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Hungary men's national ice hockey team

The Hungarian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Hungary. They have participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games since 1928.[2] A consistent participant of the annual World Championship, Hungary has played at the Olympics three times, most recently in 1964. They are currently ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF.

Hungary
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Magyars (Hungarians)
AssociationHungarian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachDon MacAdam
CaptainCsanád Erdély
Most gamesBalázs Kangyal (237)
Top scorerKrisztián Palkovics (96)
Most pointsBalázs Ladányi (251)
Home stadiumLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Team colors     
IIHF codeHUN
Ranking
Current IIHF18 Increase 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF18 (2024)
Lowest IIHF22 (2003–06)
First international
Austria  6–0  Hungary
(Vienna, Austria; 24 January 1927)
Biggest win
Hungary  31–1  Belgium
(Den Bosch, Netherlands; 4 March 1971)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union  19–1  Hungary
(Innsbruck, Austria; 28 January 1964)
Olympics
Appearances3 (first in 1928)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances56 (first in 1930)
Best result5th (1937)
International record (W–L–T)
406–466–63

The team is controlled by the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség). No Hungarian-born players have ever played in North America's National Hockey League; however, three have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft: Tamás Gröschl by the Edmonton Oilers (1999), Levente Szuper by the Calgary Flames (2000), and János Vas by the Dallas Stars (2002).

History

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The Hungarian team during the 2017 World Championship Division IA tournament in Ukraine.

The Hungarian team won its group in the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I, and therefore qualified to play in the Elite Division of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. 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 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, behind Kazakhstan to gain promotion to the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

On 4 May 2024, Hungary beat Slovenia 2-1 on the last match day of the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I and became world chanpions.[3] Consequently, Hungary qualified for the 2025 IIHF World Championship.[4]

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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Year Finish Rank
  1928 St. Moritz Preliminary round 11th place
  1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Second round 7th place
  1964 Innsbruck Consolation Round 16th place

World Championship

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Year Finish Rank
 / /  1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin Quarterfinals 6th
  1931 Krynica Consolation round 7th
  1933 Prague Seventh place game 7th
  1934 Milan Third round 6th
  1935 Davos Consolation Round 11th
  1937 London Consolation Round 5th
  1938 Prague Second Round 7th
  1939 Zürich/Basel Consolation Round 7th
  1959 Plzen 2nd in the Group B 14th
  1963 Stockholm 2nd in the Group C 17th
  1964 Innsbruck 8th in the Group B 16th
  1965 Turku/Rauma/Pori 4th in the Group B 12th
  1966 Zagreb 7th in the Group B 15th
  1967 Vienna 8th in the Group B, Relegation 16th
  1969 Skopje 3rd in the Group C 17th
  1970 Galaţi 4th in the Group C 18th
  1971 Netherlands 3rd in the Group C 19th
  1972 Miercurea-Ciuc 5th in the Group C 18th
  1973 Netherlands 3rd in the Group C 17th
  1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon 4th in the Group C 18th
  1975 Sofia 4th in the Group C 18th
  1976 Gdańsk 2nd in the Group C, Promoted 18th
  1977 Tokyo 6th in the Group B 14th
  1978 Belgrade 6th in the Group B 13th
  1979 Galați 9th in the Group B, Relegation 17th
  1981 Beijing 3rd in the Group C 19th
  1982 Jaca 5th in the Group C 21st
  1983 Budapest 2nd in the Group C, Promoted 18th
  1985 Fribourg 8th in the Group B, Relegation 16th
  1986 Puigcerda 6th in the Group C 22nd
  1987 Copenhagen/Herlev/Hørsholm 5th in the Group C 21st
  1989 Sydney 4th in the Group C 20th
  1990 Budapest 7th in the Group C 23rd
  1991 Brøndby 6th in the Group C 22nd
  1992 Hull 4th in the Group C1 24th
  1993 Ljubljana 4th in the Group C 24th
  1994 Poprad/Spišská Nová Ves 6th in the Group C1 26th
  1995 Sofia 8th in the Group C1 26th
  1996 Jesenice/Kranj 4th in the Group C 24th
  1997 Tallinn/Kohtla-Järve 6th in the Group C 26th
  1998 Budapest/Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros 1st in the Group C, Promoted 25th
  1999 Odense/Rodovre 8th in the Group B, Relegation 24th
  2000 Beijing 1st in the Group C, Promoted 25th
  2001 Grenoble 4th in Division I, Group A 23rd
  2002 Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros 2nd in Division I, Group B 20th
  2003 Budapest 3rd in Division I, Group A 21st
  2004 Oslo 4th in Division I, Group A 24th
  2005 Debrecen 3rd in Division I, Group A 21st
  2006 Amiens 4th in Division I, Group A 23rd
  2007 Ljubljana 2nd in Division I, Group B 19th
  2008 Sapporo 1st in Division I, Group B, Promoted 18th
  2009 Bern/Kloten Relegation round 16th
  2010 Ljubljana 2nd in Division I, Group B 20th
  2011 Budapest 2nd in Division I, Group A 19th
  2012 Ljubljana 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th
  2013 Budapest 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th
  2014 Goyang 5th in Division I, Group A 21st
  2015 Kraków 2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted 18th
  2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg Preliminary round, Relegation 15th
  2017 Kyiv 5th in Division I, Group A 21st
  2018 Budapest 4th in Division I, Group A 20th
  2019 Nur-Sultan 5th in Division I, Group A 21st
  2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[5] –
  2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[6] –
  2022 Ljubljana 2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted 18th
 /  2023 Tampere/Riga Preliminary round, Relegation 15th
  2024 Bolzano 1st in Division I, Group A, Promoted 17th
 /  2025 Stockholm/Herning

