Italy men's national ice hockey team

The Italian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Italy, and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Italy
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
AssociationFederazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio
Head coachMike Pelino
AssistantsFabio Armani
Parry Pearn
CaptainThomas Larkin
Most gamesLucio Topatigh (353)
Top scorerAlberto Da Rin (123)
Most pointsBruno Zarrillo (187)
Team colors     
IIHF codeITA
Ranking
Current IIHF18 Decrease 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF13 (2007)
Lowest IIHF19 (first in 2004)
First international
Italy  1–7  Sweden
(Milan, Italy; 14 March 1924)
Biggest win
Italy  28–0  Belgium
(Düsseldorf, Germany; 1 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
United States  31–1  Italy
(St. Moritz, Switzerland; 1 February 1948)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances66 (first in 1930)
Best result4th (1953)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances3 (first in 1924)
Best result4th (1929)
Olympics
Appearances9 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
406–514–85
Italian national team at 1926 Ice Hockey European Championship
The Blue Team during 2003 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge
Game between Italy vs Russia.
Christian Borgatello in 2015

Tournament record edit

Olympic Games edit

Games Finish
  1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 9th place
  1948 St. Moritz 8th place
  1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 7th place
  1964 Innsbruck 15th place
  1984 Sarajevo 9th place
  1992 Albertville 12th place
  1994 Lillehammer 9th place
  1998 Nagano 12th place
  2006 Turin 11th place
  2026 Milan and Cortina TBC

World Championship edit

Championship Finish Rank
 / /  1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin First round 10th
  1933 Prague Consolation round 11th
  1934 Milan Consolation round 9th
  1935 Davos Consolation round 7th
  1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen First round 9th
  1939 Zürich/Basel Consolation round 9th
  1948 St. Moritz Final Tournament 8th
  1951 Paris 1st in the Pool B 8th
  1952 Liege 3rd in the Pool B 12th
  1953 Zürich/Basel 1st in the Pool B 4th
  1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne 1st in the Pool B 10th
  1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Consolation round 7th
  1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava Consolation round 8th
  1961 Geneva/Lausanne 4th in the Pool B 12th
  1964 Innsbruck 7th in the Pool B 15th
    1965 Qualifying round Group B
  1966 Jesenice 1st in the Pool C 17th
  1967 Vienna 5th in the Pool B 13th
  1969 Ljubljana 8th in the Pool B 14th
  1970 Galaţi 2nd in the Pool C 16th
  1971 Bern/Geneva 8th in the Pool B 14th
  1972 Miercurea-Ciuc 2nd in the Pool C 15th
  1973 Graz 8th in the Pool B 14th
  1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon 2nd in the Pool C 16th
  1975 Sapporo 7th in the Pool B 13th
  1976 Aarau/Bienne 7th in the Pool B 15th
  1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm 1st in the Pool C 18th
  1978 Belgrade 7th in the Pool B 15th
  1979 Barcelona 2nd in the Pool C 20th
  1981 Urtijëi 1st in the Pool B 9th
  1982 Helsinki/Tampere First round 7th
  1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich Consolation round 8th
  1985 Fribourg 3rd in the Pool B 11th
  1986 Eindhoven 2nd in the Pool B 9th
  1987 Canazei 6th in the Pool B 14th
  1989 Oslo/Lillehammer 2nd in the Pool B 10th
  1990 Lyon/Megève 2nd in the Pool B 10th
  1991 Ljubljana/Bled/Jesenice 1st in the Pool B 9th
  1992 Prague/Bratislava First round 9th
  1993 Munich/Dortmund Quarter-finals 8th
  1994 Bolzano/Canazei/Milan Quarter-finals 6th
  1995 Stockholm Quarter-finals 7th
  1996 Vienna Quarter-finals 7th
  1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku Consolation round 8th
  1998 Zürich/Basel Consolation round 10th
  1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer First round 13th
  2000 Saint Petersburg Second round 12th
  2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover Second round 12th
  2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping Consolation round 15th
  2003 Zagreb 4th in Division I, Group B 23rd
  2004 Gdańsk 2nd in Division I, Group B 19th
  2005 Eindhoven 1st in Division I, Group B 18th
  2006 Riga Relegation round 14th
  2007 Moscow Qualifying round 12th
  2008 Halifax/Quebec Relegation round 16th
  2009 Toruń 1st in Division I, Group B 18th
  2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen Relegation round 15th
  2011 Budapest 1st in Division I, Group A 18th
 /  2012 Helsinki/Stockholm Preliminary round 15th
  2013 Budapest 2nd in Division I, Group A 18th
  2014 Minsk Preliminary round 15th
  2015 Kraków 5th in Division I, Group A 21st
  2016 Katowice 2nd in Division I, Group A 18th
 /  2017 Cologne/Paris Preliminary round 16th
  2018 Budapest 2nd in Division I, Group A 18th
  2019 Bratislava/Košice Preliminary round 14th
  2020 Zürich/Lausanne Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2]
  2021 Riga Preliminary round 16th
  2022 Helsinki/Tampere Relegated 15th
  2023 Nottingham 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th
  2024 Bolzano Division I, Group A

