Romania men's national ice hockey team

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Romania
Shirt badge/Association crest
The Coat of arms of Romania is used as the badge on the team jerseys
Nickname(s) Tricolori (Three Colors)
Association Romanian Ice Hockey Federation
Most games Doru Tureanu (112)
Top scorer Doru Tureanu (74)
Most points Doru Tureanu (113)
IIHF code ROU
IIHF ranking 23
Highest IIHF ranking 23 (2022, 2023–24)
Lowest IIHF ranking 29 (2016–18)
Team colors                    
First international
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 15–0 Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png (Krynica, Poland; February 1, 1931)
Biggest win
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png Romania 52–1 New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png (Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; March 19, 1989)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia 23–1 Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png (Prague, Czechoslovakia; February 17, 1947)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 55 (first in 1931)
Best result 7th (1947)
Olympics
Appearances 4 (first in 1964)
International record (W–L–T)
332–379–57

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The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions, the most recent being in 1980.

Olympic Games

Romania started Olympic hockey in 1964 in the B division. In the tournament, the team finished 12th out of 16 teams and managed 3 wins against Austria, Italy, and Hungary also with a tie against Yugoslavia.

In 1968, Romania lost its qualification match against West Germany 7–0 and was forced to compete in the B division again. In the first two games, Romania beat Austria 3–2 and the Host, France 7–3. They lost their next three games and finished 12th out of 14 in the standings.

After skipping the 1972 competition, Romania returned for the 1976 tournament. This time Romania played Poland in the Qualification round and lost 7–4, keeping them in the B division once again. However, Romania battled back and won 4 of 5 games with only one loss against Yugoslavia, still winning the division. The team finished 7th out of 12.

In 1980, Romania was able to play with the top teams and was put into the Blue Division group, along with tough opponents such as Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and USA. In the first game Romania was down 4–2 to West Germany, but managed to score 4 goals to beat the former bronze medallists 6–4. In their next game Romania got shut out by Sweden 8–0. The Swedes scored 3 goals in the first period which left Romania out of it. After a lopsided loss to Czechoslovakia (7–2) the team then took on USA. The US jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first period and added two more to it to lead 4–1 after two periods. Unlike other teams that the US had faced, the Romanians fought strong in the third period, despite being outshot 15–3, and scored a goal. The final score was 7–2. Romania played Norway for their final game, who had lost all four of their past games and had no chance to advance to the Medal Round. Romania fell behind less than a minute into the game, but stormed back to take the lead 3–1 in the third period. The Norwegian team battled back though, and scored once with a minute and a half left to play, and scored once more to tie it with only 29 seconds left. This tie still gave Romania one point but they had been hoping for a win. They finished the tournament with a 1–3–1 record, and were ranked 8th out of 12, just beating the Netherlands, West Germany, Norway, and Japan. This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments.

Tournament record

Postage stamp from Romania, 1980 Winter Olympics

Olympic record

Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
Flag of Austria 1964 Innsbruck 7 3 0 1 0 3 31 28 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
Flag of France 1968 Grenoble 5 2 0 0 0 3 22 23 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
Flag of Japan 1972 Sapporo Did not qualify
Flag of Austria 1976 Innsbruck 5 4 0 0 0 1 23 15 - - Consolation round 7th
Flag of United States 1980 Lake Placid 5 1 0 1 0 3 13 29 - - First round 8th
Flag of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo Did not qualify
Flag of Canada 1988 Calgary Did not qualify
Flag of France 1992 Albertville Did not qualify
Flag of Norway1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify
Flag of Japan1998 Nagano Did not qualify
Flag of United States 2002 Salt Lake City Did not qualify
Flag of Italy 2006 Turin Did not qualify
Flag of Canada 2010 Vancouver Did not qualify
Flag of Russia 2014 Sochi Did not qualify
Flag of South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Did not qualify
Flag of China 2022 Beijing Did not qualify
Flag of Italy 2026 Milan-Cortina Did not qualify

