Austria
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Eagles
AssociationÖsterreichischer Eishockeyverband
Head coachRoger Bader
AssistantsArno del Curto
Harry Lange
Alexander Mellitzer
CaptainThomas Raffl
Most gamesGerhard Unterluggauer (244)
Most pointsRudolf König (183)
Team colors     
IIHF codeAUT
Ranking
Current IIHF16 Decrease 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2004)
Lowest IIHF18 (2021)
First international
Bohemia  5–0 Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary
(Prague, Austria-Hungary; 4 February 1912)
Biggest win
Austria  30–0  Belgium
(Stockholm, Sweden; 12 March 1963)
Biggest defeat
Canada  23–0  Austria
(Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 27 January 1956)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances65 (first in 1930)
Best resultBronze (1931, 1947)
European Championships
Appearances7 (first in 1912)
Best resultGold (1927)
Olympics
Appearances13 (first in 1928)
International record (W–L–T)
427–568–83
Austria men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1931 Poland
Bronze medal – third place1947 Czechoslovakia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1927 Austria

The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2022 the Austrian team is ranked 18th in the IIHF World Rankings. Austria has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1947, and has not broken 10th place since 1994. Austria currently has 8,799 registered players (0.1% of the total population).

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Members of the Austrian national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Austria finished 12th in the tournament.
GamesFinish
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchentied in 7th place
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz6th place
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo10th place
Austria 1964 Innsbruck13th place
France 1968 Grenoble13th place
Austria 1976 Innsbruck8th place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo10th place
Canada 1988 Calgary9th place
Norway 1994 Lillehammer12th place
Japan 1998 Nagano14th place
United States 2002 Salt Lake City12th place
Russia 2014 Sochi10th place

World Championship

Austrian national team during 1933 World Championships
Austria against Norway during the 2022 IIHF World Championship
  • 1930 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1931 – Won bronze medal
  • 1933 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1934 – Finished in 7th place
  • 1935 – Finished in 6th place
  • 1938 – Finished tied in 10th place
  • 1947 – Won bronze medal
  • 1949 – Finished in 6th place
  • 1951 – Finished in 11th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1952 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1953 – Finished in 6th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1955 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1957 – Finished in 7th place
  • 1959 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1961 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1962 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1963 – Finished in 16th place (won Pool C)
  • 1965 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1966 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1967 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1969 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1970 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
  • 1971 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1972 – Finished in 14th place (won Pool C)
  • 1973 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1974 – Finished in 14th place (8th in Pool B)
  • 1975 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C)
  • 1976 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C)
  • 1977 – Finished in 17th place (9th in Pool B)
  • 1978 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1979 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
  • 1981 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C)
  • 1982 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1983 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1985 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
  • 1986 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1987 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1989 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
  • 1990 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
  • 1991 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1992 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
  • 1993 – Finished in 11th place
  • 1994 – Finished in 8th place
  • 1995 – Finished in 11th place
  • 1996 – Finished in 12th place
  • 1997 – Finished in 16th place (4th in Pool B)
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
Top Division Switzerland 1998 Zürich/Basel First round 15th
Top Division Norway 1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer Consolation round 10th
Top Division Russia 2000 Saint Petersburg Relegation round 13th
Top Division Germany 2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover Second round 11th
Top Division Sweden 2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping Second round 12th
Top Division Finland 2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku Second round 10th
Top Division Czech Republic 2004 Prague/Ostrava Qualifying round 11th
Top Division Austria 2005 Vienna/Innsbruck relegated 15th
Division I Estonia 2006 Tallin Promoted 1st in Group B
Top Division Russia 2007 Moscow relegated 15th
Division I Austria 2008 Innsbruck Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division Switzerland 2009 Bern/Kloten relegated 14th
Division I Netherlands 2010 Tilburg Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division Slovakia 2011 Bratislava/Košice relegated 15th
Division I Slovenia 2012 Ljubljana Promoted 2nd in Group A
Top Division SwedenFinland 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki relegated 15th
Division I South Korea 2014 Goyang Promoted 2nd in Group A
Top Division Czech Republic 2015 Prague/Ostrava relegated 15th
Division I Poland 2016 Katowice Group stage 4th in Group A
Division I Ukraine 2017 Kyiv Promoted 1st in Group A
Top Division Denmark 2018 Copenhagen/Herning Group stage 14th
Top Division Slovakia 2019 Bratislava/Košice relegated 16th
Division I Slovenia 2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I Slovenia 2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Top Division Finland 2022 Tampere/Helsinki Group stage 11th
Top Division FinlandLatvia 2023 Tampere/Riga Group stage 14th
Top Division Czech Republic 2024 Prague/Ostrava

