The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (german: Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft; french: Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace; it, Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera) is a founding member of the

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(IIHF) and is controlled by the

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. As of 2022, the Swiss team is ranked 7th in the

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History

Bibi Torriani Richard "Bibi" "Riccardo" Torriani (1 October 1911 – 3 September 1988) was a Swiss ice hockey player and coach, and luge athlete. He played for HC Davos from 1929 to 1950, and served as captain of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey t ...

served as the Switzerland national

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from 1933 to 1939. He played on a

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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

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and Switzerland's national hockey team. Torriani served as

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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

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tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in 4th place at the

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Championships both years. Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the

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, defeating the

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3–2 and shutting out

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2–0 two days later. They finally fell to

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in the quarterfinals. At the

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, 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

Olympic Games

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 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

– Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B) * 1998 – Finished in 4th place * 1999 – Finished in 8th place *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

– Finished in 6th place * 2001 – Finished in 9th place *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

– Finished in 9th place * 2003 – Finished in 8th place * 2004 – Finished in 8th place *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

– Finished in 8th place *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

– Finished in 9th place * 2007 – Finished in 8th place *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– Finished in 7th place *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

– Finished in 9th place *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

– Finished in 5th place *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

– Finished in 9th place *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

– Finished in 11th place *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

– Won silver medal * 2014 – Finished in 10th place *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

– Finished in 8th place *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

– Finished in 11th place * 2017 – Finished in 6th place * 2018 – Won silver medal * 2019 – Finished in 8th place *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

– Cancelled due to the

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2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

– Finished in 6th place *

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

– Finished in 5th place

European Championship

*1910 – Finished in 4th place *1911 – Finished in 4th place *1922 – Won bronze medal *1923 – Finished in 5th place *1924 – Won bronze medal *1925 – Won bronze medal * 1926 – Won gold medal *1928 – Not ranked * 1932 – Won bronze medal

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

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. Head coach: Patrick Fischer

Uniform evolution

File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 1998-2000.png, 1998 Olympic and 1999-2000 IIHF jerseys File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 1998 IIHF IHWC.png, 1998 IIHF jerseys File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2001-2004.png, 2001-2004 IIHF and 2002 Olympic jerseys File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys.png, former jerseys File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png, 2014 Olympic jerseys File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys 2014.png, 2014–2016 IIHF jerseys File:Switzerland national hockey team jerseys 2017.png, 2017 IIHF jerseys File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 (WOG).png, 2018 Olympic jerseys File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 IHWC.png, 2018–2021 IIHF jerseys File:Switzerland national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png, 2022 Olympic jerseys

References

External links

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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
{{DEFAULTSORT:Switzerland Men's National Ice Hockey Team National ice hockey teams in Europe