Switzerland men's national ice hockey team

Switzerland

Nickname(s)	Eisgenossen
Association	Swiss Ice Hockey Federation
Most games	Mathias Seger (305)
Top scorer	Jörg Eberle (79)
Most points	Jörg Eberle (142)
IIHF code	SUI
IIHF ranking	5
Highest IIHF ranking	5 (2024)
Lowest IIHF ranking	9 (2003-04, 2012)
Team colors
First international
Great Britain 3–0 Switzerland (Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909)
Biggest win
Switzerland 23–0 Yugoslavia (Zurich, Switzerland; 4 February 1939)
Biggest defeat
Canada 33–0 Switzerland (Chamonix, France; 30 January 1924)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	73 (first in 1930)
Best result	(1935, 2013, 2018, 2024)
European Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 1910)
Best result	(1926)
Olympics
Appearances	14 (first in 1920)
Medals	(1928, 1948)
International record (W–L–T)
719–669–125

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Medal record
Olympic Games
	1928 St. Moritz	Team
	1948 St. Moritz	Team
World Championship
	1935 Switzerland	Team
	2013 Sweden/Finland	Team
	2018 Denmark	Team
	2024 Czech Republic	Team
	1930 Austria/France/Germany	Team
	1937 Great Britain	Team
	1939 Switzerland	Team
	1950 Great Britain	Team
	1951 France	Team
	1953 Switzerland	Team
Pool B / Division I
	1971 Switzerland
	1986 Netherlands
	1990 France
	1994 Denmark

The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (German: Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft; French: Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace; Italian: Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.

As of 2024, the Swiss team is ranked 5th in the IIHF World Rankings.

Tournament record

Overview

Rank	Olympics	World Championships	European Championships	Spengler Cup
1st			1926
2nd		1935 2013 2018 2024		2017
3rd	1928 1948	1928 1930 1939 1950 1951 1953	1922 1924 1925 1932 1950	1967 1976
4th		1934 1947 1992 1998	1910 1911	1964 1968 1972 1974 1975
5th	1920 1952	1920 1933 1949 1952 2010 2022 2023	1923	1977 1978 1979
6th	2006	1938 1972↓ 2000 2017
7th	1924	1924 1954 1962↓ 1971(1.B)↑ 1991 2008
8th	1964 1988 2010 2022	1955 1964↓ 1987↓ 1999 2003 2004 2005 2007 2015 2019
9th	1956 2014	1956 1975(3.B) 1986(1.B)↑ 1990(1.B)↑ 2001 2006 2009 2011
10th	1972 1992 2018	1963(2.B)↑ 1965(2.B) 1985(2.B) 2002 2014
11th	1976 2002	1961(3.B)↑ 1978(3.B) 1981(3.B) 2012 2016
12th		1959↓ 1970(6.B) 1976(4.B) 1989(4.B) 1993↓ 1995↓
13th	1936	1936 1973(7.B)↓ 1977(5.B) 1979(5.B) 1994(1.B)↑
14th		1966(6.B) 1982(6.B) 1983(6.B) 1996(2.B)
15th		1967(7.B)↓ 1974(1.C)↑ 1997(3.B)↑
16th		1969(2.C)↑
Other placings
dnp	1932 1960 1968 1980 1984 1994 1998	1931 1957 1958		1923–1963 1965–1966 1969–1971 1973 1980–2016
↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool), dnp: did not participate

Olympic Games

Year	Result
1920	7th place
1924	8th place
1928
1936	12th place
1948
1952	5th place
1956	9th place
1964	8th place
1972	10th place
1976	11th place
1988	8th place
1992	10th place
2002	11th place
2006	6th place
2010	8th place
2014	9th place
2018	10th place
2022	8th place
Totals
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
18	0	0	2	2

World Championship

• 1930 – Won bronze medal
• 1933 – Finished tied in 5th place
• 1934 – Finished in 4th place
• 1935 – Won silver medal
• 1937 – Won bronze medal
• 1938 – Finished in 6th place
• 1939 – Won bronze medal
• 1947 – Finished in 4th place
• 1949 – Finished in 5th place
• 1950 – Won bronze medal awarded Silver as European Champion
• 1951 – Won bronze medal
• 1953 – Won bronze medal
• 1954 – Finished in 7th place
• 1955 – Finished in 8th place
• 1959 – Finished in 12th place
• 1961 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1962 – Finished in 7th place
• 1963 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1965 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1966 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1967 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1969 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1970 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1971 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B)
• 1972 – Finished in 6th place
• 1973 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1974 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
• 1975 – Finished in 9th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1976 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1977 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1978 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1979 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1981 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1982 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1983 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1985 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1986 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
• 1987 – Finished in 8th place
• 1989 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1990 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
• 1991 – Finished in 7th place
• 1992 – Finished in 4th place
• 1993 – Finished in 10th place
• 1994 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
• 1995 – Finished in 12th place
• 1996 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1997 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1998 – Finished in 4th place
• 1999 – Finished in 8th place
• 2000 – Finished in 6th place
• 2001 – Finished in 9th place
• 2002 – Finished in 9th place
• 2003 – Finished in 8th place
• 2004 – Finished in 8th place
• 2005 – Finished in 8th place
• 2006 – Finished in 9th place
• 2007 – Finished in 8th place
• 2008 – Finished in 7th place
• 2009 – Finished in 9th place
• 2010 – Finished in 5th place
• 2011 – Finished in 9th place
• 2012 – Finished in 11th place
• 2013 – Won silver medal
• 2014 – Finished in 10th place
• 2015 – Finished in 8th place
• 2016 – Finished in 11th place
• 2017 – Finished in 6th place
• 2018 – Won silver medal
• 2019 – Finished in 8th place
• 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
• 2021 – Finished in 6th place
• 2022 – Finished in 5th place
• 2023 – Finished in 5th place
• 2024 – Won silver medal

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	3	0	0	3	2	15	Round-robin	4th
1911 Berlin	3	0	0	3	4	28	Round-robin	4th
1912 Prague*	did not participate
1913 Munich	did not participate
1914 Berlin	did not participate
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	did not participate
1922 St. Moritz	2	0	0	2	1	15	Round-robin	1 !
1923 Antwerp	4	0	0	4	7	23	Round-robin	4th
1924 Milan	did not participate
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	3	0	2	1	3	4	Round-robin	1 !
1926 Davos	7	5	1	1	35	15	Final round	1 !
1927 Wien	did not participate
1929 Budapest	3	1	0	2	2	5	Second round	5th
1932 Berlin	6	1	5	0	10		Final round	1 !

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile

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