Belarus men's national ice hockey team

The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Беларуси по хоккею с шайбой) is the national ice hockey team that represented 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.

Belarus
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Bisons (Зубры / Zubry)
AssociationBelarusian Ice Hockey Association
Head coachCraig Woodcroft
AssistantsDmitri Karpikov
Mikhail Kravets
Vladimir Vorobiev
CaptainYegor Sharangovich
Most gamesOleg Romanov (193)
Top scorerOleg Antonenko (52)
Most pointsAlexei Kalyuzhny (125)
Team colors   
IIHF codeBLR
Ranking
Current IIHF14 Steady (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF8 (2009)
Lowest IIHF15 (2014)
First international
Ukraine  4–1  Belarus
(Minsk, Belarus; 7 November 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus  21–1  Lithuania
(Riga, Latvia; 30 August 1996)
Biggest defeat
Finland  11–2  Belarus
(Mikkeli, Finland; 7 April 1997)
Canada  11–2  Belarus
(Lloydminster, Canada; 19 March 1998)
Canada  9–0  Belarus
(Prague, Czech Republic; 14 May 2015)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances27 (first in 1994)
Best result6th (2006)
Olympics
Appearances3 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
245–233–25

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 2022 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."[2][3][4] In April 2022, the Federation banned Belarus from participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[5]

Tournament record
Finland vs. Belarus at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Belarusian players in 2017.

Olympic Games
Games GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Place
1920–1988 Part of the  Soviet Union
1992 Part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 Did not enter
Japan Nagano 1998 4 0 0 0 4 5 19 7th
United States Salt Lake City 2002 6 1 0 0 5 13 39 4th
2006 Did not qualify
Canada Vancouver 2010 4 1 0 1 2 10 15 9th
2014–2022 Did not qualify

World Championship
YearLocationResult
1993Minsk,  BelarusQualifying round for the Group C (3rd in Group 2)
1994Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves,  Slovakia22nd place (2nd in Group C1)
1995Sofia,  Bulgaria21st place (1st in Group C1, promoted)
1996Eindhoven,  Netherlands15th place (3rd in Group B)
1997Katowice / Sosnowiec,  Poland13th place (1st in Group B, promoted)
1998Zürich / Basel,   Switzerland8th place
1999Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar,  Norway9th place
2000Saint Petersburg,  Russia9th place
2001Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg,  Germany14th place (relegated)
2002Eindhoven,  Netherlands17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2003Helsinki / Tampere / Turku,  Finland14th place (relegated)
2004Oslo,  Norway18th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2005Innsbruck / Vienna,  Austria10th place
2006Riga,  Latvia6th place
2007Moscow / Mytishchi,  Russia11th place
2008Quebec City / Halifax,  Canada9th place
2009Bern / Kloten,   Switzerland8th place
2010Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen,  Germany10th place
2011Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia14th place
2012Helsinki / Stockholm,  Finland /  Sweden14th place
2013Stockholm / Helsinki,  Sweden /  Finland14th place
2014Minsk,  Belarus7th place
2015Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic7th place
2016Moscow / Saint Petersburg,  Russia12th place
2017Cologne / Paris,  Germany /  France13th place
2018Copenhagen / Herning,  Denmark15th place (relegated)
2019Nur-Sultan,  Kazakhstan17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2020Zürich / Lausanne,   SwitzerlandCancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[6]
2021Riga,  Latvia15th place
2022Helsinki / Tampere,  FinlandExpelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine[7]

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[8]

