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: 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice
Women: 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice
(2020)
Most titlesMen: Pixbo Wallenstam IBK (8)
Women: Pixbo Wallenstam IBK (7)
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. In elite categories, usually sixteen teams compete.[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).

The most successful team in the history of the tournament is Swedish Pixbo Wallenstam IBK, with eight titles in men's[3] and seven titles in women's elite categories.[4] By 2020, 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 and 2020, when the strong Scandinavian teams did not arrive.[5] Women Elite has also only three Czech winners – Děkanka (2006–10, 2012),[6] Tatran (1997, 2004) and Vítkovice (2020).

List of Czech Open Winners
Year Men's Elite Women's Elite Men's Intermediate Women's Intermediate Junior
2020[7] 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice 1. SC TEMPISH Vítkovice ASK Orka Čelákovice TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady
2019[8] IBF Falun Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Black Angels SB Limits SV Wiler-Ersigen
2018[9] IBF Falun Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Sokol Pardubice FbŠ Bohemians
2017[10] IBF Falun Pixbo Wallenstam IBK RIG Umeå IBF Panthers Praha
2016[11] EräViikingit Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Floorball Thurgau Tatran Střešovice itelligence Bulldogs Brno
2015 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK SB-Pro Sokol Pardubice Hagfors IF Ungdom Technology Florbal MB
2014 IBF Falun Pixbo Wallenstam IBK 1. MVIL Ostrava KAIS Mora UIF FBC ČPP Bystroň Group Ostrava
2013 IBK Dalen Pixbo Wallenstam IBK TJ Sokol Královské Vinohrady KAIS Mora UIF FBC ČPP Software Ostrava
2012 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Herbadent SJM Praha 11 RIG Umeå IBF yellow Elite Praha BILLY BOY Mladá Boleslav
2011 IBK Dalen Pixbo Wallenstam IBK AC Sparta Praha Chuchichäschtli FBC ČPP Remedicum Ostrava
2010 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Herbadent SJM Tatran Střešovice Cerna Hora x3m team SSK Future
2009 IBK Dalen Herbadent Tigers SJM SBS Kings Cerna Hora x3m team SSK Future
2008 Sirius IBK Děkanka Tigers Höpöhöpö Elite Praha SSK Future
2007[12] SSV Helsinki Děkanka Tigers Sokol Pardubice Sagene Ladies FBC Pepino Ostrava
2006 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Triggers FBC Liberec Sagene Ladies Tatran Střešovice
2005 IBK Dalen Galna Finnar CelTik / Lekrings Koo-Vee SSK Future
2004 Balrog Oilers Tatran Střešovice Rubene Tapanilan Erä
2003 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Balrog Oilers FB Topgrandma SSK Future
2002 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Husqvarma IK Röke IBK SSK Future
2001 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK UHC Bern OST SSK Future Frosta IBF
2000 Helsinginfors IFK SSV Helsinki Röke IBK SSK Future
1999 Tatran Střešovice Nizhny Novgorod Kirkkonummi Rangers Nizhny Novgorod
1998 FBC Ostrava Jona-Uznach Flames Storvreta IBK Team 88 Konolfingen
1997 Fornudden IB Tatran Střešovice IBK Succe Baldersnas IK
1996 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK RA Rychenberg Kirkkonummi Rangers
1995 Fornudden IB RA Rychenberg Challengers-93
1994 Sjöstad IF Sjöstad IF
1993 IKSU Innebandy Kristineberg AIS

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. "Krupnová zajistila Pixbu pěti body obhajobu titulu na Czech Open" [Krupnová secured Pixbo the defense of the title at the Czech Open with five points]. iDNES.cz. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  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. 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.
  7. "Vitkovice won the double at Czech Open 2020". IFF. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  8. "Pixbo Wallenstam and IBF Falun winners of Czech Open 2019". IFF. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. "Pixbo and Falun winners of the Czech Open 2018". IFF. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. "Falun and Pixbo Czech Open Champions 2017". IFF. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. "Pixbo and EräViikingit winners of Czech Open 2016". IFF. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. "SSV and Dekanka won the Czech Open". IFF. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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