Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Yellow and Blue
(Жовто-сині / Zhovto-syni)
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Ukraine
General managerOlexander Butkevych
Head coachDmitri Khristich
AssistantsIgor Karpenko
Nicholas Phelan
Oleg Shafarenko
Oleg Zadoienko
CaptainIgor Merezhko
Most gamesVasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Top scorerVadym Shakhraychuk (42)
Most pointsAndriy Mikhnov
Vadym Shakhraychuk (73)
Team colors   
IIHF codeUKR
Ranking
Current IIHF27 Steady (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2003, 2005)
Lowest IIHF28 (2022)
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)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances30 (first in 1993)
Best result9th (2002)
International record (W–L–T)
167–180–27

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 27th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2020 IIHF World Ranking,[2] while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th. As part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played internationally from 1954 to 1991, and made their international debut as an independent country in 1992.

Ukraine has played at the Winter Olympics once, in 2002. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in ninth place. Following the 2007 World Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "IIHF- World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2022.