TJ Sokol Mariánské Hory is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club based in Mariánské Hory, Ostrava. They currently play in the KB První Liga

KB První Liga

-Results:The scores in blue are links to accounts of finals on the site of the Czech Rugby Union - in Czech ...

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History

The club was founded in 1947. On 4 July of that year, they played their first match against a team called Slavia Brno.

In 1949 the club played against CFR Bucharest, their first match against opponents outside Czechoslovakia.

In 1979 they reached the final of the Czechoslovak Cup, losing to Praga Rugby

Praga Rugby

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 34-14.

More recently, in 2005, they won the Overton International Festival in Overton

Overton, Hampshire

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, England.

Historical names

• Sokol Vítkovické Železárny (1947–53)
• Baník VŽKG Ostrava (1953–56)
• VŽKG Ostrava (1956–60)
• Lokomotiva Ostrava (1960–97)
• Sokol Mariánské Hory (1998-)

External links

• TJ Sokol Mariánské Hory 80 let Českého Ragby (80 years of Czech Rugby)