European Championship

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Games GP W T L GF GA Finish Rank
1910–1926 did not participate.
  1927 Wien 5 0 0 5 5 1 Round-robin 6th
  1929 Budapest 4 0 1 3 2 7 Second round 6th
  1932 Berlin did not participate

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[7][8]

Head coach: Kevin Constantine

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Bence Bálizs 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 34)   JKH GKS Jastrzębie
4 D Tamás Pozsgai – A 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 36)   MAC Budapest
6 D Bence Szirányi 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 36)   DVTK Jegesmedvék
8 D Bence Szabó 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26)   MAC Budapest
10 F Gergő Nagy – C 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) (1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 35)   Ferencvárosi TC
12 D Bence Stipsicz 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27)   Fehérvár AV19
13 F Krisztián Nagy 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30)   MAC Budapest
14 F Balázs Sebők 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)   Ilves
16 F Dániel Kóger 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 35)   CSM Corona Brașov
17 D Roland Kiss 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 25)   DVTK Jegesmedvék
18 F Karol Csányi 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 33)   HKM Zvolen
20 F István Sofron 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 36)   HSC Csíkszereda
21 F Kristóf Papp 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2001-06-27) 27 June 2001 (age 23)   Northern Michigan Wildcats
22 F Vilmos Galló 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 28)   Linköping HC
23 D Zétény Hadobás 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21)   Västerås IK
24 F Kristóf Németh 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 22)   Fehérvár AV19
28 F István Bartalis 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34)   Fehérvár AV19
33 D Milán Horváth 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (2001-02-02) 2 February 2001 (age 23)   Fehérvár AV19
34 F István Terbócs 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 28)   Fehérvár AV19
35 G Dominik Horváth 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23)   Fehérvár AV19
36 F Csanád Erdély 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)   Fehérvár AV19
44 D Nándor Fejes 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)   Gyergyói HK
59 G Gergely Arany 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 27)   Ferencvárosi TC
61 F Péter Vincze 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29)   Gyergyói HK
62 F János Hári – A 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 32)   Fehérvár AV19
70 D Zsombor Garát 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 27)   MAC Budapest

Former players

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See also: Hungarian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

NHL Drafts

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Players from Hungary to be drafted in the NHL

Year Name Overall Team
1993 Frank Banham1 147th Washington Capitals
1999 Tamás Gröschl 256th Edmonton Oilers
2000 Levente Szuper 116th Calgary Flames
2002 János Vas 32nd Dallas Stars
2004 Andrew Sarauer2 125th Vancouver Canucks
Notes
  1. Banham was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship.[9]
  2. Sarauer was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship.[9]

All-time record

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Updated as of 9 November 2024.[10] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
  Australia 5 4 0 1 39 18 +21
  Austria 55 13 2 40 132 212 –80
  Belarus 15 1 1 13 27 75 –48
  Belgium 17 13 1 3 162 41 +121
  Bulgaria 47 36 1 10 253 147 +106
  Canada 14 0 3 11 12 78 –66
  China 19 10 3 6 85 55 +30
  Croatia 24 23 1 0 178 30 +148
  Czechoslovakia 5 0 1 4 1 13 –12
  Denmark 67 33 4 26 277 207 +70
  East Germany 11 0 0 11 23 107 –84
  Estonia 8 4 2 2 37 28 +9
  Finland 5 1 0 4 6 25 –19
  France 52 26 4 22 216 203 +13
  Germany 22 1 4 17 32 72 –40
  Great Britain 34 18 1 15 113 96 +17
  Israel 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8
  Italy 49 19 6 24 147 169 –22
  Japan 35 18 0 17 101 112 –12
  Kazakhstan 14 1 0 13 21 68 –47
  Latvia 6 1 1 4 12 31 –19
  Lithuania 16 15 0 1 97 25 +72
  Netherlands 32 18 3 11 170 106 +64
  North Korea 12 7 0 5 71 38 +33
  Norway 27 10 3 14 64 102 –38
  Poland 68 26 6 36 150 211 –61
  Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7
  Romania 69 24 5 40 240 292 –52
  Russia 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4
  Serbia 1 1 0 0 9 1 +8
  Serbia and Montenegro 2 2 0 0 22 1 +21
  Slovakia 9 2 0 7 22 57 –35
  Slovenia 42 9 2 31 91 157 –66
  South Africa 4 4 0 0 57 7 +50
  South Korea 22 16 1 5 128 59 +69
  Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 1 19 –18
  Spain 9 9 0 0 82 22 +60
  Sweden 8 1 0 7 7 30 −23
   Switzerland 24 3 1 20 49 127 –78
  Ukraine 31 12 0 19 67 109 –42
  United States 3 0 0 3 2 15 –13
  Yugoslavia 52 24 6 22 181 173 +8
Total 935 406 63 466 3 393 3 344 +41

References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ice hockey: Canada stay perfect, Hungary get first win in 77 years". Reuters. 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Megverte Szlovéniát a magyar hokiválogatott, visszajutott az A csoportba". telex (in Hungarian). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Irány az elit: világbajnok lett a magyar jégkorong-válogatott!". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Megvan a vb-re utazó 25-ös keret" (in Hungarian). jegkorongszovetseg.hu. 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Team Roster Hungary" (PDF). iihf.com. 12 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Frank Banham és Andrew Sarauer mától magyar állampolgár". szekesfehervar.hu (in Hungarian). 3 April 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Hungary - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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