Italy men's national ice hockey team

The Italian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Italy, and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Italy
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
AssociationFederazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio
Head coachMike Pelino
AssistantsFabio Armani
Parry Pearn
CaptainThomas Larkin
Most gamesLucio Topatigh (353)
Top scorerAlberto Da Rin (123)
Most pointsBruno Zarrillo (187)
Team colors     
IIHF codeITA
Ranking
Current IIHF18 Decrease 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF13 (2007)
Lowest IIHF19 (first in 2004)
First international
Italy  1–7  Sweden
(Milan, Italy; 14 March 1924)
Biggest win
Italy  28–0  Belgium
(Düsseldorf, Germany; 1 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
United States  31–1  Italy
(St. Moritz, Switzerland; 1 February 1948)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances66 (first in 1930)
Best result4th (1953)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances3 (first in 1924)
Best result4th (1929)
Olympics
Appearances9 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
406–514–85
Italian national team at 1926 Ice Hockey European Championship
The Blue Team during 2003 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge
Game between Italy vs Russia.
Christian Borgatello in 2015

Tournament record

Olympic Games
GamesFinish
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen9th place
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz8th place
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo7th place
Austria 1964 Innsbruck15th place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo9th place
France 1992 Albertville12th place
Norway 1994 Lillehammer9th place
Japan 1998 Nagano12th place
Italy 2006 Turin11th place
Italy 2026 Milan and CortinaTBC

World Championship
Championship Finish Rank
France/Austria/Germany 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin First round 10th
Czechoslovakia 1933 Prague Consolation round 11th
Italy 1934 Milan Consolation round 9th
Switzerland 1935 Davos Consolation round 7th
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen First round 9th
Switzerland 1939 Zürich/Basel Consolation round 9th
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz Final Tournament 8th
France 1951 Paris 1st in the Pool B 8th
Belgium 1952 Liege 3rd in the Pool B 12th
Switzerland 1953 Zürich/Basel 1st in the Pool B 4th
West Germany 1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne 1st in the Pool B 10th
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Consolation round 7th
Czechoslovakia 1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava Consolation round 8th
Switzerland 1961 Geneva/Lausanne 4th in the Pool B 12th
Austria 1964 Innsbruck 7th in the Pool B 15th
Italy Hungary 1965 Qualifying round Group B —
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1966 Jesenice 1st in the Pool C 17th
Austria 1967 Vienna 5th in the Pool B 13th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1969 Ljubljana 8th in the Pool B 14th
Romania 1970 Galaţi 2nd in the Pool C 16th
Switzerland 1971 Bern/Geneva 8th in the Pool B 14th
Romania 1972 Miercurea-Ciuc 2nd in the Pool C 15th
Austria 1973 Graz 8th in the Pool B 14th
France 1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon 2nd in the Pool C 16th
Japan 1975 Sapporo 7th in the Pool B 13th
Switzerland 1976 Aarau/Bienne 7th in the Pool B 15th
Denmark 1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm 1st in the Pool C 18th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1978 Belgrade 7th in the Pool B 15th
Spain 1979 Barcelona 2nd in the Pool C 20th
Sweden 1981 Urtijëi 1st in the Pool B 9th
Finland 1982 Helsinki/Tampere First round 7th
West Germany 1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich Consolation round 8th
Switzerland 1985 Fribourg 3rd in the Pool B 11th
Netherlands 1986 Eindhoven 2nd in the Pool B 9th
Italy 1987 Canazei 6th in the Pool B 14th
Norway 1989 Oslo/Lillehammer 2nd in the Pool B 10th
France 1990 Lyon/Megève 2nd in the Pool B 10th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1991 Ljubljana/Bled/Jesenice 1st in the Pool B 9th
Czechoslovakia 1992 Prague/Bratislava First round 9th
Germany 1993 Munich/Dortmund Quarter-finals 8th
Italy 1994 Bolzano/Canazei/Milan Quarter-finals 6th
Sweden 1995 Stockholm Quarter-finals 7th
Austria 1996 Vienna Quarter-finals 7th
Finland 1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku Consolation round 8th
Switzerland 1998 Zürich/Basel Consolation round 10th
Norway 1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer First round 13th
Russia 2000 Saint Petersburg Second round 12th
Germany 2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover Second round 12th
Sweden 2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping Consolation round 15th
Croatia 2003 Zagreb 4th in Division I, Group B 23rd
Poland 2004 Gdańsk 2nd in Division I, Group B 19th
Netherlands 2005 Eindhoven 1st in Division I, Group B 18th
Latvia 2006 Riga Relegation round 14th
Russia 2007 Moscow Qualifying round 12th
Canada 2008 Halifax/Quebec Relegation round 16th
Poland 2009 Toruń 1st in Division I, Group B 18th
Germany 2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen Relegation round 15th
Hungary 2011 Budapest 1st in Division I, Group A 18th
Finland/Sweden 2012 Helsinki/Stockholm Preliminary round 15th
Hungary 2013 Budapest 2nd in Division I, Group A 18th
Belarus 2014 Minsk Preliminary round 15th
Poland 2015 Kraków 5th in Division I, Group A 21st
Poland 2016 Katowice 2nd in Division I, Group A 18th
Germany/France 2017 Cologne/Paris Preliminary round 16th
Hungary 2018 Budapest 2nd in Division I, Group A 18th
Slovakia 2019 Bratislava/Košice Preliminary round 14th
Switzerland 2020 Zürich/Lausanne Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2] –
Latvia 2021 Riga Preliminary round 16th
Finland 2022 Helsinki/Tampere Relegated 15th
United Kingdom 2023 Nottingham 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th
Italy 2024 Bolzano 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th

