Czech Republic national handball team


The Czech Republic national handball team is the national handball team of the Czech Republic. It was most successful in the mid-1990s, with sixth place at the 1996 European Championship and a win over the later runners-up Croatia at the 1995 World Championship, but the team have failed to qualify for major championships on several occasions since.
Before the Czech Republic became independent in 1993, the Czechoslovakia national team won five World Championship medals between 1954 and 1967, and qualified for every World Championship between 1954 and 1993. However, the Czech federation were admitted in time to attempt to qualify for the first European Championship in 1994. They were eliminated by another new nation, Slovenia, after losing on the away goals rule.

Results

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Jan Filip

Notable former players

Most capped players

PlayerGamesYears
Jan Filip220W
Martin Galia201GK
Petr Štochl182GK
Filip Jícha155OB
Daniel Kubeš140P
Pavel Horák122OB
Ondřej Zdráhala117CB
Roman Bečvář111CB
Jakub Hrstka103W
Jan Sobol101W
Tomáš Mrkva90GK

Topscorers

PlayerGoalsAverageYears
Jan Filip9604.36W
Filip Jícha877OB
Ondřej Zdráhala408CB
Pavel Horák350OB
Jakub Hrstka337W
Jan Sobol274W
Roman Bečvář238CB