Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team
The coat of arms of the Czech Republic is the badge used on the players jerseys.
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| Association | Czech Ice Hockey Association |
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| General Manager |
Martin Ručinský Milan Hnilička |
| Head coach | Josef Jandač |
| Assistants |
Jiří Kalous Jaroslav Špaček Václav Prospal |
| Captain | Tomáš Plekanec |
| Most games | David Výborný (218) |
| Top scorer | Martin Procházka (61) |
| Most points | David Výborný (147) |
| Home stadium | O2 Arena |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | CZE |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 6 
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| Highest IIHF | 2 (2006) |
| Lowest IIHF | 6 (first in 2015) |
| First international | |
 Czech Republic 6–1 Russia  (, Sweden; 11 February 1993) |
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| Biggest win | |
Czech Republic 11–0 Italy  (Hanover, Germany; 6 May 2001) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Finland 7–0 Czech Republic (, Sweden; 11 February 2012) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 22 (first in 1993) |
| Best result |
 (1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 |
| Best result | 3rd (2004) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1994) |
| Medals |
 Gold (1998) Bronze (2006) |
The Czech men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Czech Republic. It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States. It is governed by the Czech Ice Hockey Association. The Czech Republic has 72,075 players officially enrolled in organized hockey (0.7% of its population).
The Czechs won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won three straight gold medals at the world championships from 1999 to 2001. In the next three years, the team did not get a medal at the world championships — not even home at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships held in Prague and Ostrava, thus keeping the "world championship home ice curse" alive. But the following year, the Czechs won gold at the 2005 tournament, the only world championship where, due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, all NHL players were available to participate.
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