China men's national ice hockey team

China
Nickname(s)	龙 (Dragons)
Association	Chinese Ice Hockey Association
Most games	Wang Dahai (87)
Top scorer	Zhang Weiyang (21)
Most points	Wang Dahai (47)
IIHF code	CHN
IIHF ranking	26
Highest IIHF ranking	26 (since 2022)
Lowest IIHF ranking	39 (2011)
Team colors
First international
	Romania 4–2 China; (Warsaw, Poland; 12 March 1956)
Biggest win
	China 35–0 Kuwait; (Gangneung, South Korea; 1 February 1999)
Biggest defeat
	Norway 25–1 China; (Debrecen, Hungary; 22 April 2005)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	37 (first in 1972)
Best result	15th (1982)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1986)
Best result	Gold (1986, 1990); Bronze (1996, 1999, 2003)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2022)
International record (W–L–T)
	136–210–25

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The Chinese National Team is the national ice hockey team of China. It is governed by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

2022 – 12th place

World Championship record

1972 – 18th place (5th in Pool C)
1973 – 19th place (5th in Pool C)
1974 – 20th place (6th in Pool C)
1978 – 20th place (4th in Pool C)
1979 – 18th place (Pool B)
1981 – 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B
1982 – 15th place (6th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C
1983 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
1985 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
1986 – 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B
1987 – 16th place (8th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C
1989 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
1990 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
1991 – 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B
1992 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)
1993 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)
1994 – 20th place (8th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C
1995 – 25th place (Pool C)
1996 – 27th place (Pool C)
1997 – 27th place (7th in Pool C)
1998 – 28th place (4th in Pool C)
1999 – 28th place (4th in Pool C)
2000 – 26th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Division I
2001 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
2002 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B). Relegated to Division II
2003 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
2004 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A). Promoted to Division I
2005 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A). Relegated to Division II
2006 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B). Promoted to Division I
2007 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A). Relegated to Division II
2008 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
2009 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
2010 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
2012 – 36th place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
2013 – 38th place (4th in Division II, Group B)
2014 – 38th place (4th in Division II, Group B)
2015 – 35th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division II, Group A
2016 – 34th place (6th in Division II, Group A) Relegated to Division II, Group B
2017 – 35th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division II, Group A
2018 – 32nd place (4th in Division II, Group A)
2019 – 33rd place (5th in Division II, Group A)
2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2]
2022 – 27th place (1st in Division II, Group A) Promoted to Division I, Group B
2023 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
2024 – 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)

Asian Games

1986 – 1st
1990 – 1st
1996 – 3rd
1999 – 3rd
2003 – 3rd
2007 – 4th
2011 – 4th
2017 – 4th

Head-to-head record

As of 20 April 2023^[3] Teams named in italics are no longer active.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Australia	9	4	1	4	49	23
Austria	8	0	1	7	20	66
Belgium	8	5	0	3	52	29
Bulgaria	22	15	2	5	114	69
Canada	2	0	0	2	2	12
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	10	1
Croatia	9	5	0	4	30	31
Denmark	16	6	2	8	52	89
East Germany	6	0	0	6	22	54
Estonia	6	1	0	5	17	60
France	11	3	2	6	41	67
Germany	1	0	0	1	2	3
Great Britain	7	3	0	4	29	52
Hungary	19	6	3	10	55	85
Iceland	8	4	0	4	26	33
Ireland	1	1	0	0	5	0
Israel	9	8	0	1	58	24
Italy	13	1	1	11	26	73
Japan	31	3	3	25	71	221
Kazakhstan	11	0	0	11	6	138
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	46	1
Latvia	1	0	0	1	0	22
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	22	14
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	19	3
Macau	1	1	0	0	26	0
Mexico	7	5	0	2	27	22
Netherlands	19	3	0	16	45	144
New Zealand	9	4	0	5	35	31
Norway	11	1	1	9	19	93
North Korea	18	14	1	3	112	47
Poland	6	0	0	6	11	79
Romania	23	3	2	18	68	131
Serbia	7	2	0	5	23	24
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	4	28
South Africa	3	3	0	0	17	5
South Korea	21	14	2	5	120	59
Spain	11	7	0	4	52	39
Switzerland	5	0	1	4	12	54
Thailand	1	1	0	0	24	2
Turkey	3	2	0	1	14	10
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	3	14
United States	1	0	0	1	0	8
Yugoslavia	6	1	2	3	20	32
Total	363	132	25	206	1416	1982

References

↑ "Men’s Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18314/men%e2%80%99s-division-ii%2c-iii-cancelled.
↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations.
↑ "Ice Hockey in China" (in en-US). https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/china/.

External links

Men's National teams
Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bosnia - Bulgaria
Canada - China - Chinese Taipei - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark
Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia - Greece - Great Britain
Hong Kong - Hungary - Ireland - Iceland - Indonesia - Iran - Israel - Italy
Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg
Macau - Malaysia - Mexico - Mongolia - North Korea - Norway
New Zealand - The Netherlands - Philippines - Poland - Romania - Russia - Serbia
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
Other teams: Basque Country - Catalonia - - England - Northern Ireland - - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Scotland - Team Europe - Team North America