The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national

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team for

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. The team is controlled by

Österreichischer Eishockeyverband The Austrian Ice Hockey Association (german: Österreichischer Eishockeyverband, ÖEHV) is an association of Austrian sports clubs with ice hockey activities. The highest-level hockey league in Austria is the Austrian Hockey League which is also ...

. As of 2022 the Austrian team is ranked 18th in the

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s. 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

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 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

– Finished in 11th place *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

– Finished in 16th place (relegated to Division I) *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

– Finished in 18th place (won Division I, Group B) *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

– Finished in 15th place (relegated to Division I) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– Finished in 17th place (won Division I, Group A) *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

– Finished in 14th place (relegated to Division I)

European Championship

*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. Head coach:

Roger Bader Roger Bader (born 29 September 1964) is a Swiss retired ice hockey player and coach, who coached the Austrian national team at the 2019 IIHF World Championship The 2019 IIHF World Championship was hosted from 10 to 26 May 2019 by Slovakia. It ...

Notable players

Uniform evolution

File:Austria national ice hockey team jerseys 1994 (WOG).png, 1994 Olympic jerseys File:Austria national ice hockey team jerseys 1998-2004.png, IIHF jerseys 1998–2004 File:Austria national hockey team jerseys.png, former IIHF jerseys File:Austria national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png, 2014 Olympic jerseys File:Austria national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 IHWC.png, 2018–2021 IIHF jerseys File:Austria national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 IHWC.png, 2022– IIHF jerseys

References

External links

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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
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