Czech Republic men's national ice sledge hockey team

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Czech Republic
Head coach Jakub Novotný
Captain Radek Zelinka
Team colors   
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IIHF World Championships
Appearances10 (first in 2008 )
Best result Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze: (2023, 2024)
Paralympics
Appearances4 (first in 2010)

The Czech Republic men's national ice sledge hockey team represents the Czech Republic at the IPC World Championships and Paralympic Games.

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Competition history

Paralympic Games

YearHostGPWOTWOTLLGFGACoachCaptainFinishRef.
2010 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver, Canada512021010 Tomáš Zelenka Pavel Kubeš 5th
2014 Flag of Russia.svg Sochi, Russia5211184 Jiří Bříza Zdeněk Šafránek 5th
2018 Flag of South Korea.svg Pyeongchang, South Korea511121121 Jiří Bříza Zdeněk Šafránek 6th
2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, China520121613 Jakub Novotný Pavel Kubeš 6th

World Championships

YearHostGPWOTWOTLLGFGACoachCaptainFinishRef.
2008 Flag of the United States.svg United States 42002115 Tomáš Zelenka Jiří Berger 8th (2nd in the B tournament)
2009 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5112166 Tomáš Zelenka Jiří Berger 5th [1]
2012 Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5211185 Miroslav Hornich Pavel Kubeš [2] 4th [3]
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 52003412 Jiří Bříza Zdeněk Šafránek [4] 4th
2015 Flag of the United States.svg United States 5200388 Jiří Bříza Zdeněk Šafránek 8th (relegated to B-Pool)
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 44000230 Jiří Bříza Zdeněk Šafránek 8th (1st in B-Pool)
2019 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 640022614 Jiří Bříza Michal Geier 4th
2021 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 51004224 Jiří Bříza Pavel Kubeš 5th
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 630031216 Jakub Novotný Radek Zelinka Bronze medal icon.svg

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