Russia men's national ice hockey team
 The coat of arms of Russia is the badge used on the players jerseys. | |
| Nickname(s) | Большая Красная Машина (The Big Red Machine) |
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| Association | Russian Hockey Federation |
| Most games | Maxim Sushinski (119) |
| Most points | Alexei Morozov (89) |
| IIHF code | RUS |
| IIHF ranking |
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| Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (first in 2009) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 7 (2004) |
| Team colors | |
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| First international | |
 Russia 2–2 Sweden  (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 12 April 1992) | |
| Biggest win | |
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Russia 10–1 Kazakhstan  (Riga, Latvia; 6 May 2006) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
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Russia 1–7 Czech Republic  (Moscow, Russia; 20 December 1997) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 24 (first in 1992) |
| Best result |
 (1993, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1994) |
| Medals |
 (1998) (2002) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 382–220–43 | |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1998 Nagano | Team |
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2002 Salt Lake City | Team |
| World Championship | ||
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1993 Germany | Team |
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2008 Canada | Team |
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2009 Switzerland | Team |
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2012 Finland/Sweden | Team |
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2014 Belarus | Team |
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2002 Sweden | Team |
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2010 Germany | Team |
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2015 Czech Republic | Team |
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2005 Austria | Team |
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2007 Russia | Team |
The Russian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Russia, overseen by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of May 2015, they are rated second in the IIHF World Rankings; with 3675 points. The team has been competing internationally since 1993, and is recognized by the IIHF as the successor to the Soviet Union Hockey Federation and have passed its ranking on to Russia. Today, it still follows a long tradition of Soviet hockey teams, composed mostly of Russian players. The Russian team replaced the Unified Team of the 1992 Winter Olympics and the Commonwealth of Independent States team of the 1992 World Championships and is a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and the United States.[1]
The Soviets were the most dominant teams of all time in international play. The team won nearly every world championship and Olympic tournament between 1954 and 1991 held by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Russia won the 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014 World Ice Hockey Championships. Russia has a total of 84,270 players,[2] about 0.05% of its population.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
From 1956 to 1988, the Soviet Union national ice hockey team won seven gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal in nine appearances. The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics also won the gold medal.
| Year | Location | Result |
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| 1994 |  Lillehammer |
4th place |
| 1998 |  Nagano |
Silver medal |
| 2002 |  Salt Lake City |
Bronze medal |
| 2006 |  Turin |
4th place |
| 2010 |  Vancouver |
6th place |
| 2014 |  Sochi |
5th place |
| 2018 |  Pyeongchang |
Qualified |
World Championship
| Year | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 5th place |
| 1993 | Dortmund / Munich, Germany | Gold |
| 1994 | Bolzano / Canazei / Milan, Italy | 5th place |
| 1995 | Stockholm / Gävle, Sweden | 5th place |
| 1996 | Vienna, Austria | 4th place |
| 1997 | Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Finland | 4th place |
| 1998 | Zurich / Basel, Switzerland | 5th place |
| 1999 | Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway | 5th place |
| 2000 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 11th place |
| 2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany | 6th place |
| 2002 | Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, Sweden | Silver |
| 2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland | 7th place |
| 2004 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | 10th place |
| 2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria | Bronze |
| 2006 | Riga, Latvia | 5th place |
| 2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia | Bronze |
| 2008 | Quebec City / Halifax, Canada | Gold |
| 2009 | Bern / Kloten, Switzerland | Gold |
| 2010 | Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Silver |
| 2011 | Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia | 4th place |
| 2012 | Helsinki, Finland / Stockholm, Sweden | Gold |
| 2013 | Helsinki, Finland / Stockholm, Sweden | 6th place |
| 2014 | Minsk, Belarus | Gold |
| 2015 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | Silver |
In recent years, starting in 2007, the Russian team has put a strong team on the ice for the World Championships. They had a record of 8–1–0 in the 2007 tournament, 9–0–0 in the 2008 tournament, 9–0–0 in 2009, 8–1–0 in 2010, and best of all 10–0–0 in 2012 and 2014.
World Cup
References
- ↑ "NHL announces World Cup of Hockey for 2016". The Canadian Press. 2015-01-24. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-announces-world-cup-of-hockey-for-2016-1.2930670/. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Russia IIHF". http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/russia.html. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
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