Hungary men's national ice hockey team

Hungary

Nickname(s)	Magyars (Hungarians)
Association	Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation
Most games	Balázs Kangyal (237)
Top scorer	Krisztián Palkovics (96)
Most points	Balázs Ladányi (251)
IIHF code	HUN
IIHF ranking	18
Highest IIHF ranking	18 (2024)
Lowest IIHF ranking	22 (2003-06)
Team colors
First international
Austria 6–0 Hungary (Vienna, Austria; January 24, 1927)
Biggest win
Hungary 31–1 Belgium (Den Bosch, Netherlands; March 4, 1971)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union 19–1 Hungary (Innsbruck, Austria; January 28, 1964)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	56 (first in 1930)
Best result	5th (1937)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1928)
International record (W–L–T)
399–459–63

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The Hungarian men's national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. A consistent participant of the annual World Championship, Hungary has played at the Olympics three times, most recently in 1964.

History

The Hungarian team won its group in the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I, and therefore qualified to play in the Elite Division of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. This is the first time since 1939 that Hungary has qualified to play in the highest division of international hockey. The advance was, however, marred by the sudden death of team captain Gábor Ocskay, and the team was eventually relegated to Division I again.

In 2015, Hungary finished second in its group in the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, behind Kazakhstan to gain promotion to the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

On 4 May 2024, Hungary beat Slovenia 2-1 on the last match day of the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I and became world champions. Consequently, Hungary qualified for the 2025 IIHF World Championship.

Results

Olympic Games

Year	Finish	Rank
1928 St. Moritz	Preliminary round	11th place
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Second round	7th place
1964 Innsbruck	Consolation Round	16th place

World Championship

Year	Finish	Rank
// 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	Quarterfinals	6th
1931 Krynica	Consolation round	7th
1933 Prague	Seventh place game	7th
1934 Milan	Third round	6th
1935 Davos	Consolation Round	11th
1937 London	Consolation Round	5th
1938 Prague	Second Round	7th
1939 Zürich/Basel	Consolation Round	7th
1959 Plzen	2nd in the Group B	14th
1963 Stockholm	2nd in the Group C	17th
1964 Innsbruck	8th in the Group B	16th
1965 Turku/Rauma/Pori	4th in the Group B	12th
1966 Zagreb	7th in the Group B	15th
1967 Vienna	8th in the Group B, Relegation	16th
1969 Skopje	3rd in the Group C	17th
1970 Galaţi	4th in the Group C	18th
1971 Netherlands	3rd in the Group C	19th
1972 Miercurea-Ciuc	5th in the Group C	18th
1973 Netherlands	3rd in the Group C	17th
1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon	4th in the Group C	18th
1975 Sofia	4th in the Group C	18th
1976 Gdańsk	2nd in the Group C, Promoted	18th
1977 Tokyo	6th in the Group B	14th
1978 Belgrade	6th in the Group B	13th
1979 Galați	9th in the Group B, Relegation	17th
1981 Beijing	3rd in the Group C	19th
1982 Jaca	5th in the Group C	21st
1983 Budapest	2nd in the Group C, Promoted	18th
1985 Fribourg	8th in the Group B, Relegation	16th
1986 Puigcerda	6th in the Group C	22nd
1987 Copenhagen/Herlev/Hørsholm	5th in the Group C	21st
1989 Sydney	4th in the Group C	20th
1990 Budapest	7th in the Group C	23rd
1991 Brøndby	6th in the Group C	22nd
1992 Hull	4th in the Group C1	24th
1993 Ljubljana	4th in the Group C	24th
1994 Poprad/Spišská Nová Ves	6th in the Group C1	26th
1995 Sofia	8th in the Group C1	26th
1996 Jesenice/Kranj	4th in the Group C	24th
1997 Tallinn/Kohtla-Järve	6th in the Group C	26th
1998 Budapest/Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros	1st in the Group C, Promoted	25th
1999 Odense/Rodovre	8th in the Group B, Relegation	24th
2000 Beijing	1st in the Group C, Promoted	25th
2001 Grenoble	4th in Division I, Group A	23rd
2002 Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros	2nd in Division I, Group B	20th
2003 Budapest	3rd in Division I, Group A	21st
2004 Oslo	4th in Division I, Group A	24th
2005 Debrecen	3rd in Division I, Group A	21st
2006 Amiens	4th in Division I, Group A	23rd
2007 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group B	19th
2008 Sapporo	1st in Division I, Group B, Promoted	18th
2009 Bern/Kloten	Relegation round	16th
2010 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group B	20th
2011 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	19th
2012 Ljubljana	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2013 Budapest	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2014 Goyang	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2015 Kraków	2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted	18th
2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg	Preliminary round, Relegation	15th
2017 Kyiv	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2018 Budapest	4th in Division I, Group A	20th
2019 Nur-Sultan	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2020 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	–
2021 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	–
2022 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted	18th
/ 2023 Tampere/Riga	Preliminary round, Relegation	15th
2024 Bolzano	1st in Division I, Group A, Promoted	17th
/ 2025 Stockholm/Herning

