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Austria
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Eagles
AssociationÖsterreichischer Eishockeyverband
Head coachRoger Bader
AssistantsArno del Curto
Philipp Lukas
CaptainThomas Raffl
Most gamesGerhard Unterluggauer (244)
Most pointsRudolf König (183)
Team colors     
IIHF codeAUT
Ranking
Current IIHF13 Increase 3 (27 May 2024)[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)
Olympics
Appearances13 (first in 1928)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances64 (first in 1930)
Best resultBronze (1931, 1947)
European Championships
Appearances7 (first in 1912)
Best resultGold (1927)
International record (W–L–T)
358–438–85
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

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).

Tournament record

Olympic Games

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

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)
  • 1998 – Finished in 15th place
  • 1999 – Finished in 10th place
  • 2000 – Finished in 13th place
  • 2001 – Finished in 11th place
  • 2002 – Finished in 12th place
  • 2003 – Finished in 10th place
  • 2004 – Finished in 11th place
  • 2005 – Finished in 16th place (relegated to Division I)
  • 2006 – Finished in 18th place (won Division I, Group B)
  • 2007 – Finished in 15th place (relegated to Division I)
  • 2008 – Finished in 17th place (won Division I, Group A)
  • 2009 – Finished in 14th place (relegated to Division I)
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
Division I Netherlands 2010 Tilburg – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division Slovakia 2011 Bratislava/Košice – – relegated 15th
Division I Slovenia 2012 Ljubljana – – Promoted 2nd in Group A
Top Division SwedenFinland 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki – – relegated 15th
Division I South Korea 2014 Goyang – – Promoted 2nd in Group A
Top Division Czech Republic 2015 Prague/Ostrava – – relegated 15th
Division I Poland 2016 Katowice – – Group stage 4th in Group A
Division I Ukraine 2017 Kyiv – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division Denmark 2018 Copenhagen/Herning – – Group stage 14th
Top Division Slovakia 2019 Bratislava/Košice – – relegated 16th
Division I Slovenia 2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I Slovenia 2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Top Division Finland 2022 Tampere/Helsinki – – Group stage 11th
Top Division FinlandLatvia 2023 Tampere/Riga – –

European Championship

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

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2022 IIHF World Championship.[4]

Head coach: Roger Bader[5]

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) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
4 D Dominic Hackl 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 27) Austria Vienna Capitals
5 F Thomas Raffl – C 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 104 kg (229 lb) (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 38) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
7 F Brian Lebler 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) (1988-07-16) 16 July 1988 (age 36) Austria 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 28) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
12 D David Maier 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24) Austria 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) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
14 D Kilian Zündel 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
17 F Manuel Ganahl – A 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 34) Austria EC KAC
20 D Nico Brunner 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 32) Austria EC VSV
21 F Lukas Haudum 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 27) Austria EC KAC
24 F Marco Kasper 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 20) Sweden Rögle BK
26 F Oliver Achermann 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30) Switzerland 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) Austria 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) Austria Vienna Capitals
31 G David Madlener 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 32) Austria Dornbirn Bulldogs
32 D Bernd Wolf 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 27) Switzerland HC Lugano
36 F Simeon Schwinger 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 27) Austria Dornbirn Bulldogs
52 F Paul Huber 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 101 kg (223 lb) (2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 24) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
70 F Benjamin Nissner 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1997-11-30) 30 November 1997 (age 26) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
71 D Erik Kirchschläger 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28) Austria Graz 99ers
74 F Nico Feldner 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 26) United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
91 D Dominique Heinrich – A 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
92 D Clemens Unterweger 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 30) Austria EC KAC
98 F Benjamin Baumgartner 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24) Switzerland Lausanne HC

Notable players

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

Uniform evolution

  • National team jerseys
  • 1994 Olympic jerseys
    1994 Olympic jerseys
  • IIHF jerseys 1998–2004
    IIHF jerseys 1998–2004
  • former IIHF jerseys
    former IIHF jerseys
  • 2014 Olympic jerseys
    2014 Olympic jerseys
  • 2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
    2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
  • 2022– IIHF jerseys
    2022– IIHF jerseys

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  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. ^ "Schwere Entscheidung: Roger Bader nominiert WM-Kader" (in German). eishockey.at. 9 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Team Roster Austria" (PDF). iihf.com. 15 May 2021.
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