What league does Czechia U18 play in?

Czechia U18 play in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Who is the head coach of Czechia U18?

The head coach of Czechia U18 is Jakub Petr.

Who is the captain of Czechia U18?

The captain of Czechia U18 is Jiří Kulich.

Czechia U18

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2021-2022

2021-2022 Season

Czechia U18 were 1-1-1 in the 2021-22 Hlinka Gretzky Cup season with 4 points, 3rd in the A and 5th overall.

2021-2022 Czechia U18 Club Stats

Czechia U18 — 2021-2022 Club Stats — Skaters
Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Eduard Sale (RW/LW)	totals		49	44	48	92	58	51
	HC Kometa Brno	Czechia	10	2	1	3	2	-1
	HC Kometa Brno U20	Czechia U20	39	42	47	89	56	52
Samuel Smajda (RW/LW)	HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20	Czechia U20	48	28	24	52	55	32
Matyas Sapovaliv (C/LW)	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	68	18	34	52	26	-18
Adam Dvorak (RW/LW)	totals		49	24	26	50	55	23
	HC Plzeň U20	Czechia U20	45	23	26	49	53	22
	HC Plzeň	Czechia	4	1	0	1	2	1
Dominik Rymon (LW/C)	totals		40	27	19	46	14	26
	HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20	Czechia U20	37	27	19	46	14	28
	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	Czechia	3	0	0	0	0	-2
Vojtech Polak (C/W)	BK Mladá Boleslav U20	Czechia U20	45	27	19	46	43	25
Adam Bares (F)	totals		46	15	26	41	14	5
	Pelicans U18	U18 SM-sarja	29	11	23	34	12	-
	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-sarja	17	4	3	7	2	5
Dominik Petr (C/LW)	totals		42	15	24	39	34	-1
	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	32	14	22	36	32	-
	Lukko U20	U20 SM-sarja	10	1	2	3	2	-1
Jonas Jungwirth (RW)	totals		48	14	25	39	14	-14
	HC Dukla Jihlava U20	Czechia U20	47	14	25	39	14	-14
	HC Dukla Jihlava	Czechia2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marek Soukup (F)	HC Plzeň U20	Czechia U20	48	9	30	39	34	23
Ondřej Becher (C/W)	totals		53	23	14	37	42	-20
	AZ Havířov	Czechia2	8	1	0	1	4	-4
	AZ Havířov U20	Czechia U20	45	22	14	36	38	-16
Adam Jecho (C/RW)	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	43	16	20	36	16	-
Frantisek Formanek (RW/LW)	totals		58	11	22	33	57	11
	HC Dynamo Pardubice U20	Czechia U20	23	8	15	23	34	7
	HC Stadion Vrchlabí	Czechia2	1	0	1	1	0	1
	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Czechia	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	33	3	6	9	23	3
Tomas Hamara (D)	totals		58	6	23	29	24	5
	Tappara	Liiga	24	0	2	2	8	2
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	32	6	19	25	16	5
	KeuPa HT	Mestis	2	0	2	2	0	-2
Lukas Plos (C)	Bílí Tygři Liberec U20	Czechia U20	40	13	13	26	36	19
Simon Slavicek (RW/LW)	totals		56	10	16	26	12	-3
	HC Slavia Praha	Czechia2	2	0	0	0	0	-1
	HC Slavia Praha U20	Czechia U20	14	4	9	13	4	-8
	Flint Firebirds	OHL	40	6	7	13	8	6
Jakub Hujer (LW/C)	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL	49	9	15	24	34	-20
Matej Prcik (D)	totals		45	3	18	21	36	4
	HC Vítkovice U20	Czechia U20	44	3	18	21	36	6
	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	1	0	0	0	0	-2
Jiří Kulich (C/W)	totals		51	11	7	18	8	6
	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	Czechia	49	9	5	14	4	7
	HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20	Czechia U20	2	2	2	4	4	-1
Jakub Hrdlicka (D)	totals		53	4	14	18	73	-18
	HC Slavia Praha U20	Czechia U20	49	4	14	18	71	-18
	HC Slavia Praha	Czechia2	4	0	0	0	2	0
Filip Krajcik (D)	HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20	Czechia U20	45	2	16	18	34	13
Marek Alscher (D)	Portland Winterhawks	WHL	61	7	9	16	48	20
Tomas Cibulka (D)	Val-d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL	68	1	15	16	22	-12
Matej Vovsik (D)	HC Dukla Jihlava U20	Czechia U20	44	2	12	14	80	-7
Robin Sapousek (C/LW)	HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20	Czechia U20	20	5	8	13	18	6
Denis Puchala (D)	HC Vítkovice U20	Czechia U20	48	1	8	9	14	-1
Ales Cech (D)	totals		42	0	8	8	44	4
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-sarja	38	0	7	7	40	4
	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	0	1	1	4	-
Tomas Hebek (D)	HC Dynamo Pardubice U20	Czechia U20	41	0	4	4	8	2
Frantisek Nemec (D)	HC Kometa Brno U20	Czechia U20	33	0	3	3	6	-7

