Czech Republic men's national volleyball team

Czech Republic
Association	Czech Volleyball Federation (CVF)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Jiří Novák
FIVB ranking	18 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1964)
World Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1956, 1966)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1965)
Best result	(1965, 1985)
European Championship
Appearances	27 (First in 1948)
Best result	(1948, 1955, 1958)
	www.cvf.cz (in Czech)
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
European Championship
Challenger Cup

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.

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

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

1949 Czechoslovakia – Silver medal (TCH)
1952 Soviet Union – Silver medal (TCH)
1956 France – Gold medal (TCH)
1960 Brazil – Silver medal (TCH)
1962 Soviet Union – Silver medal (TCH)
1966 Czechoslovakia – Gold medal (TCH)
1970 Bulgaria – 4th place (TCH)
1974 Mexico – 5th place (TCH)
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
2025 Philippines – Qualified

World Cup

1965 Poland — Bronze medal (TCH)
1969 East Germany — 5th place (TCH)
1985 Japan — Bronze medal (TCH)

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 (TCH)
1950 Bulgaria — Silver medal (TCH)
1955 Romania — Gold medal (TCH)
1958 Czechoslovakia — Gold medal (TCH)
1963 Romania — 5th place (TCH)
1967 Turkey — Silver medal (TCH)
1971 Italy — Silver medal (TCH)
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)
1985 Netherlands — Silver medal (TCH)
1987 Belgium — 6th place (TCH)
1991 Germany — 12th place (TCH)
1993 Finland — 8th place (TCH)
1995 Greece — 10th place
1997 Netherlands — 6th place
1999 Austria — 4th place
2001 Czech Republic — 4th place
2003 Germany — 9th place
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
2019 — 13th place
2021 — 8th place
2023 — 12th place

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
2024 Osijek – Bronze 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
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

Kit providers

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

Period	Kit provider
2002–	Adidas

Sponsorship

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

References

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