Italy men's national ice hockey team
The Italian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Italy, and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
| Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurri (The Blues) |
|---|---|
| Association | Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio |
| Head coach | Mike Pelino |
| Assistants | Fabio Armani Parry Pearn |
| Captain | Thomas Larkin |
| Most games | Lucio Topatigh (353) |
| Top scorer | Alberto Da Rin (123) |
| Most points | Bruno Zarrillo (187) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | ITA |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 20 2 (27 May 2024)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 13 (2007) |
| Lowest IIHF | 20 (2024) |
| First international | |
| Italy 1–7 Sweden (Milan, Italy; 14 March 1924) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Italy 28–0 Belgium (Düsseldorf, Germany; 1 March 1955) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| United States 31–1 Italy (St. Moritz, Switzerland; 1 February 1948) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 66 (first in 1930) |
| Best result | 4th (1953) |
| IIHF European Championships | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1924) |
| Best result | 4th (1929) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1936) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 406–514–85 | |
Tournament record
Olympic Games
| Games | Finish |
|---|---|
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 9th place |
| 1948 St. Moritz | 8th place |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 7th place |
| 1964 Innsbruck | 15th place |
| 1984 Sarajevo | 9th place |
| 1992 Albertville | 12th place |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 9th place |
| 1998 Nagano | 12th place |
| 2006 Turin | 11th place |
| 2026 Milan and Cortina | TBC |
World Championship
| Championship | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| // 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin | First round | 10th |
| 1933 Prague | Consolation round | 11th |
| 1934 Milan | Consolation round | 9th |
| 1935 Davos | Consolation round | 7th |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | First round | 9th |
| 1939 Zürich/Basel | Consolation round | 9th |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Final Tournament | 8th |
| 1951 Paris | 1st in the Pool B | 8th |
| 1952 Liege | 3rd in the Pool B | 12th |
| 1953 Zürich/Basel | 1st in the Pool B | 4th |
| 1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne | 1st in the Pool B | 10th |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Consolation round | 7th |
| 1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava | Consolation round | 8th |
| 1961 Geneva/Lausanne | 4th in the Pool B | 12th |
| 1964 Innsbruck | 7th in the Pool B | 15th |
| 1965 | Qualifying round Group B | — |
| 1966 Jesenice | 1st in the Pool C | 17th |
| 1967 Vienna | 5th in the Pool B | 13th |
| 1969 Ljubljana | 8th in the Pool B | 14th |
| 1970 Galaţi | 2nd in the Pool C | 16th |
| 1971 Bern/Geneva | 8th in the Pool B | 14th |
| 1972 Miercurea-Ciuc | 2nd in the Pool C | 15th |
| 1973 Graz | 8th in the Pool B | 14th |
| 1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon | 2nd in the Pool C | 16th |
| 1975 Sapporo | 7th in the Pool B | 13th |
| 1976 Aarau/Bienne | 7th in the Pool B | 15th |
| 1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm | 1st in the Pool C | 18th |
| 1978 Belgrade | 7th in the Pool B | 15th |
| 1979 Barcelona | 2nd in the Pool C | 20th |
| 1981 Urtijëi | 1st in the Pool B | 9th |
| 1982 Helsinki/Tampere | First round | 7th |
| 1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich | Consolation round | 8th |
| 1985 Fribourg | 3rd in the Pool B | 11th |
| 1986 Eindhoven | 2nd in the Pool B | 9th |
| 1987 Canazei | 6th in the Pool B | 14th |
| 1989 Oslo/Lillehammer | 2nd in the Pool B | 10th |
| 1990 Lyon/Megève | 2nd in the Pool B | 10th |
| 1991 Ljubljana/Bled/Jesenice | 1st in the Pool B | 9th |
| 1992 Prague/Bratislava | First round | 9th |
| 1993 Munich/Dortmund | Quarter-finals | 8th |
| 1994 Bolzano/Canazei/Milan | Quarter-finals | 6th |
| 1995 Stockholm | Quarter-finals | 7th |
| 1996 Vienna | Quarter-finals | 7th |
| 1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku | Consolation round | 8th |
| 1998 Zürich/Basel | Consolation round | 10th |
| 1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer | First round | 13th |
| 2000 Saint Petersburg | Second round | 12th |
| 2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover | Second round | 12th |
| 2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping | Consolation round | 15th |
| 2003 Zagreb | 4th in Division I, Group B | 23rd |
| 2004 Gdańsk | 2nd in Division I, Group B | 19th |
