The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team (; ) is the national ice hockey team that represents Belarus. The team is controlled by the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association. Belarus was ranked 14th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2021 World Ranking.

The team achieved their best result at the Winter Olympics in the quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics where they beat Sweden and ultimately finished fourth. At the 2005 and 2006 World Championships their coach was Glen Hanlon, who brought their best-ever result in the IIHF World Championship – 6th place in 2006. He was succeeded by Curt Fraser, who led the team in 2007 and 2008. Hanlon returned to coach the team for the 2009 World Championships in Switzerland.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation banned all Belarusian national and club teams from its events indefinitely, and Hockey Canada banned Belarus's "participation in events held in Canada that do not fall under the IIHF’s jurisdiction." In April 2022, the Federation banned Belarus from participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Despite the ban, the team participated in the 2023 Channel One Cup, alongside Russia and Kazakhstan.

Tournament record

thumb|Finland vs. Belarus at the [[2002 Winter Olympics.]]

thumb|Belarusian players in 2017.

Olympic Games

{| class="wikitable"

! Games

! GP

! W

! OTW

! OTL

! L

! GF

! GA

! Place

|-

| 1920–1988

| colspan="8" style="font-style:italic;" | Part of the

|-

| 1992

| colspan="8" style="font-style:italic;" | Part of the

|-

| 1994

| colspan="8" style="font-style:italic;" | Did not enter

|-

| Nagano 1998

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

| 5

| 19

| 7th

|-

| Salt Lake City 2002

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 5

| 13

| 39

| 4th

|-

| 2006

| colspan="8" style="font-style:italic;" | Did not qualify

|-

| Vancouver 2010

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 10

| 15

| 9th

|-

| 2014–2022

| colspan="8" style="font-style:italic;" | Did not qualify

|-

| 2026

| colspan="8" style="font-style:italic;" | Banned

|}

World Championship

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|-

! Year !! Location !! Result

|-

|1954 – 1991 || colspan=11|As part of

|-

| 1993 || Minsk, || Qualifying round for the Group C (3rd in Group 2)

|-

| 1994 || Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, || 22nd place (2nd in Group C1)

|-

| 1995 || Sofia, || 21st place (1st in Group C1, promoted)

|-

| 1996 || Eindhoven, || 15th place (3rd in Group B)

|-

| 1997 || Katowice / Sosnowiec, || 13th place (1st in Group B, promoted)

|-

| 1998 || Zürich / Basel, || 8th place

|-

| 1999 || Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, || 9th place

|-

| 2000 || Saint Petersburg, || 9th place

|-

| 2001 || Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, || 14th place (relegated)

|-

| 2002 || Eindhoven, || 17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)

|-

| 2003 || Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, || 14th place (relegated)

|-

| 2004 || Oslo, || 18th place (1st in D1A, promoted)

|-

| 2005 || Innsbruck / Vienna, || 10th place

|-

| 2006 || Riga, || 6th place

|-

| 2007 || Moscow / Mytishchi, || 11th place

|-

| 2008 || Quebec City / Halifax, || 9th place

|-

| 2009 || Bern / Kloten, || 8th place

|-

| 2010 || Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, || 10th place

|-

| 2011 || Bratislava / Košice, || 14th place

|-

| 2012 || Helsinki / Stockholm, / || 14th place

|-

| 2013 || Stockholm / Helsinki, / || 14th place

|-

| 2014 || Minsk, || 7th place

|-

| 2015 || Prague / Ostrava, || 7th place

|-

| 2016 || Moscow / Saint Petersburg, || 12th place

|-

| 2017 || Cologne / Paris, / || 13th place

|-

| 2018 || Copenhagen / Herning, || 15th place (relegated)

|-

| 2019 || Nur-Sultan, || 18th place (2nd in Division IA, promoted)

|-

| 2020 || Zürich / Lausanne, || Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

|-

| 2021 || Riga, || 15th place

|-

| 2022 || Helsinki / Tampere, || Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

|-

| 2023 ||Tampere / Riga, / || Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

|-

| 2024 || Prague / Ostrava, || Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

|-

| 2025 ||Stockholm / Herning, / || Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

|-

| 2026 ||Zurich / Fribourg, || Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

|-

|}

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Mikhail Zakharov

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"

!No.

!Pos.

