Switzerland men's national ice hockey team explained

Switzerland
Badge:	Switzerland national ice hockey team logo 2017.png
Badge Size:	170px
Nickname:	La Nati, Die Nati, Eisgenossen
Association:	Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband
Coach:	Patrick Fischer
Asst Coach:	Tommy Albelin Marcel Jenni Michael Liniger
Captain:	Roman Josi
Most Games:	Mathias Seger (305)
Top Scorer:	Jörg Eberle (79)
Most Points:	Jörg Eberle (142)
Iihf Code:	SUI
Iihf Max:	5
Iihf Max Date:	2024
Iihf Min:	9
Iihf Min Date:	2003–04, 2012
First Game:	3–0 (Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909)
Largest Win:	23–0 (Zurich, Switzerland; 4 February 1939)
Largest Loss:	33–0 (Chamonix, France; 30 January 1924)
World Champ Apps:	73
World Champ First:	1930
World Champ Best:	(1935, 2013, 2018, 2024)
Regional Name:	European Championships
Regional Cup Apps:	8
Regional Cup First:	1910
Regional Cup Best:	(1926)
Olympic Apps:	18
Olympic First:	1920
Olympic Medals:	(1928, 1948)
Record:	719–669–125

The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (German: Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft; French: Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace; Italian: Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.

As of 2024, the Swiss team is ranked 5th in the IIHF World Rankings.

History

Bibi Torriani served as the Switzerland national team captain from 1933 to 1939.^[1] He played on a forward line known as "The ni-storm" (German: Der ni-sturm), with brothers Hans Cattini and Ferdinand Cattini. The line was named for the last syllable (-ni) of players' surnames. The ni-storm was regarded as the top line of HC Davos and Switzerland's national hockey team.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Torriani served as head coach of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team in 1946–47, and again from 1948 to 1949 to 1951–52.

From a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships until the silver medal of 2013 and 2018, Switzerland did not win a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in 4th place at the World Championships both years.

Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3–2 and shutting out Canada 2–0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss.

Tournament record

Overview

Rank	Olympics	World Championships	European Championships	Spengler Cup
1st			1926
2nd		1935 2013 2018 2024		2017
3rd	1928 1948	1928 1930 1939 1950 1951 1953	1922 1924 1925 19321950	1967 1976
4th		1934 1947 1992 1998	1910 1911	1964 1968 1972 1974 1975
5th	1920 1952	1920 1933 1949 1952 2010 2022 2023	1923	1977 1978 1979
6th	2006	1938 1972↓ 2000 2017
7th	1924	1924 1954 1962↓ 1971(1.B)↑ 19912008
8th	1964 1988 2010 2022	1955 1964↓ 1987↓ 1999 2003 20042005 2007 2015 2019
9th	1956 2014	1956 1975(3.B) 1986(1.B)↑ 1990(1.B)↑2001 2006 2009 2011
10th	1972 1992 2018	1963(2.B)↑ 1965(2.B) 1985(2.B) 2002 2014
11th	1976 2002	1961(3.B)↑ 1978(3.B) 1981(3.B) 2012 2016
12th		1959↓ 1970(6.B) 1976(4.B) 1989(4.B)1993↓ 1995↓
13th	1936	1936 1973(7.B)↓ 1977(5.B) 1979(5.B)1994(1.B)↑
14th		1966(6.B) 1982(6.B) 1983(6.B) 1996(2.B)
15th		1967(7.B)↓ 1974(1.C)↑ 1997(3.B)↑
16th		1969(2.C)↑
Other placings
dnp	1932 1960 19681980 1984 1994 1998	1931 1957 1958		1923–1963 1965–19661969–1971 1973 1980–2016
↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool), dnp: did not participate

Olympic Games

Year	Result
	7th place
	8th place
	did not participate
	12th place
	5th place
	9th place
	did not participate
	8th place
	did not participate
	10th place
	11th place
	did not participate
	did not participate
	8th place
	10th place
	did not participate
	did not participate
	11th place
	6th place
	8th place
	9th place
	10th place
	8th place
	To be determined
Totals
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
16	0	0	2	2

World Championship

• 1930 – Won bronze medal
• 1933 – Finished tied in 5th place
• 1934 – Finished in 4th place
• 1935 – Won silver medal
• 1937 – Won bronze medal
• 1938 – Finished in 6th place
• 1939 – Won bronze medal
• 1947 – Finished in 4th place
• 1949 – Finished in 5th place
• 1950 – Won bronze medal awarded Silver as European Champion
• 1951 – Won bronze medal
• 1953 – Won bronze medal
• 1954 – Finished in 7th place
• 1955 – Finished in 8th place
• 1959 – Finished in 12th place
• 1961 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1962 – Finished in 7th place
• 1963 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1965 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1966 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1967 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1969 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1970 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1971 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B)
• 1972 – Finished in 6th place
• 1973 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1974 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
• 1975 – Finished in 9th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1976 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1977 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1978 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1979 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1981 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1982 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1983 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1985 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1986 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
• 1987 – Finished in 8th place
• 1989 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1990 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
• 1991 – Finished in 7th place
• 1992 – Finished in 4th place
• 1993 – Finished in 10th place
• 1994 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
• 1995 – Finished in 12th place
• 1996 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1997 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1998 – Finished in 4th place
• 1999 – Finished in 8th place
• 2000 – Finished in 6th place
• 2001 – Finished in 9th place
• 2002 – Finished in 10th place
• 2003 – Finished in 8th place
• 2004 – Finished in 8th place
• 2005 – Finished in 8th place
• 2006 – Finished in 9th place
• 2007 – Finished in 8th place
• 2008 – Finished in 7th place
• 2009 – Finished in 9th place
• 2010 – Finished in 5th place
• 2011 – Finished in 9th place
• 2012 – Finished in 11th place
• 2013 – Won silver medal
• 2014 – Finished in 10th place
• 2015 – Finished in 8th place
• 2016 – Finished in 11th place
• 2017 – Finished in 6th place
• 2018 – Won silver medal
• 2019 – Finished in 8th place
• 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic^[6]
• 2021 – Finished in 6th place
• 2022 – Finished in 5th place
• 2023 – Finished in 5th place
• 2024 – Won silver medal

