The Ukrainian national ice hockey team ( uk, Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's

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team of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, and is controlled by the

Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine The Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (, ''Federatsiya khokeyu Ukrayiny'' (FHU) is the official governing body for ice hockey in Ukraine. It became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) on May 6, 1992. Presidents * 1992-1997 : ...

, and a member of the

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(IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 27th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2020

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, while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th. The team's top finish was at the 2002

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when they finished in 9th place. Following the 2007 IIHF World Championship in

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, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

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 10th place

World Championship

*1954–1991 – ''Participated as part of the

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'' *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 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

– Finished in 14th 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 11th 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 12th place * 2007 – Finished in 16th place (relegated to Division I) *

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 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B) *

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 20th place (2nd in Division I Group B) *

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 19th place (2nd in Division I Group A) *

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 21st place (3rd in Division I Group B) *

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 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B) *

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 ...

– Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

– Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A) *

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 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B) *

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 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A) *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

– Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B) *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

– Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I Group B) *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

– Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B) *

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 ...

– Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic *

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 24th place (3rd in Division I Group B)

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 Andrei Viktorovich Nazarov (russian: Андрей Викторович Назаров; born May 22, 1974) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and head coach of HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has formerly manag ...

(2013–2014) */ Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15) * Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–2018) * Andriy Sryubko (2018–2019) */ Sergei Viter (2019–2020) *

Vadym Shakhraychuk Vadym Valeriovich Shakhraychuk ( ua, Вадим Валерійович Шахрайчук, born 12 June 1974) is a Ukrainian retired professional ice hockey player who has served as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team since 2021. He ...

(2021–Present)

Gallery

File:Kostyantyn_Symchuk.jpg, Kostiantyn Simchuk File:Andriy_Mikhnov.jpg, Andriy Mikhnov File:Mykola Ladygin.jpg, Mykola Ladygin File:Oleksandr Pobyedonostsev.jpg, Oleksandr Pobyedonostsev File:Dmytro Tsyrul.jpg, Dmytro Tsyrul File:Dmytro Tolkunov.jpg, Dmytro Tolkunov File:Vitaliy Lytvynenko.jpg, Vitaliy Lytvynenko File:Andriy Mikhnov and Vadym Shakhraychuk.jpg, Andriy Mikhnov and Vadym Shakhraychuk

References

External links

* (in Ukrainian)
IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
{{National sports teams of Ukraine * National ice hockey teams in Europe