!Name

!Height

!Weight

!Birthdate

!Team

|-

| 2 || D || align=left|Ilya Solovyov || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 7 || D || align=left|Stepan Falkovsky || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 8 || D || align=left|Ilya Shinkevich || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 9 || F || align=left|Stanislav Lopachuk || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Yunost Minsk

|-

| 10 || D || align=left|Nick Bailen || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Traktor Chelyabinsk

|-

| 12 || F || align=left|Aliaksei Protas || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Hershey Bears

|-

| 13 || F || align=left|Mikhail Stefanovich || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Donbass Donetsk

|-

| 14 || D || align=left|Yevgeni Lisovets || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Salavat Yulaev Ufa

|-

| 15 || F || align=left|Artem Demkov || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 16 || F || align=left|Geoff Platt – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

|-

| 17 || F || align=left|Yegor Sharangovich – C || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames

|-

| 18 || D || align=left|Kristian Khenkel – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Ak Bars Kazan

|-

| 19 || F || align=left|Nikita Komarov || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Avangard Omsk

|-

| 21 || F || align=left|Vladislav Kodola || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Severstal Cherepovets

|-

| 22 || F || align=left|Francis Paré || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 30 || G || align=left|Konstantin Shostak || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Severstal Cherepovets

|-

| 31 || G || align=left|Danny Taylor || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 40 || G || align=left|Aleksei Kolosov || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 73 || D || align=left|Dmitri Znakharenko || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 74 || F || align=left|Sergei Kostitsyn || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Bratislava Capitals

|-

| 81 || F || align=left|Sergei Drozd || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Yunost Minsk

|-

| 85 || D || align=left|Andrei Antonov || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Yunost Minsk

|-

| 88 || F || align=left|German Nesterov || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HK Gomel

|-

| 89 || D || align=left|Dmitry Korobov || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

|-

| 90 || F || align=left|Danila Klimovich || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Minskie Zubry

|-

| 92 || F || align=left|Shane Prince || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

|-

| 93 || F || align=left|Andrei Belevich || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|-

| 94 || D || align=left|Vladislav Yeryomenko || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Dinamo Minsk

|}

Retired numbers

  • 24 – Ruslan Salei

All-time record

.

{| class="sortable wikitable"

|-

! Opponent

! Played

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! GF

! GA

! GD

|- bgcolor="#d0ffd0" align="center"

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 22 || 16 || 1 || 5 || 83 || 49 || +34

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0 || +10

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 1 || +12

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 19 || 1 || 1 || 17 || 27 || 111 || -84

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 3 || +17

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 17 || 1 || 0 || 16 || 21 || 72 || −51

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 29 || 14 || 2 || 13 || 90 || 72 || +18

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 31 || 4 || +27

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 18 || 2 || 0 || 16 || 25 || 71 || −46

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 32 || 22 || 1 || 9 || 101 || 59 || +42

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 29 || 16 || 2 || 11 || 80 || 73 || +7

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 32 || 17 || +15

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 15 || 13 || 1 || 1 || 75 || 27 || +48

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 6 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 22 || 10 || +12

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 7 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 27 || 14 || +13

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 24 || 19 || 1 || 4 || 88 || 48 || +40

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 40 || 18 || 3 || 19 || 99 || 106 || -7

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 35 || 7 || +28

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 35 || 10 || +25

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 39 || 23 || 4 || 12 || 114 || 91 || +23

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 17 || 13 || 0 || 4 || 77 || 38 || +39

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 || +2

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 24 || 3 || 1 || 20 || 45 || 95 || −50

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 37 || 12 || 1 || 24 || 72 || 107 || -35

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 24 || 17 || 0 || 7 || 83 || 60 || +23

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 19 || 10 || +9

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 17 || 2 || 0 || 15 || 28 || 63 || −35

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 40 || 13 || 1 || 26 || 77 || 119 || -42

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 25 || 14 || 5 || 6 || 90 || 49 || +41

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 9 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 18 || 42 || −24

|-

!Total !! 516 || 253 || 25 || 238 || 1 543 || 1 434 || +109

|}

Uniform evolution

<gallery class="center" widths="180" caption="National team jerseys">

File:Coat of arms of Belarus (1991–1995).svg|alt=From 1993 to 1995, the Reebok-made jersey featured the Pahonia coat of arms[9]|From 1993 to 1995, the Reebok-made jersey featured the Pahonia coat of arms

File:Belarus national ice hockey team jerseys 1998-2000.png|IIHF jerseys 1998–2000

File:Belarus national hockey team jerseys.png|former IIHF jerseys

File:Belarus national hockey team jerseys 2014.png|2014–2017 IIHF jerseys

File:Belarus national ice hockey team jerseys 2017.png|2017–2021 IIHF jerseys

File:Belarus national ice hockey team jerseys 2021 IHWC.png|2021– IIHF jerseys

</gallery>

References

  • IIHF profile