Austria men's national ice hockey team

Summary

The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2022 the Austrian team is ranked 18th in the IIHF World Rankings. Austria has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1947, and has not broken 10th place since 1994. Austria currently has 8,799 registered players (0.1% of the total population).

Austria
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Eagles
AssociationÖsterreichischer Eishockeyverband
Head coachRoger Bader
AssistantsArno del Curto
Harry Lange
Alexander Mellitzer
CaptainThomas Raffl
Most gamesGerhard Unterluggauer (244)
Most pointsRudolf König (183)
Team colors     
IIHF codeAUT
Ranking
Current IIHF16 Decrease 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2004)
Lowest IIHF18 (2021)
First international
Bohemia  5–0 Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary
(Prague, Austria-Hungary; 4 February 1912)
Biggest win
Austria  30–0  Belgium
(Stockholm, Sweden; 12 March 1963)
Biggest defeat
Canada  23–0  Austria
(Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 27 January 1956)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances65 (first in 1930)
Best resultBronze (1931, 1947)
European Championships
Appearances7 (first in 1912)
Best resultGold (1927)
Olympics
Appearances13 (first in 1928)
International record (W–L–T)
429–572–83
Austria men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1931 Poland
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Czechoslovakia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1927 Austria

Tournament record edit

Olympic Games edit

 
Members of the Austrian national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Austria finished 12th in the tournament.
Games Finish
  1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen tied in 7th place
  1948 St. Moritz 6th place
  1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 10th place
  1964 Innsbruck 13th place
  1968 Grenoble 13th place
  1976 Innsbruck 8th place
  1984 Sarajevo 10th place
  1988 Calgary 9th place
  1994 Lillehammer 12th place
  1998 Nagano 14th place
  2002 Salt Lake City 12th place
  2014 Sochi 10th place

World Championship edit

 
Austrian national team during 1933 World Championships
 
Austria against Norway during the 2022 IIHF World Championship
  • 1930 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1931 – Won bronze medal
  • 1933 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1934 – Finished in 7th place
  • 1935 – Finished in 6th place
  • 1938 – Finished tied in 10th place
  • 1947 – Won bronze medal
  • 1949 – Finished in 6th place
  • 1951 – Finished in 11th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1952 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1953 – Finished in 6th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1955 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1957 – Finished in 7th place
  • 1959 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1961 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1962 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1963 – Finished in 16th place (won Pool C)
  • 1965 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1966 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1967 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1969 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1970 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
  • 1971 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1972 – Finished in 14th place (won Pool C)
  • 1973 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1974 – Finished in 14th place (8th in Pool B)
  • 1975 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C)
  • 1976 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C)
  • 1977 – Finished in 17th place (9th in Pool B)
  • 1978 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1979 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1981 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C)
  • 1982 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1983 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1985 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1986 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1987 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1989 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1990 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1991 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1992 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
  • 1993 – Finished in 11th place
  • 1994 – Finished in 8th place
  • 1995 – Finished in 11th place
  • 1996 – Finished in 12th place
  • 1997 – Finished in 16th place (4th in Pool B)
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
Top Division   1998 Zürich/Basel First round 15th
Top Division   1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer Consolation round 10th
Top Division   2000 Saint Petersburg Relegation round 13th
Top Division   2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover Second round 11th
Top Division   2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping Second round 12th
Top Division   2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku Second round 10th
Top Division   2004 Prague/Ostrava Qualifying round 11th
Top Division   2005 Vienna/Innsbruck relegated 15th
Division I   2006 Tallin Promoted 1st in Group B
Top Division   2007 Moscow relegated 15th
Division I   2008 Innsbruck Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division   2009 Bern/Kloten relegated 14th
Division I   2010 Tilburg Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division   2011 Bratislava/Košice relegated 15th
Division I   2012 Ljubljana Promoted 2nd in Group A
Top Division    2013 Stockholm/Helsinki relegated 15th
Division I   2014 Goyang Promoted 2nd in Group A
Top Division   2015 Prague/Ostrava relegated 15th
Division I   2016 Katowice Group stage 4th in Group A
Division I   2017 Kyiv Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division   2018 Copenhagen/Herning Group stage 14th
Top Division   2019 Bratislava/Košice relegated 16th
Division I   2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I   2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Top Division   2022 Tampere/Helsinki Group stage 11th
Top Division    2023 Tampere/Riga Group stage 14th
Top Division   2024 Prague/Ostrava

European Championship edit

Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
  1910 Les Avants did not participate.
  1911 Berlin did not participate.
  1912 Prague* 2 0 0 2 1 9 ? ? Round-robin  
  1913 Munich 3 0 0 3 5 34 ? ? Round-robin 4th
  1914 Berlin did not participate.
1915–1920 No Championships (World War I).
  1921 Stockholm did not participate.
  1922 St. Moritz did not participate.
  1923 Antwerp did not participate.
  1924 Milan did not participate.
  1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec 3 1 1 1 4 5 ? ? Round-robin  
  1926 Davos 7 4 1 2 15 13 ? ? Final round  
  1927 Vienna 5 5 0 0 13 2 ? ? Round-robin  
  1929 Budapest 6 4 0 2 13 9 ? ? 3rd Place Game  
  1932 Berlin 4 1 3 0 6 3 ? ? Final round  
  • 1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.

