Czech Open (floorball)

Czech Open is an international floorball tournament. It takes place every year in August in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the largest floorball tournaments in the world. Every year over 200 teams from around the world participate. The first season was played in 1993. The tournament is organized by Prague floorball club Tatran Střešovice.^[1]

Czech Open

Sport	floorball
Founded	1993
Most recent champion(s)	Men: Tatran Střešovice Women: Pixbo IBK (2024)
Most titles	Men: Pixbo IBK (9) Women: Pixbo IBK (10)
Official website	https://www.czechopen.cz/

There are sever categories in the tournament. Both men and woken have three categories (Elite, Pro and Open) and juniors have one.^[2] Czech teams have a number of places reserved, which are assigned according to standings of the teams in Czech floorball leagues (such as Superliga florbalu or Extraliga žen ve florbale).

The most successful team in the history of the tournament is Swedish Pixbo IBK, with nine titles in men's and ten in women's Elite categories.^[3][4] By 2024, the men Elite category has been won only by three teams from the Czech Republic – 1. SC Vítkovice, Tatran Střešovice and FBC Ostrava. They won in 1998, 1999, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024. With an exception of Tatran wins in 2022 and 2024, those were years, when the strong Scandinavian teams did not arrive.^[5][6] Women Elite has also only three Czech winners – Děkanka (2006 through 2010, 2012),^[7] Tatran (1997, 2004)^[8][9] and Vítkovice (2020, 2021).^[10][6]

List of Elite Czech Open winners

Year	Men's Elite	Women's Elite
2024[2]	ESA logistika Tatran Střešovice	Pixbo IBK
2023[4]	Pixbo IBK	Pixbo IBK
2022[11]	Tatran Střešovice	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2021[6]	Tatran Střešovice	1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice
2020[10]	1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice	1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice
2019[12]	IBF Falun	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2018[13]	IBF Falun	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2017[14]	IBF Falun	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2016[15]	EräViikingit	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2015	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	SB-Pro
2014	IBF Falun	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2013	IBK Dalen	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2012	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	Herbadent SJM Praha 11
2011	IBK Dalen	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2010	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	Herbadent SJM
2009	IBK Dalen	Herbadent Tigers SJM
2008	Sirius IBK	Děkanka Tigers
2007[16]	SSV Helsinki	Děkanka Tigers
2006	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	Triggers
2005	IBK Dalen	Galna Finnar
2004	Balrog Oilers	Tatran Střešovice
2003	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	Balrog Oilers
2002	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	Husqvarma IK
2001	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	UHC Bern OST
2000	Helsinginfors IFK	SSV Helsinki
1999	Tatran Střešovice	Nizhny Novgorod
1998	FBC Ostrava	Jona-Uznach Flames
1997	Fornudden IB	Tatran Střešovice
1996	Pixbo Wallenstam IBK	RA Rychenberg
1995	Fornudden IB	RA Rychenberg
1994	Sjöstad IF	Sjöstad IF
1993	IKSU Innebandy	Kristineberg AIS

List of winners in other categories

Year	Men's Intermediate	Women's Intermediate	Junior
2024	Florbal Vary	Crazy Girls FBC Liberec	SV Wiler-Ersigen
2023	RIG Umeå IBF	Crazy Girls FBC Liberec	FAT PIPE Florbal Chodov
2022	RIG Umeå IBF	TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady	Tatran Střešovice
2021	FB Hurrican Karlovy Vary	FbŠ Bohemians B
2020	ASK Orka Čelákovice	TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady
2019	Black Angels	SB Limits	SV Wiler-Ersigen
2018	Sokol Pardubice	FbŠ Bohemians
2017	RIG Umeå IBF	Panthers Praha
2016	Floorball Thurgau	Tatran Střešovice	itelligence Bulldogs Brno
2015	Sokol Pardubice	Hagfors IF Ungdom	Technology Florbal MB
2014	1. MVIL Ostrava	KAIS Mora UIF	FBC ČPP Bystroň Group Ostrava
2013	TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady	KAIS Mora UIF	FBC ČPP Software Ostrava
2012	RIG Umeå IBF yellow	Elite Praha	BILLY BOY Mladá Boleslav
2011	AC Sparta Praha	Chuchichäschtli	FBC ČPP Remedicum Ostrava
2010	Tatran Střešovice	Cerna Hora	x3m team SSK Future
2009	SBS Kings	Cerna Hora	x3m team SSK Future
2008	Höpöhöpö	Elite Praha	SSK Future
2007	Sokol Pardubice	Sagene Ladies	FBC Pepino Ostrava
2006	FBC Liberec	Sagene Ladies	Tatran Střešovice
2005	CelTik / Lekrings	Koo-Vee	SSK Future
2004	Rubene		Tapanilan Erä
2003	FB Topgrandma		SSK Future
2002	Röke IBK		SSK Future
2001	SSK Future		Frosta IBF
2000	Röke IBK		SSK Future
1999	Kirkkonummi Rangers		Nizhny Novgorod
1998	Team 88 Konolfingen		Storvreta IBK
1997	IBK Succe		Baldersnas IK
1996	Kirkkonummi Rangers
1995	Challengers-93

References

1. "Legenda Czech Open v čase, Díl I.: Jak to celé začalo" [Legend Czech Open in time, Part I.: How it all began] (in Czech). florbal.cz. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. "Florbalisté Střešovic ovládli Czech Open, ve finále zdolali Pixbo". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 11 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
3. "Pixbo smetlo Köniz! Z titulu se radují i Fridrich s Vávrou" [Pixbo swept Köniz! Fridrich and Vávra are happy for the title too] (in Czech). florbal.cz. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
4. "Florbalistky Pixba s Krupnovou obhájily triumf na Czech Open" [Pixbo floorball players and Krupnová defended their triumph at the Czech Open] (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
5. "Legenda Czech Open v čase, Díl VIII.: Když se poprvé hrálo o velké peníze" [Legend Czech Open in time, Part VIII.: When they played for big money for the first time] (in Czech). florbal.cz. 30 July 2014.
6. "Results from the Czech Open 2021". IFF. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
7. ČTK (19 August 2012). "Pixbo vyhrálo florbalové Czech Open, na trůn se vrátil i Herbadent" [Pixbo won the floorball Czech Open, Herbadent returned to the throne too] (in Czech). lidovky.cz.
8. "Legenda Czech Open v čase, DÍL V.: Když přijel Johan poprvé do Prahy" (in Czech). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
9. "Švédští mistři vyhráli Czech Open". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 8 August 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
10. "Vitkovice won the double at Czech Open 2020". IFF. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
11. "Czech Open 2022, 30 years of elite competition in Prague!". IFF. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
12. "Pixbo Wallenstam and IBF Falun winners of Czech Open 2019". IFF. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
13. "Pixbo and Falun winners of the Czech Open 2018". IFF. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
14. "Falun and Pixbo Czech Open Champions 2017". IFF. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
15. "Pixbo and EräViikingit winners of Czech Open 2016". IFF. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
16. "SSV and Dekanka won the Czech Open". IFF. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

External links

• Official web site