Czech Republic men's national handball team

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.

Czech Republic
Information
AssociationCzech Handball Federation
CoachXavi Sabaté
Assistant coachMartin Galia
Josep Espar Moya
Colours
1st
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.

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 Championship
World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
19957/8th place89504206205
1997Round of 16116303138125
1999did not qualify
2001Preliminary round185122136136
2003did not qualify
20059/10th place109324261271
200711/12th place128206227235
2009did not qualify
2011
2013
201517/18th place177403209199
2017did not qualify
/ 2019
2021Withdrawn
/ 2023did not qualify
// 2025Qualified
2027To be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total7/17–441842211771171

European Championship
European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994did not qualify
1996Preliminary Round66303154152
1998Preliminary Round106105166170
2000did not qualify
2002Main Round87304180205
2004Main Round116114177202
2006did not qualify
2008Preliminary Round1330038897
2010Main Round86213175180
2012Preliminary Round1431027784
2014Preliminary Round1530127387
2016did not qualify
2018Fifth place match67313173186
2020Main Round127205172183
2022Preliminary Round1331118074
2024Preliminary Round1531027073
2026To be determined
2028
Total12/18–601853715851693

Team

Current squad

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 2.01 m 118 9 THW Kiel
2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 1.88 m 140 474 Dessau-Roßlauer HV
4 GK Jan Hrdlička (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 1.89 m 8 0 MKS Kalisz
7 RB Tomáš Piroch (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 1.87 m 29 61 Orlen Wisła Płock
10 CB Jonáš Patzel (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 1.90 m 7 10 HCB Karviná
14 RW Jakub Štěrba (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 1.84 m 16 32 ASV Hamm-Westfalen
16 GK Martin Galia (1979-04-12) 12 April 1979 1.89 m 219 10 HCB Karviná
17 RB Stanislav Kašpárek (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 2.00 m 62 213 Dinamo București
18 P Vít Reichl (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 1.88 m 14 41 TV Hüttenberg
19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 1.86 m 93 290 Bergischer HC
20 LB Jaroslav Trkovský (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 1.84 m 11 9 HK FCC Město Lovosice
28 CB Matěj Havran (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 1.90 m 10 2 HC Zubří
31 LB Matěj Klíma (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 1.92 m 36 141 SC DHfK Leipzig
32 LB Vojtěch Patzel (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 1.90 m 39 56 VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
34 LB Dominik Solák (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 1.99 m 34 19 HCB Karviná
39 CB Lukáš Mořkovský (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 1.89 m 2 3 Górnik Zabrze
66 P Štěpán Zeman (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 1.97 m 55 53 VfL Gummersbach
77 P Daniel Režnický (1998-03-26) 26 March 1998 1.90 m 15 17 Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski

Notable former players

Player statistics
Most capped players
Player Games Position
Jan Filip 220W
Martin Galia 201GK
Karel Nocar 184W
Petr Štochl 182GK
Filip Jícha 155OB
Daniel Kubeš 140P
Pavel Horák 122OB
Ondřej Zdráhala 117CB
Roman Bečvář 111CB
Jakub Hrstka 103W
Jan Sobol 101W
Tomáš Mrkva 90GK
Top Scorers
Player Goals Average Position
Jan Filip 9604.36W
Filip Jícha 877OB
Karel Nocar 432W
Ondřej Zdráhala 408CB
Pavel Horák 350OB
Jakub Hrstka 337W
Jan Sobol 274W
Roman Bečvář 238CB

References
  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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