Czechia men's national ice hockey team

The Czech men's national ice hockey team is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked fifth by the IIHF. It it the successor of the Czechoslovak National Team. It is controlled by the Czech Ice Hockey Association. The Czechs won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won three straight gold medals at the world championships from 1999 to 2001. In the next 3 years the team did not get a medal at the world championships - not even home at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships held in Prague and Ostrava in the Czechia, thus keeping the "world championship home ice curse" alive. But the following year the Czechs won gold at the the 2005 tournament, the only world championship where, due to the 2004-2005 NHL lockout, all NHL players were available to participate. At the 2006 Winter Olympics the Czechs won a bronze medal, defeating Russia 3-0 (roster) in the bronze medal game, and becoming one of only three nations (along with Russia and Finland) to medal twice in ice hockey at the Olympic games since the NHL allowed its players to participate in this event. At the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships the Czechs won silver, falling to Sweden in the final. A last gold medal comes from 2010 and last medal from 2012. Since 2012 Czechia did not won any medal on World Championship, Olympics or World Cup. In last ten years, the Czechia's team is probably the team which claimed most 4th places (2014, 2015, 2019 World Championships and 2018 Olympics). Czechia has 121,613 players (1.1 % of its population).
==Coaching History==
===Olympics===
*1994 – Ivan Hlinka
*1998 – Ivan Hlinka and Slavomír Lener
*2002 – Josef Augusta
*2006 – Alois Hadamczik
*2010 - Vladimír Růžička
*2014 - Alois Hadamczik
*2018 - Josef Jandač
===World Championships===
*1993 – Ivan Hlinka
*1994 – Ivan Hlinka
*1995 – Luděk Bukač
*1996 – Luděk Bukač
*1997 – Ivan Hlinka and Slavomír Lener
*1998 – Ivan Hlinka and Slavomír Lener
*1999 – Ivan Hlinka
*2000 – Josef Augusta
*2001 – Josef Augusta
*2002 – Josef Augusta
*2003 – Slavomír Lener
*2004 – Slavomír Lener
*2005 – Vladimír Růžička
*2006 – Alois Hadamczik
*2007 – Alois Hadamczik
*2008 - Alois Hadamczik
*2009 - Vladimír Růžička
*2010 - Vladimír Růžička
*2011 - Alois Hadamczik
*2012 - Alois Hadamczik
*2013 - Alois Hadamczik
*2014 - Vladimír Růžička
*2015 - Vladimír Růžička
*2016 - Vladimír Vůjtek
*2017 - Josef Jandač
*2018 - Josef Jandač
*2019 - Miloš Říha
==Olympic Record==
*1920-1992 - Did not participate
*1994 - Finished in 5th place
*1998 - 
*2002 - Finished in 7th place
*2006 - 
*2010 - Finished in 7th place
*2014 - Finished in 6th place
*2018 - Finished in 4th place
==World Cup of Hockey Record==
*1996 - Did not qualify for playoffs
*2004 - Lost in semi-finals
*2016 - Did not qualify for playoffs
==World Championship Record==
*1920-1992 - Did not participate
*1993 - 
*1994 - Finished in 7th place
*1995 - Finished in 4th place
*1996 - 
*1997 - 
*1998 - 
*1999 - 
*2000 - 
*2001 - 
*2002 - Finished in 5th place
*2003 - Finished in 4th place
*2004 - Finished in 5th place
*2005 - 
*2006 - 
*2007 - Finished in 7th place
*2008 - Finished in 5th place
*2009 - Finished in 6th place
*2010 - 
*2011 - 
*2012 - 
*2013 - Finished in 7th place
*2014 - Finished in 4th place
*2015 - Finished in 4th place
*2016 - Finished in 5th place
*2017 - Finished in 7th place
*2018 - Finished in 7th place
