Romania men's national ice hockey team

The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 27th in the 2019 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in Division IA. They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions, the most recent being in 1980.

Romania
Nickname(s)Tricolori (Three Colors)
AssociationRomanian Ice Hockey Federation
General managerAttila Nagy
Head coachDave MacQueen
AssistantsAttila Góga
Krisztián Tódor
CaptainRoberto Gliga
Most gamesDoru Tureanu (113)
Top scorerDoru Tureanu (74)
Most pointsDoru Tureanu (112)
Team colors     
IIHF codeROU
Ranking
Current IIHF23 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF23 (2022, 2023–24)
Lowest IIHF29 (2016–18)
First international
United States  15–0  Romania
(Krynica, Poland; 2 February 1931)
Biggest win
Romania  52–1  New Zealand
(Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 19 March 1989)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia  23–1  Romania
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 17 February 1947)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances55 (first in 1931)
Best result7th (1947)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1964)
International record (W–L–T)
332–379–57

Olympic Games

Romania started Olympic hockey in 1964 in the B division. In the tournament, the team finished 12th out of 16 teams and managed 3 wins against Austria, Italy, and Hungary also with a tie against Yugoslavia.

In 1968, Romania lost its qualification match against West Germany 7–0 and was forced to compete in the B division again. In the first two games, Romania beat Austria 3–2 and the Host, France 7–3. They lost their next three games and finished 12th out of 14 in the standings.

After skipping the 1972 competition, Romania returned for the 1976 tournament. This time Romania played Poland in the Qualification round and lost 7–4, keeping them in the B division once again. However, Romania battled back and won 4 of 5 games with only one loss against Yugoslavia, still winning the division. The team finished 7th out of 12.

In 1980, Romania was able to play with the top teams and was put into the Blue Division group, along with tough opponents such as Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and USA. In the first game Romania was down 4–2 to West Germany, but managed to score 4 goals to beat the former bronze medallists 6–4. In their next game Romania got shut out by Sweden 8–0. The Swedes scored 3 goals in the first period which left Romania out of it. After a lopsided loss to Czechoslovakia (7–2) the team then took on USA. The US jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first period and added two more to it to lead 4–1 after two periods. Unlike other teams that the US had faced, the Romanians fought strong in the third period, despite being outshot 15–3, and scored a goal. The final score was 7–2. Romania played Norway for their final game, who had lost all four of their past games and had no chance to advance to the Medal Round. Romania fell behind less than a minute into the game, but stormed back to take the lead 3–1 in the third period. The Norwegian team battled back though, and scored once with a minute and a half left to play, and scored once more to tie it with only 29 seconds left. This tie still gave Romania one point but they had been hoping for a win. They finished the tournament with a 1–3–1 record, and were ranked 8th out of 12, just beating the Netherlands, West Germany, Norway, and Japan. This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments.

Tournament record

Olympic record
Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1964 Innsbruck 7 3 0 1 0 3 31 28 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
1968 Grenoble 5 2 0 0 0 3 22 23 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
1972 Sapporo Did not qualify
1976 Innsbruck 5 4 0 0 0 1 23 15 - - Consolation round 7th
1980 Lake Placid 5 1 0 1 0 3 13 29 - - First round 8th
1984 Sarajevo Did not qualify
1988 Calgary Did not qualify
1992 Albertville Did not qualify
1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify
1998 Nagano Did not qualify
2002 Salt Lake City Did not qualify
2006 Turin Did not qualify
2010 Vancouver Did not qualify
2014 Sochi Did not qualify
2018 Pyeongchang Did not qualify
2022 Beijing Did not qualify
2026 Milan-Cortina Did not qualify

World Championship
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
C 1990 Budapest – – Group stage 4th in Group C
C 1991 Brøndby – – Promoted 3rd in Group C
B 1992 Klagenfurt – – Group stage 6th in Group B
B 1993 Eindhoven – – Group stage 6th in Group B
B 1994 Copenhagen – – Group stage 7th in Group B
B 1995 Bratislava – – relegated 8th in Group B
C 1996 Jesenice – – Group stage 6th in Group C
C 1997 Tallinn – – Consolation 25th
C 1998 Budapest – – Final Round 26th
C 1999 Eindhoven – – Final Round 26th
C 2000 Beijing – – Consolation 30th
Division II 2001 Bucharest – – Promoted 1st in Group B
Division I 2002 Székesfehérvár – – Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I 2003 Budapest – – Group stage 5th in Group A
Division I 2004 Gdańsk – – Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I 2005 Eindhoven – – relegated 6th in Group B
Division II 2006 Sofia – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I 2007 Ljubljana – – relegated 6th in Group A
Division II 2008 Miercurea Ciuc – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I 2009 Toruń – – Group stage 6th in Group B
Division II 2010 Narva – – Group stage 2nd in Group B
Division II 2011 Zagreb – – Promoted 1st in Group B
Division I 2012 Krynica – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I 2013 Donetsk – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I 2014 Vilnius – – relegated 6th in Group B
Division II 2015 Reykjavík – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I 2016 Zagreb – – relegated 6th in Group B
Division II 2017 Galați – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I 2018 Kaunas – – Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I 2019 Tallinn – – Promoted 1st in Group B
Division I 2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I 2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Division I 2022 Ljubljana – – Group stage 6th in Group A
Division I 2023 Nottingham – – Group stage 5th in Group A
Division I 2024 Bolzano – – Group stage 4th in Group A
Division I 2025 Sfântu Gheorghe – – in Group A

Winter Universiade
  • 1966 – 2nd place (Silver medal)
  • 1983 – 3rd place (Bronze medal)
Romania national team from 1979

All-time record

Updated as of 5 May 2023.[4] Teams in italics are defunct.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia3300155+10
 Austria2914213104130–26
 Belarus100135–2
 Belgium15150013324+109
 Bulgaria40342424991+158
 Canada4004329–26
 China23182313168+63
 Croatia137155241+11
 Czechoslovakia8008678–72
 Denmark2010198075+5
 East Germany43423791264–173
 Estonia125075043+7
 Finland41121627–11
 France2812412139114+25
 Germany21401757100–43
 Great Britain25412059131–72
 Hungary6839524290239+51
 Iceland54012510+15
 Ireland2200431+42
 Israel4400552+53
 Italy271131391114–23
 Japan3011217109138–29
 Kazakhstan62041130–19
 Kyrgyzstan1100182+16
 Latvia8206749–42
 Lithuania168175659–3
 Mexico1100190+19
 Netherlands291321411393+20
 North Korea66005114+37
 Norway3113315112134–22
 New Zealand2200662+64
 Poland627550106390–284
 Serbia4400246+18
 Serbia and Montenegro66004711+36
 Slovakia7115753–46
 Slovenia8008648–42
 South Africa2200333+30
 South Korea115065339+14
 Soviet Union1001118–17
 Spain1010008612+74
 Sweden5014435–31
  Switzerland3813322121187–66
 Ukraine20301720116–96
 United States1110102185–64
 Yugoslavia58301513254208+46
Total768332573793 0373 323–286

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. "Romania - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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