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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.

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Czechoslovakia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationCzecho-slovakian hockey association
Most gamesJiří Holík (319)
Top scorerJosef Maleček (216)
Most pointsJosef Maleček (285)
Home stadiumŠtvanice Winter Stadium, Prague 1933-1969 - demolished in 2011 Nikolajka Winter Stadium, Prague 1969-1970 - closed in 2022 Sports halls of ČSTV and PKOJF, Prague 1970-1992 (now Fortuny Sports Hall
IIHF codeTCH
First international
 Canada 15–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 24 April 1920)
Last international
 Czechoslovakia 7–2 Switzerland 
(Moscow, Russia; 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, the Soviet Union; 4 March 1957)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 30–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Chamonix, France; 28 January 1924)
Olympics
Appearances16 (first in 1920)
Medals Silver: 4 (1948, 1968, 1976, 1984)
Bronze: 4 (1920, 1964, 1972, 1992)
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)
Canada Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1976)
Best result 2nd: (1976)
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Quick Facts Medal record, Men's ice hockey ...
Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1984 SarajevoIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1976 InnsbruckIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1968 GrenobleIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1948 St. MoritzIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1992 AlbertvilleIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1972 SapporoIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1964 InnsbruckIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1920 AntwerpIce hockey
Canada Cup
Silver medal – second place1976 Canada
Bronze medal – third place1981 Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1947 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
Gold medal – first place1949 SwedenIce hockey
Gold medal – first place1972 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
Gold medal – first place1976 PolandIce hockey
Gold medal – first place1977 AustriaIce hockey
Gold medal – first place1985 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1961 SwitzerlandIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1965 FinlandIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1966 YugoslaviaIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1971 SwitzerlandIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1974 FinlandIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1975 West GermanyIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1978 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1979 Soviet UnionIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1982 FinlandIce hockey
Silver medal – second place1983 West GermanyIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1933 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1938 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1955 West GermanyIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1957 Soviet UnionIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1959 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1963 SwedenIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1969 SwedenIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1970 SwedenIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1973 Soviet UnionIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1981 SwedenIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1987 AustriaIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1989 SwedenIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1990 SwitzerlandIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place1992 CzechoslovakiaIce hockey
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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.

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Olympic record

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Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
Belgium 1920 Antwerp 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 31  ? Josef Šroubek Bronze medal Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
France 1924 Chamonix 3 1 0 0 0 2 14 41  ? Josef Šroubek First Round 6th
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 5  ? Josef Šroubek First Round 7th
United States 1932 Lake Placid did not participate
Nazi Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 9 5 0 0 0 4 16 18  ? Josef Maleček Final Round 4th
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz 8 7 0 1 0 0 80 18 Mike Buckna Vladimír Zábrodský Round-robin 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Norway 1952 Oslo 8 6 0 0 0 2 47 18 Jiří Tožička, Josef Herman Karel Gut Round-robin 4th
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 7 3 0 0 0 4 32 36 Vladimír Bouzek Karel Gut Final Round 5th
United States 1960 Squaw Valley 7 3 0 0 0 4 44 31 Eduard Farda, Ladislav Horský Karel Gut Medal Round 4th
Austria 1964 Innsbruck 7 5 0 0 0 2 38 19 Jiří Anton, Vladimír Kostka Vlastimil Bubník Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
France 1968 Grenoble 7 5 0 1 0 1 33 17 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Jozef Golonka Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Japan 1972 Sapporo 5 3 0 0 0 2 26 13 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Josef Černý Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Austria 1976 Innsbruck 5 3 0 0 0 2 17 10 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States 1980 Lake Placid 6 4 0 0 0 2 40 17 Karel Gut, Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Bohuslav Ebermann Consolation round 5th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo 7 6 0 0 0 1 40 9 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý František Černík Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Canada 1988 Calgary 8 4 0 0 0 4 33 28 Ján Starší, František Pospíšil Dušan Pašek Final Round 6th
France 1992 Albertville 8 6 0 0 0 2 36 21 Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter Tomáš Jelínek Bronze Medal Game 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Norway 1994 LillehammerSince 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia
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Canada Cup record

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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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1981 6 2 2 2 22 17 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Milan Nový Semi-finals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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European Championship record

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Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1910–1914did not participate. Was  Bohemia.
Sweden 1921 Stockholm 1 0 0 1 4 6  ?  ? Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Switzerland 1922 St. Moritz 2 2 0 0 11 3  ?  ? Round-robin 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Belgium 1923 Antwerp 4 2 0 2 16 9  ?  ? Round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Italy 1924 Milan did not participate.
Czechoslovakia 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec 3 3 0 0 10 0  ?  ? Round-robin 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Switzerland 1926 Davos 7 5 0 2 18 8  ?  ? Final round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Austria 1927 Wien 5 1 1 3 7 6  ?  ? Round-robin 5th
Hungary 1929 Budapest 4 4 0 0 8 3  ?  ? Final 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Germany 1932 Berlin 6 1 1 4 10 10  ?  ? Final round 5th
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World Championship record

