Czech Republic men's national handball team

Czech Republic
Information
Association	Czech Handball Association
Coach	Xavi Sabaté
Assistant coach	Josep Espar Moya
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1995 )
Best result	8th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1996 )
Best result	6th (1996, 2018)
Last updated on Unknown.

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 win over the later runners-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 time to attempt to qualify for the first European Championship in 1994. They were eliminated by another new nation, Slovenia, after losing on the away goals rule. ^[1]

Results

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1995	7/8th place	8	9	5	0	4	206	205
1997	Round of 16	11	6	3	0	3	138	125
1999	did not qualify
2001	Preliminary round	18	5	1	2	2	136	136
2003	did not qualify
2005	9/10th place	10	9	3	2	4	261	271
2007	11/12th place	12	8	2	0	6	227	235
2009	did not qualify
2011
2013
2015	17/18th place	17	7	3	1	3	209	199
2017	did not qualify
/ 2019
2021	Withdrawn
/ 2023	did not qualify
/ / 2025	Main round	19	6	1	2	3	130	144
2027	To be determined
/ 2029
/ / 2031
Total	7/17	–	50	18	*7	25	1307	1315

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996	Preliminary Round	6	6	3	0	3	154	152
1998	Preliminary Round	10	6	1	0	5	166	170
2000	did not qualify
2002	Main Round	8	7	3	0	4	180	205
2004	Main Round	11	6	1	1	4	177	202
2006	did not qualify
2008	Preliminary Round	13	3	0	0	3	88	97
2010	Main Round	8	6	2	1	3	175	180
2012	Preliminary Round	14	3	1	0	2	77	84
2014	Preliminary Round	15	3	0	1	2	73	87
2016	did not qualify
2018	Fifth place match	6	7	3	1	3	173	186
2020	Main Round	12	7	2	0	5	172	183
2022	Preliminary Round	13	3	1	1	1	80	74
2024	Preliminary Round	15	3	1	0	2	70	73
2026	Qualified
2028	To be determined
Total	13/18	–	60	18	5	37	1585	1693

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. ^{[2] [3]}

Head coach: Xavi Sabaté

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Tomáš Mrkva (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 36) 2.00 m 128 11 THW Kiel 2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 35) 1.87 m 150 484 HC Zubří 4 GK Jan Hrdlička (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 28) 1.95 m 17 0 MKS Kalisz 6 RW Dominik Skopár (2006-05-04) 4 May 2006 (age 19) 1.80 m 2 11 Talent Plzeň 7 RB Tomáš Piroch (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 25) 1.88 m 37 88 Orlen Wisła Płock 14 RW Jakub Štěrba (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 29) 1.84 m 24 55 ASV Hamm-Westfalen 17 RB Stanislav Kašpárek (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 29) 2.02 m 70 228 Dinamo București 18 P Vít Reichl (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 32) 1.88 m 22 54 TV Hüttenberg 19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 31) 1.86 m 100 299 Bergischer HC 21 CB Dušan Palát (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 24) 1.85 m 1 3 HC Zubří 23 LB Jonáš Josef (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 21) 1.90 m 2 1 HC Dukla Prague 28 CB Matěj Havran (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 23) 1.90 m 16 4 Tatabánya KC 34 LB Dominik Solák (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 28) 1.98 m 42 35 HCB Karviná 35 RB Martin Rakouský (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 23) 1.80 m 0 0 HC Dukla Prague 39 CB Lukáš Mořkovský (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 23) 1.89 m 11 11 Górnik Zabrze 49 LB Daniel Bláha (2005-12-27) 27 December 2005 (age 19) 2.12 m 6 6 Talent Plzeň 66 P Štěpán Zeman (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 28) 2.02 m 62 55 VfL Gummersbach 77 P Daniel Režnický (1998-03-26) 26 March 1998 (age 27) 1.90 m 21 17 Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski 93 LW Jan Blecha (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 32) 1.84 m 10 19 HC Dukla Prague

Notable former players

• Jan Filip
• Martin Galia
• Filip Jícha
• David Juříček  [ cs ]
• Daniel Kubeš
• Karel Nocar  [ fr; de ]
• Petr Štochl

Player statistics

Most capped players

Player	Games	Position
Jan Filip	220	W
Martin Galia	201	GK
Karel Nocar	184	W
Petr Štochl	182	GK
Filip Jícha	155	OB
Daniel Kubeš	140	P
Pavel Horák	122	OB
Ondřej Zdráhala	117	CB
Roman Bečvář	111	CB
Jakub Hrstka	103	W
Jan Sobol	101	W
Tomáš Mrkva	90	GK

Top Scorers

Player	Goals	Average	Position
Jan Filip	960	4.36	W
Filip Jícha	877		OB
Karel Nocar	432		W
Ondřej Zdráhala	408		CB
Pavel Horák	350		OB
Jakub Hrstka	337		W
Jan Sobol	274		W
Roman Bečvář	238		CB

References

1. 1994 – Men's European Championship / Runners Up Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2007
2. "Na mistrovství světa mužů míří dravé mládí, ale i zkušenosti. Nominovaných je 17 hráčů" (in Czech). Czech Handball Association. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
3. "Team Roster Czechia" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile