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Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

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Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Yellow and Blue
(Жовто-сині / Zhovto-syni)
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Ukraine
General managerOlexander Butkevych
Head coachDmitri Khristich
AssistantsIgor Karpenko
Oleg Shafarenko
Oleg Zadoyenko
CaptainIgor Merezhko
Most gamesVasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Top scorerVadym Shakhraychuk (42)
Most pointsAndriy Mikhnov
Vadym Shakhraychuk (73)
Team colors   
IIHF codeUKR
Ranking
Current IIHF27 Steady (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2003, 2005)
Lowest IIHF28 (2022)
First international
Kazakhstan  5–1  Ukraine
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine  37–2  Belgium
(Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
Biggest defeat
Finland  9–0  Ukraine
(Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances31 (first in 1993)
Best result9th (2002)
International record (W–L–T)
182–186–27

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 27th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2020 IIHF World Ranking,[2] while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th. As part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played internationally from 1954 to 1991, and made their international debut as an independent country in 1992.

Ukraine has played at the Winter Olympics once, in 2002. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in ninth place. Following the 2007 World Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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  • 2002 – Finished in 10th place

World Championship

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2017 IIHF World Championship Division I South Korea against Ukraine
  • 1954–1991 – Participated as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
  • 1993 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1994 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C1)
  • 1995 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C1)
  • 1996 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1997 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C, promoted to Pool B)
  • 1998 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Pool B, promoted to Pool A)
  • 1999 – Finished in 14th place
  • 2000 – Finished in 14th place
  • 2001 – Finished in 10th place
  • 2002 – Finished in 9th place
  • 2003 – Finished in 12th place
  • 2004 – Finished in 14th place
  • 2005 – Finished in 11th place
  • 2006 – Finished in 12th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 16th place (relegated to Division I)
  • 2008 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2009 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2010 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group A)
  • 2011 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2012 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2013 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
  • 2014 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A)
  • 2015 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2016 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
  • 2017 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2018 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I Group B)
  • 2019 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2022 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2023 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2024 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
  • 2025 – (Division I Group A)

Coaches

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All-time record

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Overtime and game winning shot victories and losses are counted towards wins and losses. Teams in italics are no longer actively competing.

As of 24 April 2025.

Source:[5]

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Austria 20 6 1 13 52 67 –15
 Belgium 1 1 0 0 37 2 +35
 Belarus 25 5 5 15 47 88 –41
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 48 0 +48
 Canada 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
 China 5 4 0 1 36 8 +28
 Croatia 9 8 0 1 56 7 +49
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3
 Denmark 11 5 3 3 30 29 +1
 Estonia 18 16 0 2 93 27 +66
 Finland 7 0 0 7 4 36 −32
 France 17 6 0 11 49 48 +1
 Germany 7 2 2 3 15 18 –3
 Great Britain 8 5 1 2 35 15 +20
 Hungary 29 17 0 12 95 65 +30
 Israel 1 1 0 0 29 0 +29
 Italy 12 4 0 8 24 34 –10
 Japan 18 8 2 8 45 44 0
 Kazakhstan 22 6 3 13 50 75 –25
 Latvia 18 3 2 13 33 63 –30
 Lithuania 13 10 0 3 62 25 +37
 Netherlands 13 13 0 0 81 17 +64
 Norway 9 5 1 3 27 26 +1
 North Korea 1 1 0 0 15 2 +13
 Poland 47 25 2 20 140 123 +17
 Romania 22 18 0 4 121 24 +97
 Russia 8 0 1 7 12 41 −29
 Serbia 3 3 0 0 29 2 +27
 Serbia and Montenegro[a] 3 3 0 0 47 4 +43
 Slovakia 10 0 1 9 18 49 –31
 Slovenia 15 5 2 8 43 48 –3
 South Korea 7 5 0 2 38 14 +24
 Spain 2 2 0 0 13 1 +12
 Sweden 5 0 0 5 6 26 –20
  Switzerland 4 1 0 3 7 10 –3
 United States 3 0 1 2 5 14 –9
Total 396 182 27 186 1 444 1 059 +385
  1. ^ Consists of matches under the name of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "IIHF- World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Ukraine". National Teams of Ice Hockey. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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