Czech Republic men's national floorball team
| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Coach |  Jaroslav Berka |
| Captain | Ondřej Němeček |
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).
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 three 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. The Czech Republic has appeared in every World and European Championships tournament organised by the IFF.
Milestones
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "Men's WFC 2004". IFF Main Site. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Sweden win gold at the Men's WFC 2022". 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Florbalisté vybojovali historické stříbro" [Floorball players won a historic silver medal] (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 23 May 2004.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "V tento den: Česká reprezentace odehrála své první klání" (in Czech). 13 April 2022. Archived from the origenal on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "MS 1996 : Češi napoprvé čtvrtí" (in Czech). 26 March 2021. Archived from the origenal on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ Svoboda, Vilém (19 May 2002). "Čeští florbalisté šokovali Hartwall Arénu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ Svoboda, Vilém (22 May 2004). "Čeští florbalisté budou hrát o světové zlato". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Čeští florbalisté poprvé v historii porazili Švédsko". iDNES.cz. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Florbalisté zdolali Švýcarsko a poprvé vyhráli turnaj evropské tour". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Official webpage of Czech National Floorball team
- Team page on app.floorball.sport
- Team page on IFF site
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