Thayer Tutt Trophy edit

  • 1980 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1988 – Finished in 1st place

European Championship edit

Games GP W T L GF GA Finish Rank
1910–1923 did not participate.
  1924 Milan 2 0 0 2 0 16 Group stage 6th
  1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokvovec did not participate
  1926 Davos 4 0 1 3 4 26 Consolation round 8th
  1927 Wien did not participate
  1929 Budapest 4 2 0 2 5 6 Third place match 4th
  1932 Berlin did not participate

Uniform evolution edit

All-time record edit

As of 24 April 2024.
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
  Australia 2 2 0 0 25 4 +21
  Austria 97 39 12 46 277 298 -21
  Belarus 6 1 0 5 10 22 -12
  Belgium 8 7 0 1 74 15 +59
  Bulgaria 10 9 0 1 55 22 +33
  Canada 37 3 2 32 62 217 -155
  China 13 11 1 1 73 26 +47
  Croatia 5 5 0 0 24 1 +23
  Czech Republic 9 0 0 9 11 64 -53
  Czechoslovakia 6 0 0 6 5 52 -47
  Denmark 30 13 3 14 118 96 +22
  East Germany 22 7 4 11 75 121 -46
  Estonia 3 2 0 1 10 4 −6
  Finland 25 4 2 19 51 116 −65
  France 92 50 6 36 313 257 +56
  Germany 59 17 9 33 157 230 -73
  Great Britain 19 11 2 6 93 61 +32
  Hungary 46 23 6 17 158 136 +22
  Japan 34 22 2 10 128 89 +39
  Kazakhstan 25 7 1 17 47 71 -24
  Latvia 19 4 1 14 30 71 -41
  Lithuania 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10
  Netherlands 32 25 4 3 155 68 +87
  North Korea 1 1 0 0 11 2 +9
  Norway 46 17 3 26 132 167 -35
  Poland 57 21 4 32 140 187 -43
  Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5
  Romania 26 12 3 11 108 89 +19
  Russia 15 0 2 13 17 84 −67
  Serbia 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8
  Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 0 0 13 0 +13
  Slovakia 18 3 1 14 42 77 -35
  Slovenia 57 23 6 28 124 146 -22
  South Africa 2 2 0 0 35 2 +33
  South Korea 12 11 0 1 64 18 +46
  Soviet Union 5 0 0 5 8 63 -55
  Spain 4 3 1 0 26 2 +24
  Sweden 24 0 3 21 31 166 −135
   Switzerland 67 16 5 46 168 306 -138
  Ukraine 12 8 0 4 34 24 +10
  United States 20 3 0 17 38 130 −92
  Yugoslavia 34 19 3 12 149 135 +14
Total 1 003 406 85 514 3 114 3 649 -535

References edit

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

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