The Luxembourg national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Luxembourg. It is controlled by the Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Luxembourg is currently ranked 43rd in the IIHF World Rankings and competes at Division II of the IIHF World Championships. They won their first tournament in 2017 at the Division III level.
History Luxembourg joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1912, though did not participate in the World Championship until 1992, when they placed fifth in Group C2, the lowest tier. They would not return to the tournament until 2000, though except for 2001 have been a regular participant since then.
The team plays in the colours of the national flag: red, white, and light blue. The squad is coached by Petr Fical of Germany and captained by Ronny Scheier. Monique Scheier-Schneider served as the team's general manager from the 2005 to 2007 world championships.
In the 2007 World Championships, Luxembourg finished third in Division III, narrowly missing out on promotion to Division II after being defeated 4–3 by hosts Ireland in overtime. Luxembourg has never competed in ice hockey at the Olympics. They placed third at the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III in Dunedin, New Zealand. They won their first tournament in 2017 at the Division III level.
IIHF World Championships Year Host Division/Group Group position Overall position 1992 Johannesburg Group C2 5th 31st 1993–1999did not participate 2000 Reykjavík Group D 8th 41st 2001did not participate 2002 Novi Sad Division II – Group B 6th (relegated) 40th 2003 Auckland Division III 2nd (promoted) 42nd 2004 Jaca Division II – Group A 6th (relegated) 39th 2005 Mexico City Division III 3rd 43rd 2006 Reykjavík Division III 5th 45th 2007 Dundalk Division III 3rd 42nd 2008 Luxembourg Division III 3rd 43rd 2009 Dunedin Division III 3rd 43rd 2010 Kockelscheuer Division III – Group A 3rd 45th 2011 Cape Town Division III 4th 44th 2012 Erzurum Division III 3rd 43rd 2013 Cape Town 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III 3rd 43rd 2014 Kockelscheuer Division III 3rd 43rd 2015 İzmir Division III 3rd 43rd 2016 Istanbul Division III 3rd 43rd 2017 Sofia Division III 1st (promoted) 41st 2018 Granada Division II – Group B 6th (relegated) 40th 2019 Sofia Division III 4th 44th 2020 Kockelscheuer Division IIICancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Kockelscheuer Division IIICancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Kockelscheuer Division III – Group A 5th 41st 2023 Cape Town Division III – Group A 5th 45th 2024 Bishkek Division III – Group A 3rd 43rd 2025 Istanbul Division III – Group A 6th 46th 2026 Hong Kong Division III – Group B 4th 50th
All-time record
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 2 1 0 1 44 13 +31 2 0 0 2 0 29 -29 4 0 0 4 4 36 -32 4 3 0 1 30 7 +23 4 1 0 3 17 36 -19 1 0 0 1 3 19 -16 3 0 0 3 7 20 -13 1 0 0 1 0 11 -11 4 4 0 0 45 7 +38 7 5 0 2 45 17 +28 5 4 0 1 29 11 +18 2 0 0 2 2 13 -11 8 5 0 3 41 25 +16 4 0 2 2 9 26 -17 3 0 0 3 6 18 -12 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 1 0 0 1 0 20 -20 4 1 0 3 7 16 -9 6 6 0 0 41 7 +34 5 0 0 5 9 32 -23 7 1 0 6 12 29 -17 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 1 0 0 1 0 13 -13 12 5 0 7 34 61 -27 4 0 0 4 1 67 −66 2 0 0 2 3 16 -13 13 5 0 8 52 79 -27 5 2 0 3 16 23 -7 7 5 0 2 48 19 +29 1 0 0 1 0 14 -14Total 125 51 2 72 520 689 -169
References
External links
IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey