Austria men's national ice hockey team

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).

Austria

Nickname(s)	Die Adler
Association	Österreichischer Eishockeyverband
Head coach	Roger Bader
Assistants	Christoph Brandner Arno del Curto Markus Peintner
Captain	Thomas Raffl
Most games	Gerhard Unterluggauer (244)
Most points	Rudolf König (183)
Team colors
IIHF code	AUT
Ranking
Current IIHF	13 3 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF	11 (2004)
Lowest IIHF	18 (2021)
First international
Bohemia  5–0 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)
Olympics
Appearances	13 (first in 1928)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	66 (first in 1930)
Best result	(1931, 1947)
European Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 1912)
Best result	(1927)
International record (W–L–T)
436–587–83

Austria men's national ice hockey team

Medal record
World Championships
	1931 Poland
	1947 Czechoslovakia
European Championships
	1927 Austria

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Members of the Austrian national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Austria finished 12th in the tournament.

Games	Finish
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	tied in 7th place
1948 St. Moritz	6th place
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	10th place
1964 Innsbruck	13th place
1968 Grenoble	13th place
1976 Innsbruck	8th place
1984 Sarajevo	10th place
1988 Calgary	9th place
1994 Lillehammer	12th place
1998 Nagano	14th place
2002 Salt Lake City	12th place
2014 Sochi	10th 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	1998 Zürich/Basel	–	–	First round	15th
Top Division	1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer	–	–	Consolation round	10th
Top Division	2000 Saint Petersburg	–	–	Relegation round	13th
Top Division	2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover	–	–	Second round	11th
Top Division	2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping	–	–	Second round	12th
Top Division	2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	–	–	Second round	10th
Top Division	2004 Prague/Ostrava	–	–	Qualifying round	11th
Top Division	2005 Vienna/Innsbruck	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2006 Tallin	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group B
Top Division	2007 Moscow	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2008 Innsbruck	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group A
Top Division	2009 Bern/Kloten	–	–	relegated	14th
Division I	2010 Tilburg	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group A
Top Division	2011 Bratislava/Košice	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2012 Ljubljana	–	–	Promoted	2nd in Group A
Top Division	2013 Stockholm/Helsinki	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2014 Goyang	–	–	Promoted	2nd in Group A
Top Division	2015 Prague/Ostrava	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2016 Katowice	–	–	Group stage	4th in Group A
Division I	2017 Kyiv	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group A
Top Division	2018 Copenhagen/Herning	–	–	Group stage	14th
Top Division	2019 Bratislava/Košice	–	–	relegated	16th
Division I	2020 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I	2021 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Top Division	2022 Tampere/Helsinki	–	–	Group stage	11th
Top Division	2023 Tampere/Riga	–	–	Group stage	14th
Top Division	2024 Prague/Ostrava	–	–	Group stage	10th
Top Division	2025 Stockholm/Herning	–	–

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	did not participate.
1911 Berlin	did not participate.
1912 Prague*	2	0	0	2	1	9	?	?	Round-robin
1913 Munich	3	0	0	3	5	34	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1914 Berlin	did not participate.
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	did not participate.
1922 St. Moritz	did not participate.
1923 Antwerp	did not participate.
1924 Milan	did not participate.
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	3	1	1	1	4	5	?	?	Round-robin
1926 Davos	7	4	1	2	15	13	?	?	Final round
1927 Vienna	5	5	0	0	13	2	?	?	Round-robin
1929 Budapest	6	4	0	2	13	9	?	?	3rd Place Game
1932 Berlin	4	1	3	0	6	3	?	?	Final round

• 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 2024 IIHF World Championship.^[4][5]

