Czech Republic men's national volleyball team

The Czech Republic national men's volleyball team is controlled by the Czech Volleyball Federation, which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. Czech Republic is ranked 22nd (as of January 2023) in the FIVB world ranking.

FIVB considers Czech Republic as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948–1993). The Czech team’s first participations in international competitions saw them win a gold medal at the inaugural European Championship in 1948 which kick-started a golden age for the team. They won two more European in 1955 and 1958, two golds at the World Championships of 1956 and 1966, and a further eight medals in other elite tournaments. They took silver at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games and followed that with the bronze four years later in Mexico City.

Competition record Olympic Games Olympic Games recordYearRoundPositionas 1964 Round robin 2nd 9 8 1 26 10 1968 Round robin 3rd 9 7 2 22 21 1972 5th place match 6th 7 4 3 15 9 1976 5th place match 5th 6 4 2 14 8 1980 7th place match 8th 6 1 5 7 17 1984Did not qualify 1988 1992as 1996Did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

World Championship World Championship recordYearRoundPositionas 1949 Final group 2nd 7 6 1 19 3 1952 Final group 2nd 7 6 1 18 7 1956 Final group 1st 10 10 0 30 7 1960 Final group 2nd 11 10 1 30 8 1962 Final group 2nd 10 12 2 31 16 1966 Final group 1st 12 11 1 35 12 1970 Final group 4th 12 9 3 28 13 1974 5th place match 5th 8 4 4 17 16 1978 5th place match 5th 10 6 4 25 17 1982 9th place match 9th 10 6 4 23 14 1986 7th place match 8th 10 3 7 10 21 1990 9th place match 9th 6 3 3 11 13as 1994Did not qualify 1998 Preliminary round 19th 3 0 3 1 9 2002 Second round 13th 6 1 5 9 17 2006 Second round 13th 12 3 9 14 28 2010 9th place match 10th 9 5 4 20 14 2014Did not qualify 2018 2022 2025 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 14 10 2027Future event 2029

World Cup 1965 Poland — Bronze medal 1969 East Germany — 5th place 1985 Japan — Bronze medal

World League 2003 Madrid — 4th place 2014 Florence — 16th place 2015 Rio de Janeiro — 15th place 2016 Kraków — 18th place 2017 Curitiba — 20th place

Challenger Cup 2018 Matosinhos – Silver medal 2022 Seoul – 4th place

European Championship 1948 Italy — Gold medal 1950 Bulgaria — Silver medal 1955 Romania — Gold medal 1958 Czechoslovakia — Gold medal 1963 Romania — 5th place 1967 Turkey — Silver medal 1971 Italy — Silver medal 1975 Yugoslavia — 6th place 1977 Finland — 6th place 1979 France — 6th place 1981 Bulgaria — 4th place 1983 East Germany — 5th place 1985 Netherlands — Silver medal 1987 Belgium — 6th place 1991 Germany — 12th place 1993 Finland — 8th place 1995 Greece — 10th place 1997 Netherlands — 6th place 1999 Austria — 4th place 2001 Czech Republic — 4th place 2003 Germany — 9th place 2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro — 9th place 2009 Turkey — 16th place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic — 10th place 2013 Denmark/Poland — 16th place 2015 Bulgaria/Italy — 13th place 2017 Poland — 7th place 2019 France/Slovenia/Belgium/Netherlands — 13th place 2021 Poland/Czech Republic/Estonia/Finland — 8th place 2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel — 12th place 2026 Italy/Bulgaria/Finland/Romania — 12th place 2028 Montenegro — To be determined

European League 2004 Opava – Gold medal 2005 Kazan – 7th place 2007 Portimão – 9th place 2012 Ankara – 5th place 2013 Marmaris – Bronze medal 2018 Karlovy Vary – Silver medal 2019 Tallinn – 8th place 2021 Kortrijk – 7th place 2022 Varaždin – Gold medal 2023 Zadar – 4th place 2024 Osijek – Bronze medal 2025 Brno – Silver medal / 2026 – 7th place

Current squad The following is the Czech roster in the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach: Jiří Novák Assistants: Martin Kop, Stefano Mascia, Fulvio Bertini, Petr Benda No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2021/22 club 1 Milan Moník VK Lvi Praha 2 Jan Hadrava Jastrzębski Węgiel 3 Daniel Pfeffer VK Karlovarsko 5 Adam Zajíček VK Karlovarsko 6 Michal Finger Al-Rayyan SC 9 Vojtěch Patočka VK Karlovarsko 12 Martin Licek České Budějovice 13 Jan Galabov BKS Visła Bydgoszcz 14 Adam Bartoš Nantes Rezé Métropole 15 Lukáš Vašina VK Karlovarsko 18 Jakub Janouch () VK Lvi Praha 19 Luboš Bartůněk VK Dukla Liberec 22 Oliver Sedláček České Budějovice 25 Josef Polák České Budějovice

Kit providers The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Czech national volleyball team.

PeriodKit provider2002–Adidas

Sponsorship Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like UNIQA other sponsors: Czech Tourism, Moser, iDNES, Cedok and Rimowa.

Czech Republic men's national volleyball team

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