The Czechoslovakia national men's volleyball team was the national volleyball team for Czechoslovakia that had represented the country in international competitions and friendly matches between 1948–1993

FIVB considers Czech Republic (national team) 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.

Results

Olympic Games 1964 — Silver medal 1968 — Bronze medal 1972 — 6th place 1976 — 5th place 1980 — 8th place

World Championship 1949 Czechoslovakia – Silver medal 1952 Soviet Union – Silver medal 1956 France – Gold medal 1960 Brazil – Silver medal 1962 Soviet Union – Silver medal 1966 Czechoslovakia – Gold medal 1970 Bulgaria – 4th place 1974 Mexico – 5th place 1978 Italy – 5th place 1982 Argentina – 9th place 1986 France – 8th place 1990 Brazil – 9th place

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

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

Team

1990 Last World Championship squad

Head coach: Rudolf Matejka, Zdenek Pommer No.NameDate of birthHeightWeight1990 club 1 Josef Smolka Dukla Liberec 2 Milan Džavoronok Aero Odolena Voda 3 Zdeněk Kaláb Città di Castello 4 Bronislav Mikyska Zbrojovka Brno 5 Peter Goga PSK Praga 7 Martin Skalicka Tjzlin 8 Roman Macek Tjzlin 9 Štefan Chrtianský PSK Bratislava 10 Pavel Barborka PSK Praga 11 Igor Stejskal Zbrojovka Brno 12 Petr Galis PSK Praga 13 Michal Palinek Zbrojovka Brno

See also

Czechoslovakia women's national volleyball team

References

External links Official website FIVB profile