Czech Republic national handball team

Czech Republic
Information
Association	Czech Handball Association
Coach	Jan Filip/Daniel Kubeš
Colours
Home Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1995)
Best result	8th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1996)
Best result	6th (1996)
Last updated on Unknown.

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.^[1]

Results

World Championships

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
2001	Preliminary round	18	5	1	2	2	136	136
2003	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
2011
2013
2015	17/18th place	17	7	4	0	3	209	199
Total	6/11	-	44	18	4	22	1177	1171

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Preliminary Round	6	5	3	0	2	129	125
1998	Preliminary Round	10	5	1	0	4	130	132
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Main Round	8	6	3	0	3	151	169
2004	Main Round	11	6	1	1	4	177	202
2006	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
Total	8/12	-	37	11	3	23	1000	1076

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Jan Filip / Daniel Kubeš

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LW Jakub Hrstka 17 March 1990 1.86 m 47 135 Tatran Prešov 3 CB Roman Bečvář 18 April 1989 1.91 m 52 134 Empor Rostock 5 RW Miroslav Jurka 7 June 1987 1.89 m 36 73 Saint-Raphaël VHB 8 LW Jiří Motl 29 September 1984 1.84 m 74 142 Lovosice 9 LB Filip Jícha 19 April 1982 2.01 m 148 816 FC Barcelona 11 RW Jan Sobol 22 May 1984 1.88 m 101 274 Azoty-Puławy 13 LB Pavel Horák 28 November 1982 1.98 m 77 257 Füchse Berlin 16 GK Martin Galia 12 April 1979 1.89 m 143 3 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 19 CB Tomáš Babák 28 December 1993 1.86 m 14 16 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 22 RW Petr Linhart 29 May 1990 1.95 m 14 33 Talent Plzeň 23 P Leoš Petrovský 5 January 1993 2.02 m 5 11 Talent Plzeň 32 P Jakub Šindelář 20 November 1986 1.95 m 17 6 Talent Plzeň 27 CB Ondřej Zdráhala 10 July 1983 1.87 m 66 157 ASV Hamm-Westfalen 41 LB Michal Kasal 3 April 1994 2.09 m 16 14 Celje 42 CB Jakub Szymanski 9 February 1983 1.98 m 41 52 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 71 GK Petr Štochl 24 April 1976 1.93 m 182 2 Füchse Berlin

Player statistics

Most capped players # Player Games Position Years 1 Jan Filip 220 W Petr Štochl 182 GK Filip Jícha 155 OB Martin Galia 143 GK Daniel Kubeš 140 P Jan Sobol 101 W

Top scorers # Player Goals Average Position Years 1 Jan Filip 960 4.36 W Filip Jícha 855 OB Pavel Horák 292 OB Jan Sobol 274 W Ondřej Zdráhala 224 CB

References

1. 1994 – Men's European Championship / Runners Up, European Handball Federation, retrieved 2 April 2007
2. 2015 World Championship roster

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile