Loss in Madrid sends Czechs back to Division B

European Championship, Division A, 6th round: Czech national team lost this year's final game in Spain. The Czechs, travelling with a weakened selection, didn't score a point. Four rounds before the end of the two-year cycle it is obvious the team will leave theelite group.

Czech Republic

1 Skall Jiří (Sparta), 2 Oswald Jan (Tatra), 3 Benda Jan (Sparta) - 4 Dlouhý Martin (Slavia), 5 Buryánek Jiří (Dragon) - 6 Bláha Josef (Říčany), 7 Černý Jiří (Tatra), 8 Kučera Karel (Říčany) - 9 Syrový Pavel (Praga), 10 Fyrbach Tomáš (Petrovice) - 11 Schlanger Michal (Petrovice), 12 Čamrda Pavel (Říčany), 13 Pekárek Martin (Říčany), 14 Jursík Václav (Sparta) - 15 Rudolf Jan (Petrovice)

Substitues: Průša Michal, Mára Vojtěch, Hocke Pavel, Heller Tomáš, Kladiva, Tomáš Veniger

Coaches: Levan Mgeladze (Geo), Martin Kafka.

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Jan Machacek