Association | Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation |
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Head coach | Jeffrey Van Iersel |
Assistants | Chris Eimers |
Captain | Vadim Gyesbreghs |
Most games | Tim Vos (98) |
Top scorer | Vincent Morgan (36) |
Most points | Mitch Morgan Vincent Morgan (78) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | BEL |
Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 40 (28 May 2023) [1] |
Highest IIHF | 32 (first in 2005) |
Lowest IIHF | 37 (2018) |
First international | |
France 1–0 Belgium (Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909) | |
Biggest win | |
Belgium 21–2 New Zealand (Geel, Belgium; 21 March 1989) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Ukraine 37–2 Belgium (Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 53 (first in 1930 ) |
Best result | 7th (1950) |
European Championships | |
Appearances | 14 (first in 1910 ) |
Best result | (1913) |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1920 ) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
146–295–18 |
The Belgium men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Belgium, and has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 1908. They have played in four Olympic Games, the last in 1936. The team also participated in the European Championships from 1910 to 1932. They have won 2 bronze medals (1910, 1911), 1 silver medal (1927), and 1 gold medal (1913).
Games | GP | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank | |
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1920 Antwerp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ? | ? | Gold Medal Round | 7th | |
1924 Chamonix | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 45 | ? | ? | First round | 7th | |
1928 St. Moritz | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | ? | ? | First round | 8th | |
1932 Lake Placid | did not participate | ||||||||||||
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | ? | ? | First round | 14th | |
1948–2022 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
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1910 Les Avants | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
1911 Berlin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
1912 Prague* | did not participate | |||||||||
1913 Munich | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
1914 Berlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | |||||||||
1921 Stockholm | did not participate | |||||||||
1922 St. Moritz | did not participate | |||||||||
1923 Antwerp | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 4th |
1924 Milan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ? | ? | Group stage | 4th |
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 4th |
1926 Davos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ? | ? | Second round | 7th |
1927 Wien | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
1929 Budapest | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ? | ? | First round | 7th |
1932 Berlin | did not participate |
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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Australia | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 64 | 59 | +5 |
Austria | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 106 | -70 |
Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
Bohemia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
Bulgaria | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 84 | 122 | -38 |
Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | -33 |
China | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 52 | -23 |
Croatia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 42 | -29 |
Czechoslovakia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 76 | −69 |
Denmark | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 177 | -146 |
East Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 30 | -22 |
England | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 50 | -38 |
Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 |
Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | −15 |
France | 53 | 14 | 2 | 37 | 115 | 303 | -188 |
Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
Germany | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 69 | -37 |
Great Britain | 23 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 54 | 188 | -134 |
Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 |
Hungary | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 162 | -126 |
Iceland | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 28 | +29 |
Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
Israel | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 47 | +13 |
Italy | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 74 | -59 |
Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | -24 |
Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 31 | -27 |
Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | -15 |
Luxembourg | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 |
Mexico | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 8 | +47 |
Netherlands | 71 | 18 | 3 | 50 | 210 | 453 | -243 |
New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | +23 |
North Korea | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 36 | -22 |
Norway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 58 | -51 |
Poland | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 29 | -23 |
Romania | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 133 | -109 |
Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 |
Serbia | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 45 | -8 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
South Africa | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 17 | +71 |
South Korea | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 27 | -3 |
Spain | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 69 | 73 | -4 |
Sweden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 57 | −50 |
Switzerland | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 59 | 116 | -57 |
Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | +30 |
Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | -35 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 44 | −42 |
Yugoslavia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 66 | -44 |
Total | 455 | 142 | 18 | 295 | 1 446 | 3 002 | -1 556 |
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