |
| 1974 Helsinki | 10 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 57 | 20 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | František Pospíšil | Final Round | |
| 1975 Munich/Düsseldorf | 10 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 55 | 19 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | František Pospíšil | Final Round | |
| 1976 Katowice | 10 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 67 | 14 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | František Pospíšil | Final Round | |
| 1977 Vienna | 10 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 54 | 32 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | František Pospíšil | Final Round | |
| 1978 Prague | 10 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 54 | 21 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | Ivan Hlinka | Final Round | |
| 1979 Moscow | 6 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 25 | 30 | Karel Gut, Ján Starší | Ivan Hlinka | Final Round | |
| 1981 Gothenburg/Stockholm | 6 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 20 | 22 | Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | Milan Nový | Final Round | |
| 1982 Helsinki/Tampere | 10 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 38 | 20 | Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | Milan Nový | Final Round | |
| 1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich | 10 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 40 | 21 | Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | František Černík | Final Round | |
| 1985 Prague | 10 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 48 | 22 | Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý | Dárius Rusnák | Final Round | |
| 1986 Moscow | 10 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 38 | 21 | Ján Starší, František Pospíšil | Dárius Rusnák | Consolation round | 5th |
| 1987 Austria | 10 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 32 | 22 | Ján Starší, František Pospíšil | Dušan Pašek | Final Round | |
| 1989 Stockholm/Södertälje | 10 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 38 | 21 | Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý | Vladimír Růžička | Final Round | |
| 1990 Bern/Fribourg | 10 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 40 | 30 | Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý | Jiří Doležal | Final Round | |
| 1991 Helsinki/Turku/Tampere | 10 | 4 | – | 0 | – | 6 | 28 | 27 | Stanislav Neveselý, Josef Horešovský | Bedřich Ščerban | Consolation round | 6th |
| 1992 Prague/Bratislava | 8 | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 12 | Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter | Tomáš Jelínek | 3rd place Game | |
| 1993 Munich/Dortmund | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia. |