World Championship

Romanian national team in 2019
  • 1931 – 10th place
  • 1933 – 9th place
  • 1934 – 10th place
  • 1935 – 11th place
  • 1937 – 10th place
  • 1938 – 13th place
  • 1947 – 7th place
  • 1959 – 13th place (1st in Pool B)
  • 1961 – 15th place (1st in Pool C)
  • 1963 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1966 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1967 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1969 – 12th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1970 – 13th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1971 – 15th place (1st in Pool C)
  • 1972 – 10th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1973 – 10th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1974 – 12th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1975 – 11th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1976 – 9th place (1st in Pool B)
  • 1977 – 8th place
  • 1978 – 12th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1979 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1981 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1982 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1983 – 15th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1985 – 20th place (4th in Pool C)
  • 1986 – 20th place (4th in Pool C)
  • 1987 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
  • 1989 – 26th place (2nd in Pool D)
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
C Flag of Hungary 1990 Budapest Group stage 4th in Group C
C Flag of Denmark 1991 Brøndby Promoted 3rd in Group C
B Flag of Austria 1992 Klagenfurt Group stage 6th in Group B
B Flag of Netherlands 1993 Eindhoven Group stage 6th in Group B
B Flag of Denmark 1994 Copenhagen Group stage 7th in Group B
B Flag of Slovakia 1995 Bratislava relegated 8th in Group B
C Flag of Slovenia 1996 Jesenice Group stage 6th in Group C
C Flag of Estonia 1997 Tallinn Consolation 25th
C Flag of Hungary 1998 Budapest Final Round 26th
C Flag of Netherlands 1999 Eindhoven Final Round 26th
C Flag of China 2000 Beijing Consolation 30th
Division II Flag of Romania 2001 Bucharest Promoted 1st in Group B
Division I Flag of Hungary 2002 Székesfehérvár Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I Flag of Hungary 2003 Budapest Group stage 5th in Group A
Division I Flag of Poland 2004 Gdańsk Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I Flag of Netherlands 2005 Eindhoven relegated 6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Bulgaria 2006 Sofia Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Slovenia 2007 Ljubljana relegated 6th in Group A
Division II Flag of Romania 2008 Miercurea Ciuc Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Poland 2009 Toruń Group stage 6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Estonia 2010 Narva Group stage 2nd in Group B
Division II Flag of Croatia 2011 Zagreb Promoted 1st in Group B
Division I Flag of Poland 2012 Krynica Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I Flag of Ukraine 2013 Donetsk Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I Flag of Lithuania 2014 Vilnius relegated 6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Iceland 2015 Reykjavík Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Croatia 2016 Zagreb relegated 6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Romania 2017 Galați Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Lithuania 2018 Kaunas Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I Flag of Estonia 2019 Tallinn Promoted 1st in Group B
Division I Flag of Slovenia 2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
Division I Flag of Slovenia 2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I Flag of Slovenia 2022 Ljubljana Group stage 6th in Group A
Division I Flag of the United Kingdom 2023 Nottingham Group stage 5th in Group A
Division I Flag of Italy 2024 Bolzano Group stage 4th in Group A
Division I

Winter Universiade

  • 1966 – 2nd place (Silver medal)
  • 1983 – 3rd place (Bronze medal)


