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. They have participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the

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since 1928. A consistent participant of the annual World Championship, Hungary has played at the Olympics three times, most recently in

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. They are currently ranked 19th in the world by the

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. The team is controlled by the

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(Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség). No Hungarian-born players have ever played in North America's

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; however, three have been selected in the

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( 2002).

History

The Hungarian team won its group in the

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, and therefore qualified to play in the Elite Division of the

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. This is the first time since 1939 that Hungary has qualified to play in the highest division of international hockey. The advance was, however, marred by the sudden death of team captain Gábor Ocskay, and the team was eventually relegated to Division I again. In 2015, Hungary finished second in its group in the

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, behind

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to gain promotion to the

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Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Team

Former players

* János Ancsin * Béla Háray * István Hircsák * László Jakabházy *

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* Balázs Kangyal *

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* Péter Kovalcsik * György Margó * András Mészöly * Sándor Miklós * Gábor Ocskay, Jr. *

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* Krisztián Palkovics * Antal Palla *

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* György Raffa *

* Viktor Zsitva

NHL Drafts

''Players from Hungary to be drafted in the

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'' ;Notes # Banham was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship. # Sarauer was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship.

References

External links

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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
{{National sports teams of Hungary National ice hockey teams in Europe Ice hockey teams in Hungary