Czechoslovakia | |
Badge: | Flag of Czech Republic (vertical hoisting).svg |
Badge Size: | 140px |
Association: | Czecho-slovakian hockey association |
Most Games: | Jiří Holík (319) |
Top Scorer: | Josef Maleček (216) |
Most Points: | Josef Maleček (285) |
Home Stadium: | Štvanice Winter Stadium, Prague 1933-1969 - demolished in 2011 Nikolajka Winter Stadium, Prague 1969-1970 - closed in 2022 Sports halls of ČSTV and PKOJF, Prague 1970-1992 (now Fortuny Sports Hall |
Iihf Code: | TCH |
First Game: | 15–0 (Antwerp, Belgium; 24 April 1920) Last international 7–2 (Moscow, Russia; 19 December 1992) |
Largest Win: | 24–0 (Basel, Switzerland; 3 February 1939) 24–0 (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 21 February 1947) 27–3 (East Berlin, East Germany; 25 April 1951) 25–1 (Moscow, the Soviet Union; 4 March 1957) |
Largest Loss: | 30–0 (Chamonix, France; 28 January 1924) |
World Champ Apps: | 52 |
World Champ First: | 1930 |
World Champ Best: | Gold: 6 (1947, 1949, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985) Silver: 10 (1961, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983) Bronze: 14 (1933, 1938, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992) |
World Champ2 Name: | Canada Cup |
World Champ2 Apps: | 5 |
World Champ2 First: | 1976 |
World Champ2 Best: | 2nd: (1976) |
Olympic Apps: | 16 |
Olympic First: | 1920 |
Olympic Medals: | Silver: 4 (1948, 1968, 1976, 1984) Bronze: 4 (1920, 1964, 1972, 1992) |
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.
Year | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank | |
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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 | 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 |
Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank | |
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1910–1914 | did not participate. Was . | ||||||||||
1921 Stockholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ? | ? | Final | ||
bgcolor=gold | 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. | ||||||||||
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 | |
bgcolor=gold | 1929 Budapest | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ? | ? | Final | |
1932 Berlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ? | ? | Final round | 5th |