HC Dukla Prague

The handball section of Dukla Prague ( Praha Dukla officially ) was the most successful of the former Czechoslovakia and is now one of the leading teams in the Czech Republic. Dukla Prague was an Army Sports Club. Player of the association presented for many years the core of the Czechoslovakian national team. The most successful period was the club in the 1960s, when it was a total of four times in the final of the European Champions Cup and twice won: When officially Erstaustragung the competition even as " Select City " of Prague. In 1963, the second triumph after a final victory in extra time over Dinamo Bucharest. 1967 and 1968 Dukla reached again each time the finals of the competition, subject to there but once the VfL ​​Gummersbach and once Steaua Bucharest. The world champion team of 1967 played a number of Dukla Player: They were supervised also by their coach Bedřich king. 1982 reached the final of the team in the European Cup Winners' Cup, defeated there but just Empor Rostock. 1984 won Dukla finally the third time the European Champions Cup by a final victory in the seven-meter throw against Metaloplastika Sabac in Yugoslavia, after the crew had failed in the year due to the away goals rule in the quarterfinals to eventual winners of this competition Gummersbach. In 1985, Dukla again the semi-finals of Champions competition, failed there but at BM Atlético Madrid. 1986-1989 Dukla failed four times in a row in the last eight and then never came even more about the quarter-finals of the European Cup competition beyond.

With a total of 31 national championships Dukla is before Kyndil Tóshaven ( Färöer/30 ), Steaua Bucharest ( Rumänien/25 ) and RK Zagreb (Yugoslavia / Croatia, 25) of the club with the most championships won in Europe.

Achievements

  • 3 x European Cup Winners ' Cup (1957, 1963, 1984)
  • 28 x Czechoslovak champion (1950, 1953-1956, 1958, 1959, 1961-1967, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982-1988, 1990-1992 )
  • 3 x Czech champion ( 1994, 1995, 2011)
  • 3 x Czechoslovak Cup Winners
  • 5 x Czech Cup Winners ( 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2010)
  • 5 x Czechoslovak field handball champion (1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)

Significant coach

  • Bedřich King
  • Jiří Vícha

Major Players

  • Michal Barda
  • Tomáš Bártek
  • Vaclav Duda
  • Rudolf Havlík
  • Jiri Homolka
  • Filip Jícha
  • Karel Jindřichovský
  • Bedřich King
  • Jiří Kotrč
  • Daniel Kubeš
  • Vojtech Mares
  • Ladislav Salivar
  • Josef Trojan
  • Jiří Vícha
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