Head coach: Mikhail Zakharov[9]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
2DIlya Solovyov1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (200 lb) (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000Belarus Dinamo Minsk
7DStepan Falkovsky2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)112 kg (247 lb) (1996-12-18) 18 December 1996Belarus Dinamo Minsk
8DIlya Shinkevich1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989Belarus Dinamo Minsk
9FStanislav Lopachuk1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992Belarus Yunost Minsk
10DNick Bailen1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk
12FAliaksei Protas1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)97 kg (214 lb) (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001United States Hershey Bears
13FMikhail Stefanovich1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1989-11-27) 27 November 1989Ukraine Donbass Donetsk
14DYevgeni Lisovets1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1994-11-12) 12 November 1994Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
15FArtem Demkov1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989Belarus Dinamo Minsk
16FGeoff Platt – A1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1985-07-10) 10 July 1985Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
17FYegor Sharangovich – C1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)92 kg (203 lb) (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998United States New Jersey Devils
18DKristian Khenkel – A1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995Russia Ak Bars Kazan
19FNikita Komarov1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)92 kg (203 lb) (1988-06-28) 28 June 1988Russia Avangard Omsk
21FVladislav Kodola1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996Russia Severstal Cherepovets
22FFrancis Paré1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1987-06-30) 30 June 1987Belarus Dinamo Minsk
30GKonstantin Shostak1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)81 kg (179 lb) (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000Russia Severstal Cherepovets
31GDanny Taylor1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1986-04-28) 28 April 1986Belarus Dinamo Minsk
40GAlexei Kolosov1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)85 kg (187 lb) (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002Belarus Dinamo Minsk
73DDmitri Znakharenko1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)91 kg (201 lb) (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993Belarus Dinamo Minsk
74FSergei Kostitsyn1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1987-03-20) 20 March 1987Slovakia Bratislava Capitals
81FSergei Drozd1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)79 kg (174 lb) (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990Belarus Yunost Minsk
85DAndrei Antonov1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1985-04-27) 27 April 1985Belarus Yunost Minsk
88FGerman Nesterov1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991Belarus HK Gomel
89DDmitry Korobov1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)108 kg (238 lb) (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
90FDanila Klimovich1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)85 kg (187 lb) (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003Belarus Minskie Zubry
92FShane Prince1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
93FAndrei Belevich1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997Belarus Dinamo Minsk
94DVladislav Yeryomenko1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1999-04-23) 23 April 1999Belarus Dinamo Minsk

Retired numbers

All-time record
As of 18 December 2022.[10]
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Austria2216158349+34
 Belgium1100100+10
 Bulgaria1100131+12
 Canada19111727111-84
 Croatia3300203+17
 Czech Republic1710162172−51
 Denmark29142139072+18
 Estonia3300314+27
 Finland1820162571−46
 France32221910159+42
 Germany29162118073+7
 Great Britain64023217+15
 Hungary1513117527+48
 Italy65012210+12
 Japan75112714+13
 Kazakhstan1914146641+25
 Latvia401831999106-7
 Lithuania4400357+28
 Netherlands44003510+25
 Norway392341211491+23
 Poland1713047738+39
 Romania110053+2
 Russia2331194290−48
 Slovakia371212472107-35
 Slovenia2417078360+23
 South Korea32011910+9
 Sweden1720152863−35
  Switzerland401312677119-42
 Ukraine2514569049+41
 United States91081842−24
Total510248252371 5181 422+96

Uniform evolution
  • National team jerseys
  • 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[11]
  • IIHF jerseys 1998–2000
    IIHF jerseys 1998–2000
  • former IIHF jerseys
    former IIHF jerseys
  • 2014–2017 IIHF jerseys
    2014–2017 IIHF jerseys
  • 2017–2021 IIHF jerseys
    2017–2021 IIHF jerseys
  • 2021– IIHF jerseys
    2021– IIHF jerseys

References
  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. "IIHF suspends Russia and Belarus from international play amid Ukraine invasion - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
  3. "Ice Hockey Federation bans Russia and Belarus from all competition, strips Russia of 2023 World Juniors". infobae.
  4. "Russia, Belarus Suspended From International Soccer, Hockey Over Ukraine Attacks". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  5. "Russia and Belarus barred from 2023 IIHF World Championship". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 May 2022.
  6. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF.com. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  8. "Хоккеисты сборной Беларуси определились с игровыми номерами" (in Russian). hockey.by. 18 May 2021.
  9. "Team Roster Belarus" (PDF). iihf.com. 21 May 2021.
  10. "Ice Hockey in Belarus". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  11. Масловский, Андрей (13 February 2020). "У сборной Беларуси по хоккею была шикарная форма с «Погоней»: дизайн придумал Бережков, благодаря Захарову есть фото (его сразу послали Лукашенко)" [The Belarus hockey team had a stylish jersey with the Pahonia: Berezhkou created the design and there's a picture thanks to Zakharau]. by.tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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