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. FIVB considers

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as the inheritor of the records of

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(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

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of 1956 and 1966, and a further eight medals in other elite tournaments. They took silver at the Tokyo 1964

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and followed that with the bronze four years later in

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Results

Olympic Games

* 1964 Tokyo — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1968 Mexico City — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal (TCH) * 1972 Munich — 6th place (TCH) * 1976 Montreal — 5th place (TCH) *

1980 Moscow The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

— 8th place (TCH)

World Championship

* 1949 Czechoslovakia – Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1952 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1952 Soviet Union – Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1956 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1956 France – Gold medal with cup

Gold medal (TCH) * 1960 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1960 Brazil – Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1962 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1962 Soviet Union – Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1966 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1966 Czechoslovakia – Gold medal with cup

Gold medal (TCH) * 1970 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1970 Bulgaria – 4th place (TCH) * 1974 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1974 Mexico – 5th place (TCH) * 1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1978 Italy – 5th place (TCH) * 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1982 Argentina – 9th place (TCH) * 1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1986 France – 8th place (TCH) * 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1990 Brazil – 9th place (TCH) * 1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 1998 Japan – 19th place * 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2002 Argentina – 13th place * 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2006 Japan – 13th place * 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2010 Italy – 10th place

World Cup

* 1965 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, 1965 Poland — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal (TCH) * 1969 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, 1969 East Germany — 5th place (TCH) * 1985 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, 1985 Japan — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal (TCH)

World League

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

Challenger Cup

* 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup, 2018 Matosinhos – Silver medal with cup

Silver medal * 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup, 2022 Seoul – 4th place

European Championship

* 1948 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1948 Italy — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal (TCH) * 1950 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1950 Bulgaria — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1955 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1955 Romania — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal (TCH) * 1958 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1958 Czechoslovakia — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal (TCH) * 1963 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1963 Romania — 5th place (TCH) * 1967 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1967 Turkey — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1971 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1971 Italy — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1975 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1975 Yugoslavia — 6th place (TCH) * 1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1977 Finland — 6th place (TCH) * 1979 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1979 France — 6th place (TCH) * 1981 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1981 Bulgaria — 4th place (TCH) * 1983 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1983 East Germany — 5th place (TCH) * 1985 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1985 Netherlands — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal (TCH) * 1987 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1987 Belgium — 6th place (TCH) * 1991 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1991 Germany — 12th place (TCH) * 1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1993 Finland — 8th place (TCH) * 1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1995 Greece — 10th place * 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1997 Netherlands — 6th place * 1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1999 Austria — 4th place * 2001 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2001 Czech Republic — 4th place * 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2003 Germany — 9th place * 2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro — 9th place * 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2009 Turkey — 16th place * 2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2011 Austria/Czech Republic — 10th place * 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2013 Denmark/Poland — 16th place * 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2015 Bulgaria/Italy — 13th place * 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2017 Poland — 7th place * 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2019 — 13th place * 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2021 — 8th place

European League

* 2004 Men's European Volleyball League, 2004 Opava – Gold medal with cup

Gold medal * 2005 Men's European Volleyball League, 2005 Kazan – 7th place * 2007 Men's European Volleyball League, 2007 Portimão – 9th place * 2012 Men's European Volleyball League, 2012 Ankara – 5th place * 2013 Men's European Volleyball League, 2013 Marmaris – Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 2018 Men's European Volleyball League, 2018 Karlovy Vary – Silver medal with cup

Silver medal * 2019 Men's European Volleyball League, 2019 Tallinn – 8th place * 2021 Men's European Volleyball League, 2021 Kortrijk – 7th place * 2022 Men's European Volleyball League, 2022 Varaždin – Gold medal with cup

Gold medal

Current squad

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

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Uniqa Insurance Group, UNIQA other sponsors: Czech Tourism, Moser Glass, Moser, iDNES, Cedok and Rimowa.

References

External links

Official websiteFIVB profileDen s českou volejbalovou reprezentací
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