Czech Open (floorball)

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]

Czech Open
Sportfloorball
Founded1993
Most recent
champion(s)		Men: Sweden Pixbo IBK
Women: Sweden Pixbo IBK
(2023)
Most titlesMen: Sweden Pixbo IBK (9)
Women: Sweden Pixbo IBK (9)
Official websitehttps://www.czechopen.cz/

Usually, there are six categories in the tournament. Men have three categories (Elite, Pro and Open), women have two (Elite 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 women's elite categories.[3][4] By 2023, 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 and 2022. With an exception of Tatran win in 2022, 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) and Vítkovice (2020, 2021).

List of Elite Czech Open winners
Year Men's Elite Women's Elite
2023[4] Sweden Pixbo IBK Sweden Pixbo IBK
2022[8] Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2021[6] Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice Czech Republic 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice
2020[9] Czech Republic 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice Czech Republic 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice
2019[10] Sweden IBF Falun Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2018[11] Sweden IBF Falun Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2017[12] Sweden IBF Falun Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2016[13] Finland EräViikingit Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2015 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Finland SB-Pro
2014 Sweden IBF Falun Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2013 Sweden IBK Dalen Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2012 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Czech Republic Herbadent SJM Praha 11
2011 Sweden IBK Dalen Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
2010 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Czech Republic Herbadent SJM
2009 Sweden IBK Dalen Czech Republic Herbadent Tigers SJM
2008 Sweden Sirius IBK Czech Republic Děkanka Tigers
2007[14] Finland SSV Helsinki Czech Republic Děkanka Tigers
2006 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Czech Republic Triggers
2005 Sweden IBK Dalen Finland Galna Finnar
2004 Sweden Balrog Oilers Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice
2003 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Sweden Balrog Oilers
2002 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Sweden Husqvarma IK
2001 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Switzerland UHC Bern OST
2000 Finland Helsinginfors IFK Finland SSV Helsinki
1999 Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice Russia Nizhny Novgorod
1998 Czech Republic FBC Ostrava Switzerland Jona-Uznach Flames
1997 Sweden Fornudden IB Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice
1996 Sweden Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Switzerland RA Rychenberg
1995 Sweden Fornudden IB Switzerland RA Rychenberg
1994 Sweden Sjöstad IF Sweden Sjöstad IF
1993 Sweden IKSU Innebandy Sweden Kristineberg AIS

List of winners in other categories
Year Men's Intermediate Women's Intermediate Junior
2022 Sweden RIG Umeå IBF Czech Republic TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice
2021 Czech Republic FB Hurrican Karlovy Vary Czech Republic FbŠ Bohemians B
2020 Czech Republic ASK Orka Čelákovice Czech Republic TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady
2019 Czech Republic Black Angels Finland SB Limits Switzerland SV Wiler-Ersigen
2018 Czech Republic Sokol Pardubice Czech Republic FbŠ Bohemians
2017 Sweden RIG Umeå IBF Czech Republic Panthers Praha
2016 Switzerland Floorball Thurgau Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice Czech Republic itelligence Bulldogs Brno
2015 Czech Republic Sokol Pardubice Sweden Hagfors IF Ungdom Czech Republic Technology Florbal MB
2014 Czech Republic 1. MVIL Ostrava Sweden KAIS Mora UIF Czech Republic FBC ČPP Bystroň Group Ostrava
2013 Czech Republic TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady Sweden KAIS Mora UIF Czech Republic FBC ČPP Software Ostrava
2012 Sweden RIG Umeå IBF yellow Czech Republic Elite Praha Czech Republic BILLY BOY Mladá Boleslav
2011 Czech Republic AC Sparta Praha Czech Republic Chuchichäschtli Czech Republic FBC ČPP Remedicum Ostrava
2010 Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice Finland Cerna Hora Czech Republic x3m team SSK Future
2009 Finland SBS Kings Finland Cerna Hora Czech Republic x3m team SSK Future
2008 Finland Höpöhöpö Czech Republic Elite Praha Czech Republic SSK Future
2007 Czech Republic Sokol Pardubice Norway Sagene Ladies Czech Republic FBC Pepino Ostrava
2006 Czech Republic FBC Liberec Norway Sagene Ladies Czech Republic Tatran Střešovice
2005 Latvia CelTik / Lekrings Finland Koo-Vee Czech Republic SSK Future
2004 Latvia Rubene Finland Tapanilan Erä
2003 Finland FB Topgrandma Czech Republic SSK Future
2002 Sweden Röke IBK Czech Republic SSK Future
2001 Czech Republic SSK Future Sweden Frosta IBF
2000 Sweden Röke IBK Czech Republic SSK Future
1999 Finland Kirkkonummi Rangers Russia Nizhny Novgorod
1998 Switzerland Team 88 Konolfingen Sweden Storvreta IBK
1997 Sweden IBK Succe Sweden Baldersnas IK
1996 Finland Kirkkonummi Rangers
1995 Finland Challengers-93

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Florbalový turnaj Czech Open ovládli muži i ženy Vítkovic" [The men and women of Vítkovice dominated the Czech Open floorball tournament]. iDNES.cz. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Results from the Czech Open 2021". IFF. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. 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.
  8. "Czech Open 2022, 30 years of elite competition in Prague!". IFF. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. "Vitkovice won the double at Czech Open 2020". IFF. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  10. "Pixbo Wallenstam and IBF Falun winners of Czech Open 2019". IFF. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  11. "Pixbo and Falun winners of the Czech Open 2018". IFF. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. "Falun and Pixbo Czech Open Champions 2017". IFF. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  13. "Pixbo and EräViikingit winners of Czech Open 2016". IFF. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  14. "SSV and Dekanka won the Czech Open". IFF. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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