Nickname(s) | 龙 (Dragons) |
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Association | Chinese Ice Hockey Association |
Head coach | Spiros Anastasiadis |
Assistants | Tim Army Wang Benyu |
Captain | Chen Zimeng |
Most games | Wang Dahai (87) |
Top scorer | Zhang Weiyang (21) |
Most points | Wang Dahai (47) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | CHN |
Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 26 (27 May 2024) [1] |
Highest IIHF | 26 (since 2022) |
Lowest IIHF | 39 (2011) |
First international | |
Romania 4–2 China (Warsaw, Poland; 12 March 1956) | |
Biggest win | |
China 35–0 Kuwait (Gangneung, South Korea; 1 February 1999) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Norway 25–1 China (Debrecen, Hungary; 22 April 2005) | |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 2022 ) |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 37 (first in 1972 ) |
Best result | 15th (1982) |
Asian Winter Games | |
Appearances | 8 (first in 1986 ) |
Best result | Gold (1986, 1990) Bronze (1996, 1999, 2003) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
136–210–25 |
China men's national ice hockey team | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 中國國家冰球隊 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国国家冰球队 | ||||||
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The Chinese national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the People's Republic of China. The team is controlled by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
As of 20 April 2023 [4] Teams named in italics are no longer active.
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
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Australia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 23 |
Austria | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 66 |
Belgium | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 29 |
Bulgaria | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 69 |
Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Croatia | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 31 |
Denmark | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 89 |
East Germany | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 54 |
Estonia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 60 |
France | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 67 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Great Britain | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 52 |
Hungary | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 85 |
Iceland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 33 |
Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Israel | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 24 |
Italy | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 73 |
Japan | 31 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 71 | 221 |
Kazakhstan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 138 |
Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 14 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
Macau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Mexico | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 22 |
Netherlands | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 45 | 144 |
New Zealand | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 31 |
Norway | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 93 |
North Korea | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 47 |
Poland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 79 |
Romania | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 131 |
Serbia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 24 |
Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
South Korea | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 120 | 59 |
Spain | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 39 |
Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 54 |
Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Yugoslavia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 32 |
Total | 363 | 132 | 25 | 206 | 1416 | 1982 |
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