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Championship GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
France/Austria/Germany 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin 1 0 - 0 - 1 1 3  ?  ? Quarter-finals tied 6th
Poland 1931 Krynica-Zdrój 7 3 - 1 - 3 10 7  ?  ? Quarter-finals 5th
Czechoslovakia 1933 Prague 8 6 - 0 - 2 17 12  ? Josef Maleček 3rd Place Game 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Italy 1934 Milan 5 2 - 0 1 2 6 4  ?  ? Third Round 5th
Switzerland 1935 Davos 9 5 - 0 - 4 38 15  ?  ? Final Round 4th
United Kingdom 1937 London 8 4 - 2 - 2 22 9  ? Josef Maleček Consolation round 6th
Czechoslovakia 1938 Prague 7 4 - 1 - 2 9 6 Mike Buckna Josef Maleček 3rd Place Game 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Switzerland 1939 Zürich/Basel 10 3 - 2 - 5 37 9 Mike Buckna Josef Maleček 3rd Place Game 4th
1940Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 1947 Prague 7 6 - 0 - 1 85 10 Mike Buckna František Pácalt Round-robin 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sweden 1949 Stockholm 7 5 - 0 - 2 42 12 Antonín Vodička Vladimír Zábrodský Final Round 1st place, gold medalist(s)
United Kingdom 1950 London did not participate
France 1951 Paris did not participate
Switzerland 1953 Zürich/Basel (4) (3) - (0) - (1) (32) (15) Eduard Farda Karel Gut did not finish/Disqualified
Sweden 1954 Stockholm 7 4 - 0 - 3 41 21 Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton Karel Gut Round-robin 4th
West Germany 1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne 8 5 - 1 - 2 63 22 Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton Karel Gut Round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1957 Moscow 7 5 - 1 - 1 66 9 Vladimír Bouzek, Bohumil Rejda Karel Gut Round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Norway 1958 Oslo 7 3 - 2 - 2 21 21 Bohumil Rejda Karel Gut Round-robin 4th
Czechoslovakia 1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava 8 5 - 0 - 3 46 22 Vlastimil Sýkora Karel Gut Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Switzerland 1961 Geneva/Lausanne 7 6 - 1 - 0 33 9 Zdeněk Andršt, Vladimír Kostka Vlastimil Bubník Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States 1962 Colorado Springs, Denver did not participate
Sweden 1963 Stockholm 7 5 - 1 - 1 41 16 Jiří Anton Vlastimil Bubník Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Finland 1965 Tampere 7 6 - 0 - 1 43 10 Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka František Tikal Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1966 Ljubljana 7 6 - 0 - 1 32 15 Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka František Tikal Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Austria 1967 Vienna 7 3 - 2 - 2 29 18 Vladimír Bouzek, Jaroslav Pitner František Tikal Final Round 4th
Sweden 1969 Stockholm 10 8 - 0 - 2 40 20 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Jozef Golonka Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sweden 1970 Stockholm 10 5 - 1 - 4 47 30 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Josef Černý Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Switzerland 1971 Bern/Geneva 10 7 - 1 - 2 44 20 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka Josef Černý Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Czechoslovakia 1972 Prague 10 9 - 0 - 1 72 16 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka František Pospíšil Final Round 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1973 Moscow 10 6 - 1 - 3 48 20 Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka František Pospíšil Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Finland 1974 Helsinki 10 7 - 0 - 3 57 20 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
West Germany 1975 Munich/Düsseldorf 10 8 - 0 - 2 55 19 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Poland 1976 Katowice 10 9 - 1 - 0 67 14 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Austria 1977 Vienna 10 7 - 1 - 2 54 32 Karel Gut, Ján Starší František Pospíšil Final Round 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Czechoslovakia 1978 Prague 10 9 - 0 - 1 54 21 Karel Gut, Ján Starší Ivan Hlinka Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1979 Moscow 6 3 - 1 - 2 25 30 Karel Gut, Ján Starší Ivan Hlinka Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sweden 1981 Gothenburg/Stockholm 6 2 - 2 - 2 20 22 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Milan Nový Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Finland 1982 Helsinki/Tampere 10 5 - 2 - 3 38 20 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Milan Nový Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
West Germany 1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich 10 6 - 2 - 2 40 21 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý František Černík Final Round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Czechoslovakia 1985 Prague 10 7 - 1 - 2 48 22 Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý Dárius Rusnák Final Round 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1986 Moscow 10 5 - 1 - 4 38 21 Ján Starší, František Pospíšil Dárius Rusnák Consolation round 5th
Austria 1987 Austria 10 6 - 2 - 2 32 22 Ján Starší, František Pospíšil Dušan Pašek Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sweden 1989 Stockholm/Södertälje 10 4 - 2 - 4 38 21 Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý Vladimír Růžička Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Switzerland 1990 Bern/Fribourg 10 5 - 1 - 4 40 30 Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý Jiří Doležal Final Round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Finland 1991 Helsinki/Turku/Tampere 10 4 - 0 - 6 28 27 Stanislav Neveselý, Josef Horešovský Bedřich Ščerban Consolation round 6th
Czechoslovakia 1992 Prague/Bratislava 8 6 - 0 1 1 33 12 Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter Tomáš Jelínek 3rd Place Game 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Germany 1993 Munich/DortmundSince 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by  Czech Republic and  Slovakia.
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