The Lithuanian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Lithuania. The team is overseen by Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation who is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Lithuania is ranked 24th in the IIHF World Rankings. They have never competed in an Olympic Games.
World Championship record 1938 – 10th place 1954–1991 – part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team 1993 – not ranked (3rd in "Pool C" Qualification Group 1) 1994 – not ranked (2nd in "Pool C2" Qualification Group 1) 1995 – 31st place (2nd in "Pool C2") 1996 – 29th place (1st in "Pool D") 1997 – 28th place (8th in "Pool C") 1998 – 27th place (3rd in "Pool C") 1999 – 27th place (3rd in "Pool C") 2000 – 28th place (4th in "Pool C") 2001 – 28th place (6th in Division I Group A) 2002 – 30th place (1st in Division II Group B) 2003 – 28th place (6th in Division I Group A) 2004 – 29th place (1st in Division II Group B) 2005 – 26th place (5th in Division I Group B) 2006 – 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B) 2007 – 26th place (5th in Division I Group B) 2008 – 24th place (4th in Division I Group B) 2009 – 24th place (4th in Division I Group A) 2010 – 26th place (5th in Division I Group A) 2011 – 25th place (5th in Division I Group B) 2012 – 27th place (5th in Division I Group B) 2013 – 27th place (5th in Division I Group B) 2014 – 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B) 2015 – 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B) 2016 – 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B) 2017 – 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B) 2018 – 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B) 2019 – 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A) 2020 – cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 – cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 – 19th place (3rd in Division I Group A) 2023 – 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A) 2024 – 24th place (2nd in Division I Group B) 2025 – 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B) 2026 – 21st place (5th in Division I Group A)
Roster Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A.
Head coach: Ron Pasco No. Pos. Name Height Weight Date of birth Team 1 G Energija Elektrėnai 2 D Energija Elektrėnai 4 D HK Spišská Nová Ves 7 F Hockey Punks Vilnius 8 F IK Comet Halden 10 F Energija Elektrėnai 11 D Annecy Hockey 12 F Háromszéki Ágyúsok 13 F ESC Eagles Essen-West 14 D Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 16 D Springfield Jr. Blues 18 F Energija Elektrėnai 19 F Liepājas HK 22 F Energija Elektrėnai 23 F Albertus Magnus College 24 D Sparta Sarpsborg 27 F Peoria Rivermen 30 G Tappara 70 G Malungs IF 71 D Hockey Punks Vilnius 77 F Rimouski Océanic 88 F Nijmegen Devils 97 F EHC Arosa
All-time record
+ All-time record against opponents Opponent 3 3 0 0 20 7 +13 2 0 0 2 5 11 3 0 0 3 4 31 2 2 0 0 19 4 +15 3 3 0 0 26 3 +23 6 3 1 2 18 22 16 12 1 3 58 33 +25 1 0 0 1 1 8 39 18 1 20 150 141 +9 5 0 0 5 9 26 10 5 0 5 25 35 1 1 0 0 20 1 +19 16 1 0 15 25 97 1 1 0 0 20 0 +20 1 1 0 0 7 2 +5 3 0 0 3 5 15 11 2 0 9 21 48 6 0 0 6 7 45 5 0 0 5 2 45 1 1 0 0 20 0 +20 17 5 5 7 47 56 1 1 0 0 21 2 +19 1 1 0 0 9 0 +9 3 1 0 2 8 15 23 5 0 18 49 127 17 8 1 8 62 57 +5 6 6 0 0 37 8 +29 1 1 0 0 14 3 +11 6 0 0 6 10 42 1 1 0 0 16 1 +15 9 5 1 3 29 23 +6 6 6 0 0 36 6 +30 1 0 0 1 1 15 15 4 0 11 28 65 Total 237 96 10 131 821 982
Notable players Mantas Armalis Darius Kasparaitis Dainius Zubrus Nerijus Ališauskas
References
External links
IIHF profile Lithuania at National teams of ice hockey website