Czech Republic national ice hockey team

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Image:Coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg
Association
Czech Ice Hockey Association
Current Olympic/World Cup coach
Alois Hadamczik
Current national team coach
Alois Hadamczik
Most Games
Most Points
First Game
Largest win
Largest defeat
World Championships
Gold medalists: 5 - 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Olympic medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey
Gold 1998 Nagano Ice Hockey
Bronze 2006 Turin Ice Hockey

The Czech national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked fourth by the IIHF. 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 Czech Republic where the Czechs lost to the United States of America in the quarterfinals. But year after the Czechs won the gold medal at the 2005 tournament. At the 2006 Winter Olympics the Czechs won the bronze medal, defeating Russia 3-0 (see roster). The Czech Republic has 72,075 players (0.7% of its population).

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[edit] Coaching history

[edit] Olympics

[edit] World Championships

  • 1993 – Ivan Hlinka
  • 1994 – Ivan Hlinka
  • 1995 – Luděk Bukač
  • 1996 – Luděk Bukač
  • 1997 – Ivan Hlinka
  • 1998 – Ivan Hlinka
  • 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

[edit] Olympic record

[edit] World Cup record

  • 1996 - Did not qualify for playoffs
  • 2004 - Lost in semi-finals

[edit] World Championship record

  • 1993 - Won bronze medal
  • 1994 - Finished in 7th place
  • 1995 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1996 - Won gold medal
  • 1997 - Won bronze medal
  • 1998 - Won bronze medal
  • 1999 - Won gold medal
  • 2000 - Won gold medal
  • 2001 - Won gold medal
  • 2002 - Finished in 5th place
  • 2003 - Finished in 4th place
  • 2004 - Finished in 5th place
  • 2005 - Won gold medal
  • 2006 - Won silver medal
  • 2007 - Finished in 7th place

See also Czechoslovak national ice hockey team

[edit] External links

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