Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team

The Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team of Czechoslovakia, and competed from 1920 until 1992. The successor to the Bohemia 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, and sometimes beat the Soviets. In total, they won the gold medal six times.

Czechoslovakia
Most gamesJiří Holík (319)
Top scorerJosef Maleček (216)
Most pointsJosef Maleček (285)
IIHF codeTCH
First international
 Canada 15–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 24 April 1920)
Last international
 Czechoslovakia 7–2 Switzerland  
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 19 December 1992)
Biggest win
 Czechoslovakia 24–0 Yugoslavia 
(Basel, Switzerland; 3 February 1939)
 Czechoslovakia 24–0 Belgium 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 21 February 1947)
 Czechoslovakia 27–3 East Germany 
(East Berlin, East Germany; 25 April 1951)
 Czechoslovakia 25–1 Japan 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 4 March 1957)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 30–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Chamonix, France; 28 January 1924)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances52 (first in 1930)
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)
Olympics
Appearances16 (first in 1920)
Medals Silver: 4 (1948, 1968, 1976, 1984)
Bronze: 4 (1920, 1964, 1972, 1992)
Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
1984 SarajevoIce hockey
1976 InnsbruckIce hockey
1968 GrenobleIce hockey
1948 St. MoritzIce hockey
1992 AlbertvilleIce hockey
1972 SapporoIce hockey
1964 InnsbruckIce hockey
1920 AntwerpIce hockey
Canada Cup
1976 Canada
1981 Canada
World Championships
1947 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
1949 SwedenIce hockey
1972 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
1976 PolandIce hockey
1977 AustriaIce hockey
1985 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
1961 SwitzerlandIce hockey
1965 FinlandIce hockey
1966 YugoslaviaIce hockey
1971 SwitzerlandIce hockey
1974 FinlandIce hockey
1975 West GermanyIce hockey
1978 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
1979 Soviet UnionIce hockey
1982 FinlandIce hockey
1983 West GermanyIce hockey
1933 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
1938 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
1955 West GermanyIce hockey
1957 Soviet UnionIce hockey
1959 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
1963 SwedenIce hockey
1969 SwedenIce hockey
1970 SwedenIce hockey
1973 Soviet UnionIce hockey
1981 SwedenIce hockey
1987 AustriaIce hockey
1989 SwedenIce hockey
1990 SwitzerlandIce hockey
1992 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey

Due to the split of the country Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the team was 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, while the Slovak national team was entered into the lowest level, Pool C, winning promotion in successive years to join the elite division in 1996.

Notable events

Notable players

Former National jerseys

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 ? Josef Šroubek Bronze medal Round
1924 Chamonix 3 1 0 0 0 2 14 41 ? Josef Šroubek First Round 6th
1928 St. Moritz 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 ? Josef Šroubek First Round 7th
1932 Lake Placid Did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 9 5 0 0 0 4 16 18 ? Josef Maleček Final Round 4th
1948 St. Moritz 8 7 0 1 0 0 80 18 Mike Buckna Vladimír Zábrodský Round-robin
1952 Oslo 8 6 0 0 0 2 47 18 Jiří Tožička, Josef Herman Karel Gut Round-robin 4th
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 7 3 0 0 0 4 32 36 Vladimír Bouzek Karel Gut Final Round 5th
1960 Squaw Valley 7 3 0 0 0 4 44 31 Eduard Farda, Ladislav Horský Karel Gut Medal Round 4th
1964 Innsbruck 7 5 0 0 0 2 38 19 Jiří Anton, Vladimír Kostka Vlastimil Bubník Final Round
1968 Grenoble 7 5 0 1 0 1 33 17 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Jozef Golonka Final Round
1972 Sapporo 5 3 0 0 0 2 26 13 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Josef Černý Final Round
1976 Innsbruck 5 3 0 0 0 2 17 10 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round
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
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
1994 LillehammerSince 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Canada Cup record
Year GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1976 7 3 1 3 23 20 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final
1981 6 2 2 2 22 17 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Milan Nový Semi-finals
1984 5 0 1 4 10 21 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Vladimír Caldr Round-robin 5th
1987 5 2 1 2 12 15 Ján Starší, František Pospíšil Dušan Pašek Semi-finals 4th
1991 5 1 0 4 11 18 Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter František Musil Round-robin 6th

