Czech Republic national handball team

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

Results

World Championship

• 1995: 8th place
• 1997: 11th place
• 2001: 18th place
• 2005: 10th place
• 2007: 12th place
• 2015: 17th place

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
Portugal 1994	Did not participate
Spain 1996	Preliminary Round	6	5	3	0	2	129	125
Italy 1998	Preliminary Round	10	5	1	0	4	130	132
Croatia 2000	Did not participate
Sweden 2002	Main Round	8	6	3	0	3	151	169
Slovenia 2004	Main Round	11	6	1	1	4	177	202
Switzerland 2006	Did not participate
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
Total	8/11	-	37	11	3	23	1000	1076

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Jan Filip / Daniel Kubeš

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 1.86 m 47 135 Tatran Prešov 3 CB Roman Bečvář (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 1.91 m 52 134 Empor Rostock 5 RW Miroslav Jurka (1987-06-07) 7 June 1987 1.89 m 36 73 Saint-Raphaël VHB 8 LW Jiří Motl (1984-09-29) 29 September 1984 1.84 m 74 142 Lovosice 9 LB Filip Jícha (1982-04-19) 19 April 1982 2.01 m 148 816 THW Kiel 11 RW Jan Sobol (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 1.88 m 101 274 Azoty-Puławy 13 LB Pavel Horák (1982-11-28) 28 November 1982 1.98 m 77 257 Füchse Berlin 16 GK Martin Galia (1979-04-12) 12 April 1979 1.89 m 143 3 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 1.86 m 14 16 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 22 RW Petr Linhart (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 1.95 m 14 33 Talent Plzeň 23 P Leoš Petrovský (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 2.02 m 5 11 Talent Plzeň 32 P Jakub Šindelář (1986-11-20) 20 November 1986 1.95 m 17 6 Talent Plzeň 27 CB Ondřej Zdráhala (1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 1.87 m 66 157 ASV Hamm-Westfalen 41 LB Michal Kasal (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 2.09 m 16 14 Celje 42 CB Jakub Szymanski (1983-02-09) 9 February 1983 1.98 m 41 52 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 71 GK Petr Štochl (1976-04-24) 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

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile