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Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team

Czechoslovakia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationCzecho-slovakian hockey association
Most gamesJiří Holík (319)
Top scorerJosef Maleček (216)
Most pointsJosef Maleček (285)
Home stadiumŠtvanice 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 codeTCH
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
Appearances16 (first in 1920)
Medals Silver: 4 (1948, 1968, 1976, 1984)
Bronze: 4 (1920, 1964, 1972, 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances52 (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
Appearances5 (first in 1976)
Best result 2nd: (1976)
Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sarajevo Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1948 St. Moritz Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Sapporo Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Innsbruck Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp Ice hockey
Canada Cup
Silver medal – second place 1976 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1947 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1949 Sweden Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1972 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1976 Poland Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1977 Austria Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1985 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1961 Switzerland Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1965 Finland Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1966 Yugoslavia Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1971 Switzerland Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1974 Finland Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1975 West Germany Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1978 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1979 Soviet Union Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1982 Finland Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1983 West Germany Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1933 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1955 West Germany Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Soviet Union Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Sweden Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Sweden Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Sweden Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Soviet Union Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Sweden Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Austria Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Sweden Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Switzerland Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey

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.

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.


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