Switzerland men's national ice hockey team

The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (German: Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft; French: Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace; Italian: Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.

Switzerland

Nickname(s)	La Nati, Die Nati, Eisgenossen
Association	Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband
Head coach	Patrick Fischer
Assistants	Tommy Albelin Marcel Jenni Michael Liniger
Captain	Roman Josi
Most games	Mathias Seger (305)
Top scorer	Jörg Eberle (79)
Most points	Jörg Eberle (142)
Team colors
IIHF code	SUI
Ranking
Current IIHF	5 2 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF	5 (2024)
Lowest IIHF	9 (2003–04, 2012)
First international
Great Britain  3–0   Switzerland (Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909)
Biggest win
Switzerland  23–0  Yugoslavia (Zurich, Switzerland; 4 February 1939)
Biggest defeat
Canada  33–0   Switzerland (Chamonix, France; 30 January 1924)
Olympics
Appearances	18 (first in 1920)
Medals	(1928, 1948)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	73 (first in 1930)
Best result	(1935, 2013, 2018, 2024)
European Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 1910)
Best result	(1926)
International record (W–L–T)
719–669–125

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1928 St. Moritz	Team
	1948 St. Moritz	Team
World Championship
	1935 Switzerland
	2013 Sweden/Finland
	2018 Denmark
	2024 Czech Republic
	1930 Austria/France/Germany
	1937 Great Britain
	1939 Switzerland
	1950 Great Britain
	1951 France
	1953 Switzerland
Pool B / Division I
	1971 Switzerland
	1986 Netherlands
	1990 France
	1994 Denmark

As of 2024, the Swiss team is ranked 5th in the IIHF World Rankings.

History

Bibi Torriani served as the Switzerland national team captain from 1933 to 1939.^[2] He played on a forward line known as "The ni-storm" (German: Der ni-sturm), with brothers Hans Cattini and Ferdinand Cattini. The line was named for the last syllable (-ni) of players' surnames. The ni-storm was regarded as the top line of HC Davos and Switzerland's national hockey team.^[3][4][5][6] Torriani served as head coach of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team in 1946–47, and again from 1948 to 1949 to 1951–52.^[2]

From a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships until the silver medal of 2013 and 2018, Switzerland did not win a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in 4th place at the World Championships both years.^{[citation needed]}

Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3–2 and shutting out Canada 2–0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss.^{[citation needed]}

Tournament record

Overview

Rank	Olympics	World Championships	European Championships	Spengler Cup
1st			1926
2nd		1935 2013 2018 2024		2017
3rd	1928 1948	1928 1930 1939 1950 1951 1953	1922 1924 1925 1932 1950	1967 1976
4th		1934 1947 1992 1998	1910 1911	1964 1968 1972 1974 1975
5th	1920 1952	1920 1933 1949 1952 2010 2022 2023	1923	1977 1978 1979
6th	2006	1938 1972↓ 2000 2017
7th	1924	1924 1954 1962↓ 1971(1.B)↑ 1991 2008
8th	1964 1988 2010 2022	1955 1964↓ 1987↓ 1999 2003 2004 2005 2007 2015 2019
9th	1956 2014	1956 1975(3.B) 1986(1.B)↑ 1990(1.B)↑ 2001 2006 2009 2011
10th	1972 1992 2018	1963(2.B)↑ 1965(2.B) 1985(2.B) 2002 2014
11th	1976 2002	1961(3.B)↑ 1978(3.B) 1981(3.B) 2012 2016
12th		1959↓ 1970(6.B) 1976(4.B) 1989(4.B) 1993↓ 1995↓
13th	1936	1936 1973(7.B)↓ 1977(5.B) 1979(5.B) 1994(1.B)↑
14th		1966(6.B) 1982(6.B) 1983(6.B) 1996(2.B)
15th		1967(7.B)↓ 1974(1.C)↑ 1997(3.B)↑
16th		1969(2.C)↑
Other placings
dnp	1932 1960 1968 1980 1984 1994 1998	1931 1957 1958		1923–1963 1965–1966 1969–1971 1973 1980–2016
↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool), dnp: did not participate

Olympic Games

1920 Olympics Swiss Ice Hockey Team

Year	Result
1920	7th place
1924	8th place
1928	Bronze
1932	did not participate
1936	12th place
1948	Bronze
1952	5th place
1956	9th place
1960	did not participate
1964	8th place
1968	did not participate
1972	10th place
1976	11th place
1980	did not participate
1984	did not participate
1988	8th place
1992	10th place
1994	did not participate
1998	did not participate
2002	11th place
2006	6th place
2010	8th place
2014	9th place
2018	10th place
2022	8th place
2026	To be determined
Totals
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
16	0	0	2	2