Team edit

Current roster edit

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[4][5]

Head coach: Roger Bader

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
3 F Peter Schneider 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33)   Red Bull Salzburg
5 F Thomas RafflC 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 104 kg (229 lb) (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 37)   Red Bull Salzburg
9 F Ali Wukovits 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 27)   Red Bull Salzburg
12 D David Maier 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24)   EC KAC
13 D Philipp Wimmer 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 22)   Red Bull Salzburg
14 D Kilian Zündel 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23)   HC Ambrì-Piotta
16 F Dominic Zwerger 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1996-07-16) 16 July 1996 (age 27)   HC Ambrì-Piotta
17 F Manuel GanahlA 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 33)   EC KAC
20 D Nico Brunner 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 31)   Vienna Capitals
21 F Lukas Haudum 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 26)   EC KAC
23 F Marco Rossi 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (2001-09-23) 23 September 2001 (age 22)   Iowa Wild
24 D Steven Strong 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31)   EC KAC
26 F Oliver Achermann 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30)   HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
29 G Bernhard Starkbaum 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38)   Vienna Capitals
30 G David Kickert 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 30)   Red Bull Salzburg
31 G David Madlener 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 32)   Pioneers Vorarlberg
32 D Bernd Wolf 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 27)   HC Lugano
41 F Henrik Neubauer 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 27)   EK Zeller Eisbären
48 F Lucas Thaler 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (2002-02-21) 21 February 2002 (age 22)   Red Bull Salzburg
52 F Paul Huber 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 101 kg (223 lb) (2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 23)   Red Bull Salzburg
64 D David Reinbacher 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (2004-10-25) 25 October 2004 (age 19)   EHC Kloten
70 F Benjamin Nissner 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1997-11-30) 30 November 1997 (age 26)   Red Bull Salzburg
78 D Thimo Nickl 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 22)   AIK IF
91 D Dominique HeinrichA 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 33)   Red Bull Salzburg
96 F Mario Huber 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 27)   Red Bull Salzburg

Notable players edit

Pos. Player Team
G Reinhard Divis   EC Red Bull Salzburg
D Thomas Pöck   EC KAC
F Michael Grabner   Arizona Coyotes
F Andreas Nödl   Vienna Capitals
F Thomas Vanek   Detroit Red Wings
F Michael Raffl   Philadelphia Flyers

All-time record edit

Updated as of 5 April 2024.[6] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
  Australia 1 1 0 0 17 0 +17
  Belarus 22 5 1 16 50 83 -33
  Belgium 13 12 0 1 106 36 +70
  Bohemia 2 0 0 2 0 12 -12
  Bulgaria 10 8 1 1 58 18 +40
  Canada 36 1 3 32 37 213 -176
  China 8 7 1 0 66 20 +46
  Croatia 2 2 0 0 11 2 +9
  Czech Republic 22 1 0 21 28 111 −83
  Czechoslovakia 28 4 0 24 37 168 −131
  Denmark 41 29 1 11 170 82 +88
  East Germany 28 6 0 22 71 182 -111
  Estonia 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6
  Finland 14 0 1 13 24 76 −52
  France 67 35 10 22 257 183 +74
  Germany 51 13 4 34 80 166 -86
  Great Britain 20 13 2 5 101 57 +44
  Hungary 54 39 2 13 208 129 +79
  Italy 97 46 12 39 298 277 +21
  Japan 45 26 5 14 176 130 +46
  Kazakhstan 12 4 1 7 34 39 -5
  Latvia 25 4 0 21 56 98 -42
  Lithuania 2 2 0 0 11 5 +6
  Netherlands 37 26 4 7 198 89 +109
  North Korea 1 1 0 0 10 0 +10
  Norway 54 18 5 31 139 197 -58
  Poland 60 31 3 26 181 183 -2
  Romania 29 13 2 14 130 104 +26
  Russia 17 1 0 16 29 95 −66
  Serbia 1 1 0 0 13 0 +24
  Slovakia 33 8 2 32 76 166 -90
  Slovenia 35 13 4 18 78 95 -17
  South Korea 7 6 0 1 37 16 +21
  Soviet Union 4 0 0 4 5 54 -49
  Spain 1 1 0 0 14 4 +10
  Sweden 25 1 2 22 22 123 −101
   Switzerland 77 12 14 51 187 340 -153
  Ukraine 20 13 1 6 67 52 +15
  United States 33 2 2 29 58 172 −114
  Yugoslavia 39 22 0 17 154 134 +20
Total 1 084 429 83 572 3 303 3 914 -611

Uniform evolution edit

References edit

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Head Coach Roger Bader nominiert WM-Kader" (in German). eishockey.at. 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Team Roster Austria" (PDF). iihf.com. 12 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Ice Hockey in Austria". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website  
  • IIHF profile
  • National Teams of Ice Hockey