Thayer Tutt Trophy
  • 1980 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1988 – Finished in 1st place

European Championship
GamesGPWTLGFGA Finish Rank
1910–1923did not participate.
Italy 1924 Milan 2002016 Group stage 6th
Czechoslovakia 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokvovec did not participate
Switzerland 1926 Davos 4013426 Consolation round 8th
Austria 1927 Wien did not participate
Hungary 1929 Budapest 420256 Third place match 4th
Germany 1932 Berlin did not participate

Uniform evolution
  • National team jerseys
  • 1992 Olympic jersey
    1992 Olympic jersey
  • 1994 Olympic jersey
    1994 Olympic jersey
  • 1998-2002 IIHF jerseys
    1998-2002 IIHF jerseys
  • 2015–2019 IIHF jerseys
    2015–2019 IIHF jerseys
  • 2019– IIHF jerseys
    2019– IIHF jerseys

All-time record
As of 24 April 2024.
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia2200254+21
 Austria97391246277298-21
 Belarus61051022-12
 Belgium87017415+59
 Bulgaria109015522+33
 Canada37323262217-155
 China1311117326+47
 Croatia5500241+23
 Czech Republic90091164-53
 Czechoslovakia6006552-47
 Denmark301331411896+22
 East Germany22741175121-46
 Estonia3201104−6
 Finland25421951116−65
 France9250636313257+56
 Germany5917933157230-73
 Great Britain1911269361+32
 Hungary4623617158136+22
 Japan342221012889+39
 Kazakhstan2571174771-24
 Latvia1941143071-41
 Lithuania3300155+10
 Netherlands32254315568+87
 North Korea1100112+9
 Norway4617326132167-35
 Poland5721432140187-43
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia100105−5
 Romania261231110889+19
 Russia1502131784−67
 Serbia110080+8
 Serbia and Montenegro1100130+13
 Slovakia1831144277-35
 Slovenia5723628124146-22
 South Africa2200352+33
 South Korea1211016418+46
 Soviet Union5005863-55
 Spain4310262+24
 Sweden24032131166−135
  Switzerland6716546168306-138
 Ukraine128043424+10
 United States20301738130−92
 Yugoslavia3419312149135+14
Total1 003406855143 1143 649-535

References
  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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