Czech Republic men's national volleyball team
Men's national volleyball team representing the Czech Republic
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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.
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| Association | Czech Volleyball Federation (CVF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Confederation | CEV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Jiří Novák | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Fourth place (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 4th place in 1999 and 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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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
| Olympic Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad | |
as  Czechoslovakia | |||||||||
 1964 |
Round Robin | Silver | 9 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 10 | Squad | |
 1968 |
Round Robin | Bronze | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 21 | Squad | |
 1972 |
5th place match | 6th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | Squad | |
 1976 |
5th place match | 5th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | Squad | |
 1980 |
7th place match | 8th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | Squad | |
 1984 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 1988 | |||||||||
 1992 | |||||||||
| as Czechia | |||||||||
| 1996 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
 2008 | |||||||||
 2012 | |||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
| 2020 | |||||||||
 2024 | |||||||||
World Championship
| World Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | |
| as Czechoslovakia | ||||||||
| 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 | 13 | |
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| 1994 |
Did 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 | |
 2014 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||
 2022 | ||||||||
 2025 |
Semifinals | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |
| 2027 |
Future event | |||||||
 2029 | ||||||||
World Cup
1965 Poland — 
Bronze medal 
Czechoslovakia
1969 East Germany — 5th place Czechoslovakia
1985 Japan — Bronze medal Czechoslovakia
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 Czechoslovakia 
1950 Bulgaria — Silver medal Czechoslovakia
1955 Romania — Gold medal Czechoslovakia- 1958 Czechoslovakia — Gold medal Czechoslovakia
- 1963 Romania — 5th place Czechoslovakia
1967 Turkey — Silver medal Czechoslovakia- 1971 Italy — Silver medal Czechoslovakia
1975 Yugoslavia — 6th place Czechoslovakia
1977 Finland — 6th place Czechoslovakia
1979 France — 6th place Czechoslovakia- 1981 Bulgaria — 4th place Czechoslovakia
- 1983 East Germany — 5th place Czechoslovakia
1985 Netherlands — Silver medal Czechoslovakia
1987 Belgium — 6th place Czechoslovakia
1991 Germany — 12th place Czechoslovakia- 1993 Finland — 8th place Czechoslovakia
1995 Greece — 10th place- 1997 Netherlands — 6th place
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
2013 Denmark/Poland — 16th place- 2015 Bulgaria/Italy — 13th place
- 2017 Poland — 7th place
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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 — Qualified
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
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. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2021/22 club |
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| 1 | Milan Moník | 15 March 1988 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 336 cm (132 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | VK Lvi Praha |
| 2 | Jan Hadrava | 3 June 1991 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 101 kg (223 lb) | 357 cm (141 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 3 | Daniel Pfeffer | 27 April 1990 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 331 cm (130 in) | 322 cm (127 in) | VK Karlovarsko |
| 5 | Adam Zajíček | 25 February 1993 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 331 cm (130 in) | VK Karlovarsko |
| 6 | Michal Finger | 2 September 1993 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 366 cm (144 in) | 342 cm (135 in) | Al-Rayyan SC |
| 9 | Vojtěch Patočka | 2 March 1993 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | VK Karlovarsko |
| 12 | Martin Licek | 5 January 1995 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 337 cm (133 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | České Budějovice |
| 13 | Jan Galabov | 12 June 1996 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 354 cm (139 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | BKS Visła Bydgoszcz |
| 14 | Adam Bartoš | 27 April 1992 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Nantes Rezé Métropole |
| 15 | Lukáš Vašina | 6 July 1999 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | VK Karlovarsko |
| 18 | Jakub Janouch (C) | 13 June 1990 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | VK Lvi Praha |
| 19 | Luboš Bartůněk | 24 May 1990 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 332 cm (131 in) | 303 cm (119 in) | VK Dukla Liberec |
| 22 | Oliver Sedláček | 27 April 1998 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 358 cm (141 in) | 342 cm (135 in) | České Budějovice |
| 25 | Josef Polák | 11 February 1999 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 344 cm (135 in) | 333 cm (131 in) | České Budějovice |
