The Luxembourg national ice hockey team is the national men's

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team of

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. It is controlled by the

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and a member of the

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. Luxembourg is currently ranked 43rd in the

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s and competes at Division II of the

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. They won their first tournament in 2017 at the

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level.

History

Luxembourg joined the

(IIHF) in 1912, though did not participate in the

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until

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, when they placed fifth in Group C2, the lowest tier. They would not return to the tournament until

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, though except for 2001 have been a regular participant since then. The team plays in the colours of the national flag: red, white, and light blue. The squad is coached by Petr Fical of

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and captained by

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Monique Scheier-Schneider Monique Scheier-Schneider (born 15 October 1954) is a Luxembourg ice hockey administrator. She has served as president of Tornado Luxembourg and negotiated the team's entry into the French Division 3. She became secretary of the Luxembourg Ice ...

served as the team's general manager from the 2005 to 2007 world championships. In the 2007 World Championships, Luxembourg finished third in Division III, narrowly missing out on promotion to Division II after being defeated 4–3 by hosts

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. Luxembourg has never competed in ice hockey at the Olympics. They placed third at the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III in

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. They won their first tournament in

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at the

level.

IIHF World Championships

References

External links

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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
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