European Championship record
Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1910–1914Did not participate. Was  Bohemia.
1921 Stockholm 1 0 0 1 4 6 ? ? Final
1922 St. Moritz 2 2 0 0 11 3 ? ? Round-robin
1923 Antwerp 4 2 0 2 16 9 ? ? Round-robin
1924 Milan Did not participate.
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec 3 3 0 0 10 0 ? ? Round-robin
1926 Davos 7 5 0 2 18 8 ? ? Final round
1927 Wien 5 1 1 3 7 6 ? ? Round-robin 5th
1929 Budapest 4 4 0 0 8 3 ? ? Final
1932 Berlin 6 1 1 4 10 10 ? ? Final round 5th

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 ? Josef Maleček 3rd Place Game
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 ? Josef Maleček Consolation Round 6th
1938 Prague 7 4 - 1 - 2 9 6 Mike Buckna Josef Maleček 3rd Place Game
1939 Zürich/Basel 10 3 - 2 - 5 37 9 Mike Buckna Josef Maleček 3rd Place Game 4th
1947 Prague 7 6 - 0 - 1 85 10 Mike Buckna František Pácalt Round-robin
1949 Stockholm 7 5 - 0 - 2 42 12 Antonín Vodička Vladimír Zábrodský Final Round
1950 London Did not participate
1951 Paris Did not participate
1953 Zürich/Basel (4) (3) - (0) - (1) (32) (15) Eduard Farda Karel Gut Did not finish/Disqualified
1954 Stockholm 7 4 - 0 - 3 41 21 Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton Karel Gut Round-robin 4th
1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne 8 5 - 1 - 2 63 22 Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton Karel Gut Round-robin
1957 Moscow 7 5 - 1 - 1 66 9 Vladimír Bouzek, Bohumil Rejda Karel Gut Round-robin
1958 Oslo 7 3 - 2 - 2 21 21 Bohumil Rejda Karel Gut Round-robin 4th
1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava 8 5 - 0 - 3 46 22 Vlastimil Sýkora Karel Gut Final Round
1961 Geneva/Lausanne 7 6 - 1 - 0 33 9 Zdeněk Andršt, Vladimír Kostka Vlastimil Bubník Final Round
1962 Colorado Springs, Denver Did not participate
1963 Stockholm 7 5 - 1 - 1 41 16 Jiří Anton Vlastimil Bubník Final Round
1965 Tampere 7 6 - 0 - 1 43 10 Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka František Tikal Final Round
1966 Ljubljana 7 6 - 0 - 1 32 15 Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka František Tikal Final Round
1967 Vienna 7 3 - 2 - 2 29 18 Vladimír Bouzek, Jaroslav Pitner František Tikal Final Round 4th
1969 Stockholm 10 8 - 0 - 2 40 20 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Jozef Golonka Final Round
1970 Stockholm 10 5 - 1 - 4 47 30 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Josef Černý Final Round
1971 Bern/Geneva 10 7 - 1 - 2 44 20 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Josef Černý Final Round
1972 Prague 10 9 - 0 - 1 72 16 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka František Pospíšil Final Round
1973 Moscow 10 6 - 1 - 3 48 20 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka František Pospíšil Final Round
1974 Helsinki 10 7 - 0 - 3 57 20 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round
1975 Munich/Düsseldorf 10 8 - 0 - 2 55 19 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round
1976 Katowice 10 9 - 1 - 0 67 14 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round
1977 Vienna 10 7 - 1 - 2 54 32 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round
1978 Prague 10 9 - 0 - 1 54 21 Karel Gut, Ján Starší Ivan Hlinka Final Round
1979 Moscow 6 3 - 1 - 2 25 30 Karel Gut, Ján Starší Ivan Hlinka Final Round
1981 Gothenburg/Stockholm 6 2 - 2 - 2 20 22 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Milan Nový Final Round
1982 Helsinki/Tampere 10 5 - 2 - 3 38 20 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Milan Nový Final Round
1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich 10 6 - 2 - 2 40 21 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý František Černík Final Round
1985 Prague 10 7 - 1 - 2 48 22 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Dárius Rusnák Final Round
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
1989 Stockholm/Södertälje 10 4 - 2 - 4 38 21 Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý Vladimír Růžička Final Round
1990 Bern/Fribourg 10 5 - 1 - 4 40 30 Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý Jiří Doležal Final Round
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
1993 Munich/DortmundSince 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by  Czech Republic and  Slovakia.

See also

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