*2019 - Finished in 4th place
*2020 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
== Retired Numbers ==
* #4 Karel Rachůnek
* #15 Jan Marek
* #21 Ivan Hlinka
* #63 Josef Vašíček
== Actual Roster ==
Position	Number	Name 	Born 	Age	Height 	Weight 	Shoots/Catches
G 	#30 	Šimon Hrubec 	June 30, 1991 	29 	6ft 1in (186cm) 	183lb (83kg) 	L
G 	#61 	Petr Kváča 	Sepmteber 12, 1997	23 	6ft 1in (186cm) 	170lb (77kg) 	L
G 	#35 	Roman Will 	May 22, 1992 	28 	6ft 1in (185cm) 	194lb (88kg) 	L
D 	#3 	Libor Hájek 	February 4, 1998 	23 	6ft 2in (187cm) 	205lb (93kg) 	L
D 	#17 	Filip Hronek 	November 2, 1997 	23 	6ft 0in (183cm) 	185lb (84kg) 	R
D 	#31 	Lukáš Klok 	June 7, 1995 	25 	6ft 1in (185cm) 	187lb (85kg) 	L
D 	#60 	Michal Moravčík	December 7, 1994 	26 	6ft 4in (194cm) 	212lb (96kg) 	L
D 	#6 	David Musil 	April 9, 1993 	28 	6ft 4in (193cm) 	207lb (94kg) 	L
D 	#86 	Jan Ščotka 	May 20, 1996 	24 	6ft 1in (186cm) 	181lb (82kg) 	L
D 	#9 	David Sklenička	September 8, 1996 	24 	5ft 11in (180cm)	181lb (82kg) 	L
D 	#58 	Libor Šulák 	March 4, 1994 	27 	6ft 2in (189cm) 	214lb (97kg) 	L
D 	#62 	Andrej Šustr 	November 29, 1990 	30 	6ft 7in (201cm) 	216lb (98kg) 	R
D 	#74 	Ondřej Vitásek 	September 4, 1990 	30 	6ft 4in (193cm) 	227lb (103kg)	L
F 	#95 	Matěj Blümel 	May 31, 2000 	20 	6ft 0in (183cm) 	198lb (90kg) 	L
F 	#56 	Rudolf Červený 	August 6, 1989 	31 	6ft 0in (182cm) 	187lb (85kg) 	L
F 	#72 	Filip Chytil 	September 5, 1999 	21 	6ft 2in (187cm) 	203lb (92kg) 	L
F 	#19 	Jakub Flek 	December 24, 1992 	28 	5ft 8in (173cm) 	165lb (75kg) 	L
F 	#78 	Robin Hanzl 	January 10, 1989 	32 	6ft 1in (185cm) 	174lb (79kg) 	L
F 	#43 	Jan Kovář 	March 20, 1990 	31 	5ft 11in (181cm)	216lb (98kg) 	R
F 	#8 	Dominik Kubalík	August 21, 1995 	25 	6ft 2in (187cm) 	179lb (81kg) 	L
F 	#25 	Radan Lenc 	July 30, 1991 	29 	5ft 11in (180cm)	174lb (79kg) 	L
F 	#14 	Adam Musil 	March 26, 1997 	24 	6ft 4in (192cm) 	203lb (92kg) 	R
F 	#69 	Lukáš Radil 	August 5, 1990 	30 	6ft 3in (191cm) 	201lb (91kg) 	L
F 	#92 	Jiří Sekáč 	June 10, 1992 	28 	6ft 2in (189cm) 	201lb (91kg) 	L
F 	#67 	Jiří Smejkal 	November 5, 1996 	24 	6ft 4in (192cm) 	203lb (92kg) 	L
F 	#52 	Michael Špaček 	April 9, 1997 	24 	5ft 11in (180cm)	187lb (85kg) 	R
F 	#44 	Matěj Stránský 	July 11, 1993 	27 	6ft 2in (188cm) 	216lb (98kg) 	R
F 	#13 	Jakub Vrána 	December 21, 1997 	23 	5ft 11in (181cm)	183lb (83kg) 	L
F 	#11 	Filip Zadina 	November 27, 1999 	21 	6ft 0in (183cm) 	190lb (86kg) 	L
F 	#20 	Hynek Zohorna 	August 1, 1990 	30 	6ft 2in (188cm) 	207lb (94kg) 	R
F 	#79 	Tomáš Zohorna 	January 3, 1988 	33 	6ft 1in (186cm) 	187lb (85kg) 	L
== Team Staff ==
Role 	Name 	Born
Head coach 	Filip Pešán 	January 4, 1978
General manager 	Petr Nedvěd 	December 9, 1971
Assistant coach 	Martin Straka 	September 3, 1972
Assistant coach 	Jaroslav Špaček	February 11, 1974
Goalie coach 	Zdeněk Orct 	April 28, 1970
Videocoach 	Aleš Vladyka 	December 8, 1979
Doctor 	Tomáš Vyskočil 	May 16, 1974
Physiotherapist 	Radovan Sakaláš	
Conditioning coach 	Dominik Kodras 	
Equipment manager 	Zdeněk Šmíd 	April 5, 1979
Equipment manager 	Petr Šulan 	March 29, 1982
Manager 	Jan Černý 	May 5, 1975
Media manager 	Zdeněk Zikmund 	1964
Social media manager	Ondřej Kalát 	December 28, 1988
==See also==
*Czechoslovak national ice hockey team
*Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia men's national ice hockey team
*National Teams of Ice HockeyCategory:National teams
Category:Czech ice hockey teams