Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 27th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2020 IIHF World Ranking,[2] while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th. As part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played internationally from 1954 to 1991, and made their international debut as an independent country in 1992.

Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Yellow and Blue
(Жовто-сині / Zhovto-syni)
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Ukraine
Head coachVadym Shakhraychuk
AssistantsKostiantyn Simchuk
Oleg Zadoienko
CaptainIgor Merezhko
Most gamesVasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Top scorerVadym Shakhraychuk (42)
Most pointsAndriy Mikhnov
Vadym Shakhraychuk (73)
Team colors   
IIHF codeUKR
Ranking
Current IIHF27 Steady (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2003)
Lowest IIHF27 (2022)
First international
Kazakhstan  5–1  Ukraine
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine  37–2  Belgium
(Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
Biggest defeat
Finland  9–0  Ukraine
(Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances29 (first in 1993)
Best result9th (2002)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
International record (W–L–T)
167–180–27

Ukraine has played at the Winter Olympics once, in 2002. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in ninth place. Following the 2007 World Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.

Tournament record

Olympic Games
  • 2002 – Finished in 10th place

World Championship
  • 1954–1991 – Participated as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
  • 1993 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1994 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C1)
  • 1995 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C1)
  • 1996 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1997 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C, promoted to Pool B)
  • 1998 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Pool B, promoted to Pool A)
  • 1999 – Finished in 14th place
  • 2000 – Finished in 14th place
  • 2001 – Finished in 10th place
  • 2002 – Finished in 9th place
  • 2003 – Finished in 12th place
  • 2004 – Finished in 14th place
  • 2005 – Finished in 11th place
  • 2006 – Finished in 12th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 16th place (relegated to Division I)
  • 2008 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2009 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2010 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group A)
  • 2011 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2012 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2013 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
  • 2014 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A)
  • 2015 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2016 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
  • 2017 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2018 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I Group B)
  • 2019 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2022 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2023 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I Group B)

Coaches
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Fadeiev (1993–1994)
  • Ukraine Anatoliy Bohdanov (1994–2003)
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Seukand (2004–2007)
  • Russia Vladimir Golubovych (2007–2008)
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Seukand (2009)
  • Belarus Mikhail Zakharov (2009–2010)
  • Canada Dave Lewis (2010–2011)
  • Ukraine Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012)
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013)
  • Russia Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014)
  • Ukraine/United States Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15)
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–2018)
  • Ukraine Andriy Sryubko (2018–2019)
  • Ukraine/Belarus Sergei Viter (2019–2020)
  • Ukraine Vadym Shakhraychuk (2021–present)

References
  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. "IIHF- World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  4. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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