Russian National Team

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Russia men's national ice hockey team
Shirt badge/Association crest
The coat of arms of Russia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s) Большая Красная Машина (The Big Red Machine)
Association Russian Hockey Federation
Most games Maxim Sushinski (119)
Most points Alexei Morozov (89)
IIHF code RUS
IIHF ranking 2 Increase1
Highest IIHF ranking 1 (first in 2009)
Lowest IIHF ranking 7 (2004)
Team colors               
Russia national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png
First international
 Russia 2–2 Sweden 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 12 April 1992)
Biggest win

 Russia 12–3 Great Britain 
(Bolzano, Italy; 26 April 1994)

 Russia 10–1 Kazakhstan 
(Riga, Latvia; 6 May 2006)
Biggest defeat

 Slovakia 9–1 Russia 
(Chamonix, France; 29 december 1993)

 Russia 1–7 Czech Republic 
(Moscow, Russia; 20 December 1997)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 24 (first in 1992)
Best result Gold medal icon.png (1993, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
Olympics
Appearances 6 (first in 1994)
Medals Silver medal icon.png (1998)
Bronze medal icon.png (2002)
International record (W–L–T)
382–220–43

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1993 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Canada Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Switzerland Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Finland/Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Belarus Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sweden Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Czech Republic Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Austria Team
Bronze medal – third place 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

The bronze medal winning Russian team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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
1994 Flag of Norway Lillehammer 4th place
1998 Flag of Japan Nagano Silver medal
2002 Flag of United States Salt Lake City Bronze medal
2006 Flag of Italy Turin 4th place
2010 Flag of Canada Vancouver 6th place
2014 Flag of Russia Sochi 5th place
2018 Flag of South Korea Pyeongchang Qualified

World Championship

Alexander Semin's first goal in IIHF World Championship 2008 Final
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
The team gathers around the net.

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

  • 1996 – Finished fourth place
  • 2004 – Finished fifth place

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 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 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 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 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 National Team - 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 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 Egypt.png Egypt - Flag of Haiti.png Haiti
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg.png Kyrgyzstan - Flag of Indonesia.svg.png Indonesia - Flag of Liechtenstein.svg.png Liechtenstein - Flag of Macedonia.svg.png Macedonia - Flag of Moldova.svg.png Moldova - Flag of Morocco.svg.png Morocco - Flag of Oman.svg.png - Oman
Flag of India.svg.pngIndia - Flag of Jamaica.svg.png Jamaica - Flag of the Namibia.svg.png Namibia - Flag of Portugal.svg.png Portugal - Flag of the Philippines.svg.png Philippines - Flag of Qatar.svg.png - Qatar - Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan
Non IIHF members: Flag of Algeria.svg.png Algeria - Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain - Flag of Colombia.png Colombia - Flag of Costa Rica.png Costa Rica - Flag of Falkland Islands.png Falkland Islands - Flag of Iran.png Iran
Flag of Lebanon.svg.png Lebanon - Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg.png Saudi Arabia - Flag of Tunisia.svg.png Tunisia - Flag of Venezuela.svg.png Venezuela - Flag of Uzbekistan.svg.png Uzbekistan
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
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