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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. Austria currently has 8,799 registered players (0.1% of the total population).
Tournament record
Olympic Games
right|thumb|250px|Members of the Austrian national team at the [[2002 Winter Olympics. Austria finished 12th in the tournament.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Games !! Finish
|-
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen || tied in 7th place
|-
| 1948 St. Moritz || 6th place
|-
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo || 10th place
|-
| 1964 Innsbruck || 13th place
|-
| 1968 Grenoble || 13th place
|-
| 1976 Innsbruck || 8th place
|-
| 1984 Sarajevo || 10th place
|-
| 1988 Calgary || 9th place
|-
| 1994 Lillehammer || 12th place
|-
| 1998 Nagano || 14th place
|-
| 2002 Salt Lake City || 12th place
|-
| 2014 Sochi || 10th place
|}
World Championship
thumb|Austrian national team during [[1933 Ice Hockey World Championships|1933 World Championships]]
thumb|Austria at 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I
thumb|Austria against Norway during the [[2022 IIHF 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)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Division
! Championship
! Coach
! Captain
! Finish
! Rank
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 1998 Zürich/Basel
| –
| –
| First round
|15th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer
| –
| –
| Consolation round
|10th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2000 Saint Petersburg
| –
| –
| Relegation round
|13th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover
| –
| –
| Second round
|11th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping
| –
| –
| Second round
|12th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku
| –
| –
| Second round
|10th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2004 Prague/Ostrava
| –
| –
| Qualifying round
|11th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2005 Vienna/Innsbruck
| –
| –
| relegated
|15th
|-
|Division I
| 2006 Tallinn
| –
| –
| Promoted
|1st in Group B
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2007 Moscow
| –
| –
| relegated
|15th
|-
|Division I
| 2008 Innsbruck
| –
| –
| Promoted
|1st in Group A
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2009 Bern/Kloten
| –
| –
| relegated
|14th
|-
|Division I
| 2010 Tilburg
| –
| –
| Promoted
|1st in Group A
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2011 Bratislava/Košice
| –
| –
| relegated
|15th
|-
|Division I
| 2012 Ljubljana
| –
| –
| Promoted
|2nd in Group A
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki
| –
| –
| relegated
|15th
|-
|Division I
| 2014 Goyang
| –
| –
| Promoted
|2nd in Group A
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2015 Prague/Ostrava
| –
| –
| relegated
|15th
|-
|Division I
| 2016 Katowice
| –
| –
| Group stage
|4th in Group A
|-
|Division I
| 2017 Kyiv
| –
| –
| Promoted
|1st in Group A
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2018 Copenhagen/Herning
| –
| –
| Group stage
|14th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2019 Bratislava/Košice
| –
| –
| relegated
|16th
|-
|Division I
| 2020 Ljubljana
| colspan=4 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|-
|Division I
| 2021 Ljubljana
| colspan=4 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2022 Tampere/Helsinki
| –
| –
| Group stage
| 11th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2023 Tampere/Riga
| –
| –
| Group stage
| 14th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2024 Prague/Ostrava
| –
| –
| Group stage
| 10th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2025 Stockholm/Herning
| –
| –
| Playoff round
| 8th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2026 Zurich/Fribourg
| –
| –
| Group stage
| 11th
|-bgcolor= lightgreen
|Top Division
| 2027 Düsseldorf/Mannheim
|
|
|
|
|}
European Championship
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Games
! GP
! W
! T
! L
! GF
! GA
! Coach
! Captain
! Finish
! Rank
|-
| 1910 Les Avants
| colspan=10|did not participate.
|-
| 1911 Berlin
| colspan=10|did not participate.
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#c96| 1912 Prague*
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 9
| ?
| ?
| Round-robin
|
|-
| 1913 Munich
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 34
| ?
| ?
| Round-robin
| 4th
|-
| 1914 Berlin
| colspan=10|did not participate.
|-
|1915–1920 || colspan=10|No Championships (World War I).
|-
| 1921 Stockholm
| colspan=10|did not participate.
|-
| 1922 St. Moritz
| colspan=10|did not participate.
|-
| 1923 Antwerp
| colspan=10|did not participate.
|-
| 1924 Milan
| colspan=10|did not participate.
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 5
| ?
| ?
| Round-robin
|
|-
| style="background:#c96;"| 1926 Davos
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 15
| 13
| ?
| ?
| Final round
|
|-
| style="border:3px solid red; background:gold;"| 1927 Vienna
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 2
| ?
| ?
| Round-robin
|
|-
| style="background:#c96;"| 1929 Budapest
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 9
| ?
| ?
| 3rd Place Game
|
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 1932 Berlin
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 3
| ?
| ?
| Final round
|
|-
|}
- 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 2026 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Roger Bader
{| width="80%" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
!No.
