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Team | Group stage | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |
Czech Republic men's | ![]() L 2–3 OT | ![]() L 0–10 | ![]() W 3–0 | 3 | ![]() W 4–3 GWS | ![]() L 2–5 | 6 |
Defensemen Pavel Doležal and Karel Wagner are going to their first games. The other defensemen were all part of the team that went to Sochi. [2] Michal Geier, Zdeněk Hábl, Zdeněk Krupička, Zdeněk Šafránek, David Palat, David Motyčka, Zdeněk Klíma and Martin Novák are the centers and wingers, playing in the attacking positions. [2] The team is coached by Jiří Bříza. He has been leading the team since 2013. [2] Jan Katauer is an assistance coach, and Jakub Novotny is the goaltender coach. [2]
Name | Team | Position | Role | Age | Previous Games | ref |
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Pavel Doležal | defenseman | [2] | ||||
Michal Geier | forward | [2] | ||||
Zdeněk Hábl | forward | [2] | ||||
Miroslav Hrbek | defenseman | 2014 | [2] | |||
Zdeněk Klíma | forward | [2] | ||||
Pavel Kubeš | defenseman | 2014 | [2] | |||
Martin Kudela | goaltender | 20 | [2] | |||
Zdeněk Krupička | forward | [2] | ||||
David Motyčka | forward | [2] | ||||
Martin Novák | forward | [2] | ||||
David Palat | forward | [2] | ||||
Jiří Raul | defenseman | 2014 | [2] | |||
Zdeněk Šafránek | SHK LAPP Zlín | forward | captain | [2] [4] | ||
Karel Wagner | defenseman | [2] |
In the two years before the start of the Winter Games, the sledge hockey team dealt with financial difficulties. Corruption in the Czech Republic involving subsidies for sport resulted in the national team getting less money to support their training and ability to compete in tournaments. FAČR Chairman Miroslav Pelta was arrested as part of the corruption issues. [4] About the corruption, team captain Zdeněk Šafránek said, "The subsidy scandal has radically reduced the amount we receive. For the sake of illustration, the Czech Paralympic Committee has now gotten less money than last year's sledge hockey players, and it has to be divided into a lot of sports." [4] The team could not buy time to use ice at skating rinks to train much before their final qualifying competition in Sweden. [4] They also could not buy new equipment like sledges, hockey sticks or hockey gloves. [4] To make sure they were ready to qualify, the captain thought the team needed around 1 million Czech Koruna (€39452.23) to pay for all the costs of training and traveling. [4] Because they could not get funding from the government, players had to ask individuals to support them financially. [4]
The team went to Nagano to compete in a tournament in February 2018 to prepare for the Games. [2]
Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017. [6] [7] [8] [2] Teams participating in the tournament included Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Japan and Great Britain. [4]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 9 | Semifinals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 |
11 March 2018 15:30 | South Korea ![]() | 3–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) (OT: 1–0) | ![]() | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 5,187 |
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Yu Man-gyun | Goalies | Michal Vápenka | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 10 |
12 March 2018 12:00 | United States ![]() | 10–0 (3–0, 7–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 5,709 |
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Steve Cash | Goalies | Martin Kuděla | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 13 |
13 March 2018 19:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,569 |
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Michal Vápenka | Goalies | Shinobu Fukushima | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
11 | Shots | 5 |
14 March 2018 16:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 4–3 GWS (1–2, 0–1, 2–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | ![]() | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 6,032 |
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Michal Vápenka | Goalies | Ulf Nilsson | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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Geier ![]() Krupička ![]() Hábl ![]() Geier ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 8 |
16 March 2018 20:00 | Norway ![]() | 5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,805 |
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Kjell Christian Hamar | Goalies | Martin Kudela | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 31 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 9 |
Some of the Paralympics would be broad on television by ČT TV and ČT Sport. Live streaming of the Winter Games was also made available free on ČT Sport's website. [3]
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