Head coach: Roger Bader

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	F	Peter Schneider	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33)	Red Bull Salzburg
5	F	Thomas Raffl – C	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	(1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 38)	Red Bull Salzburg
9	F	Ali Wukovits	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28)	Red Bull Salzburg
12	D	David Maier	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 25)	EC KAC
14	D	Kilian Zündel	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 24)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
16	F	Dominic Zwerger	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1996-07-16) 16 July 1996 (age 28)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
17	F	Manuel Ganahl – A	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 34)	EC KAC
18	D	Paul Stapelfeldt	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 26)	Red Bull Salzburg
19	F	Vinzenz Rohrer	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 (age 20)	ZSC Lions
20	D	Nico Brunner	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 32)	Vienna Capitals
21	F	Lukas Haudum	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 27)	EC KAC
23	F	Marco Rossi	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(2001-09-23) 23 September 2001 (age 23)	Minnesota Wild
24	D	Steven Strong	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 32)	EC KAC
29	G	Thomas Höneckl	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 35)	Steinbach Black Wings Linz
30	G	David Kickert	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 30)	Red Bull Salzburg
31	G	David Madlener	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 32)	Pioneers Vorarlberg
32	D	Bernd Wolf	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 27)	HC Lugano
48	F	Lucas Thaler	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 23)	Red Bull Salzburg
52	F	Paul Huber	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	(2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 24)	Red Bull Salzburg
70	F	Benjamin Nissner	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1997-11-30) 30 November 1997 (age 27)	Red Bull Salzburg
78	D	Thimo Nickl	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 23)	Wheeling Nailers
91	D	Dominique Heinrich – A	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34)	Vienna Capitals
92	D	Clemens Unterweger	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 32)	EC KAC
96	F	Mario Huber	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 28)	Red Bull Salzburg
98	F	Benjamin Baumgartner	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24)	SC Bern

Notable players

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

All-time record

Updated as of match played on 10 November 2024.^[6] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	1	1	0	0	17	0	+17
Belarus	22	5	1	16	50	83	-33
Belgium	13	12	0	1	106	36	+70
Bohemia	2	0	0	2	0	12	-12
Bulgaria	10	8	1	1	58	18	+40
Canada	38	1	3	34	44	225	-181
China	8	7	1	0	66	20	+46
Croatia	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9
Czech Republic	25	1	0	24	31	123	−92
Czechoslovakia	28	4	0	24	37	168	−131
Denmark	43	30	1	12	174	89	+85
East Germany	28	6	0	22	71	182	-111
Estonia	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6
Finland	15	1	1	13	27	78	−51
France	67	35	10	22	257	183	+74
Germany	54	14	4	36	84	177	-93
Great Britain	21	13	2	6	103	61	+42
Hungary	55	40	2	13	212	132	+80
Italy	97	46	12	39	298	277	+21
Japan	45	26	5	14	176	130	+46
Kazakhstan	13	4	1	8	35	41	-6
Latvia	25	4	0	21	56	98	-42
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	11	5	+6
Netherlands	37	26	4	7	198	89	+109
North Korea	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10
Norway	55	19	5	31	143	198	-55
Poland	60	31	3	26	181	183	-2
Romania	29	13	2	14	130	104	+26
Russia	17	1	0	16	29	95	−66
Serbia	1	1	0	0	13	0	+24
Slovakia	35	8	2	34	77	169	-92
Slovenia	39	15	4	20	84	108	-24
South Korea	7	6	0	1	37	16	+21
Soviet Union	4	0	0	4	5	54	-49
Spain	1	1	0	0	14	4	+10
Sweden	25	1	2	22	22	123	−101
Switzerland	78	12	14	52	192	346	-154
Ukraine	20	13	1	6	67	52	+15
United States	33	2	2	29	58	172	−114
Yugoslavia	39	22	0	17	154	134	+20
Total	1 106	436	83	587	3 347	3 990	-643

Uniform evolution

• National team jerseys
• 
  1988 Olympic jerseys
• 
  1994 Olympic jerseys
• 
  IIHF jerseys 1998–2004
• 
  former IIHF jerseys
• 
  2014 Olympic jerseys
• 
  2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2022– IIHF jerseys

References

1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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. "Letzten Entscheidungen gefällt: WM-Kader steht fest" (in German). eishockey.at. 6 May 2024.
5. "Team roster: Austria" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.
6. "Ice Hockey in Austria". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile
• National Teams of Ice Hockey