Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 24th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2018 IIHF World Ranking,[2] while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th.

Ukraine
The Ukrainian badge features the same colors found on the Ukrainian flag, a blue shield with gold trident who is also featured on the coat of arms of Ukraine.
Nickname(s)Yellow and Blue
(Жовто-сині / Zhovto-syni;
Жёлто-синие / Zholto-siniye)
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Ukraine
Head coachAndriy Sryubko
AssistantsSerhiy Klymentiev
Oleg Shafarenko
CaptainAndriy Mikhnov
Most gamesVasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Most pointsVitaly Litvinenko (105)
Team colors         
IIHF codeUKR
Ranking
Current IIHF26 1 (24 April 2020)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2003)
Lowest IIHF25 (2019)
First international
Kazakhstan  5–1  Ukraine
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine  37–2  Belgium
(Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
Biggest defeat
Finland  9–0  Ukraine
(Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances27 (first in 1993)
Best result9th (2002)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
International record (W–L–T)
157–148–27
Medal record
Pool B / Division I
1998 Slovenia
2013 Ukraine (Group B)
2016 Croatia (Group B)
2008 Japan (Group B)
2009 Poland (Group B)
2010 Netherlands (Group A)
2011 Ukraine (Group B)
Pool C / Division II
1997 Estonia
1993 Slovenia
1996 Slovenia
1994 Slovakia (Pool C1)
1995 Bulgaria (Pool C1)

The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in 9th place. Following the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Russia, Ukraine was relegated to Division 1.

Tournament record

Olympic Games
  • 2002 – Finished in 10th place

World Championship
  • 1954–1991 – Participated as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
  • 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 – Finished in 14th place
  • 2005 – Finished in 11th place
  • 2006 – Finished in 12th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 16th place (relegated to Division I)
  • 2008 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2009 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2010 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group A)
  • 2011 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2012 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2013 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
  • 2014 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A)
  • 2015 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2016 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
  • 2017 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
  • 2018 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I Group B)
  • 2019 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]

Team

Roster

Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[4]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Height Weight Date of birth Club
1 Sergei Gaiduchenko L 196 cm 101 kg (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 Free agent
30 Bohdan Dyachenko L 184 cm 79 kg (1998-10-06) 6 October 1998 HC Donbass
30 Artur Ogandzhanyan L 184 cm 79 kg (2000-08-22) 22 August 2000 Ogden Mustangs
35 Eduard Zakharchenko L 186 cm 84 kg (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
Defencemen
6 Volodymyr Aleksyuk L 181 cm 83 kg (1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 Donbass Donetsk
2 Vitali Andreikiv L 180 cm 88 kg (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 HK Kremenchuk
21 Denys Isayenko L 175 cm 90 kg (1980-03-17) 17 March 1980 HK Kremenchuk
26 Denys Petrukhno L 190 cm 93 kg (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 Donbass Donetsk
14 Igor Merezhko L 180 cm 82 kg (1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 Lethbridge Hurricanes
23 Volodymyr Romanenko L 189 cm 95 kg (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 HK Kremenchuk
4 Vsevold Tolstushko L 178 cm 80 kg (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 Donbass Donetsk
5 Kyrylo Zhovnir L 193 cm 101 kg (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 HK Kremenchuk
Forwards
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
15 Sergiy Babynets L 184 cm 80 kg (1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 MHK Humenne
24 Roman Blagy R 190 cm 100 kg (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 Saryarka Karagandy
25 Artem Bondaryev L 181 cm 92 kg (1983-01-12) 12 January 1983 Steaua București
19 Alexander Peresunko R 179 cm 82 kg (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 Boston Jr. Bruins
11 Vladyslav Gavryk R 193 cm 100 kg (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 HK Dukla Michalovce
22 Artem Gnidenko R 177 cm 82 kg (1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 HK Generals Kiev
9 Georgi Kicha R 175 cm 78 kg (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 HC Prešov Penguins
8 Andri Mikhnov L 200 cm 98 kg (1983-11-26) 26 November 1983 GKS Tychy
20 Yuri Petrangovsky L 187 cm 89 kg (1994-12-09) 9 December 1994 HK Kremenchuk
7 Oleg Shafarenko L 184 cm 80 kg (1981-10-31) 31 October 1981 Yunost Minsk
3 Yevgen Tymchenko L 185 cm 85 kg (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 HK Generals Kiev
10 Viktor Zakharov L 195 cm 90 kg (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994 Donbass Donetsk

Coaches
  • Oleksandr Fadeiev (1993–1994)
  • Anatoliy Bohdanov (1994–2003)
  • Oleksandr Seukand (2004–2007)
  • Volodymyr Golubovych (2007–2008)
  • Oleksandr Seukand (2009)
  • Mikhail Zakharov (2009–2010)
  • Dave Lewis (2010–2011)
  • Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012)
  • Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013)
  • Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014)
  • Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15)
  • Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–2018)
  • Andriy Sryubko (2018–Present)

References
  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. "2018 Ranking (May)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  4. "2016 World Championships Division 1B Team Ukraine Roster. (Men)" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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