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Badge: | Czech Republic national handball team logo.png |
Badge Size: | 200px |
Association: | Czech Handball Federation |
Coach: | Xavi Sabaté |
Assistant Coach: | Martin Galia Josep Espar Moya |
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World Cup Apps: | 6 |
World Cup First: | 1995 |
World Cup Best: | 8th (1995) |
Regional Name: | European Championship |
Regional Cup Apps: | 12 |
Regional Cup First: | 1996 |
Regional Cup Best: | 6th (1996, 2018) |
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]
World Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
1995 | 7/8th place | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 206 | 205 | |
1997 | Round of 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 125 | |
1999 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2001 | Preliminary round | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 136 | 136 | |
2003 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2005 | 9/10th place | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 261 | 271 | |
2007 | 11/12th place | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 227 | 235 | |
2009 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2011 | |||||||||
2013 | |||||||||
2015 | 17/18th place | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 199 | |
2017 | did not qualify | ||||||||
/ 2019 | |||||||||
2021 | Withdrawn | ||||||||
/ 2023 | did not qualify | ||||||||
// 2025 | Qualified | ||||||||
2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
/ 2029 | |||||||||
// 2031 | |||||||||
Total | 7/17 | – | 44 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 1177 | 1171 |
European Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
1994 | did not qualify | ||||||||
1996 | Preliminary Round | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 154 | 152 | |
1998 | Preliminary Round | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 166 | 170 | |
2000 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2002 | Main Round | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 205 | |
2004 | Main Round | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 177 | 202 | |
2006 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2008 | Preliminary Round | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 97 | |
2010 | Main Round | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 175 | 180 | |
2012 | Preliminary Round | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 84 | |
2014 | Preliminary Round | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 87 | |
2016 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2018 | Fifth place match | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 173 | 186 | |
2020 | Main Round | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 183 | |
2022 | Preliminary Round | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 74 | |
2024 | Preliminary Round | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 73 | |
2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
2028 | |||||||||
Total | 12/18 | – | 60 | 18 | 5 | 37 | 1585 | 1693 |
Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[2] [3]
Head coach: Xavi Sabaté
+ Most capped players | |||
Player | Games | ||
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220 | |||
201 | |||
184 | |||
182 | |||
155 | |||
140 | |||
122 | |||
117 | |||
111 | |||
103 | |||
101 | |||
90 |
+ Top Scorers | ||||
Player | Goals | Average | ||
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960 | 4.36 | |||
877 | ||||
432 | ||||
408 | ||||
350 | ||||
337 | ||||
274 | ||||
238 |