Romania men's national ice hockey team

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Romania
Coat of arms of Romania.svg
Nickname(s)Tricolori (Three Colors)
Association Romanian Ice Hockey Federation
General manager Tamás Horvát
Head coach Dave MacQueen
AssistantsAttila Góga
Robert Peter
CaptainTamás Részegh
Most games Doru Tureanu (113)
Top scorerDoru Tureanu (74)
Most pointsDoru Tureanu (112)
Team colors   
IIHF codeROU
Ranking
Current IIHF 23 Increase2.svg 1 (27 May 2024) [1]
Highest IIHF23 (2022, 2023–24)
Lowest IIHF29 (2016–18)
First international
United States  Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg 15–0 Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
(Krynica, Poland; 2 February 1931)
Biggest win
Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg 52–1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
(Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 19 March 1989)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 23–1 Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 17 February 1947)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1964 )
IIHF World Championships
Appearances56 (first in 1931 )
Best result7th (1947)
International record (W–L–T)
332–379–57

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.

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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

Postage stamp from Romania, 1980 Winter Olympics ROM 1979 MiNrBl0164 mt B002.jpg
Postage stamp from Romania, 1980 Winter Olympics

Olympic record

GamesGPWOWTOLLGFGACoachCaptainFinishRank
Flag of Austria.svg 1964 Innsbruck 7301033128--Consolation round (Group B)12th
Flag of France.svg 1968 Grenoble 5200032223--Consolation round (Group B)12th
Flag of Japan.svg 1972 Sapporo Did not qualify
Flag of Austria.svg 1976 Innsbruck 5400012315--Consolation round7th
Flag of the United States.svg 1980 Lake Placid 5101031329--First round8th
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1984 Sarajevo Did not qualify
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1988 Calgary Did not qualify
Flag of France.svg 1992 Albertville Did not qualify
Flag of Norway.svg 1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify
Flag of Japan.svg 1998 Nagano Did not qualify
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Salt Lake City Did not qualify
Flag of Italy.svg 2006 Turin Did not qualify
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver Did not qualify
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi Did not qualify
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang Did not qualify
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing Did not qualify
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milan-Cortina Did not qualify
Flag of France.svg 2030 French Alps Future event

World Championship

Romanian national team in 2019 Ukraine vs. Romania ice hockey match 10-02-2019 (12) (cropped).jpg
Romanian national team in 2019
DivisionChampionshipCoachCaptainFinishRank
C Flag of Hungary.svg 1990 Budapest Group stageSteady3.svg4th in Group C
C Flag of Denmark.svg 1991 Brøndby PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg3rd in Group C
B Flag of Austria.svg 1992 Klagenfurt Group stageSteady3.svg6th in Group B
B Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1993 Eindhoven Group stageSteady3.svg6th in Group B
B Flag of Denmark.svg 1994 Copenhagen Group stageSteady3.svg7th in Group B
B Flag of Slovakia.svg 1995 Bratislava relegatedDecrease2.svg8th in Group B
C Flag of Slovenia.svg 1996 Jesenice Group stageSteady3.svg6th in Group C
C Flag of Estonia.svg 1997 Tallinn ConsolationSteady3.svg25th
C Flag of Hungary.svg 1998 Budapest Final RoundSteady3.svg26th
C Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1999 Eindhoven Final RoundSteady3.svg26th
C Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2000 Beijing ConsolationSteady3.svg30th
Division II Flag of Romania.svg 2001 Bucharest PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg1st in Group B
Division I Flag of Hungary.svg 2002 Székesfehérvár Group stageSteady3.svg5th in Group B
Division I Flag of Hungary.svg 2003 Budapest Group stageSteady3.svg5th in Group A
Division I Flag of Poland.svg 2004 Gdańsk Group stageSteady3.svg5th in Group B
Division I Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2005 Eindhoven relegatedDecrease2.svg6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2006 Sofia PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Slovenia.svg 2007 Ljubljana relegatedDecrease2.svg6th in Group A
Division II Flag of Romania.svg 2008 Miercurea Ciuc PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Poland.svg 2009 Toruń Group stageDecrease2.svg6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Estonia.svg 2010 Narva Group stageSteady3.svg2nd in Group B
Division II Flag of Croatia.svg 2011 Zagreb PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg1st in Group B
Division I Flag of Poland.svg 2012 Krynica Group stageSteady3.svg4th in Group B
Division I Flag of Ukraine.svg 2013 Donetsk Group stageSteady3.svg4th in Group B
Division I Flag of Lithuania.svg 2014 Vilnius relegatedDecrease2.svg6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Iceland.svg 2015 Reykjavík PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Croatia.svg 2016 Zagreb relegatedDecrease2.svg6th in Group B
Division II Flag of Romania.svg 2017 Galați PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg1st in Group A
Division I Flag of Lithuania.svg 2018 Kaunas Group stageSteady3.svg5th in Group B
Division I Flag of Estonia.svg 2019 Tallinn PromotedGreen Arrow Up Darker.svg1st in Group B
Division I Flag of Slovenia.svg 2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
Division I Flag of Slovenia.svg 2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [3]
Division I Flag of Slovenia.svg 2022 Ljubljana Group stageSteady3.svg6th in Group A
Division I Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2023 Nottingham Group stageSteady3.svg5th in Group A
Division I Flag of Italy.svg 2024 Bolzano Group stageSteady3.svg4th in Group A
Division I Flag of Romania.svg 2025 Sfântu Gheorghe relegatedDecrease2.svg6th in Group A
Division I Flag of None.svg 2026 Group B

Winter Universiade

All-time record

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

OpponentPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGD
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3300155+10
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2914213104130–26
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 100135–2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 15150013324+109
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 40342424991+158
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4004329–26
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23182313168+63
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 137155241+11
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 8008678–72
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2010198075+5
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 43423791264–173
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 125075043+7
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41121627–11
Flag of France.svg  France 2812412139114+25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21401757100–43
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25412059131–72
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6839524290239+51
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 54012510+15
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2200431+42
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4400552+53
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 271131391114–23
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3011217109138–29
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 62041130–19
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 1100182+16
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 8206749–42
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 168175659–3
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1100190+19
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 291321411393+20
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 66005114+37
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3113315112134–22
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2200662+64
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 627550106390–284
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 4400246+18
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 66004711+36
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 7115753–46
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8008648–42
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2200333+30
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 115065339+14
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1001118–17
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1010008612+74
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5014435–31
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3813322121187–66
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20301720116–96
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1110102185–64
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 58301513254208+46
Total768332573793 0373 323–286

See also

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.