# Czechoslovakia men's national volleyball team

The Czechoslovakia national men's volleyball team was the national volleyball team for Czechoslovakia that had represented the country in international competitions and friendly matches between 1948–1993
FIVB considers Czech Republic (national team) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (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 World Championships of 1956 and 1966, and a further eight medals in other elite tournaments. They took silver at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games and followed that with the bronze four years later in Mexico City.

## Results
### Olympic Games

* 1964 — Silver medal
* 1968 — Bronze medal
* 1972 — 6th place
* 1976 — 5th place
* 1980 — 8th place

### World Championship

* 1949 Czechoslovakia – Silver medal
* 1952 Soviet Union – Silver medal
* 1956 France – Gold medal
* 1960 Brazil – Silver medal
* 1962 Soviet Union – Silver medal
* 1966 Czechoslovakia – 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
* 1969 East Germany — 5th place
* 1985 Japan — Bronze medal

### European Championship

* 1948 Italy — Gold medal
* 1950 Bulgaria — Silver medal
* 1955 Romania — Gold medal
* 1958 Czechoslovakia — Gold medal
* 1963 Romania — 5th place
* 1967 Turkey — Silver medal
* 1971 Italy — 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
* 1987 Belgium — 6th place
* 1991 Germany — 12th place
* 1993 Finland — 8th place

### Team
## 1990 Last World Championship squad

Head coach: Rudolf Matejka, Zdenek Pommer
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | 1990 club |
| 1 | Josef Smolka | ( 1964 -05-30)30 May 1964 (aged 26) | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | Dukla Liberec |
| 2 | Milan Džavoronok | ( 1961 -11-01)1 November 1961 (aged 28) | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | Aero Odolena Voda |
| 3 | Zdeněk Kaláb | ( 1961 -02-09)9 February 1961 (aged 29) | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | Città di Castello |
| 4 | Bronislav Mikyska | ( 1963 -08-14)14 August 1963 (aged 27) | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) | 101 kg (223 lb) | Zbrojovka Brno |
| 5 | Peter Goga | ( 1965 -10-06)6 October 1965 (aged 25) | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | PSK Praga |
| 7 | Martin Skalicka | ( 1965 -04-23)23 April 1965 (aged 25) | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | Tjzlin |
| 8 | Roman Macek | ( 1962 -09-26)26 September 1962 (aged 28) | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | Tjzlin |
| 9 | Štefan Chrtianský | ( 1962 -05-13)13 May 1962 (aged 28) | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | PSK Bratislava |
| 10 | Pavel Barborka | ( 1961 -09-22)22 September 1961 (aged 29) | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | PSK Praga |
| 11 | Igor Stejskal | ( 1968 -10-14)14 October 1968 (aged 22) | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | Zbrojovka Brno |
| 12 | Petr Galis | ( 1965 -05-13)13 May 1965 (aged 25) | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | PSK Praga |
| 13 | Michal Palinek | ( 1967 -08-10)10 August 1967 (aged 23) | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | Zbrojovka Brno |