Lithuania men's national ice hockey team

Lithuania
	; The Lithuanian badge features Vytis ("the Chaser") who is also featured on the Coat of arms of Lithuania
Association	Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation
Most games	Mindaugas Kieras (102)
Top scorer	Egidijus Bauba (47)
Most points	Egidijus Bauba (98)
IIHF code	LTU
IIHF ranking	25
Highest IIHF ranking	23 (2008–2010, 2020–2021, 2022)
Lowest IIHF ranking	27 (2003–2005)
Team colors
First international
	Latvia 3–0 Lithuania ; (Riga, Latvia; 27 February 1932)
Biggest win
	Lithuania 20–0 Luxembourg; (Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia; 25 March 2002); Lithuania 20–0 Iceland; (Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia; 28 March 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Latvia 27–0 Lithuania; (Riga, Latvia; 27 August 1996)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	29 (first in 1938)
Best result	10th (1938)
International record (W–L–T)
	88–129–10

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The Lithuanian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Lithuania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

World Championship record

1938 – Finished in 10th place
1954–1991 – participated as part of the Soviet National Team
1993 – Not ranked (3rd in "Pool C" Qualification Group 1)
1994 – Not ranked (2nd in "Pool C2" Qualification Group 1)
1995 – Finished in 31st place (2nd in "Pool C2")
1996 – Finished in 29th place (1st in "Pool D")
1997 – Finished in 28th place (8th in "Pool C")
1998 – Finished in 27th place (3rd in "Pool C")
1999 – Finished in 27th place (3rd in "Pool C")
2000 – Finished in 28th place (4th in "Pool C")
2001 – Finished in 28th place (6th in Division I Group A)
2002 – Finished in 30th place (1st in Division II Group B)
2003 – Finished in 28th place (6th in Division I Group A)
2004 – Finished in 29th place (1st in Division II Group B)
2005 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division I Group B)
2006 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
2007 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division I Group B)
2008 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I Group B)
2009 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I Group A)
2010 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division I Group A)
2011 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division I Group B)
2012 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
2013 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
2014 – Finished in 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
2015 – Finished in 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
2016 – 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
2017 – 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
2018 – 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B)
2019 – 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
2020 – cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2021 – cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2]
2022 – 19th place (3rd in Division I Group A)
2023 – 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
2024 – 24th place (2nd in Division I Group B)

All-time record

As of 3 May 2024.^[3]

All-time record against opponents
Opponent	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	3	3	0	0	20	7	+13
Austria	2	0	0	2	5	11	-6 !–6
Belarus	3	0	0	3	4	31	-27 !–27
Belgium	2	2	0	0	19	4	+15
Bulgaria	3	3	0	0	26	3	+23
China	5	2	1	2	17	22	-5 !–5
Croatia	15	11	1	3	56	32	+24
Denmark	1	0	0	1	1	8	-7 !–7
Estonia	36	16	1	19	144	135	+9
France	4	0	0	4	8	24	-16 !–16
Great Britain	10	5	0	5	25	35	-10 !–10
Greece	1	1	0	0	20	1	+19
Hungary	16	1	0	15	25	97	-72 !–72
Iceland	1	1	0	0	20	0	+20
Israel	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5
Italy	3	0	0	3	5	15	-10 !–10
Japan	10	2	0	8	19	45	-26 !–26
Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	6	41	-35 !–35
Latvia	5	0	0	5	2	45	-43 !–43
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	20	0	+20
Netherlands	17	5	5	7	47	56	-9 !–9
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	21	2	+19
North Korea	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9
Norway	3	1	0	2	8	15	-7 !–7
Poland	22	4	0	18	47	126	-79 !–79
Romania	16	7	1	8	60	56	+4
Serbia	6	6	0	0	37	8	+29
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	14	3	+11
Slovenia	6	0	0	6	10	42	-32 !–32
South Africa	1	1	0	0	16	1	+15
South Korea	8	4	1	3	25	22	+3
Spain	5	5	0	0	31	6	+25
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	1	15	-14 !–14
Ukraine	12	3	0	9	23	57	-34 !–34
Total	227	88	10	129	797	967	-170 !–170

References

↑ Steiss, Adam (17 March 2020). "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wmia/news/18320/iihf-cancels-division-i-tournaments.
↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations.
↑ "Lithuania - National Teams of Ice Hockey". https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/lithuania/.

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Men's National teams
Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bosnia - Bulgaria
Canada - China - Chinese Taipei - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark
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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
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