Italy men's national ice hockey team

Italy
Nickname	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Association	Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio
Head coach	Jukka Jalonen
Assistants	Giorgio de Bettin; Stefan Mair
Captain	Thomas Larkin
Most games	Lucio Topatigh (353)
Top scorer	Alberto Da Rin (123)
Most points	Bruno Zarrillo (187)
Team colors
IIHF code	ITA
Ranking
Current IIHF	18 (26 May 2025)
Highest IIHF	13 (2007)
Lowest IIHF	20 (2024–2025)
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)
Olympics
Appearances	10 (first in 1936)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	67 (first in 1930)
Best result	4th (1953)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances	3 (first in 1924)
Best result	4th (1929)
International record (W–L–T)
	417–521–85

The *Blue Team* during 2003 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge

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.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games	Head coach	Finish
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Giampiero Medri	9th place
1948 St. Moritz	Othmar Delnon	8th place
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Bibi Torriani	7th place
1964 Innsbruck	Slavomír Bartoň	15th place
1984 Sarajevo	Ron Ivany	9th place
1992 Albertville	Gene Ubriaco	12th place
1994 Lillehammer	Bryan Lefley	9th place
1998 Nagano	Adolf Insam	12th place
2006 Turin	Michel Goulet	11th place
2026 Milan / Cortina d'Ampezzo	Jukka Jalonen	TBC

World Championship

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	Relegated	15th
2013 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
2014 Minsk	Relegated	15th
2015 Kraków	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2016 Katowice	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
/ 2017 Cologne/Paris	Relegated	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	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2025 Sfântu Gheorghe	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
2026 Zurich/Fribourg

2026 Olympics roster

The first six players of Italy's roster were announced on 16 June 2025.^[3] The remainder of the roster was named on 20 January 2026.^[4] The host nation will be the only team in the tournament with no current National Hockey League (NHL) players on the roster, with goaltender and Anaheim Ducks prospect Damian Clara the only player signed to an NHL team.^[3] On 11 February, Thomas Larkin was named Italy's captain, with Luca Frigo, Diego Kostner, Giovanni Morini, and Alex Trivellato named alternate captains.^[5]

Head coach: Jukka Jalonen^[6]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
6	D	Jason Seed	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 34)	HC Bolzano
7	F	Alessandro Segafredo	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(2004-09-15)15 September 2004 (aged 21)	GCK Lions
9	F	Daniel Mantenuto	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1997-10-18)18 October 1997 (aged 28)	HC Bolzano
10	F	Dustin Gazley	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 37)	HC Bolzano
11	F	Marco Zanetti	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	(2002-03-12)12 March 2002 (aged 23)	HC Lugano
13	F	Matt Bradley	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1997-01-22)22 January 1997 (aged 29)	HC Bolzano
18	F	Nick Saracino	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1992-02-20)20 February 1992 (aged 33)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
19	F	Alex Petan	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-05-02)2 May 1992 (aged 33)	HK Olimpija
20	G	Damian Clara	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(2005-01-13)13 January 2005 (aged 21)	Brynäs IF
21	D	Daniel Glira	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-03-25)25 March 1994 (aged 31)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
22	F	Diego Kostner – A	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 33)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
23	F	Giovanni Morini – A	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 31)	HC Lugano
27	D	Thomas Larkin – C	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 35)	Schwenninger Wild Wings
34	F	Tommy Purdeller	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(2004-04-13)13 April 2004 (aged 21)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
35	G	Davide Fadani	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(2001-02-03)3 February 2001 (aged 25)	EHC Kloten
36	F	Cristiano DiGiacinto	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 30)	HC Bolzano
37	D	Phil Pietroniro	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(1994-05-27)27 May 1994 (aged 31)	Rytíři Kladno
53	D	Alex Trivellato – A	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 33)	Schwenninger Wild Wings
55	D	Luca Zanatta	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(1991-05-15)15 May 1991 (aged 34)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
59	G	Gianluca Vallini	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1993-10-27)27 October 1993 (aged 32)	HC Bolzano
67	F	Mats Frycklund	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 32)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
77	D	Gregory di Tomaso	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1996-03-12)12 March 1996 (aged 29)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
88	F	Tommaso de Luca	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2004-12-29)29 December 2004 (aged 21)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
90	D	Dylan di Perna	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	(1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (aged 29)	HC Bolzano
93	F	Luca Frigo – A	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 32)	HC Bolzano

Thayer Tutt Trophy

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

European Championship

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

National team jerseys
1992 Olympic jersey
1994 Olympic jersey
1998-2002 IIHF jerseys
2015–2019 IIHF jerseys
2019– IIHF jerseys

All-time record

As of 8 November 2025.

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	20	12	2	6	98	65	+33
Hungary	51	26	6	19	170	144	+26
Japan	35	23	2	10	132	92	+40
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	62	23	4	35	153	204	-47
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Romania	27	13	3	11	114	90	+24
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	61	25	6	30	129	153	-24
South Africa	2	2	0	0	35	2	+33
South Korea	13	12	0	1	72	19	+53
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	1 023	417	85	521	3 167	3 690	-523

References

^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference FranceItalyFirstSix was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Ufficializzate le Nazionali dei cinque sport sul ghiaccio: pronti 87 azzurri per i Giochi di Milano Cortina". fisg.it. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
^ "L'Italia è pronta per il debutto con la Svezia. Scelti i quattro assistenti: Luca Frigo e Giovanni Morini, Diego Kostner ed Alex Trivellato" [Italy is ready for its debut against Sweden. Four assistants have been chosen: Luca Frigo and Giovanni Morini, Diego Kostner, and Alex Trivellato.]. italia.hockey (in Italian). Italian Ice Sports Federation. 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
^ "Team roster: Italy". iihf.com. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.

External links

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-1] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.

[2] Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[FranceItalyFirstSix-3] Cite error: The named reference FranceItalyFirstSix was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Ufficializzate le Nazionali dei cinque sport sul ghiaccio: pronti 87 azzurri per i Giochi di Milano Cortina". fisg.it. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

[5] "L'Italia è pronta per il debutto con la Svezia. Scelti i quattro assistenti: Luca Frigo e Giovanni Morini, Diego Kostner ed Alex Trivellato" [Italy is ready for its debut against Sweden. Four assistants have been chosen: Luca Frigo and Giovanni Morini, Diego Kostner, and Alex Trivellato.]. italia.hockey (in Italian). Italian Ice Sports Federation. 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.

[6] "Team roster: Italy". iihf.com. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.

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