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 victory against the runner-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 an attempt to qualify for the first European Championship in 1994. They were eliminated by another new country, Slovenia, after losing from the away goals rule.
Results World Championship World Championship recordYearRoundPosition 19957/8th place89504206205 1997Round of 16116303138125 1999 did not qualify 2001Preliminary round185122136136 2003 did not qualify 20059/10th place109324261271 200711/12th place128206227235 2009 did not qualify 2011 2013 201517/18th place177313209199 2017 did not qualify/ 2019 2021 Withdrawn/ 2023 did not qualify// 2025Main round196123130144 2027 did not qualify/ 2029 To be determined// 2031Total7/17–5018*72513071315 *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.
European Championship European Championship recordYearRoundPosition 1994 did not qualify 1996Preliminary Round66303154152 1998Preliminary Round106105166170 2000 did not qualify 2002Main Round87304180205 2004Main Round116114177202 2006 did not qualify 2008Preliminary Round1330038897 2010Main Round86213175180 2012Preliminary Round1431027784 2014Preliminary Round1530127387 2016did not qualify 2018Fifth place match67313173186 2020Main Round127205172183 2022Preliminary Round1331118074 2024 Preliminary Round1531027073 2026 Preliminary Round17310291100 2028 To be determined 2030 Qualified as co-host 2032 To be determinedTotal13/20–631953916761793
Team Current squad Roster for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Ondřej Mika
Notable former players Jan Filip Martin Galia Filip Jícha
Daniel Kubeš
Petr Štochl
Player statistics + Most capped players Player Games 220 201 184 182 155 140 122 117 111 103 101 90 + Top Scorers Player Goals Average 960 4.36 877 432 408 350 337 274 238
References
External links
IHF profile