Czech Republic men's national volleyball team
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| Association | Czech Volleyball Federation (CVF) | ||
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| Confederation | CEV | ||
| Head coach | Miguel Ángel Falasca | ||
| FIVB ranking | 27 (as of August 2016) | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1964) | ||
| Best result |
 (1964) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 16 (First in 1949) | ||
| Best result |
 (1956, 1966) | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1965) | ||
| Best result |
 (1965, 1985) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1948) | ||
| Best result |
 (1948, 1955, 1958) | ||
| www.cvf.cz (Czech) | |||
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The Czech Republic national men's volleyball team is the national volleyball team from Czech Republic, controlled by the Czech Volleyball Federation, which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. Czech Republic is ranked 28th (as of October 2015) 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.
Results
Olympic Games
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1964 Tokyo — 
Silver medal (TCH) -
1968 Mexico City — 
Bronze medal (TCH) -
1972 Munich — 6th place (TCH) -
1976 Montreal — 5th place (TCH) -
1980 Moscow — 8th place (TCH)
World Championship
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1949 Czechoslovakia – Silver medal (TCH) - 1952 Soviet Union – Silver medal (TCH)
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1956 France – 
Gold medal (TCH) -
1960 Brazil – Silver medal (TCH) - 1962 Soviet Union – Silver medal (TCH)
- 1966 Czechoslovakia – Gold medal (TCH)
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1970 Bulgaria – 4th place (TCH) - 1974 Mexico – 5th place (TCH)
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1978 Italy – 5th place (TCH) -
1982 Argentina – 9th place (TCH) - 1986 France – 8th place (TCH)
- 1990 Brazil – 9th place (TCH)
- 1998 Japan – 19th place
- 2002 Argentina – 13th place
- 2006 Japan – 13th place
- 2010 Italy – 10th place
World Cup
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1965 Poland — Bronze medal (TCH) -
1969 East Germany — 5th place (TCH) - 1985 Japan — Bronze medal (TCH)
World League
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2003 Madrid — 4th place - 2014 Florence — 16th place
- 2015 Rio de Janeiro — 15th place
- 2016 Kraków — 18th place
European Championship
- 1948 Italy — Gold medal (TCH)
- 1950 Bulgaria — Silver medal (TCH)
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1955 Romania — Gold medal (TCH) - 1958 Czechoslovakia — Gold medal (TCH)
- 1963 Romania — 5th place (TCH)
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1967 Turkey — Silver medal (TCH) - 1971 Italy — Silver medal (TCH)
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1975 Yugoslavia — 6th place (TCH) -
1977 Finland — 6th place (TCH) - 1979 France — 6th place (TCH)
- 1981 Bulgaria — 4th place (TCH)
- 1983 East Germany — 5th place (TCH)
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1985 Netherlands — Silver medal (TCH) -
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1987 Belgium — 6th place (TCH) - 1991 Germany — 12th place (TCH)
- 1993 Finland — 8th place (TCH)
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1995 Greece — 10th place - 1997 Netherlands — 6th place
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1999 Austria — 4th place - 2001 Czech Republic — 4th place
- 2003 Germany — 9th place
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2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro — 9th place - 2009 Turkey — 16th place
- 2011 Austria/Czech Republic — 10th place
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2013 Denmark/Poland — 16th place - 2015 Bulgaria/Italy - 13th place
European League
- 2004 Opava – Gold medal
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2005 Kazan – 7th place -
2007 Portimão – 9th place - 2012 Ankara – 5th place
- 2013 Marmaris – Bronze medal
Team
Current squad
The following is the Czech Republic roster in the World League 2016:
| Shirt No | Player | Birth Date | Weight | Height |
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| 1 | Jakub Vesely | 02/09/1986 | 100 | 207 |
| 2 | Jan Hadrava | 03/06/1991 | 98 | 199 |
| 3 | Marek Beer | 24/05/1988 | 100 | 201 |
| 4 | Daniel Pfeffer | 27/04/1990 | 80 | 184 |
| 5 | Lubomir Stanek | 05/07/1975 | 105 | 205 |
| 6 | Jiri Vasicek | 11/06/1992 | 92 | 184 |
| 7 | Ales Holubec (C) | 13/03/1984 | 90 | 200 |
| 8 | Filip Habr | 27/04/1988 | 92 | 201 |
| 9 | Marek Zmrhal | 10/08/1993 | 92 | 203 |
| 10 | Michal Finger | 02/09/1993 | 89 | 201 |
| 11 | Martin Krystof | 11/10/1982 | 78 | 179 |
| 12 | Matyas Demar | 01/10/1991 | 100 | 204 |
| 13 | Jan Galabov | 12/06/1996 | 90 | 190 |
| 14 | Adam Bartos | 27/04/1992 | 85 | 198 |
| 15 | Donovan Dzavoronok | 23/07/1997 | 85 | 202 |
| 16 | Jakub Janouch | 13/06/1990 | 88 | 194 |
| 17 | Adam Zajicek | 25/02/1993 | 92 | 201 |
| 18 | Vaclav Kopacek | 21/10/1982 | 82 | 180 |
| 19 | Petr Michalek | 19/08/1989 | 80 | 190 |
| 20 | Vladimir Sobotka | 07/05/1985 | 92 | 203 |
| 21 | Filip Krestan | 15/12/1987 | 94 | 200 |
- Head Coach – Miguel Ángel Falasca
Kit providers
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Czech national volleyball team.
| Period | Kit provider |
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| 2002– | Adidas |
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like UNIQA other sponsors: Czech Tourism, Moser, iDNES, Cedok and Rimowa.