Romania men's national ice hockey team

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Romania
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Tricolori (Three Colors)
AssociationRomanian Ice Hockey Federation
General managerAttila Nagy
Head coachDave MacQueen
AssistantsAttila Góga
Krisztián Tódor
CaptainRoberto Gliga
Most gamesDoru Tureanu (113)
Top scorerDoru Tureanu (74)
Most pointsDoru Tureanu (112)
Team colors     
IIHF codeROU
Ranking
Current IIHF23 Increase 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF23 (2023)
Lowest IIHF29 (first in 2016)
First international
United States  15–0  Romania
(Krynica, Poland; 2 February 1931)
Biggest win
Romania  52–1  New Zealand
(Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 19 March 1989)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia  23–1  Romania
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 17 February 1947)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances55 (first in 1931)
Best result7th (1947)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1964)
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.

Olympic Games[edit]

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[edit]

Postage stamp from Romania, 1980 Winter Olympics

Olympic record[edit]

Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
Austria 1964 Innsbruck 7 3 0 1 0 3 31 28 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
France 1968 Grenoble 5 2 0 0 0 3 22 23 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th
Japan 1972 Sapporo Did not qualify
Austria 1976 Innsbruck 5 4 0 0 0 1 23 15 - - Consolation round 7th
United States 1980 Lake Placid 5 1 0 1 0 3 13 29 - - First round 8th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo Did not qualify
Canada 1988 Calgary Did not qualify
France 1992 Albertville Did not qualify
Norway1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify
Japan1998 Nagano Did not qualify
United States 2002 Salt Lake City Did not qualify
Italy 2006 Turin Did not qualify
Canada 2010 Vancouver Did not qualify
Russia 2014 Sochi Did not qualify
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Did not qualify
China 2022 Beijing Did not qualify
Italy 2026 Milan-Cortina 2026 To be determined

World Championship[edit]

Romanian national team in 2019
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
C Hungary 1990 Budapest – – Group stage Same position 4th in Group C
C Denmark 1991 Brøndby – – Promoted Rise 3rd in Group C
B Austria 1992 Klagenfurt – – Group stage Same position 6th in Group B
B Netherlands 1993 Eindhoven – – Group stage Same position 6th in Group B
B Denmark 1994 Copenhagen – – Group stage Same position 7th in Group B
B Slovakia 1995 Bratislava – – relegated Decrease 8th in Group B
C Slovenia 1996 Jesenice – – Group stage Same position 6th in Group C
C Estonia 1997 Tallinn – – Consolation Same position 25th
C Hungary 1998 Budapest – – Final Round Same position 26th
C Netherlands 1999 Eindhoven – – Final Round Same position 26th
C China 2000 Beijing – – Consolation Same position 30th
Division II Romania 2001 Bucharest – – Promoted Rise 1st in Group B
Division I Hungary 2002 Székesfehérvár – – Group stage Same position 5th in Group B
Division I Hungary 2003 Budapest – – Group stage Same position 5th in Group A
Division I Poland 2004 Gdańsk – – Group stage Same position 5th in Group B
Division I Netherlands 2005 Eindhoven – – relegated Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II Bulgaria 2006 Sofia – – Promoted Rise 1st in Group A
Division I Slovenia 2007 Ljubljana – – relegated Decrease 6th in Group A
Division II Romania 2008 Miercurea Ciuc – – Promoted Rise 1st in Group A
Division I Poland 2009 Toruń – – Group stage Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II Estonia 2010 Narva – – Group stage Same position 2nd in Group B
Division II Croatia 2011 Zagreb – – Promoted Rise 1st in Group B
Division I Poland 2012 Krynica – – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Ukraine 2013 Donetsk – – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Lithuania 2014 Vilnius – – relegated Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II Iceland 2015 Reykjavík – – Promoted Rise 1st in Group A
Division I Croatia 2016 Zagreb – – relegated Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II Romania 2017 Galați – – Promoted Rise 1st in Group A
Division I Lithuania 2018 Kaunas – – Group stage Same position 5th in Group B
Division I Estonia 2019 Tallinn – – Promoted Rise 1st in Group B
Division I Slovenia 2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I Slovenia 2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Division I Slovenia 2022 Ljubljana – – Group stage Same position 6th in Group A
Division I United Kingdom 2023 Nottingham – – Group stage Same position 5th in Group A
Division I Italy 2024 Bolzano – – Group A

Winter Universiade[edit]

  • 1966 – 2nd place (Silver medal)
  • 1983 – 3rd place (Bronze medal)
Romania national team from 1979

All-time record[edit]

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

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10
 Austria 29 14 2 13 104 130 –26
 Belarus 1 0 0 1 3 5 –2
 Belgium 15 15 0 0 133 24 +109
 Bulgaria 40 34 2 4 249 91 +158
 Canada 4 0 0 4 3 29 –26
 China 23 18 2 3 131 68 +63
 Croatia 13 7 1 5 52 41 +11
 Czechoslovakia 8 0 0 8 6 78 –72
 Denmark 20 10 1 9 80 75 +5
 East Germany 43 4 2 37 91 264 –173
 Estonia 12 5 0 7 50 43 +7
 Finland 4 1 1 2 16 27 –11
 France 28 12 4 12 139 114 +25
 Germany 21 4 0 17 57 100 –43
 Great Britain 25 4 1 20 59 131 –72
 Hungary 68 39 5 24 290 239 +51
 Iceland 5 4 0 1 25 10 +15
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 43 1 +42
 Israel 4 4 0 0 55 2 +53
 Italy 27 11 3 13 91 114 –23
 Japan 30 11 2 17 109 138 –29
 Kazakhstan 6 2 0 4 11 30 –19
 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0 18 2 +16
 Latvia 8 2 0 6 7 49 –42
 Lithuania 16 8 1 7 56 59 –3
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 19 0 +19
 Netherlands 29 13 2 14 113 93 +20
 North Korea 6 6 0 0 51 14 +37
 Norway 31 13 3 15 112 134 –22
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 66 2 +64
 Poland 62 7 5 50 106 390 –284
 Serbia 4 4 0 0 24 6 +18
 Serbia and Montenegro 6 6 0 0 47 11 +36
 Slovakia 7 1 1 5 7 53 –46
 Slovenia 8 0 0 8 6 48 –42
 South Africa 2 2 0 0 33 3 +30
 South Korea 11 5 0 6 53 39 +14
 Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 1 18 –17
 Spain 10 10 0 0 86 12 +74
 Sweden 5 0 1 4 4 35 –31
  Switzerland 38 13 3 22 121 187 –66
 Ukraine 20 3 0 17 20 116 –96
 United States 11 1 0 10 21 85 –64
 Yugoslavia 58 30 15 13 254 208 +46
Total 768 332 57 379 3 037 3 323 –286

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  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.

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