Czech Republic at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Czech Republic at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Czech Republic
IOC code	CZE
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cz  (in Czech)
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	83 (44 men and 39 women) in 7 sports
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

The Czech Republic, officially named Czechia by the IOC, will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	5	6	11
Curling	6	1	7
Figure skating	2	2	4
Ice hockey	25	23	48
Short-track speed skating	0	1	1
Total	44	39	83

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The Czech Republic has so far qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota. ^{[1] [2]}

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The Czech Republic has qualified five female and five male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score. ^{[3] [4]}

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The Czech Republic has qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota so far. ^{[5] [6]} Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Czech Republic has qualified further five female and four male athletes. ^[7]

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lukáš Klíma Marek Černovský Martin Jurík Lukáš Klípa Radek Boháč	Men's tournament	CHN	SUI	NOR	GBR	ITA	CAN	GER	USA	SWE
Julie Zelingrová Vít Chabičovský	Mixed doubles tournament	CAN	SWE	GBR	USA	KOR	SUI	NOR	ITA	EST

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The Czech Republic qualified a men's team by earning enough points in the last two World Curling Championships. ^[8] Team Lukáš Klíma qualified as Czech representatives by representing the country at both the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. ^[9]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Xu Xiaoming	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Joël Retornaz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Niklas Edin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Daniel Casper	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
The Czech Republic had a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10. ^[10]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 11 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
China (Xu)											0

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Draw 4
Friday, 13 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Great Britain (Mouat)											0

Draw 7
Sunday, 15 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Canada (Jacobs)											0

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Casper)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Mixed doubles tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

The Czech Republic qualified a mixed doubles team by winning the Olympic Qualification Event. ^[11] Julie Zelingrová and Vít Chabičovský qualified as Czech representatives by winning the 2025 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, defeating 2022 Olympians Zuzana Paulová and Tomáš Paul 3–1 in the best-of-five series. ^[12]

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
Czech Republic	Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Estonia	Marie Kaldvee / Harri Lill	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
The Czech Republic had a bye in draws 3, 5, 7, and 12. ^[10]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 4 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Peterman / Gallant)									0
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0

Draw 2
Thursday, 5 February, 10:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå / Wranå)									0
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0

Draw 4
Thursday, 5 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Draw 6
Friday, 6 February, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Draw 8
Saturday, 7 February, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0

Draw 9
Saturday, 7 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
Switzerland (Schwaller-Hürlimann / Schwaller)									0

Draw 10
Sunday, 8 February, 10:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)									0
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0

Draw 11
Sunday, 8 February, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0

Draw 13
Monday, 9 February, 10:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
Estonia (Kaldvee / Lill)									0

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, the Czech Republic secured two quota in each of the ice dance. ^[13]

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Ice dance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Czech Republic men's	Men's tournament				—
Czech Republic women's	Women's tournament						—

Men's tournament

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

The Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 25 players by finishing 8th in the 2023 IIHF World Ranking. ^[14]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals based on ranking
3	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
4	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 12 February 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers

12 February 2026 (2026-02-12) 16:40 v

Czechia

v

Canada

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

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13 February 2026 (2026-02-13) 16:40 v

France

v

Czechia

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

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15 February 2026 (2026-02-15) 12:10 v

Switzerland

v

Czechia

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

Women's tournament

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

The Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 23 players by finishing 4th in the 2024 IIHF World Ranking. ^[15]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers

5 February 2026 (2026-02-05) 16:40 v

United States

v

Czechia

Fiera Milano, Milan

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6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) 14:40 v

Czechia

v

Switzerland

PalaItalia, Milan

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8 February 2026 (2026-02-08) 21:10 v

Czechia

v

Finland

Fiera Milano, Milan

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9 February 2026 (2026-02-09) 21:10 v

Canada

v

Czechia

Fiera Milano, Milan

Short-track speed skating

Main articles: Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The Czech Republic qualified one female short-track speed skater after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. ^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Women's 1500 m	—

See also

• Czech Republic at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

References

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