Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
CzechoslovakiaMost games |
Jiří Holík (319) |
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Top scorer |
Josef Maleček (216) |
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Most points |
Josef Maleček (285) |
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First international |
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Canada 15–0 Czechoslovakia  (Antwerp, Belgium; 24 April 1920) |
IIHF World Championships |
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Appearances |
42 (first in 1930) |
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Best result |
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) |
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Olympics |
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Appearances |
16 (first in 1920) |
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Medals |
Silver: 4 (1948, 1968, 1976, 1984)
Bronze: 4 (1920, 1964, 1972, 1992) |
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The Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team was one of the world's premiere teams for the duration of its existence.[1][2]
The successor to the Bohemian 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, but 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 disbanded and 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, and the Slovak national team was demoted to Pool C (Slovakia got into the Top Division very early 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:
- 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.[3][4][5]
Notable players
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 |
? |
? |
Bronze medal Round |
03 ! |
1924 Chamonix |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
14 |
41 |
? |
? |
First Round |
6th |
1928 St. Moritz |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
? |
? |
First Round |
7th |
1932 Lake Placid |
Did not participate |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
9 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
18 |
? |
? |
Final Round |
4th |
1948 St. Moritz |
8 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
18 |
? |
? |
Round-robin |
02 ! |
1952 Oslo |
8 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
47 |
18 |
Jiří Tožička, Josef Herman |
? |
Round-robin |
4th |
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
32 |
36 |
Vladimír Bouzek |
? |
Final Round |
5th |
1960 Squaw Valley |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
44 |
31 |
Eduard Farda, Ladislav Horský |
? |
Medal Round |
4th |
1964 Innsbruck |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
38 |
19 |
Jiří Anton, Vladimír Kostka |
? |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1968 Grenoble |
7 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
33 |
17 |
Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka |
Jozef Golonka |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1972 Sapporo |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
26 |
13 |
Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka |
Josef Černý |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1976 Innsbruck |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
10 |
Karel Gut, Ján Starší |
František Pospíšil |
Final Round |
02 ! |
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 |
02 ! |
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 |
03 ! |
1994 Lillehammer | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
Canada Cup record
European Championship record
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 |
? |
? |
3rd Place Game |
03 ! |
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 |
? |
? |
Consolation Round |
6th |
1938 Prague |
7 |
4 |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
9 |
6 |
? |
? |
3rd Place Game |
03 ! |
1939 Zürich/Basel |
10 |
3 |
- |
2 |
- |
5 |
37 |
9 |
? |
? |
3rd Place Game |
4th |
1947 Prague |
7 |
6 |
- |
0 |
- |
1 |
85 |
10 |
? |
? |
Round-robin |
01 ! |
1949 Stockholm |
7 |
5 |
- |
0 |
- |
2 |
42 |
12 |
Antonín Vodička |
? |
Final Round |
01 ! |
1950 London |
Did not participate |
1951 Paris |
Did not participate |
1953 Zürich/Basel |
Did not finish/Disqualified |
1954 Stockholm |
7 |
4 |
- |
0 |
- |
3 |
41 |
21 |
? |
? |
Round-robin |
4th |
1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne |
8 |
5 |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
63 |
22 |
? |
? |
Round-robin |
03 ! |
1957 Moscow |
7 |
5 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
66 |
9 |
? |
? |
Round-robin |
03 ! |
1958 Oslo |
7 |
3 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
21 |
21 |
? |
? |
Round-robin |
4th |
1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava |
8 |
5 |
- |
0 |
- |
3 |
46 |
22 |
? |
? |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1961 Geneva/Lausanne |
7 |
6 |
- |
1 |
- |
0 |
33 |
9 |
? |
? |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1962 Colorado Springs, Denver |
Did not participate |
1963 Stockholm |
7 |
5 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
41 |
16 |
? |
? |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1965 Tampere |
7 |
6 |
- |
0 |
- |
1 |
43 |
10 |
? |
? |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1966 Ljubljana |
7 |
6 |
- |
0 |
- |
1 |
32 |
15 |
? |
? |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1967 Vienna |
7 |
3 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
29 |
18 |
? |
? |
Final Round |
4th |
1969 Stockholm |
10 |
8 |
- |
0 |
- |
2 |
40 |
20 |
Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka |
? |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1970 Stockholm |
10 |
5 |
- |
1 |
- |
4 |
47 |
30 |
Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka |
? |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1971 Bern/Geneva |
10 |
7 |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
44 |
20 |
Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka |
|
Final Round |
03 ! |
1972 Prague |
10 |
9 |
- |
0 |
- |
1 |
72 |
16 |
Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka |
František Pospíšil |
Final Round |
01 ! |
1973 Moscow |
10 |
6 |
- |
1 |
- |
3 |
48 |
20 |
Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka |
František Pospíšil |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1974 Helsinki |
10 |
7 |
- |
0 |
- |
3 |
57 |
20 |
Karel Gut, Ján Starší |
František Pospíšil |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1975 Munich/Düsseldorf |
10 |
8 |
- |
0 |
- |
2 |
55 |
19 |
Karel Gut, Ján Starší |
František Pospíšil |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1976 Katowice |
10 |
9 |
- |
1 |
- |
0 |
67 |
14 |
Karel Gut, Ján Starší |
František Pospíšil |
Final Round |
01 ! |
1977 Vienna |
10 |
7 |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
54 |
32 |
Karel Gut, Ján Starší |
František Pospíšil |
Final Round |
01 ! |
1978 Prague |
10 |
9 |
- |
0 |
- |
1 |
54 |
21 |
Karel Gut, Ján Starší |
Ivan Hlinka |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1979 Moscow |
6 |
3 |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
25 |
30 |
Karel Gut, Ján Starší |
Ivan Hlinka |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1981 Gothenburg/Stockholm |
6 |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
20 |
22 |
Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý |
Milan Nový |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1982 Helsinki/Tampere |
10 |
5 |
- |
2 |
- |
3 |
38 |
20 |
Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý |
Milan Nový |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich |
10 |
6 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
40 |
21 |
Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý |
František Černík |
Final Round |
02 ! |
1985 Prague |
10 |
7 |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
48 |
22 |
Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý |
Dárius Rusnák |
Final Round |
01 ! |
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 |
03 ! |
1989 Stockholm/Södertälje |
10 |
4 |
- |
2 |
- |
4 |
38 |
21 |
Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý |
Vladimír Růžička |
Final Round |
03 ! |
1990 Bern/Fribourg |
10 |
5 |
- |
1 |
- |
4 |
40 |
30 |
Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý |
Jiří Doležal |
Final Round |
03 ! |
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 |
03 ! |
1993 Munich/Dortmund | Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
See also
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