| 2005 Eindhoven | 1st in Division I, Group B | 18th |
| 2006 Riga | Relegation round | 14th |
| 2007 Moscow | Qualifying round | 12th |
| 2008 Halifax/Quebec | Relegation round | 16th |
| 2009 Toruń | 1st in Division I, Group B | 18th |
| 2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen | Relegation round | 15th |
| 2011 Budapest | 1st in Division I, Group A | 18th |
| / 2012 Helsinki/Stockholm | Preliminary round | 15th |
| 2013 Budapest | 2nd in Division I, Group A | 18th |
| 2014 Minsk | Preliminary round | 15th |
| 2015 Kraków | 5th in Division I, Group A | 21st |
| 2016 Katowice | 2nd in Division I, Group A | 18th |
| / 2017 Cologne/Paris | Preliminary round | 16th |
| 2018 Budapest | 2nd in Division I, Group A | 18th |
| 2019 Bratislava/Košice | Preliminary round | 14th |
| 2020 Zürich/Lausanne | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2] | – |
| 2021 Riga | Preliminary round | 16th |
| 2022 Helsinki/Tampere | Relegated | 15th |
| 2023 Nottingham | 3rd in Division I, Group A | 19th |
| 2024 Bolzano | 3rd in Division I, Group A | 19th |
European Championship
| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910–1923 | did not participate. | |||||||
| 1924 Milan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | Group stage | 6th |
| 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokvovec | did not participate | |||||||
| 1926 Davos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | Consolation round | 8th |
| 1927 Wien | did not participate | |||||||
| 1929 Budapest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Third place match | 4th |
| 1932 Berlin | did not participate | |||||||
Uniform evolution
- National team jerseys
- 1992 Olympic jersey
- 1994 Olympic jersey
- 1998-2002 IIHF jerseys
- 2015–2019 IIHF jerseys
- 2019– IIHF jerseys
All-time record
- As of 24 April 2024.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 |
| Austria | 97 | 39 | 12 | 46 | 277 | 298 | -21 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -12 |
| Belgium | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 15 | +59 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 22 | +33 |
| Canada | 37 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 62 | 217 | -155 |
| China | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 26 | +47 |
| Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | +23 |
| Czech Republic | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 64 | -53 |
| Czechoslovakia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 52 | -47 |
| Denmark | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 118 | 96 | +22 |
| East Germany | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 75 | 121 | -46 |
| Estonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | −6 |
| Finland | 25 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 51 | 116 | −65 |
| France | 92 | 50 | 6 | 36 | 313 | 257 | +56 |
| Germany | 59 | 17 | 9 | 33 | 157 | 230 | -73 |
| Great Britain | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 93 | 61 | +32 |
| Hungary | 46 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 158 | 136 | +22 |
| Japan | 34 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 128 | 89 | +39 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 47 | 71 | -24 |
| Latvia | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 71 | -41 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 155 | 68 | +87 |
| North Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 |
| Norway | 46 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 132 | 167 | -35 |
| Poland | 57 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 140 | 187 | -43 |
| Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
| Romania | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 108 | 89 | +19 |
| Russia | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 84 | −67 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 42 | 77 | -35 |
| Slovenia | 57 | 23 | 6 | 28 | 124 | 146 | -22 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 |
| South Korea | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 18 | +46 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 63 | -55 |
| Spain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 |
| Sweden | 24 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 166 | −135 |
| Switzerland | 67 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 168 | 306 | -138 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 24 | +10 |
| United States | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 38 | 130 | −92 |
| Yugoslavia | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 149 | 135 | +14 |
| Total | 1 003 | 406 | 85 | 514 | 3 114 | 3 649 | -535 |
References
- "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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