Czech Open is an international floorball tournament. It takes place every year in August in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the largest floorball tournaments in the world. Every year over 200 teams from around the world participate. The first season was played in 1993. The tournament is organized by Prague floorball club Tatran Střešovice.[1]
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| Sport | floorball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Most recent champion(s) | Men:  Tatran StřešoviceWomen:  Pixbo IBK (2024) |
| Most titles | Men: Pixbo IBK (9) Women: Pixbo IBK (10) |
| Official website | https://www.czechopen.cz/ |
There are sever categories in the tournament. Both men and woken have three categories (Elite, Pro and Open) and juniors have one.[2] Czech teams have a number of places reserved, which are assigned according to standings of the teams in Czech floorball leagues (such as Superliga florbalu or Extraliga žen ve florbale).
The most successful team in the history of the tournament is Swedish Pixbo IBK, with nine titles in men's and ten in women's Elite categories.[3][4] By 2024, the men Elite category has been won only by three teams from the Czech Republic – 1. SC Vítkovice, Tatran Střešovice and FBC Ostrava. They won in 1998, 1999, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024. With an exception of Tatran wins in 2022 and 2024, those were years, when the strong Scandinavian teams did not arrive.[5][6] Women Elite has also only three Czech winners – Děkanka (2006 through 2010, 2012),[7] Tatran (1997, 2004)[8][9] and Vítkovice (2020, 2021).[10][6]
List of Elite Czech Open winners
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List of winners in other categories
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References
edit- ^ "Legenda Czech Open v čase, Díl I.: Jak to celé začalo" [Legend Czech Open in time, Part I.: How it all began] (in Czech). florbal.cz. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Florbalisté Střešovic ovládli Czech Open, ve finále zdolali Pixbo". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 11 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Pixbo smetlo Köniz! Z titulu se radují i Fridrich s Vávrou" [Pixbo swept Köniz! Fridrich and Vávra are happy for the title too] (in Czech). florbal.cz. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Florbalistky Pixba s Krupnovou obhájily triumf na Czech Open" [Pixbo floorball players and Krupnová defended their triumph at the Czech Open] (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Legenda Czech Open v čase, Díl VIII.: Když se poprvé hrálo o velké peníze" [Legend Czech Open in time, Part VIII.: When they played for big money for the first time] (in Czech). florbal.cz. 30 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Results from the Czech Open 2021". IFF. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ ČTK (19 August 2012). "Pixbo vyhrálo florbalové Czech Open, na trůn se vrátil i Herbadent" [Pixbo won the floorball Czech Open, Herbadent returned to the throne too] (in Czech). lidovky.cz.
- ^ "Legenda Czech Open v čase, DÍL V.: Když přijel Johan poprvé do Prahy" (in Czech). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Švédští mistři vyhráli Czech Open". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 8 August 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Vitkovice won the double at Czech Open 2020". IFF. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Czech Open 2022, 30 years of elite competition in Prague!". IFF. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Pixbo Wallenstam and IBF Falun winners of Czech Open 2019". IFF. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Pixbo and Falun winners of the Czech Open 2018". IFF. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Falun and Pixbo Czech Open Champions 2017". IFF. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Pixbo and EräViikingit winners of Czech Open 2016". IFF. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "SSV and Dekanka won the Czech Open". IFF. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2020.