Czech Republic men's national handball team

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Czech Republic
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AssociationCzech Handball Federation
CoachXavi Sabaté
Assistant coachMartin Galia
Josep Espar Moya
Colours
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1st
Team colours
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances6 (First in 1995)
Best result8th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances12 (First in 1996)
Best result6th (1996, 2018)
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[edit]

World Championship[edit]

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Iceland 1995 7/8th place 8 9 5 0 4 206 205
Japan 1997 Round of 16 11 6 3 0 3 138 125
Egypt 1999 did not qualify
France 2001 Preliminary round 18 5 1 2 2 136 136
Portugal 2003 did not qualify
Tunisia 2005 9/10th place 10 9 3 2 4 261 271
Germany 2007 11/12th place 12 8 2 0 6 227 235
Croatia 2009 did not qualify
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015 17/18th place 17 7 4 0 3 209 199
France 2017 did not qualify
Denmark/Germany 2019
Egypt 2021 Withdrawn
Poland/Sweden 2023 did not qualify
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 To be determined
Germany 2027
Total 6/15 44 18 4 22 1177 1171

European Championship[edit]

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 did not qualify
Spain 1996 Preliminary Round 6 6 3 0 3 154 152
Italy 1998 Preliminary Round 10 6 1 0 5 166 170
Croatia 2000 did not qualify
Sweden 2002 Main Round 8 7 3 0 4 180 205
Slovenia 2004 Main Round 11 6 1 1 4 177 202
Switzerland 2006 did not qualify
Norway 2008 Preliminary Round 13 3 0 0 3 88 97
Austria 2010 Main Round 8 6 2 1 3 175 180
Serbia 2012 Preliminary Round 14 3 1 0 2 77 84
Denmark 2014 Preliminary Round 15 3 0 1 2 73 87
Poland 2016 did not qualify
Croatia 2018 Fifth place match 6 7 3 1 3 173 186
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020 Main Round 12 7 2 0 5 172 183
HungarySlovakia 2022 Preliminary Round 13 3 1 1 1 80 74
Germany 2024 Preliminary Round 15 3 1 0 2 70 73
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 To be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028
Total 12/18 60 18 5 37 1585 1693

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Xavi Sabaté

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Tomáš Mrkva (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35) 2.01 m 118 9 Germany THW Kiel
2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 140 474 Germany Dessau-Roßlauer HV [de]
4 GK Jan Hrdlička (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27) 1.89 m 8 0 Poland MKS Kalisz
7 RB Tomáš Piroch [de] (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 23) 1.87 m 29 61 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
10 CB Jonáš Patzel (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 22) 1.90 m 7 10 Czech Republic HCB Karviná
14 RW Jakub Štěrba [de] (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 27) 1.84 m 16 32 Germany ASV Hamm-Westfalen
16 GK Martin Galia (1979-04-12) 12 April 1979 (age 44) 1.89 m 219 10 Czech Republic HCB Karviná
17 RB Stanislav Kašpárek (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 27) 2.00 m 62 213 Romania Dinamo București
18 P Vít Reichl [de] (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 30) 1.88 m 14 41 Germany TV Hüttenberg
19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 30) 1.86 m 93 290 Germany Bergischer HC
20 LB Jaroslav Trkovský (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 22) 1.84 m 11 9 Czech Republic HK FCC Město Lovosice
28 CB Matěj Havran (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22) 1.90 m 10 2 Czech Republic HC Zubří
31 LB Matěj Klíma (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 24) 1.92 m 36 141 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
32 LB Vojtěch Patzel (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 25) 1.90 m 39 56 Germany VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
34 LB Dominik Solák (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 26) 1.99 m 34 19 Czech Republic HCB Karviná
39 CB Lukáš Mořkovský (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22) 1.89 m 2 3 Poland Górnik Zabrze
66 P Štěpán Zeman (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 26) 1.97 m 55 53 Germany VfL Gummersbach
77 P Daniel Režnický (1998-03-26) 26 March 1998 (age 25) 1.90 m 15 17 Poland Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski

Notable former players[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Most capped players
Player Games Position
Jan Filip 220 W
Martin Galia 201 GK
Karel Nocar 184 W
Petr Štochl 182 GK
Filip Jícha 155 OB
Daniel Kubeš 140 P
Pavel Horák 122 OB
Ondřej Zdráhala 117 CB
Roman Bečvář 111 CB
Jakub Hrstka 103 W
Jan Sobol 101 W
Tomáš Mrkva 90 GK
Top Scorers
Player Goals Average Position
Jan Filip 960 4.36 W
Filip Jícha 877 OB
Karel Nocar 432 W
Ondřej Zdráhala 408 CB
Pavel Horák 350 OB
Jakub Hrstka 337 W
Jan Sobol 274 W
Roman Bečvář 238 CB

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1994 – Men's European Championship / Runners Up Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2007
  2. ^ "Poslední test před show: Reprezentace v generálce na EURO vyzve Maďarsko" (in Czech). handball.cz. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Czech Republic". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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