European Handball Championship 2008 / Czech Republic
This article covers the Czech national handball team at the 2008 European Championship in Norway.
qualification
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team
Squad
| No. | Surname | society | LS / goals (before EM) | Games | Gates |
|
Time penalties |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper (% balls held) | ||||||||
| 16 | Martin Galia |  Fresh on Göppingen
|
97/3 | 3 | (32%) | - | - | - |
| 71 | Petr Štochl | Foxes Berlin
|
108/1 | 3 | (27%) | - | - | - |
| Outfield player | ||||||||
| 2 | Karel Nocar |  Chambery Savoie HB
|
132/299 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | - |
| 3 | Michal Brůna | Stralsund HV
|
66/159 | 3 | 7th | - | - | - |
| 4th | Petr Hrubý | MT Melsungen
|
85/208 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - |
| 5 | Jiří Vítek | Bergischer HC
|
59/162 | 3 | 12/6 | - | 1 | - |
| 6th | Martin Šetlík |  Pilsen locomotive
|
97/282 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 7th | Daniel Kubeš | HSG Nordhorn
|
67/143 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 10 | Jan Filip | HSG Nordhorn
|
152/775 | 3 | 20th | - | 3 | - |
| 11 | Jan Sobol | Montpellier HB
|
44/133 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 13 | Pavel Horák | Fresh on Göppingen
|
32/82 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| 14th | Tomáš Heinz | HC Baník Karviná
|
66/137 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 17th | Jiří Motl | HK Lovosice
|
14/13 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 19th | Martin Prachař |  SMD Bacau
|
21/15 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| 20th | Tomáš Řezníček |  RK Velenje
|
52/84 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 21st | Alois Mráz | HSG Wetzlar
|
73/194 | 3 | 13/1 | - | 4th | - |
| total | 1165/2690 | 3 | 88/7 | 7th | 28 | 1 | ||
| Trainer / supervisor | ||||||||
| Pavel Pauza
|
Dukla Prague
|
Trainer | ||||||
| Jiří Mika
|
Assistant coach | |||||||
Preliminary round matches (Group A)
In the preliminary round, the Czech team will face Slovenia , Poland and Croatia .
Slovenia 34:32 (16:14) Czech Republic 
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(January 17th, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
SLO: Gorazd Škof, Beno Lapajne - Vid Kavtičnik (12/10), Aleš Pajovič (7), Luka Žvižej (5), Jure Natek (4), Uroš Zorman (3), Matjaž Mlakar (1), Rok Praznik (1 / 1), Roman Pungartnik (1), David Špiler, Miladin Kozlina, Goran Kozomara, Dragan Gajič, Tomáš Řezníček,
CZE: Martin Galia, Petr Štochl - Jan Filip (10), Alois Mráz (8), Petr Hrubý (3), Karel Nocar (3), Tomáš Heinz (2), Tomáš Řezníček (2), Jiří Vítek (2), Michal Brůna (2), Martin Šetlík, Jan Sobol, Pavel Horák, Martin Prachar
Czech Republic 26:30 (13:13) Croatia 
(January 18th, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
CZE: Martin Galia, Petr Štochl - Jiří Vítek (7/5), Petr Hrubý (4), Jan Filip (4), Karel Nocar (3), Alois Mráz (3/1), Pavel Horák (3), Martin Šetlík (1), Michal Brůna (1), Jiří Motl, Jan Sobol, Tomáš Heinz, Tomáš Řezníček
KRO: Dragan Jerković, Mirko Alilović - Ivano Balić (6), Domagoj Duvnjak (5/5), Blaženko Lacković (5), Nikša Kaleb (4), Ivan Čupić (3/2), Zlatko Horvat (3), Renato Sulić (2), Petar Metličić (2), Josip Valčić, Drago Vuković, Denis Špoljarić, Igor Vori
Poland 33:30 (13:14) Czech Republic
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(January 20th, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
POL: Sławomir Szmal, Adam Weiner - Karol Bielecki (9), Grzegorz Tkaczyk (5), Marcin Lijewski (5), Bartosz Jurecki (4), Tomasz Tłuczyński (3/2), Patryk Kuchczyński (3), Krzysztof Lijewski (2 ), Mateusz Jachlewski (1), Michał Jurecki (1), Damian Wleklak, Artur Siódmiak, Mariusz Jurasik
CZE: Martin Galia, Petr Štochl - Karel Nocar (7), Jan Filip (6), Michal Brůna (4), Petr Hrubý (3), Jiří Vítek (3), Alois Mráz (2), Pavel Horák (2), Jan Sobol (1), Tomáš Řezníček (1), Daniel Kubeš (1), Martin Šetlík, Tomáš Heinz