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 (1947 and 1949). 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.

Czechoslovakia

Association	Czecho-slovakian hockey association
Most games	Jiří Holík (319)
Top scorer	Josef Maleček (216)
Most points	Josef Maleček (285)
Home stadium	Štvanice Winter Stadium, Prague 1933–1969 – demolished in 2011 Nikolajka Winter Stadium, Prague 1969–1970 – closed in 2022 Sports halls of ČSTV and PKOJF, Prague 1970–1992 (now Fortuny Sports Hall
IIHF code	TCH
First international
Canada 15–0 Czechoslovakia  (Antwerp, Belgium; 24 April 1920) Last international  Czechoslovakia 7–2 Switzerland  (Moscow, Russia; 19 December 1992)
Biggest win
Czechoslovakia 24–0 Yugoslavia  (Basel, Switzerland; 3 February 1939)  Czechoslovakia 24–0 Belgium  (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 21 February 1947)  Czechoslovakia 27–3 East Germany  (East Berlin, East Germany; 25 April 1951)  Czechoslovakia 25–1 Japan  (Moscow, the Soviet Union; 4 March 1957)
Biggest defeat
Canada 30–0 Czechoslovakia  (Chamonix, France; 28 January 1924)
Olympics
Appearances	16 (first in 1920)
Medals	Silver: 4 (1948, 1968, 1976, 1984) Bronze: 4 (1920, 1964, 1972, 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	52 (first in 1930)
Best result	Gold: 6 (1947, 1949, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985) Silver: 10 (1961, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983) Bronze: 14 (1933, 1938, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992)
Canada Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1976)
Best result	2nd: (1976)

Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
	1984 Sarajevo	Ice hockey
	1976 Innsbruck	Ice hockey
	1968 Grenoble	Ice hockey
	1948 St. Moritz	Ice hockey
	1992 Albertville	Ice hockey
	1972 Sapporo	Ice hockey
	1964 Innsbruck	Ice hockey
	1920 Antwerp	Ice hockey
Canada Cup
	1976 Canada
	1981 Canada
World Championships
	1947 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1949 Sweden	Ice hockey
	1972 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1976 Poland	Ice hockey
	1977 Austria	Ice hockey
	1985 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1961 Switzerland	Ice hockey
	1965 Finland	Ice hockey
	1966 Yugoslavia	Ice hockey
	1971 Switzerland	Ice hockey
	1974 Finland	Ice hockey
	1975 West Germany	Ice hockey
	1978 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1979 Soviet Union	Ice hockey
	1982 Finland	Ice hockey
	1983 West Germany	Ice hockey
	1933 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1938 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1955 West Germany	Ice hockey
	1957 Soviet Union	Ice hockey
	1959 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1963 Sweden	Ice hockey
	1969 Sweden	Ice hockey
	1970 Sweden	Ice hockey
	1973 Soviet Union	Ice hockey
	1981 Sweden	Ice hockey
	1987 Austria	Ice hockey
	1989 Sweden	Ice hockey
	1990 Switzerland	Ice hockey
	1992 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey

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 (IIHF) 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

• First game: 24 April 1920, Antwerp:  Canada 15–0 Czechoslovakia 
• Last game: 19 December 1992, Moscow:  Czechoslovakia 7–2 Switzerland 
• Largest victory:
  • 3 February 1939, Basel:  Czechoslovakia 24–0 Yugoslavia 
  • 21 February 1947, Prague:  Czechoslovakia 24–0 Belgium 
  • 25 April 1951, East Berlin:  Czechoslovakia 27–3 East Germany 
  • 4 March 1957, Moscow:  Czechoslovakia 25–1 Japan 
• Largest defeat: 28 January 1924, Chamonix:  Canada 30–0 Czechoslovakia 
• Plane crash on 8 November 1948. Six players on the way to an exhibition tour in the UK were killed in the crash of a charter flight from Paris to London.^[1][2][3]

Notable players

• Mike Buckna
• Ladislav Troják
• Ján Starší
• Jaroslav Drobný
• Vladimír Dzurilla
• Jozef Golonka
• Dominik Hašek
• Ivan Hlinka
• Jiří Holeček
• Jan Hrdina
• František Kaberle Sr.
• Karel Koželuh
• Igor Liba
• Vincent Lukáč
• Josef Maleček
• Vladimír Martinec
• Václav Nedomanský
• Milan Nový
• Dušan Pašek
• Jan Peka
• František Pospíšil
• Jaroslav Pouzar
• Dárius Rusnák
• Vladimír Růžička
• Marián Šťastný
• Peter Šťastný
• Jan Suchý
• František Tikal

