Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team


The Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team of Czechoslovakia, and competed from 1920 until 1992. The successor to the Bohemia national ice hockey team, which was a European power prior to World War I, the Czechoslovak national team first appeared at the 1920 Summer Olympics, two years after the creation of the state. In the 1940s, they established themselves as the best team in Europe, becoming the first team from the continent to win two World Championships. After the arrival of the Soviet Union on the international hockey scene in the 1950s, the Czechoslovaks regularly fought Sweden and Canada for silver and bronze medals, and sometimes beat the Soviets. In total, they won the gold medal six times.
Due to the split of the country Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the team was replaced in 1993 with the Czech and the Slovak national teams. The International Ice Hockey Federation recognized the Czech national team as a successor of Czechoslovakia national team and kept it in the top group, while the Slovak national team was entered into the lowest level, Pool C, winning promotion in successive years to join the elite division in 1996.

Notable events

Olympic record

Canada Cup record

YearGPWTLGFGACoachCaptainFinishRank
197673132320Karel Gut, Ján StaršíFrantišek PospíšilFinal
198162222217Luděk Bukač, Stanislav NeveselýMilan NovýSemi-finals
198450141021Luděk Bukač, Stanislav NeveselýVladimír CaldrRound-robin5th
198752121215Ján Starší, František PospíšilDušan PašekSemi-finals4th
199151041118Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav WalterFrantišek MusilRound-robin6th

European Championship record

World Championship record