The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (; ; ) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.

As of 2026, the Swiss team is ranked 2nd in the IIHF World Rankings.

History

Bibi Torriani served as the Switzerland national team captain from 1933 to 1939. He played on a forward line known as "The ni-storm" (), with brothers Hans Cattini and Ferdinand Cattini. The line was named for the last syllable (-ni) of players' surnames. The ni-storm was regarded as the top line of HC Davos and Switzerland's national hockey team. Torriani served as head coach of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team in 1946–47, and again from 1948 to 1949 to 1951–52.

From a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships until the silver medal in 2013 and 2018, Switzerland did not win a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in fourth place in the World Championships both years.

Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Switzerland scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3–2 and shutting out Canada 2–0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss.

thumb|The national ice hockey teams of Switzerland and Germany.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

thumb|250px|1920 Olympics Swiss Ice Hockey Team

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"

|-

! Year !! colspan=4|Result

|-

| 1920 || colspan=4|7th place

|-

| 1924 || colspan=4|8th place

|- style="border: 3px solid red; background:#c96"

| 1928 || colspan=4|

|-

| 1932 || colspan=4|did not participate

|-

| 1936 || colspan=4|12th place

|- style="border: 3px solid red; background:#c96"

| 1948 || colspan=4|

|-

| 1952 || colspan=4|5th place

|-

| 1956 || colspan=4|9th place

|-

| 1960 || colspan=4|did not participate

|-

| 1964 || colspan=4|8th place

|-

| 1968 || colspan=4|did not participate

|-

| 1972 || colspan=4|10th place

|-

| 1976 || colspan=4|11th place

|-

| 1980 || colspan=4|did not participate

|-

| 1984 || colspan=4|did not participate

|-

| 1988 || colspan=4|8th place

|-

| 1992 || colspan=4|10th place

|-

| 1994 || colspan=4|did not participate

|-

| 1998 || colspan=4|did not participate

|-

| 2002 || colspan=4|11th place

|-

| 2006 || colspan=4|6th place

|-

| 2010 || colspan=4|8th place

|-

| 2014 || colspan=4|9th place

|-

| 2018 || colspan=4|10th place

|-

| 2022 || colspan=4|8th place

|-

| 2026 || colspan=4|5th place

|-

! colspan=5|Totals

|-

! Games !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total

|-

| 19 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2

|}

World Championship

thumb|[[Patrick Fischer]]

  • 1930 – Won bronze medal
  • 1933 – Finished tied in 5th place
  • 1934 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1935 – Won silver medal
  • 1937 – Won bronze medal
  • 1938 – Finished in 6th place
  • 1939 – Won bronze medal
  • 1947 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1949 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1950 – Won bronze medal awarded Silver as European Champion
  • 1951 – Won bronze medal
  • 1953 – Won bronze medal
  • 1954 – Finished in 7th place
  • 1955 – Finished in 8th place
  • 1959 – Finished in 12th place
  • 1961 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1962 – Finished in 7th place
  • 1963 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1965 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1966 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1967 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1969 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1970 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1971 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B)
  • 1972 – Finished in 6th place
  • 1973 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1974 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
  • 1975 – Finished in 9th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1976 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1977 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1978 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1979 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1981 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1982 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1983 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1985 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1986 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
  • 1987 – Finished in 8th place
  • 1989 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1990 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
  • 1991 – Finished in 7th place
  • 1992 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1993 – Finished in 10th place
  • 1994 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
  • 1995 – Finished in 12th place
  • 1996 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1997 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1998 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1999 – Finished in 8th place
  • 2000 – Finished in 6th place
  • 2001 – Finished in 9th place
  • 2002 – Finished in 10th place
  • 2003 – Finished in 8th place
  • 2004 – Finished in 8th place
  • 2005 – Finished in 8th place
  • 2006 – Finished in 9th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 8th place
  • 2008 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2009 – Finished in 9th place
  • 2010 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2011 – Finished in 9th place
  • 2012 – Finished in 11th place
  • 2013 – Won silver medal
  • 2014 – Finished in 10th place
  • 2015 – Finished in 8th place
  • 2016 – Finished in 11th place
  • 2017 – Finished in 6th place
  • 2018 – Won silver medal
  • 2019 – Finished in 8th place
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
  • 2021 – Finished in 6th place
  • 2022 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2023 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2024 – Won silver medal
  • 2025 – Won silver medal
  • 2026 – Won silver medal

European Championship

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Games !! GP !! W !! T !! L !! GF !! GA !! Coach !! Captain

! Finish

! Rank

|-

|style="border: 3px solid red"| 1910 Les Avants

| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 15 || ? || ?

| Round-robin

| 4th

|-

| 1911 Berlin

| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 28 || ? || ?

| Round-robin

| 4th

|-

| 1912 Prague*

| colspan=10|did not participate

|-

| 1913 Munich

| colspan=10|did not participate

|-

| 1914 Berlin

| colspan=10|did not participate

|-0

|1915–1920 || colspan=10|No Championships (World War I).

|-

| 1921 Stockholm

| colspan=10|did not participate

|-

|style="border: 3px solid red; background:#c96;"| 1922 St. Moritz

| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 15 || ? || ?

| Round-robin

|

|-

| 1923 Antwerp

| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 7 || 23 || ? || ?

| Round-robin

| 4th

|-

| 1924 Milan

| colspan=10|did not participate

|-

| style="background:#c96;"| 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec

| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4 || ? || ?

| Round-robin

|

|-

| style="border:3px solid red; background:gold;"| 1926 Davos

| 7 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 35 || 15 || ? || ?

| Final round

|

|-

| 1927 Wien

| colspan=10|did not participate

|-

| 1929 Budapest

| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 5 || ? || ?

| Second round

| 5th

|-

| style="background:#c96;"| 1932 Berlin

| 6 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 10 || 9 || ? || ?

| Final round

|

|}

Spengler Cup

  • 1964 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1967 – Won bronze medal
  • 1968 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1972 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1974 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1975 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1976 – Won bronze medal
  • 1977 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1978 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1979 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2017 – Won silver medal

Deutschland Cup

  • Gold medal (2001, 2007, 2019)

Euro Hockey Tour

  • 2022–23 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2023–24 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2024–25 – Finished in
  • 2025–26 – Finished in 4th place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Jan Cadieux

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

!No.

!Pos.

!Name

!Height

!Weight

!Birthdate

!Team

|-

| 8 || F || align=left|Simon Knak || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Davos

|-

| 9 || F || align=left|Damien Riat || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Lausanne HC

|-

| 13 || F || align=left|Nico Hischier || || || || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils

|-

| 14 || D || align=left|Dean Kukan || || || || style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions

|-

| 17 || F || align=left|Ken Jäger || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Lausanne HC

|-

| 18 || D || align=left|Sven Jung || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Davos

|-

| 20 || G || align=left|Reto Berra || || || || style="text-align:left;" | HC Fribourg-Gottéron

|-

| 22 || F || align=left|Nino Niederreiter – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets

|-

| 26 || G || align=left|Sandro Aeschlimann || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Davos

|-

| 28 || F || align=left|Timo Meier || || || || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils

|-

| 38 || D || align=left|Lukas Frick || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Davos

|-

| 44 || F || align=left|Pius Suter || || || || style="text-align:left;" | St. Louis Blues

|-

| 54 || D || align=left|Christian Marti || || || || style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions

|-

| 56 || D || align=left|Tim Berni || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Genève-Servette Hockey Club

|-

| 62 || F || align=left|Denis Malgin || || || || style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions

|-

| 63 || G || align=left|Leonardo Genoni || || || || style="text-align:left;"| EV Zug

|-

| 72 || D || align=left|Dominik Egli || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Frölunda HC

|-

| 79 || F || align=left|Calvin Thürkauf || || || || style="text-align:left;" | HC Lugano

|-

| 80 || F || align=left|Nicolas Baechler || || || || style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions

|-

| 85 || F || align=left|Sven Andrighetto || || || || style="text-align:left;"| ZSC Lions

|-

| 86 || D || align=left|J. J. Moser – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning

|-

| 88 || F || align=left|Christoph Bertschy || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Fribourg-Gottéron

|-

| 90 || D || align=left|Roman Josi – C || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Nashville Predators

|-

| 93 || F || align=left|Théo Rochette || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Lausanne HC

|-

| 94 || F || align=left|Attilio Biasca || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Fribourg-Gottéron

|}

2026 Olympics roster

Uniform evolution

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

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 1988 (WOG).png|1988 Olympic jerseys

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 1991.png|1992 Olympic and 1991–1993 IIHF jerseys

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 1998-2000.png|1998 Olympic and 1999–2000 IIHF jerseys

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 1998 IIHF IHWC.png|1998 IIHF jerseys

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2001-2004.png|2001–2004 IIHF and 2002 Olympic jerseys

File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys.png|former jerseys

File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png|2014 Olympic jerseys

File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys 2014.png|2014–2016 IIHF jerseys

File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys 2017.png|2017 IIHF jerseys

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 (WOG).png|2018 Olympic jerseys

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 IHWC.png|2018–2021 IIHF jerseys

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png|2022 Olympic jerseys

</gallery>

References

  • IIHF profile
  • National Teams of Ice Hockey