Czech national ice hockey team

The Czech national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked 4th by the IIHF. It is controlled by the Czech Ice Hockey Association. The Czechs won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won three straight gold medals at the world championships from 1999 to 2001, following 3 years without winning a medal at the world championships, the Czechs won the gold medal at the 2005 tournament. At the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, the Czechs lost to Canada in the semi-finals. The Czech Republic has 72,075 players.

Current top players

• Roman Čechmánek
• Patrik Eliáš
• Martin Havlát
• Milan Hejduk
• Jaromír Jágr
• Robert Lang
• Václav Prospal
• Petr Sýkora
• TomᚠVokoun
• Marek Židlický

Coaching history

Olympics

World Championships

1. Ivan Hlinka, 1993
2. Ivan Hlinka, 1994
3. Luděk Bukač, 1995
4. Luděk Bukač, 1996
5. Ivan Hlinka, 1997
6. Ivan Hlinka, 1998
7. Ivan Hlinka, 1999
8. Josef Augusta, 2000
9. Josef Augusta, 2001
10. Josef Augusta, 2002
11. Slavomír Lener, 2003
12. Slavomír Lener, 2004
13. Vladimír Růžička, 2005

Olympic record

• 1994 – Finished in 5th place
• 1998 – Won gold medal
• 2002 – Finished tied in 5th place

World Cup record

• 1996 – Did not qualify for playoffs
• 2004 – Lost in semi-finals

World Championship record

• 1993 – Won bronze medal
• 1994 – Finished in 7th place
• 1995 – Finished in 4th place
• 1996 – Won gold medal
• 1997 – Won bronze medal
• 1998 – Won bronze medal
• 1999 – Won gold medal
• 2000 – Won gold medal
• 2001 – Won gold medal
• 2002 – Finished in 5th place
• 2003 – Finished in 4th place
• 2004 – Finished in 5th place
• 2005 – Won gold medal

See also Czechoslovakian national ice hockey team