!Pos.
!Name
!Height
!Weight
!Birthdate
!Team
|-
| 3 || F || align=left| – C || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Red Bull Salzburg
|-
| 4 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Pioneers Vorarlberg
|-
| 5 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Vienna Capitals
|-
| 8 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EC VSV
|-
| 9 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Vienna Capitals
|-
| 12 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EC KAC
|-
| 14 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Steinbach Black Wings Linz
|-
| 16 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Ambrì-Piotta
|-
| 17 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| RPI Engineers
|-
| 18 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Graz 99ers
|-
| 19 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Laval Rocket
|-
| 30 || G || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Red Bull Salzburg
|-
| 32 || D || align=left| – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EHC Kloten
|-
| 33 || G || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EC KAC
|-
| 35 || G || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Red Bull Salzburg
|-
| 40 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Graz 99ers
|-
| 45 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Rögle BK
|-
| 48 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Red Bull Salzburg
|-
| 52 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Graz 99ers
|-
| 61 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EC KAC
|-
| 70 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Red Bull Salzburg
|-
| 78 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EC KAC
|-
| 81 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Peterborough Petes
|-
| 92 || D || align=left| – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EC KAC
|-
| 96 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Red Bull Salzburg
|}
Notable players
- Reinhard Divis
- Michael Grabner
- Derek Holmes, player-coach in the 1960s
- Andreas Nödl
- Thomas Pöck
- Michael Raffl
- Thomas Vanek
All-time record
Updated as of match played on 6 November 2025. Teams listed in italics are defunct.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Opponent
! Played
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! GF
! GA
! GD
|- bgcolor="#d0ffd0" align="center"
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 0 || +17
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 22 || 5 || 1 || 16 || 50 || 83 || -33
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 13 || 12 || 0 || 1 || 106 || 36 || +70
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|' || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 12 || -12
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 10 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 58 || 18 || +40
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 40 || 1 || 3 || 36 || 46 || 235 || -189
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 8 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 66 || 20 || +46
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 2 || +9
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 27 || 2 || 0 || 25 || 35 || 130 || −95
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|' || 28 || 4 || 0 || 24 || 37 || 168 || −131
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 44 || 30 || 1 || 13 || 175 || 95 || +80
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|' || 28 || 6 || 0 || 22 || 71 || 182 || -111
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 3 || +6
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 16 || 1 || 1 || 14 || 28 || 80 || −52
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 69 || 36 || 10 || 23 || 264 || 190 || +74
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 57 || 15 || 4 || 38 || 91 || 187 || -96
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 21 || 13 || 2 || 6 || 103 || 61 || +42
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 57 || 40 || 2 || 15 || 215 || 141 || +74
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 97 || 46 || 12 || 39 || 298 || 277 || +21
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 45 || 26 || 5 || 14 || 176 || 130 || +46
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 13 || 4 || 1 || 8 || 35 || 41 || -6
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 28 || 5 || 0 || 23 || 65 || 106 || -41
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 5 || +6
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 37 || 26 || 4 || 7 || 198 || 89 || +109
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0 || +10
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 55 || 19 || 5 || 31 || 143 || 198 || -55
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 60 || 31 || 3 || 26 || 181 || 183 || -2
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 29 || 13 || 2 || 14 || 130 || 104 || +26
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 17 || 1 || 0 || 16 || 29 || 95 || −66
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 0 || +24
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 46 || 9 || 2 || 35 || 82 || 178 || -96
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 40 || 16 || 4 || 20 || 87 || 110 || -23
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 7 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 37 || 16 || +21
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|' || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 5 || 54 || -49
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 4 || +10
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 26 || 1 || 2 || 23 || 24 || 127 || −103
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 78 || 12 || 14 || 52 || 192 || 346 || -154
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| || 20 || 13 || 1 || 6 || 67 || 52 || +15
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| || 33 || 2 || 2 || 29 || 58 || 172 || −114
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|' || 39 || 22 || 0 || 17 || 154 || 134 || +20
|-
!Total !! 1 126 || 442 || 83 || 601 || 3 391 || 4 062 || -672
|}
Uniform evolution
<gallery class="center" widths="180" caption="National team jerseys">
File:Austria national ice hockey team jerseys 1988 (WOG).png|1988 Olympic jerseys
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
</gallery>
References
External links
- IIHF profile
- National Teams of Ice Hockey