Czech Republic men's national floorball team

Czech Republic men's national floorball team

Founded	1994
Coach	Jaroslav Berka  [ cs ]
Captain	Ondřej Němeček  [ cs ]
IFF Ranking	3rd (2024)

Czech national floorball team at 2022 World Championships

Fans of Czech national floorball team at 2022 World Championships

The Czech men's national floorball team, presented as Czechia, is the national floorball team of the Czech Republic, and a member of the International Floorball Federation (IFF).

The Czech Republic has appeared in every World and European Championships tournament organised by the IFF. Its biggest successes are silver medals from the 5th World Championships in 2004 and 14th World Championships in 2022, which both took place in Switzerland. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The team also won four bronze medals in 2010, 2014, 2021 and 2024. That makes Czech team the third most successful team after Sweden and Finland and before fourth Switzerland. In the IFF ranking, the team is also third (behind Sweden and Finland and ahead of Latvia), following their mentioned third and second-place finishes at the World Championships in 2024 and 2022.

Milestones

The Czech men's national floorball team was founded at the turn of 1993 and 1994. They have played their first friendly match in February 1994 against Switzerland ^[5] and competed at the European Championships in the same year.

They first fought for medals at the first World Championships in 1996 in the bronze medal match against Norway. ^[6] The Czechs defeated the Finnish team for the first time in the group stage at the 2002 World Championship. ^[7] Since then, however, they have never won over Finland at the World Championship. In 2004, they have defeated Switzerland for the first time at World Championship. ^[8] It was in semifinals, which earned the Czech team its first medal and the silver.

The Czechs defeated the Swedish team for the first time at the home Euro Floorball Tour in April 2014, where they also won against Finland and Switzerland, thus dominating the tournament for the first time. ^{[9] [10]} The Czechs have never won against Sweden at the World Championships. They won their first draw in the group stage at the 2022 championships, but lost to Sweden in the final. With their second silver, the Czechs overtook Switzerland's third place in the medal standings. ^{[11] [12]}

World Championship

Year	Hosting Country	Rank
1996	Sweden	4th place
1998	Czech Republic	6th place
2000	Norway	6th place
2002	Finland	4th place
2004	Switzerland	2nd place
2006	Sweden	4th place
2008	Czech Republic	4th place
2010	Finland	3rd place
2012	Switzerland	7th place
2014	Sweden	3rd place
2016	Latvia	4th place
2018	Czech Republic	4th place
2020	Finland	3rd place
2022	Switzerland	2nd place
2024	Sweden	3rd place

References

1. "Men's WFC 2004". IFF Main Site. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
2. "Sweden win gold at the Men's WFC 2022". 14 November 2022.
3. "Florbalisté vybojovali historické stříbro" [Floorball players won a historic silver medal] (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 23 May 2004.
4. "Florbalisté slaví na MS stříbro. Ve finále nestačili na favorizované Švédy" [Floorball players celebrate silver at the WFC. In the finals, they did not keep up with the favored Swedes] (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
5. "V tento den: Česká reprezentace odehrála své první klání" (in Czech). 13 April 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
6. "MS 1996 : Češi napoprvé čtvrtí" (in Czech). 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
7. Svoboda, Vilém (19 May 2002). "Čeští florbalisté šokovali Hartwall Arénu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
8. Svoboda, Vilém (22 May 2004). "Čeští florbalisté budou hrát o světové zlato". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
9. "Čeští florbalisté poprvé v historii porazili Švédsko". iDNES.cz. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
10. "Florbalisté zdolali Švýcarsko a poprvé vyhráli turnaj evropské tour". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
11. J, David (7 November 2022). "Historická remíza se Švédskem! Na první místo ve skupině však český florbalistům nestačila". Ruik.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
12. Punčochář, Jiří (13 November 2022). "Florbalisté slaví na MS stříbro. Ve finále nestačili na favorizované Švédy". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 December 2024.

External links

• Official webpage of Czech National Floorball team
• Team page on app.floorball.sport
• Team page on IFF site