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1910–1926	did not participate.
1927 Wien	5	0	0	5	5	1	Round-robin	6th
1929 Budapest	4	0	1	3	2	7	Second round	6th
1932 Berlin	did not participate

All-time record

Updated as of 22 April 2024. Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	4	0	1	39	18	+21
Austria	54	13	2	39	129	208	–79
Belarus	15	1	1	13	27	75	–48
Belgium	17	13	1	3	162	41	+121
Bulgaria	47	36	1	10	253	147	+106
Canada	13	0	3	10	12	74	–62
China	19	10	3	6	85	55	+30
Croatia	24	23	1	0	178	30	+148
Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	4	1	13	–12
Denmark	67	33	4	26	277	207	+70
East Germany	11	0	0	11	23	107	–84
Estonia	8	4	2	2	37	28	+9
Finland	5	1	0	4	6	25	–19
France	52	26	4	22	216	203	+13
Germany	22	1	4	17	32	72	–40
Great Britain	34	18	1	15	113	96	+17
Israel	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Italy	46	17	6	23	136	158	–22
Japan	34	17	0	17	98	111	–13
Kazakhstan	13	1	0	12	19	63	–44
Latvia	6	1	1	4	12	31	–19
Lithuania	16	15	0	1	97	25	+72
Netherlands	32	18	3	11	170	106	+64
North Korea	12	7	0	5	71	38	+33
Norway	27	10	3	14	64	102	–38
Poland	67	25	6	36	146	210	–64
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
Romania	68	24	5	39	239	290	–51
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Serbia	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8
Serbia and Montenegro	2	2	0	0	22	1	+21
Slovakia	8	2	0	6	19	50	–31
Slovenia	40	7	2	31	83	154	–71
South Africa	4	4	0	0	57	7	+50
South Korea	21	15	1	5	122	57	+65
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	1	19	–18
Spain	9	9	0	0	82	22	+60
Sweden	8	1	0	7	7	30	−23
Switzerland	24	3	1	20	49	127	–78
Ukraine	30	12	0	18	64	103	–39
United States	3	0	0	3	2	15	–13
Yugoslavia	52	24	6	22	181	173	+8
Total	921	399	63	459	3 349	3 298	+51

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile

Men's National teams

Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bosnia - Bulgaria

Canada - China - Chinese Taipei - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark

Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia - Greece - Great Britain

Hong Kong - Hungary - Ireland - Iceland - Indonesia - Iran - Israel - Italy

Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg

Macau - Malaysia - Mexico - Mongolia - North Korea - Norway

New Zealand - The Netherlands - Philippines - Poland - Romania - Russia - Serbia

Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - South Africa - South Korea

Sweden - Switzerland - Thailand - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Ukraine - UAE

United States

Defunct teams: Bohemia - - Bohemia and Moravia - CIS - Czechoslovakia

East Germany - Serbia and Montenegro - U.S.S.R. - West Germany - Yugoslavia

Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:

Algeria - Andorra - Argentina - Azerbaijan - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Egypt

India - Jamaica - Lebanon - Liechtenstein - Morocco - North Macedonia

Oman - Portugal - Puerto Rico - Tunisia - - Qatar - Uzbekistan

Non IIHF members: Bahrain - Costa Rica - Haiti - Falkland Islands - Saudi Arabia - Venezuela

Other teams: Basque Country - Catalonia - - England - Northern Ireland - - Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Scotland - Team Europe - Team North America

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