The Ukrainian national ice hockey team () 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, 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 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.
In 2027, Ukraine returned to the top division for the first time in 20 years.
Tournament record
Olympic Games Games GP WOW TOL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1928 St. MoritzAs part of the Soviet Union 1932 Lake Placid 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1948 St. Moritz 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1992 AlbertvilleAs part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics 1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 3 2 0 0 0 1 9 5 Anatoliy Bohdanov Oleksandr Savytskyi 9th-place game 10th 2006 TurinDid not qualify 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milan–Cortina 2030 French Alps To be determined
World Championship
Championship Finish Rank1954 – 1991 As part of / Ukrainian SSR 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 2nd in Pool C 18th 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 3rd in Pool C1 23rd 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 3rd in Pool C1 23rd 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 2nd in Pool C 22nd 1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 1st in Pool C, promoted to Pool B 21st 1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 1st in Pool B, promoted to Pool A 17th 1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships First round 14th 2000 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Preliminary round 14th 2001 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Second round 10th 2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Second round 9th 2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Second round 12th 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Preliminary round 14th 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Qualifying round 11th 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Qualifying round 12th 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Preliminary round (relegated to Division I) 16th 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I 2nd in Division I Group B 19th 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I 2nd in Division I Group B 20th 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I 2nd in Division I Group A 19th 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I 2nd in Division I Group A 19th 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I 6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B 22nd 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I 1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A 23rd 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I 4th in Division I Group A 20th 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I 6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B 22nd 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I 1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A 23rd 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I 6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B 22nd 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I 4th in Division I Group B 26th 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I 5th in Division I Group B 27th 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 IIHF World Championship Division ICancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I 3rd in Division I Group B 24th 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I 2nd in Division I Group B 24th 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I 1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A 23rd 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I 3rd in Division I Group A 19th 2026 IIHF World Championship Division I 2nd in Division I, Group A, promoted to Top Division 18th 2027 IIHF World Championship TBD TBD
Coaches Oleksandr Fadeiev (1993–1994) Anatoliy Bohdanov (1994–2003) Oleksandr Seukand (2004–2007) Vladimir Golubovych (2007–2008) Oleksandr Seukand (2009) Mikhail Zakharov (2009–2010) Dave Lewis (2010–2011) Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012) Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013) Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014) / Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15) Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–2018) Andriy Sryubko (2018–2019) / Sergei Viter (2019–2020) Vadym Shakhraychuk (2021–2023) Dmitri Khristich (2023–present)
All-time record Overtime and game winning shot victories and losses are counted towards wins and losses. Teams in italics are no longer actively competing.
. Source: Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 20 6 1 13 52 67 –15 1 1 0 0 37 2 +35 25 5 5 15 47 88 –41 2 2 0 0 48 0 +48 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 5 4 0 1 36 8 +28 9 8 0 1 56 7 +49 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3 11 5 3 3 30 29 +1 18 16 0 2 93 27 +66 7 0 0 7 4 36 −32 17 6 0 11 49 48 +1 7 2 2 3 15 18 –3 8 5 1 2 35 15 +20 29 17 0 12 95 65 +30 1 1 0 0 29 0 +29 12 4 0 8 24 34 –10 18 8 2 8 45 44 +1 22 6 3 13 50 75 –25 19 3 2 14 34 65 –31 13 10 0 3 62 25 +37 13 13 0 0 81 17 +64 9 5 1 3 27 26 +1 1 1 0 0 15 2 +13 47 25 2 20 140 123 +17 23 19 0 4 125 25 +100 8 0 1 7 12 41 −29 3 3 0 0 29 2 +27 3 3 0 0 47 4 +43 10 0 1 9 18 49 –31 15 5 2 8 43 48 –5 7 5 0 2 38 14 +24 2 2 0 0 13 1 +12 5 0 0 5 6 26 –20 4 1 0 3 7 10 –3 3 0 1 2 5 14 –9Total 398 183 27 187 1 449 1 620 +387
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References
External links
(in Ukrainian) IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey