Romania men's national ice hockey team

The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 27th in the 2019 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in Division IA. They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions, the most recent being in 1980.

Romania
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Tricolori (Three Colors)
AssociationRomanian Ice Hockey Federation
General managerAlexandru Hălăucă
Head coachJúlius Pénzeš
AssistantsNelu Alexe
Norbert Javorčík
CaptainAlpár Salló
Most gamesDoru Tureanu (113)
Top scorerDoru Tureanu (74)
Most pointsDoru Tureanu (112)
Team colors     
IIHF codeROU
Ranking
Current IIHF23 Increase 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF24 (2021)
Lowest IIHF29 (first in 2016)
First international
United States  15–0  Romania
(Krynica, Poland; 2 February 1931)
Biggest win
Romania  52–1  New Zealand
(Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 19 March 1989)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia  23–1  Romania
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 17 February 1947)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances54 (first in 1931)
Best result7th (1947)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1964)
International record (W–L–T)
332–379–57

Olympic Games

Romania started Olympic hockey in 1964 in the B division. In the tournament, the team finished 12th out of 16 teams and managed 3 wins against Austria, Italy, and Hungary also with a tie against Yugoslavia.

In 1968, Romania lost its qualification match against West Germany 7–0 and was forced to compete in the B division again. In the first two games, Romania beat Austria 3–2 and the Host, France 7–3. They lost their next three games and finished 12th out of 14 in the standings.

After skipping the 1972 competition, Romania returned for the 1976 tournament. This time Romania played Poland in the Qualification round and lost 7–4, keeping them in the B division once again. However, Romania battled back and won 4 of 5 games with only one loss against Yugoslavia, still winning the division. The team finished 7th out of 12.

In 1980, Romania was able to play with the top teams and was put into the Blue Division group, along with tough opponents such as Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and USA. In the first game Romania was down 4–2 to West Germany, but managed to score 4 goals to beat the former bronze medallists 6–4. In their next game Romania got shut out by Sweden 8–0. The Swedes scored 3 goals in the first period which left Romania out of it. After a lopsided loss to Czechoslovakia (7–2) the team then took on USA. The US jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first period and added two more to it to lead 4–1 after two periods. Unlike other teams that the US had faced, the Romanians fought strong in the third period, despite being outshot 15–3, and scored a goal. The final score was 7–2. Romania played Norway for their final game, who had lost all four of their past games and had no chance to advance to the Medal Round. Romania fell behind less than a minute into the game, but stormed back to take the lead 3–1 in the third period. The Norwegian team battled back though, and scored once with a minute and a half left to play, and scored once more to tie it with only 29 seconds left. This tie still gave Romania one point but they had been hoping for a win. They finished the tournament with a 1–3–1 record, and were ranked 8th out of 12, just beating the Netherlands, West Germany, Norway, and Japan. This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments.

Tournament record

Postage stamp from Romania, 1980 Winter Olympics
Romanian national team in 2019

Olympic record

Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
Austria 1964 Innsbruck 7 3 0 1 0 3 31 28 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
France 1968 Grenoble 5 2 0 0 0 3 22 23 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
Japan 1972 Sapporo Did not qualify
Austria 1976 Innsbruck 5 4 0 0 0 1 23 15 - - Consolation round 7th
United States 1980 Lake Placid 5 1 0 1 0 3 13 29 - - First round 8th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo Did not qualify
Canada 1988 Calgary Did not qualify
France 1992 Albertville Did not qualify
Norway1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify
Japan1998 Nagano Did not qualify
United States 2002 Salt Lake City Did not qualify
Italy 2006 Turin Did not qualify
Canada 2010 Vancouver Did not qualify
Russia 2014 Sochi Did not qualify
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Did not qualify
China 2022 Beijing Did not qualify
Italy 2026 Milan-Cortina 2026 To be determined

World Championship

Winter Universiade

  • 1966 – 2nd place (Silver medal)
  • 1983 – 3rd place (Bronze medal)

All-time record

Updated as of 5 May 2023.[4] Teams in italics are defunct.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia3300155+10
 Austria2914213104130–26
 Belarus100135–2
 Belgium15150013324+109
 Bulgaria40342424991+158
 Canada4004329–26
 China23182313168+63
 Croatia137155241+11
 Czechoslovakia8008678–72
 Denmark2010198075+5
 East Germany43423791264–173
 Estonia125075043+7
 Finland41121627–11
 France2812412139114+25
 Germany21401757100–43
 Great Britain25412059131–72
 Hungary6839524290239+51
 Iceland54012510+15
 Ireland2200431+42
 Israel4400552+53
 Italy271131391114–23
 Japan3011217109138–29
 Kazakhstan62041130–19
 Kyrgyzstan1100182+16
 Latvia8206749–42
 Lithuania168175659–3
 Mexico1100190+19
 Netherlands291321411393+20
 North Korea66005114+37
 Norway3113315112134–22
 New Zealand2200662+64
 Poland627550106390–284
 Serbia4400246+18
 Serbia and Montenegro66004711+36
 Slovakia7115753–46
 Slovenia8008648–42
 South Africa2200333+30
 South Korea115065339+14
 Soviet Union1001118–17
 Spain1010008612+74
 Sweden5014435–31
  Switzerland3813322121187–66
 Ukraine20301720116–96
 United States1110102185–64
 Yugoslavia58301513254208+46
Total768332573793 0373 323–286

References

  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  3. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. "Romania - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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