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	3	0	0	3	2	15	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1911 Berlin	3	0	0	3	4	28	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1912 Prague*	did not participate
1913 Munich	did not participate
1914 Berlin	did not participate
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	did not participate
1922 St. Moritz	2	0	0	2	1	15	?	?	Round-robin
1923 Antwerp	4	0	0	4	7	23	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1924 Milan	did not participate
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	3	0	2	1	3	4	?	?	Round-robin
1926 Davos	7	5	1	1	35	15	?	?	Final round
1927 Wien	did not participate
1929 Budapest	3	1	0	2	2	5	?	?	Second round	5th
1932 Berlin	6	1	5	0	10	9	?	?	Final round

Spengler Cup

• 1964 – Finished in 4th place
• 1967 – Won bronze medal
• 1968 – Finished in 4th place
• 1972 – Finished in 4th place
• 1974 – Finished in 4th place
• 1975 – Finished in 4th place
• 1976 – Won bronze medal
• 1977 – Finished in 5th place
• 1978 – Finished in 5th place
• 1979 – Finished in 5th place
• 2017 – Won silver medal

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.^{[7] [8]}

Head coach: Patrick Fischer

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
10	F		1.76m (05.77feet)	86abbr=onNaNabbr=on	14 September 1983	HC Davos
11	F		1.85m (06.07feet)	88abbr=onNaNabbr=on	11 August 1992	EV Zug
13	F	Nico Hischier – A	1.86m (06.1feet)	79abbr=onNaNabbr=on	4 January 1999	New Jersey Devils
14	D		1.87m (06.14feet)	87abbr=onNaNabbr=on	8 July 1993	ZSC Lions
17	F		1.86m (06.1feet)	83abbr=onNaNabbr=on	30 May 1998	Lausanne HC
18	D		1.87m (06.14feet)	86abbr=onNaNabbr=on	5 January 1995	HC Davos
20	G		1.94m (06.36feet)	99abbr=onNaNabbr=on	3 January 1987	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
21	F		1.78m (05.84feet)	93abbr=onNaNabbr=on	22 July 1996	Los Angeles Kings
22	F	Nino Niederreiter – A	1.88m (06.17feet)	99abbr=onNaNabbr=on	8 September 1992	Winnipeg Jets
23	F		1.83m (06feet)	86abbr=onNaNabbr=on	12 October 1999	Chicago Blackhawks
40	G		1.95m (06.4feet)	93abbr=onNaNabbr=on	12 May 2000	New Jersey Devils
43	D		1.82m (05.97feet)	86abbr=onNaNabbr=on	3 April 1996	Lausanne HC
45	D		1.92m (06.3feet)	98abbr=onNaNabbr=on	30 October 1995	HC Davos
54	D		1.9m (06.2feet)	96abbr=onNaNabbr=on	29 March 1993	ZSC Lions
55	D		1.78m (05.84feet)	85abbr=onNaNabbr=on	10 March 1991	SC Bern
59	F		1.88m (06.17feet)	88abbr=onNaNabbr=on	22 May 1994	EV Zug
60	F		1.78m (05.84feet)	86abbr=onNaNabbr=on	7 May 1991	SC Bern
63	G		1.83m (06feet)	83abbr=onNaNabbr=on	28 August 1987	EV Zug
68	F		1.9m (06.2feet)	90abbr=onNaNabbr=on	9 December 1994	EV Zug
79	F		1.88m (06.17feet)	96abbr=onNaNabbr=on	27 June 1997	HC Lugano
85	F		1.77m (05.81feet)	85abbr=onNaNabbr=on	21 March 1993	ZSC Lions
88	F		1.77m (05.81feet)	84abbr=onNaNabbr=on	5 April 1994	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
90	D	Roman Josi – C	1.87m (06.14feet)	91abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1 June 1990	Nashville Predators
92	F		1.83m (06feet)	82abbr=onNaNabbr=on	31 January 1992	EHC Biel
97	D		1.89m (06.2feet)	99abbr=onNaNabbr=on	6 May 1997	New Jersey Devils

External links

• • IIHF profile
• National Teams of Ice Hockey

Notes and References

1. Web site: Riccardo 'Bibi' Torriani. Elite Prospects. 17 August 2019.
2. Web site: Glanzzeiten mit dem NI-Sturm. HC Davos. de. 18 August 2019.
3. Web site: Bibi-Torriani-Cup. Adis Hockey. de. 19 August 2019.
4. Web site: Richard Torriani 01.10.1911–03.09.1988. Swiss Association of Ice hockey Players. de. 16 August 2019.
5. Web site: Hall of Fame. Hockey Club Davos. de. 2018. 17 August 2019.
6. Web site: Steiss . Adam . 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled . iihf.com . IIHF . 21 March 2020.
7. Web site: Roster-Update: Roman Josi verstärkt die Nationalmannschaft. sihf.ch. 8 May 2024. de.
8. Web site: Team roster: Switzerland. iihf.com. 10 May 2024.