World Championship

Patrick Fischer

• 1930 – Won bronze medal
• 1933 – Finished tied in 5th place
• 1934 – Finished in 4th place
• 1935 – Won silver medal
• 1937 – Won bronze medal
• 1938 – Finished in 6th place
• 1939 – Won bronze medal
• 1947 – Finished in 4th place
• 1949 – Finished in 5th place
• 1950 – Won bronze medal awarded Silver as European Champion
• 1951 – Won bronze medal
• 1953 – Won bronze medal
• 1954 – Finished in 7th place
• 1955 – Finished in 8th place
• 1959 – Finished in 12th place
• 1961 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1962 – Finished in 7th place
• 1963 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1965 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1966 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1967 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1969 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1970 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1971 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B)
• 1972 – Finished in 6th place
• 1973 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1974 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
• 1975 – Finished in 9th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1976 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1977 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1978 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1979 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1981 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1982 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1983 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1985 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1986 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
• 1987 – Finished in 8th place
• 1989 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1990 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
• 1991 – Finished in 7th place
• 1992 – Finished in 4th place
• 1993 – Finished in 10th place
• 1994 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
• 1995 – Finished in 12th place
• 1996 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1997 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1998 – Finished in 4th place
• 1999 – Finished in 8th place
• 2000 – Finished in 6th place
• 2001 – Finished in 9th place
• 2002 – Finished in 10th place
• 2003 – Finished in 8th place
• 2004 – Finished in 8th place
• 2005 – Finished in 8th place
• 2006 – Finished in 9th place
• 2007 – Finished in 8th place
• 2008 – Finished in 7th place
• 2009 – Finished in 9th place
• 2010 – Finished in 5th place
• 2011 – Finished in 9th place
• 2012 – Finished in 11th place
• 2013 – Won silver medal
• 2014 – Finished in 10th place
• 2015 – Finished in 8th place
• 2016 – Finished in 11th place
• 2017 – Finished in 6th place
• 2018 – Won silver medal
• 2019 – Finished in 8th place
• 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic^[7]
• 2021 – Finished in 6th place
• 2022 – Finished in 5th place
• 2023 – Finished in 5th place
• 2024 – Won silver medal

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	3	0	0	3	2	15	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1911 Berlin	3	0	0	3	4	28	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1912 Prague*	did not participate
1913 Munich	did not participate
1914 Berlin	did not participate
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	did not participate
1922 St. Moritz	2	0	0	2	1	15	?	?	Round-robin
1923 Antwerp	4	0	0	4	7	23	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1924 Milan	did not participate
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	3	0	2	1	3	4	?	?	Round-robin
1926 Davos	7	5	1	1	35	15	?	?	Final round
1927 Wien	did not participate
1929 Budapest	3	1	0	2	2	5	?	?	Second round	5th
1932 Berlin	6	1	5	0	10	9	?	?	Final round

Spengler Cup

• 1964 – Finished in 4th place
• 1967 – Won bronze medal
• 1968 – Finished in 4th place
• 1972 – Finished in 4th place
• 1974 – Finished in 4th place
• 1975 – Finished in 4th place
• 1976 – Won bronze medal
• 1977 – Finished in 5th place
• 1978 – Finished in 5th place
• 1979 – Finished in 5th place
• 2017 – Won silver medal

Deutschland Cup

• Gold medal (2001, 2007, 2019)

Euro Hockey Tour

• 2022–23 – Finished in 4th place
• 2023–24 – Finished in 4th place
• 2024–25 –

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.^[8][9]

Head coach: Patrick Fischer

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
10	F	Andres Ambühl	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 41)	HC Davos
11	F	Sven Senteler	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32)	EV Zug
13	F	Nico Hischier – A	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)	New Jersey Devils
14	D	Dean Kukan	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31)	ZSC Lions
17	F	Ken Jäger	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26)	Lausanne HC
18	D	Sven Jung	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1995-01-05) 5 January 1995 (age 29)	HC Davos
20	G	Reto Berra	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	(1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 (age 37)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
21	F	Kevin Fiala	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)	Los Angeles Kings
22	F	Nino Niederreiter – A	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	(1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 32)	Winnipeg Jets
23	F	Philipp Kurashev	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1999-10-12) 12 October 1999 (age 25)	Chicago Blackhawks
40	G	Akira Schmid	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24)	New Jersey Devils
43	D	Andrea Glauser	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 28)	Lausanne HC
45	D	Michael Fora	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	(1995-10-30) 30 October 1995 (age 29)	HC Davos
54	D	Christian Marti	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31)	ZSC Lions
55	D	Romain Loeffel	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1991-03-10) 10 March 1991 (age 33)	SC Bern
59	F	Dario Simion	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30)	EV Zug
60	F	Tristan Scherwey	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1991-05-07) 7 May 1991 (age 33)	SC Bern
63	G	Leonardo Genoni	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 37)	EV Zug
68	F	Fabrice Herzog	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-12-09) 9 December 1994 (age 29)	EV Zug
79	F	Calvin Thürkauf	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 27)	HC Lugano
85	F	Sven Andrighetto	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 31)	ZSC Lions
88	F	Christoph Bertschy	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 30)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
90	D	Roman Josi – C	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34)	Nashville Predators
92	F	Gaëtan Haas	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32)	EHC Biel
97	D	Jonas Siegenthaler	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	(1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 27)	New Jersey Devils

Uniform evolution

• National team jerseys
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  1988 Olympic jerseys
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  1992 Olympic and 1991-1993 IIHF jerseys
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  1998 Olympic and 1999-2000 IIHF jerseys
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  1998 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2001-2004 IIHF and 2002 Olympic jerseys
• 
  former jerseys
• 
  2014 Olympic jerseys
• 
  2014–2016 IIHF jerseys
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  2017 IIHF jerseys
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  2018 Olympic jerseys
• 
  2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2022 Olympic jerseys

References

1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. "Riccardo 'Bibi' Torriani". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
3. "Glanzzeiten mit dem NI-Sturm". HC Davos (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
4. "Bibi-Torriani-Cup". Adis Hockey (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
5. "Richard Torriani 01.10.1911–03.09.1988". Swiss Association of Ice hockey Players (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
6. "Hall of Fame". Hockey Club Davos (in German). 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
7. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
8. "Roster-Update: Roman Josi verstärkt die Nationalmannschaft" (in German). sihf.ch. 8 May 2024.
9. "Team roster: Switzerland" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.

External links

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