European Championship

Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
Switzerland 1910 Les Avants did not participate.
German Empire 1911 Berlin did not participate.
Austria-Hungary 1912 Prague* 2 0 0 2 1 9  ?  ? Round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
German Empire 1913 Munich 3 0 0 3 5 34  ?  ? Round-robin 4th
German Empire 1914 Berlin did not participate.
1915–1920No Championships (World War I).
Sweden 1921 Stockholm did not participate.
Switzerland 1922 St. Moritz did not participate.
Belgium 1923 Antwerp did not participate.
Italy 1924 Milan did not participate.
Czechoslovakia 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec 3 1 1 1 4 5  ?  ? Round-robin 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Switzerland 1926 Davos 7 4 1 2 15 13  ?  ? Final round 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Austria 1927 Vienna 5 5 0 0 13 2  ?  ? Round-robin 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hungary 1929 Budapest 6 4 0 2 13 9  ?  ? 3rd Place Game 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Germany 1932 Berlin 4 1 3 0 6 3  ?  ? Final round 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[4][5]

Head coach: Roger Bader

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
3FPeter Schneider1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)91 kg (201 lb)4 April 1991Austria Red Bull Salzburg
5FThomas RafflC1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)104 kg (229 lb)19 June 1986Austria Red Bull Salzburg
9FAli Wukovits1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)83 kg (183 lb)9 May 1996Austria Red Bull Salzburg
12DDavid Maier1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)85 kg (187 lb)12 January 2000Austria EC KAC
13DPhilipp Wimmer1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)93 kg (205 lb)13 December 2001Austria Red Bull Salzburg
14DKilian Zündel1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb)17 January 2001Switzerland HC Ambrì-Piotta
16FDominic Zwerger1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)93 kg (205 lb)16 July 1996Switzerland HC Ambrì-Piotta
17FManuel GanahlA1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb)12 July 1990Austria EC KAC
20DNico Brunner1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)78 kg (172 lb)17 September 1992Austria Vienna Capitals
21FLukas Haudum1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb)21 May 1997Austria EC KAC
23FMarco Rossi1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)83 kg (183 lb)23 September 2001United States Iowa Wild
24DSteven Strong1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)87 kg (192 lb)16 February 1993Austria EC KAC
26FOliver Achermann1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)93 kg (205 lb)16 January 1994Switzerland HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
29GBernhard Starkbaum1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)91 kg (201 lb)19 February 1986Austria Vienna Capitals
30GDavid Kickert1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)81 kg (179 lb)16 March 1994Austria Red Bull Salzburg
31GDavid Madlener1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)31 March 1992Austria Pioneers Vorarlberg
32DBernd Wolf1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)84 kg (185 lb)23 February 1997Switzerland HC Lugano
41FHenrik Neubauer1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb)15 April 1997Austria EK Zeller Eisbären
48FLucas Thaler1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)76 kg (168 lb)21 February 2002Austria Red Bull Salzburg
52FPaul Huber1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)101 kg (223 lb)10 June 2000Austria Red Bull Salzburg
64DDavid Reinbacher1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)85 kg (187 lb)25 October 2004Switzerland EHC Kloten
70FBenjamin Nissner1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)80 kg (180 lb)30 November 1997Austria Red Bull Salzburg
78DThimo Nickl1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)80 kg (180 lb)4 December 2001Sweden AIK IF
91DDominique HeinrichA1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)76 kg (168 lb)31 July 1990Austria Red Bull Salzburg
96FMario Huber1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)85 kg (187 lb)8 August 1996Austria Red Bull Salzburg

Notable players

Pos. Player Team
G Reinhard Divis Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg
D Thomas Pöck Austria EC KAC
F Michael Grabner United States Arizona Coyotes
F Andreas Nödl Austria Vienna Capitals
F Thomas Vanek United States Detroit Red Wings
F Michael Raffl United States Philadelphia Flyers

All-time record

Updated as of 9 November 2023.[6] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia1100170+17
 Belarus2251165083-33
 Belgium13120110636+70
 Bohemia2002012-12
 Bulgaria108115818+40
 Canada36133237213-176
 China87106620+46
 Croatia2200112+9
 Czech Republic22102128111−83
 Czechoslovakia28402437168−131
 Denmark402911016976+93
 East Germany28602271182-111
 Estonia220093+6
 Finland1401132476−52
 France67351022257183+74
 Germany501343377161-84
 Great Britain20132510157+44
 Hungary5338213205129+76
 Italy97461239298277+21
 Japan4526514176130+46
 Kazakhstan124173439-5
 Latvia2340195292-40
 Lithuania2200115+6
 Netherlands37264719889+109
 North Korea1100100+10
 Norway5418531139197-58
 Poland5930326180183-3
 Romania2913214130104+26
 Russia1710162995−66
 Serbia1100130+24
 Slovakia33823276166-90
 Slovenia35134187895-17
 South Korea76013716+21
 Soviet Union4004554-49
 Spain1100144+10
 Sweden25122222123−101
  Switzerland77121451187340-153
 Ukraine2013166752+15
 United States33222958172−114
 Yugoslavia3922017154134+20
Total1 078427835683 2913 897-596

Uniform evolution

References

  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  3. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. "Head Coach Roger Bader nominiert WM-Kader" (in German). eishockey.at. 7 May 2023.
  5. "Team Roster Austria" (PDF). iihf.com. 12 May 2023.
  6. "Ice Hockey in Austria". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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