Czechia U18 — 2021-2022 Club Stats — Goalies
Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Jan Spunar (G)	totals		31	2.57	.911	3	22-8-0	1777:00
	HC Olomouc U20	Czechia U20	31	2.57	.911	3	22-8-0	1777:00
	HC Olomouc	Czechia	0	-	-	-	-	-
Stepan Vopravil (G)	totals		23	3.25	.903	4	13-9-0	1312:00
	Bílí Tygři Liberec U20	Czechia U20	22	3.17	.904	4	13-8-0	1249:00
	HC Benátky nad Jizerou	Czechia2	1	4.76	.881	0	0-1-0	63:00
Stepan Malecek (G)	totals		31	3.85	-	1	10-20-0	1637:00
	HC Motor České Budějovice	Czechia	1	6.00	.833	0	-	20:00
	HC Motor České Budějovice U20	Czechia U20	27	3.50	.911	1	9-18-0	1457:00
	IHC Králové Písek	Czechia3	3	6.75	-	0	1-2-0	160:00
Michael Schnattinger (G)	totals		35	3.18	-	2	17-17-0	2037:00
	HC Kometa Brno U20	Czechia U20	34	3.16	.915	2	17-16-0	1977:00
	HC Kometa Brno B	Czechia3	1	4.00	-	0	0-1-0	60:00
	HC Kometa Brno	Czechia	0	-	-	-	-	-

2021-2022 Czechia U18 Staff

Head CoachJakub Petr
Head CoachJakub Petr
Asst. CoachRadim Skuhrovec
Asst. CoachRadim Skuhrovec
Asst. CoachDarek Stransky
Asst. CoachDarek Stransky
Goaltending CoachMartin Falter
Team ManagerPetr Studnicka
Team ManagerPetr Studnicka
Physical TherapistRobert Charvat
Video CoachMichal Rejzek

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Experience

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Czechia U18 Games

Czechia U18 — 2021-2022 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
08/08/2026 01:00 AM UTC	Czechia U18	Switzerland U18	1 - 5	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/05/2026 09:00 PM UTC	Finland U18	Czechia U18	5 - 4	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/04/2026 07:00 PM UTC	Czechia U18	Germany U18	8 - 3	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/03/2026 07:00 PM UTC	Czechia U18	USA U18	4 - 6	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/15/2025 01:30 PM UTC	Czechia U18	Slovakia U18	5 - 2	Hlinka Gretzky Cup

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Czechia U18 Tournament Statistics

Czechia U18 — Tournament Statistics
season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Hlinka Gretzky	3	1	2	-	0	0	16	14	3	1	3	Did not make playoffs
2025-2026	Hlinka Gretzky	3	1	2	-	0	0	7	11	3	1	3	Did not make playoffs
2024-2025	Hlinka Gretzky	3	3	0	-	0	0	13	5	9	3	1	Final loss
2023-2024	Hlinka Gretzky	3	2	1	-	0	0	15	8	6	2	1	Final loss
2022-2023	Hlinka Gretzky	3	2	0	-	1	0	14	6	8	2.67	1	Bronze game loss
2021-2022	EYOF	4	1	3	-	0	0	16	14	3	0.75	4	-
	Hlinka Gretzky	3	1	1	-	0	1	9	11	4	1.33	3	Placement game loss
2020-2021	Hlinka Gretzky	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2019-2020	Hlinka Gretzky	3	0	2	-	1	0	6	15	2	0.67	3	Placement game win
2018-2019	Hlinka Gretzky	3	0	2	-	1	0	4	12	2	0.67	3	Placement game win
2017-2018	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	2	1	-	0	0	16	12	6	2	2	Final loss
2016-2017	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	2	1	-	0	0	13	8	6	2	2	Champion
2015-2016	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	2	-	0	0	6	8	3	1	3	Placement game loss
2014-2015	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	3	0	-	0	0	19	7	9	3	1	Final loss
2013-2014	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	1	-	1	0	9	9	5	1.67	2	Bronze game win
2012-2013	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	2	1	-	0	0	9	6	6	2	2	Bronze game loss
2011-2012	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	2	-	0	0	7	12	3	1	3	Placement game loss
2010-2011	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	2	1	-	0	0	9	8	6	2	2	Bronze game loss
2009-2010	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	2	-	0	0	3	13	3	1	3	Placement game win
2008-2009	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	1	-	0	1	8	12	4	1.33	3	Placement game win
2007-2008	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	2	-	0	0	6	12	3	1	3	Placement game loss
2006-2007	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	1	-	0	1	9	12	4	1.33	3	Placement game win
2005-2006	U18 JWC	3	2	1	0	-	-	9	10	6	2	2	Final loss
2004-2005	U18 JWC	3	3	0	0	-	-	10	4	6	2	1	Final loss
2003-2004	U18 JWC	3	3	0	-	0	0	18	4	6	2	1	Bronze game win
2002-2003	U18 JWC	3	3	0	0	-	-	11	4	6	2	1	Final loss
2001-2002	Nations Cup	5	3	1	1	-	-	17	9	7	1.4	2	-
2000-2001	Nations Cup	3	0	2	1	-	-	8	15	1	0.33	3	-
1999-2000	Viking Cup	4	2	2	0	0	0	14	19	4	1	4	Quarterfinal loss
	Nations Cup	3	2	1	0	-	-	7	11	4	1.33	3	-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Czechia U18 — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Matyas Humenik (F)	2026-2027	HC Motor Ceske Budejovice U20	Extraliga junioru	17	13	17	30	33
2.	Tomas Smerha (F)	2026-2027	VHK Vsetín	1. liga	14	9	13	22	16
3.	Petr Kafka (F)	2026-2027	HC Baník Příbram	2. liga	9	5	14	19	2
4.	Adam Novotný (F)	2026-2027	Peterborough Petes	OHL	11	7	11	18	2
5.	Václav Nedorost (D)	2026-2027	HC Motor Ceske Budejovice U20	Extraliga junioru	13	3	15	18	30
6.	Petr Straka (F)	2026-2027	VHK Vsetín	1. liga	14	10	7	17	8
7.	Filip Chlapík (F)	2026-2027	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	12	3	14	17	15
8.	Tomas Svoboda (F)	2026-2027	HC Orli Znojmo	2. liga	8	9	7	16	6
9.	David Pastrňák (F)	2026-2027	Boston Bruins	NHL	11	6	10	16	2
10.	Vojtech Strondala (F)	2026-2027	HC Frýdek-Místek	1. liga	15	6	10	16	10

