Belarus men's national ice hockey team
Appearance
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Nickname(s) | White Russians | ||
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Association | Belarus Ice Hockey Federation | ||
General manager | ![]() | ||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
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Captain | Konstantin Koltsov | ||
Most games | Alexander Makritsky (162) | ||
Most points | Andrei Skabelka (114) | ||
Team colors | |||
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Ranking | |||
Current IIHF | 9 | ||
Highest IIHF | 9 (first in 2007) | ||
Lowest IIHF | 13 (first in 2003) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Minsk, Belarus; November 7, 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Riga, Latvia; August 30, 1996) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Mikkeli, Finland; April 7, 1997) ![]() ![]() (Lloydminster, Canada; March 19, 1998) | |||
IIHF World Championships | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | 6th (2006) | ||
Olympics | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) | ||
International record (W–L–T) | |||
135-90-25 |
The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 9th in the world by IIHF as of 2006. The team is controlled by the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Arguably, the greatest moment in Belarusian hockey history was the victory over Sweden in the Quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the team ultimately finished fourth. Belarus has 2,850 players in their national pool (0.02% of the total population). On 2005 and 2006 World Cups their coach was Glen Hanlon, who brought the best-ever result in World Cups - 6th place in 2006. He was succeeded by Curt Fraser, who led the team in 2007 and 2008. Glen Hanlon returned to coach the team for 2009 World Cup in Switzerland.
2008 World Championship roster
Current top players
- Andrei Kostitsyn
- Sergei Kostitsyn
- Mikhail Grabovski
- Ruslan Salei
- Konstantin Koltsov
- Alexei Kalyuzhny
- Andrei Mezin
- Oleg Antonenko
- Dmitry Meleshko
Olympic record
- 1920-1992 - Did not participate
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Finished in 7th place
- 2002 - Finished in 4th place
- 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2010 - Qualified
World Championship record
- 1930-1993 - Did not participiate
- 1994 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
- 1995 - Finished in 21st place (Won "Pool C")
- 1996 - Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
- 1997 - Finished in 13th place (Won "Pool B")
- 1998 - Finished in 8th place
- 1999 - Finished in 9th place
- 2000 - Finished in 9th place
- 2001 - Finished in 14th place
- 2002 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Division I, Group A")
- 2003 - Finished in 14th place
- 2004 - Finished in 18th place (Won "Division I, Group A")
- 2005 - Finished in 10th place
- 2006 - Finished in 6th place
- 2007 - Finished in 11th place
- 2008 - Finished in 9th place