Belgium men's national ice hockey team

Belgium
Association	Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation
Most games	Tim Vos (98)
Top scorer	Vincent Morgan (36)
Most points	Mitch Morgan; Vincent Morgan (78)
IIHF code	BEL
IIHF ranking	39
Highest IIHF ranking	32 (2005, 2016–17)
Lowest IIHF ranking	40 (2022–23)
Team colors
First international
	Belgium 3–0 France ; (Brussels, Belgium; 4 March 1909)
Biggest win
	Belgium 21–2 New Zealand ; (Geel, Belgium; 21 March 1989)
Biggest defeat
	Ukraine 37–2 Belgium ; (Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	54 (first in 1930)
Best result	7th (1950)
European Championships
Appearances	14 (first in 1910)
Best result	(1913)
Olympics
Appearances	4 (first in 1920)
International record (W–L–T)
	146–295–18

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The Belgium men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Belgium, and has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 1908. They have played in four Olympic Games, the last in 1936. The team also participated in the European Championships from 1910 to 1932. They have won 2 bronze medals (1910, 1911), 1 silver medal (1927), and 1 gold medal (1913).

The national team played in the first World Championship in 1930. They took part in the top division until 1951, but have played exclusively in the lower tiers ever since.

Tournament participation

Olympic Games

Games	GP	W	OW	T	OL	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1920 Antwerp	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	Gold Medal Round	7th
1924 Chamonix	3	0	0	0	0	3	8	45	First round	7th
1928 St. Moritz	3	2	0	0	0	1	9	10	First round	8th
1932 Lake Placid	did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	20	First round	14th
1948–2022	did not qualify

World Championships

1930 – Finished in 10th place
1933 – Finished in 12th place
1934 – Finished in 11th place
1935 – Finished in 14th place
1939 – Finished in 12th place
1947 – Finished in 8th place
1949 – Finished in 9th place
1950 – Finished in 7th place
1951 – Finished in 4th place Criterium Européen
1952 – Finished 5th place in Pool B
1955 – Finished in 6th place in Pool B
1956 – Finished in 3rd place in Pool B
1961 – Finished in 6th place in Pool C
1963 – Finished in 6th place in Pool C
1970 – Finished in 7th place in Pool C
1971 – Finished in 8th place in Pool C
1975 – Finished in 7th place in Pool C
1977 – Finished in 6th place in Pool C
1978 – Finished in 8th place in Pool C
1987 – Finished in 8th place in Pool C
1989 – Finished in 1st place in Pool D
1990 – Finished in 8th place in Pool C
1991 – Finished in 9th place in Pool C
1992 – Finished in 5th place in Pool C1
1993 – Finished in 8th place in Pool C
1994 – Finished in 5th place in Pool C2
1995 – Finished in 5th place in Pool C2
1996 – Finished in 4th place in Pool D
1997 – Finished in 8th place in Pool D
1998 – Finished in 4th place in Pool D
1999 – Finished in 4th place in Pool D
2000 – Finished in 2nd place in Pool D
2001 – Finished in 5th place in Division II, Group B
2002 – Finished in 2nd place in Division II, Group A
2003 – Finished in 1st place in Division II, Group B
2004 – Finished in 6th place in Division I, Group A
2005 – Finished in 4th place in Division II, Group B
2006 – Finished in 3rd place in Division II, Group A
2007 – Finished in 2nd place in Division II, Group A
2008 – Finished in 2nd place in Division II, Group A
2009 – Finished in 2nd place in Division II, Group B
2010 – Finished in 3rd place in Division II, Group A
2011 – Finished in 4th place in Division II, Group A
2012 – Finished in 1st place in Division II, Group B
2013 – Finished in 2nd place in Division II, Group A
2014 – Finished in 5th place in Division II, Group A
2015 – Finished in 2nd place in Division II, Group A
2016 – Finished in 3rd place in Division II, Group A
2017 – Finished in 4th place in Division II, Group A
2018 – Finished in 5th place in Division II, Group A
2019 – Finished in 6th place in Division II, Group A
2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2]
2022 – Finished in 3rd place in Division II, Group B
2023 – Finished in 2nd place in Division II, Group B
2024 – Finished in 1st place in Division II, Group B

European Championships

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	3	1	1	1	5	6	Round-robin	1 !
1911 Berlin	3	1	1	1	5	13	Round-robin	1 !
1912 Prague*	did not participate
1913 Munich	3	2	1	0	25	10	Round-robin	1 !
1914 Berlin	2	0	0	2	2	13	Round-robin	1 !
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	did not participate
1922 St. Moritz	did not participate
1923 Antwerp	4	1	0	3	5	18	Round-robin	4th
1924 Milan	2	1	0	1	4	3	Group stage	4th
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	3	0	1	2	1	9	Round-robin	4th
1926 Davos	4	1	0	3	5	8	Second round	7th
1927 Wien	5	3	1	1	13	3	Round-robin	1 !
1929 Budapest	2	0	1	1	1	2	First round	7th
1932 Berlin	did not participate

All-time record

As of 23 April 2023.^[3]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	16	8	0	8	64	59	+5
Austria	13	1	0	12	36	106	-70
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0	10	-10
Bohemia	4	1	1	2	9	17	-8
Bulgaria	20	8	1	11	84	122	-38
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	33	-33
China	8	3	0	5	29	52	-23
Croatia	7	2	0	5	13	42	-29
Czechoslovakia	8	1	0	7	7	76	−69
Denmark	13	1	0	12	31	177	-146
East Germany	2	0	0	2	8	30	-22
England	6	1	1	4	12	50	-38
Estonia	3	0	0	3	4	22	−18
Finland	1	0	0	1	2	17	−15
France	53	14	2	37	115	303	-188
Georgia	1	0	0	1	3	4	-1
Germany	14	4	1	9	32	69	-37
Great Britain	23	3	1	19	54	188	-134
Greece	2	1	0	1	19	7	+12
Hungary	16	2	1	13	36	162	-126
Iceland	10	7	0	3	57	28	+29
Ireland	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8
Israel	15	8	1	6	60	47	+13
Italy	8	1	0	7	15	74	-59
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	24	-24
Latvia	2	0	0	2	4	31	-27
Lithuania	2	0	0	2	4	19	-15
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	36	4	+32
Mexico	7	7	0	0	55	8	+47
Netherlands	71	18	3	50	210	453	-243
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	31	8	+23
North Korea	8	2	0	6	14	36	-22
Norway	5	0	0	5	7	58	-51
Poland	5	0	1	4	6	29	-23
Romania	15	0	0	15	24	133	-109
Scotland	1	0	0	1	0	8	-8
Serbia	16	6	1	5	38	45	-8
Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3
South Africa	10	9	0	1	88	17	+71
South Korea	7	3	0	4	24	27	-3
Spain	18	11	0	7	69	73	-4
Sweden	6	0	0	6	7	57	−50
Switzerland	16	8	1	7	59	116	-57
Turkey	3	3	0	0	35	5	+30
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	2	37	-35
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	3	4	-1
United States	3	0	0	3	2	44	−42
Yugoslavia	6	1	1	4	22	66	-44
Total	455	142	18	295	1 446	3 002	-1 556

Hockey Hall of Fame members

Paul Loicq, team captain, player-coach, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation

References

↑ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18314/men%e2%80%99s-division-ii%2c-iii-cancelled.
↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations.
↑ "Ice Hockey in Belgium" (in en-US). https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/belgium/.

External links

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