Former National jerseys

Olympic record

Games	GP	W	OW	T	OL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1920 Antwerp	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	31	?	Josef Šroubek	Bronze medal Round
1924 Chamonix	3	1	0	0	0	2	14	41	?	Josef Šroubek	First round	6th
1928 St. Moritz	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	5	?	Josef Šroubek	First round	7th
1932 Lake Placid	did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	9	5	0	0	0	4	16	18	?	Josef Maleček	Final Round	4th
1948 St. Moritz	8	7	0	1	0	0	80	18	Mike Buckna	Vladimír Zábrodský	Round-robin
1952 Oslo	8	6	0	0	0	2	47	18	Jiří Tožička, Josef Herman	Karel Gut	Round-robin	4th
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	7	3	0	0	0	4	32	36	Vladimír Bouzek	Karel Gut	Final Round	5th
1960 Squaw Valley	7	3	0	0	0	4	44	31	Eduard Farda, Ladislav Horský	Karel Gut	Medal Round	4th
1964 Innsbruck	7	5	0	0	0	2	38	19	Jiří Anton, Vladimír Kostka	Vlastimil Bubník	Final Round
1968 Grenoble	7	5	0	1	0	1	33	17	Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka	Jozef Golonka	Final Round
1972 Sapporo	5	3	0	0	0	2	26	13	Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka	Josef Černý	Final Round
1976 Innsbruck	5	3	0	0	0	2	17	10	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	František Pospíšil	Final Round
1980 Lake Placid	6	4	0	0	0	2	40	17	Karel Gut, Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	Bohuslav Ebermann	Consolation round	5th
1984 Sarajevo	7	6	0	0	0	1	40	9	Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	František Černík	Final Round
1988 Calgary	8	4	0	0	0	4	33	28	Ján Starší, František Pospíšil	Dušan Pašek	Final Round	6th
1992 Albertville	8	6	0	0	0	2	36	21	Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter	Tomáš Jelínek	Bronze Medal Game
1994 Lillehammer	Since 1993, Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Canada Cup record

Year	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1976	7	3	1	3	23	20	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	František Pospíšil	Final
1981	6	2	2	2	22	17	Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	Milan Nový	Semi-finals
1984	5	0	1	4	10	21	Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	Vladimír Caldr	Round-robin	5th
1987	5	2	1	2	12	15	Ján Starší, František Pospíšil	Dušan Pašek	Semi-finals	4th
1991	5	1	0	4	11	18	Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter	František Musil	Round-robin	6th

European Championship record

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1910–1914	did not participate. Was  Bohemia.
1921 Stockholm	1	0	0	1	4	6	?	?	Final
1922 St. Moritz	2	2	0	0	11	3	?	?	Round-robin
1923 Antwerp	4	2	0	2	16	9	?	?	Round-robin
1924 Milan	did not participate.
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	3	3	0	0	10	0	?	?	Round-robin
1926 Davos	7	5	0	2	18	8	?	?	Final round
1927 Wien	5	1	1	3	7	6	?	?	Round-robin	5th
1929 Budapest	4	4	0	0	8	3	?	?	Final
1932 Berlin	6	1	1	4	10	10	?	?	Final round	5th

World Championship record

Championship	GP	W	OW	T	OL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
// 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	1	0	–	0	–	1	1	3	?	?	Quarter-finals	tied 6th
1931 Krynica-Zdrój	7	3	–	1	–	3	10	7	?	?	Quarter-finals	5th
1933 Prague	8	6	–	0	–	2	17	12	?	Josef Maleček	3rd place Game
1934 Milan	5	2	–	0	1	2	6	4	?	?	Third round	5th
1935 Davos	9	5	–	0	–	4	38	15	?	?	Final Round	4th
1937 London	8	4	–	2	–	2	22	9	?	Josef Maleček	Consolation round	6th
1938 Prague	7	4	–	1	–	2	9	6	Mike Buckna	Josef Maleček	3rd place Game
1939 Zürich/Basel	10	3	–	2	–	5	37	9	Mike Buckna	Josef Maleček	3rd place Game	4th
1940	Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia
1947 Prague	7	6	–	0	–	1	85	10	Mike Buckna	František Pácalt	Round-robin
1949 Stockholm	7	5	–	0	–	2	42	12	Antonín Vodička	Vladimír Zábrodský	Final Round
1950 London	did not participate
1951 Paris	did not participate
1953 Zürich/Basel	(4)	(3)	–	(0)	–	(1)	(32)	(15)	Eduard Farda	Karel Gut	did not finish/Disqualified
1954 Stockholm	7	4	–	0	–	3	41	21	Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton	Karel Gut	Round-robin	4th
1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne	8	5	–	1	–	2	63	22	Vladimír Bouzek, Jiří Anton	Karel Gut	Round-robin
1957 Moscow	7	5	–	1	–	1	66	9	Vladimír Bouzek, Bohumil Rejda	Karel Gut	Round-robin
1958 Oslo	7	3	–	2	–	2	21	21	Bohumil Rejda	Karel Gut	Round-robin	4th
1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava	8	5	–	0	–	3	46	22	Vlastimil Sýkora	Karel Gut	Final Round
1961 Geneva/Lausanne	7	6	–	1	–	0	33	9	Zdeněk Andršt, Vladimír Kostka	Vlastimil Bubník	Final Round
1962 Colorado Springs, Denver	did not participate
1963 Stockholm	7	5	–	1	–	1	41	16	Jiří Anton	Vlastimil Bubník	Final Round
1965 Tampere	7	6	–	0	–	1	43	10	Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka	František Tikal	Final Round
1966 Ljubljana	7	6	–	0	–	1	32	15	Vladimír Bouzek, Vladimír Kostka	František Tikal	Final Round
1967 Vienna	7	3	–	2	–	2	29	18	Vladimír Bouzek, Jaroslav Pitner	František Tikal	Final Round	4th
1969 Stockholm	10	8	–	0	–	2	40	20	Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka	Jozef Golonka	Final Round
1970 Stockholm	10	5	–	1	–	4	47	30	Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka	Josef Černý	Final Round
1971 Bern/Geneva	10	7	–	1	–	2	44	20	Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka	Josef Černý	Final Round
1972 Prague	10	9	–	0	–	1	72	16	Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka	František Pospíšil	Final Round
1973 Moscow	10	6	–	1	–	3	48	20	Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka	František Pospíšil	Final Round
1974 Helsinki	10	7	–	0	–	3	57	20	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	František Pospíšil	Final Round
1975 Munich/Düsseldorf	10	8	–	0	–	2	55	19	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	František Pospíšil	Final Round
1976 Katowice	10	9	–	1	–	0	67	14	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	František Pospíšil	Final Round
1977 Vienna	10	7	–	1	–	2	54	32	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	František Pospíšil	Final Round
1978 Prague	10	9	–	0	–	1	54	21	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	Ivan Hlinka	Final Round
1979 Moscow	6	3	–	1	–	2	25	30	Karel Gut, Ján Starší	Ivan Hlinka	Final Round
1981 Gothenburg/Stockholm	6	2	–	2	–	2	20	22	Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	Milan Nový	Final Round
1982 Helsinki/Tampere	10	5	–	2	–	3	38	20	Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	Milan Nový	Final Round
1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich	10	6	–	2	–	2	40	21	Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	František Černík	Final Round
1985 Prague	10	7	–	1	–	2	48	22	Luděk Bukač, Stanislav Neveselý	Dárius Rusnák	Final Round
1986 Moscow	10	5	–	1	–	4	38	21	Ján Starší, František Pospíšil	Dárius Rusnák	Consolation round	5th
1987 Austria	10	6	–	2	–	2	32	22	Ján Starší, František Pospíšil	Dušan Pašek	Final Round
1989 Stockholm/Södertälje	10	4	–	2	–	4	38	21	Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý	Vladimír Růžička	Final Round
1990 Bern/Fribourg	10	5	–	1	–	4	40	30	Pavel Wohl, Stanislav Neveselý	Jiří Doležal	Final Round
1991 Helsinki/Turku/Tampere	10	4	–	0	–	6	28	27	Stanislav Neveselý, Josef Horešovský	Bedřich Ščerban	Consolation round	6th
1992 Prague/Bratislava	8	6	–	0	1	1	33	12	Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter	Tomáš Jelínek	3rd place Game
1993 Munich/Dortmund	Since 1993 Czechoslovakia has been split and was succeeded by  Czech Republic and  Slovakia.

See also

• Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team
• Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
• Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia men's national ice hockey team
• Bohemia national ice hockey team
• List of accidents involving sports teams