# 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.
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.

## Results
### World Championship

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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2001 | Preliminary round | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 136 | 136 |
| 2003 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | 17/18th place | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 209 | 199 |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| / 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2021 | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn |
| / 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| // 2025 | Main round | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 130 | 144 |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| / 2029 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| // 2031 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 7/17 | – | 50 | 18 | *7 | 25 | 1307 | 1315 |
    *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

### European Championship

European Championship record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1994 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 12/18 | – | 60 | 18 | 5 | 37 | 1585 | 1693 |

## Team
### Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
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 36)
* 2.00 m
* 128
* 11
* THW Kiel
* 2
* LW
* Jakub Hrstka
* (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34)
* 1.87 m
* 150
* 484
* HC Zubří
* 4
* GK
* Jan Hrdlička
* (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 28)
* 1.95 m
* 17
* 0
* MKS Kalisz
* 6
* RW
* Dominik Skopár
* (2006-05-04) 4 May 2006 (age 18)
* 1.80 m
* 2
* 11
* Talent Plzeň
* 7
* RB
* Tomáš Piroch
* (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24)
* 1.88 m
* 37
* 88
* Orlen Wisła Płock
* 14
* RW
* Jakub Štěrba
* (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28)
* 1.84 m
* 24
* 55
* ASV Hamm-Westfalen
* 17
* RB
* Stanislav Kašpárek
* (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 28)
* 2.02 m
* 70
* 228
* Dinamo București
* 18
* P
* Vít Reichl
* (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31)
* 1.88 m
* 22
* 54
* TV Hüttenberg
* 19
* CB
* Tomáš Babák
* (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 31)
* 1.86 m
* 100
* 299
* Bergischer HC
* 21
* CB
* Dušan Palát
* (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23)
* 1.85 m
* 1
* 3
* HC Zubří
* 23
* LB
* Jonáš Josef
* (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 20)
* 1.90 m
* 2
* 1
* HC Dukla Prague
* 28
* CB
* Matěj Havran
* (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 23)
* 1.90 m
* 16
* 4
* Tatabánya KC
* 34
* LB
* Dominik Solák
* (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 27)
* 1.98 m
* 42
* 35
* HCB Karviná
* 35
* RB
* Martin Rakouský
* (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 22)
* 1.80 m
* 0
* 0
* HC Dukla Prague
* 39
* CB
* Lukáš Mořkovský
* (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 23)
* 1.89 m
* 11
* 11
* Górnik Zabrze
* 49
* LB
* Daniel Bláha
* (2005-12-27) 27 December 2005 (age 19)
* 2.12 m
* 6
* 6
* Talent Plzeň
* 66
* P
* Štěpán Zeman
* (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27)
* 2.02 m
* 62
* 55
* VfL Gummersbach
* 77
* P
* Daniel Režnický
* (1998-03-26) 26 March 1998 (age 26)
* 1.90 m
* 21
* 17
* Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski
* 93
* LW
* Jan Blecha
* (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31)
* 1.84 m
* 10
* 19
* HC Dukla Prague

### Notable former players

* Jan Filip
* Martin Galia
* Filip Jícha
* David Juříček [cs]
* Daniel Kubeš
* Karel Nocar [fr; de]
* Petr Štochl