Ukraine men's national ice hockey team explained

Ukraine
Badge:	Ukr_hckylogo.png
Badge Size:	135px
Nickname:	Yellow and Blue
Association:	Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
General Manager:	Olexander Butkevych
Coach:	Dmitri Khristich
Asst Coach:	Igor Karpenko Nicholas Phelan Oleg Shafarenko Oleg Zadoienko
Captain:	Igor Merezhko
Most Games:	Vasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Top Scorer:	Vadym Shakhraychuk (42)
Most Points:	Andriy Mikhnov Vadym Shakhraychuk (73)
Iihf Code:	UKR
Iihf Max:	11
Iihf Max Date:	2003, 2005
Iihf Min:	28
Iihf Min Date:	2022
First Game:	5–1 (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Largest Win:	37–2 (Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
Largest Loss:	9–0 (Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003)
World Champ Apps:	30
World Champ First:	1993
World Champ Best:	9th (2002)
Olympic Apps:	1
Olympic First:	2002
Record:	167–180–27

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,^[1] 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

Olympic Games

2002 – Finished in 10th place

World Championship

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^[2]
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
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

Oleksandr Fadeiev (1993–1994)
Anatoliy Bohdanov (1994–2003)
Oleksandr Seukand (2004–2007)
Vladimir Golubovych (2007–2008)
Oleksandr Seukand (2009)
Mikhail Zakharov (2009–2010)
Dave Lewis (2010–2011)
Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012)
Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013)
Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014)
/ Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15)
Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–2018)
Andriy Sryubko (2018–2019)
/ Sergei Viter (2019–2020)
Vadym Shakhraychuk (2021–2023)
Dmitri Khristich (2023-present)

External links

Notes and References

Web site: IIHF- World Ranking. International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 January 2022.
Web site: IIHF cancels Division I tournaments. 17 March 2019. iihf.com.
Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.