Belarus men's national ice hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | The Bisons |
|---|---|
| Association | Belarus Ice Hockey Federation |
| Most games | Oleg Romanov (193) |
| Top scorer | Oleg Antonenko (52) |
| Most points | Alexei Kalyuzhny (125) |
| IIHF code | BLR |
| IIHF ranking | 16 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 8 (2009) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 16 (2024) |
| Team colors | |
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| 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 | |
| Appearances | 27 (first in 1994) |
| Best result | 6th (2006) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1998) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 249–237–25 | |
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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 Belarus Ice Hockey Federation.
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 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."[1][2][3] In April 2022, the Federation banned Belarus from participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[4] Despite the ban, the team participated in the 2023 Channel One Cup, alongside Russia and Kazakhstan.[5]
Tournament record
Olympic Games
| Games | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–1988 | Part of the  Soviet Union
| |||||||
| 1992 | Part of the Unified Team | |||||||
| 1994 | Did not enter | |||||||
 Nagano 1998
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 7th |
 Salt Lake City 2002
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 4th |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 Vancouver 2010
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 9th |
| 2014–2022 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2026 | Banned | |||||||
World Championship
| Year | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia | 22nd place |
| 1995 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 21st place |
| 1996 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 15th place |
| 1997 | Katowice / Sosnowiec, Poland | 13th place |
| 1998 | Zurich / Basel, Switzerland | 8th place |
| 1999 | Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway | 9th place |
| 2000 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 9th place |
| 2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany | 14th place |
| 2002 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 17th place |
| 2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland | 14th place |
| 2004 | Oslo, Norway | 18th place |
| 2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria | 10th place |
| 2006 | Riga, Latvia | 6th place |
| 2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia | 11th place |
| 2008 | Quebec City / Halifax, Canada | 9th place |
| 2009 | Bern / Kloten, Switzerland | 8th place |
| 2010 | Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 10th place |
| 2011 | Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia | 14th place |
| 2012 | Helsinki / Stockholm, Finland / Sweden | 14th place |
| 2013 | Stockholm / Helsinki, Sweden / Finland | 14th place |
| 2014 | Minsk, Belarus | 7th place |
| 2015 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | 7th place |
| 2016 | Moscow / Saint Petersburg,  Russia |
12th place |
| 2017 | Cologne / Paris,  Germany /  France |
13th place |
| 2018 | Copenhagen / Herning,  Denmark |
15th place (relegated) |
| 2019 | Nur-Sultan,  Kazakhstan |
17th place (1st in D1A, promoted) |
| 2020 | Zürich / Lausanne,  Switzerland |
coronavirus pandemic[6] |
| 2021 | Riga,  Latvia |
15th place |
| 2022 | Helsinki / Tampere, Finland |
Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine[7] |
| 2023 | Tampere / Riga, Finland / Latvia |
Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine[8] |
All-time record
as of May 7, 2023.[9]
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 83 | 49 | +34 |
 Belgium |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
 Bulgaria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 |
| Canada |
19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 111 | -84 |
 Croatia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 |
 Czech Republic |
17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 72 | −51 |
| Denmark |
29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 90 | 72 | +18 |
 Estonia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | +27 |
| Finland |
18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 71 | −46 |
| France |
32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 101 | 59 | +42 |
| Germany |
29 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 80 | 73 | +7 |
 Great Britain |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 |
 Hungary |
15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 27 | +48 |
 Italy |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 |
 Japan |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | +13 |
| Kazakhstan |
20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 41 | +31 |
| Latvia |
40 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 99 | 106 | -7 |
| Lithuania |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | +28 |
 Netherlands |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10 | +25 |
 Norway |
39 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 114 | 91 | +23 |
 Poland |
17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 38 | +39 |
 Romania |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Russia |
23 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 42 | 90 | −48 |
 Slovakia |
37 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 72 | 107 | -35 |
 Slovenia |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 83 | 60 | +23 |
 South Korea |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 |
 Sweden |
17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 63 | −35 |
| Switzerland |
40 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 77 | 119 | -42 |
| Ukraine |
25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 90 | 49 | +41 |
 United States |
9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 42 | −24 |
| Total | 511 | 249 | 25 | 237 | 1 524 | 1 422 | +102 |
References
- ↑ "IIHF suspends Russia and Belarus from international play amid Ukraine invasion - Sportsnet.ca". https://www.sportsnet.ca/article/iihf-suspends-russia-and-belarus-from-international-play-amid-ukraine-invasion/.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey Federation bans Russia and Belarus from all competition, strips Russia of 2023 World Juniors". https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2022/03/01/ice-hockey-federation-bans-russia-and-belarus-from-all-competition-strips-russia-of-2023-world-juniors/.
- ↑ "Russia, Belarus Suspended From International Soccer, Hockey Over Ukraine Attacks". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. https://www.rferl.org/a/ioc-bans-russian-belarusian-athletes/31728487.html.
- ↑ "Russia and Belarus barred from 2023 IIHF World Championship". 28 May 2022. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123737/russia-belarus-freeze-participation.
- ↑ "Официальный сайт Кубка Первого канала по хоккею 2022" (in Russian). https://cup1tv.ru/.
- ↑ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm/news/18344/2020-iihf-ice-hockey-world-championship-cancelled.
- ↑ "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF. 1 March 2022. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/32301/iihf_council_announces_decisions_over_russia_belar. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ↑ "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF. 1 March 2022. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/32301/iihf_council_announces_decisions_over_russia_belar. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey in Belarus" (in en-US). National Teams of Ice Hockey. https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/belarus/.
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