All-time record

Updated as of 5 May 2023.[3] Teams in italics are defunct.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 29 14 2 13 104 130 –26
Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 1 0 0 1 3 5 –2
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 15 15 0 0 133 24 +109
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 40 34 2 4 249 91 +158
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4 0 0 4 3 29 –26
Flag of China.svg.png China 23 18 2 3 131 68 +63
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 13 7 1 5 52 41 +11
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia 8 0 0 8 6 78 –72
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 20 10 1 9 80 75 +5
Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany 43 4 2 37 91 264 –173
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia 12 5 0 7 50 43 +7
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 4 1 1 2 16 27 –11
Flag of France.svg.png France 28 12 4 12 139 114 +25
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 21 4 0 17 57 100 –43
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain 25 4 1 20 59 131 –72
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 68 39 5 24 290 239 +51
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 5 4 0 1 25 10 +15
Flag of Ireland.svg.png Ireland 2 2 0 0 43 1 +42
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 4 4 0 0 55 2 +53
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 27 11 3 13 91 114 –23
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 30 11 2 17 109 138 –29
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 6 2 0 4 11 30 –19
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0 18 2 +16
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 8 2 0 6 7 49 –42
Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania 16 8 1 7 56 59 –3
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 1 1 0 0 19 0 +19
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 29 13 2 14 113 93 +20
Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea 6 6 0 0 51 14 +37
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 31 13 3 15 112 134 –22
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 2 2 0 0 66 2 +64
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 62 7 5 50 106 390 –284
Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia 4 4 0 0 24 6 +18
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro svg.png Serbia and Montenegro 6 6 0 0 47 11 +36
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 7 1 1 5 7 53 –46
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 8 0 0 8 6 48 –42
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 2 2 0 0 33 3 +30
Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea 11 5 0 6 53 39 +14
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 1 18 –17
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 10 10 0 0 86 12 +74
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 5 0 1 4 4 35 –31
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 38 13 3 22 121 187 –66
Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 20 3 0 17 20 116 –96
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 11 1 0 10 21 85 –64
Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia 58 30 15 13 254 208 +46
Total 768 332 57 379 3 037 3 323 –286

References

External links


Men's National teams
Flag of Armenia.svg.png Armenia - Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia - Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria - Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium - Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus - Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia - Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada - Flag of China.svg.png China - Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei - Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia - Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic - Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia - Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland - Flag of France.svg.png France - Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany - Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia - Flag of Greece.svg.png Greece - Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain
Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png Hong Kong - Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary - Flag of Ireland.svg.png Ireland - Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland - Flag of Indonesia.svg.png Indonesia - Flag of Iran.png Iran - Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel - Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan - Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan - Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait - Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg.png Kyrgyzstan - Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia - Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania - Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg
Flag of Macau.svg.png Macau - Flag of Malaysia.svg.png Malaysia - Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico - Flag of Mongolia.svg.png Mongolia - Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea - Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand - Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png The Netherlands - Flag of the Philippines.svg.png Philippines - Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland - Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania - Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia - Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia
Flag of Singapore.svg.png Singapore - Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia - Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia - Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain - Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa - Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden - Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland - Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand - Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey - Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan - Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine - Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png UAE
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Defunct teams: Flag of Bohemia svg.png Bohemia - Flag of Bohmen und Mahren svg.png - Bohemia and Moravia - Flag of the CIS svg.png CIS - Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czechoslovakia

Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany - Flag of Serbia and Montenegro svg.png Serbia and Montenegro - Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png U.S.S.R. - Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany - Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia


Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:
Flag of Algeria.svg.png Algeria - Flag of Andorra.svg.png Andorra - Flag of Argentina.svg.png Argentina - Flag of Azerbaijan.svg.png Azerbaijan - Flag of Brazil.svg.png Brazil - Flag of the Chile.svg.png Chile - Flag of Colombia.png Colombia - Flag of Egypt.png Egypt
Flag of India.svg.pngIndia - Flag of Jamaica.svg.png Jamaica - Flag of Lebanon.svg.png Lebanon - Flag of Liechtenstein.svg.png Liechtenstein - Flag of Morocco.svg.png Morocco - Flag of Macedonia.svg.png North Macedonia
Flag of Oman.svg.png Oman - Flag of Portugal.svg.png Portugal - Flag of Puerto Rico.svg.png Puerto Rico - Flag of Tunisia.svg.png Tunisia - Flag of Qatar.svg.png - Qatar - Flag of Uzbekistan.svg.png Uzbekistan
Non IIHF members: Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain - Flag of Costa Rica.png Costa Rica - Flag of Haiti.png Haiti - Flag of Falkland Islands.png Falkland Islands - Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg.png Saudi Arabia - Flag of Venezuela.svg.png Venezuela
Other teams: Flag of Basque Country.svg.png Basque Country - Flag of Catalonia.svg.png Catalonia - Flag of England.svg.png - England - Flag of Ulster.svg.png Northern Ireland - Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg.png - Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Flag of Scotland.svg.png Scotland - Logo of Team Europe WCH 2016.png Team Europe - Logo of Team North America WCH 2016.png Team North America

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