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Czechia U18 — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	176 lbs	16.88
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	179 lbs	17.83
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	187 lbs	17.91
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	17.86
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	185 lbs	17.83

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Adam Benák (F)	10	6	15	21
2.	Eduard Sale (F)	13	7	10	17
3.	Lukas Kachlir (D)	8	5	5	10
4.	Dominik Petr (F)	13	4	6	10
5.	Adam Titlbach (F)	5	5	3	8

Franchise All-Time Goals

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Eduard Sale (F)	13	7	10	17
2.	Adam Benák (F)	10	6	15	21
3.	Jan Jeník (F)	5	6	1	7
4.	Lukas Kachlir (D)	8	5	5	10
5.	Adam Titlbach (F)	5	5	3	8

Franchise All-Time Assists

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Adam Benák (F)	10	6	15	21
2.	Eduard Sale (F)	13	7	10	17
3.	Matej Prcik (D)	8	1	7	8
4.	Dominik Petr (F)	13	4	6	10
5.	Martin Weinhold (D)	5	0	6	6

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Dominik Volek (F)	4	2	3	33
2.	Stathis Soumelidis (F)	4	1	1	27
3.	Dominik Ripa (F)	4	0	1	27
4.	Jiri Kepka (F)	5	1	1	20
5.	Petr Puncochar (D)	5	0	0	20

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Adam Jecho (F)	14	2	2	4
2.	Eduard Sale (F)	13	7	10	17
3.	Dominik Petr (F)	13	4	6	10
4.	Adam Benák (F)	10	6	15	21
5.	Ladislav Smid (D)	10	1	-	1

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Adam Benák (F)	10	6	21	2.10
2.	Filip Zadina (F)	4	5	7	1.75
3.	Adam Titlbach (F)	5	5	8	1.60
4.	Frantisek Lukes (F)	5	4	8	1.60
5.	Marcel Barinka (F)	4	3	6	1.50

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Adam Benák (F)	2024-2025	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	4	7	11	2.20	4
2.	Adam Benák (F)	2023-2024	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	2	8	10	2.00	4
3.	Adam Titlbach (F)	2023-2024	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	5	3	8	1.60	0
4.	Frantisek Lukes (F)	1999-2000	Viking Cup	5	4	4	8	1.60	8
5.	Eduard Sale (F)	2021-2022	EYOF	4	2	6	8	2.00	0

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jan Jeník (F)	2017-2018	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5	6	1	7	1.40	0
2.	Adam Titlbach (F)	2023-2024	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	5	3	8	1.60	0
3.	Filip Zadina (F)	2016-2017	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	5	2	7	1.75	0
4.	Adam Benák (F)	2024-2025	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	4	7	11	2.20	4
5.	Frantisek Lukes (F)	1999-2000	Viking Cup	5	4	4	8	1.60	8

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Adam Benák (F)	2023-2024	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	2	8	10	2.00	4
2.	Adam Benák (F)	2024-2025	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	4	7	11	2.20	4
3.	Eduard Sale (F)	2021-2022	EYOF	4	2	6	8	2.00	0
4.	Martin Weinhold (D)	2014-2015	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5	0	6	6	1.20	0
5.	Michal Kazatel (F)	2005-2006	U18 JWC	5	2	5	7	1.40	4

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Czechia U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Dominik Volek (F)	2011-2012	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	2	1	3	0.75	33
2.	Stathis Soumelidis (F)	2011-2012	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	1	0	1	0.25	27
3.	Dominik Ripa (F)	2025-2026	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	0	1	1	0.25	27
4.	Jiri Kepka (F)	2012-2013	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5	1	0	1	0.20	20
5.	Petr Puncochar (D)	1999-2000	Viking Cup	5	0	0	0	0.00	20