The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 22nd in the 2026 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in Division IA. They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions, the most recent being in 1980.

Olympic Games Romania started Olympic hockey in 1964 in the B division. In the tournament, the team finished 12th out of 16 teams and managed 3 wins against Austria, Italy, and Hungary also with a tie against Yugoslavia.

In 1968, Romania lost its qualification match against West Germany 7–0 and was forced to compete in the B division again. In the first two games, Romania beat Austria 3–2 and the Host, France 7–3. They lost their next three games and finished 12th out of 14 in the standings.

After skipping the 1972 competition, Romania returned for the 1976 tournament. This time Romania played Poland in the Qualification round and lost 7–4, keeping them in the B division once again. However, Romania battled back and won 4 of 5 games with only one loss against Yugoslavia, still winning the division. The team finished 7th out of 12.

In 1980, Romania was able to play with the top teams and was put into the Blue Division group, along with tough opponents such as Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and USA. In the first game Romania was down 4–2 to West Germany, but managed to score 4 goals to beat the former bronze medallists 6–4. In their next game Romania got shut out by Sweden 8–0. The Swedes scored 3 goals in the first period which left Romania out of it. After a lopsided loss to Czechoslovakia (7–2) the team then took on USA. The US jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first period and added two more to it to lead 4–1 after two periods. Unlike other teams that the US had faced, the Romanians fought strong in the third period, despite being outshot 15–3, and scored a goal. The final score was 7–2. Romania played Norway for their final game, who had lost all four of their past games and had no chance to advance to the Medal Round. Romania fell behind less than a minute into the game, but stormed back to take the lead 3–1 in the third period. The Norwegian team battled back though, and scored once with a minute and a half left to play, and scored once more to tie it with only 29 seconds left. This tie still gave Romania one point but they had been hoping for a win. They finished the tournament with a 1–3–1 record, and were ranked 8th out of 12, just beating the Netherlands, West Germany, Norway, and Japan. This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments.

Tournament record

Olympic record Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1964 Innsbruck 7 3 0 1 0 3 31 28 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th 1968 Grenoble 5 2 0 0 0 3 22 23 - - Consolation round (Group B) 12th 1972 SapporoDid not qualify 1976 Innsbruck 5 4 0 0 0 1 23 15 - - Consolation round 7th 1980 Lake Placid 5 1 0 1 0 3 13 29 - - First round 8th 1984 SarajevoDid not qualify 1988 CalgaryDid not qualify 1992 AlbertvilleDid not qualify 1994 LillehammerDid not qualify1998 NaganoDid not qualify 2002 Salt Lake CityDid not qualify 2006 TurinDid not qualify 2010 VancouverDid not qualify 2014 SochiDid not qualify 2018 PyeongchangDid not qualify 2022 BeijingDid not qualify 2026 Milan-CortinaDid not qualify 2030 French AlpsFuture event

World Championship

1931 – 10th place 1933 – 9th place 1934 – 10th place 1935 – 11th place 1937 – 10th place 1938 – 13th place 1947 – 7th place 1959 – 13th place (1st in Pool B) 1961 – 15th place (1st in Pool C) 1963 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1966 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B) 1967 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B) 1969 – 12th place (6th in Pool B) 1970 – 13th place (7th in Pool B) 1971 – 15th place (1st in Pool C)

1972 – 10th place (4th in Pool B) 1973 – 10th place (4th in Pool B) 1974 – 12th place (6th in Pool B) 1975 – 11th place (5th in Pool B) 1976 – 9th place (1st in Pool B) 1977 – 8th place 1978 – 12th place (4th in Pool B) 1979 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1981 – 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1982 – 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1983 – 15th place (7th in Pool B) 1985 – 20th place (4th in Pool C) 1986 – 20th place (4th in Pool C) 1987 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C) 1989 – 26th place (2nd in Pool D)

Division Championship Coach Captain Finish RankC 1990 Budapest – – Group stage 4th in Group CC 1991 Brøndby – – Promoted 3rd in Group CB 1992 Klagenfurt – – Group stage 6th in Group BB 1993 Eindhoven – – Group stage 6th in Group BB 1994 Copenhagen – – Group stage 7th in Group BB 1995 Bratislava – – relegated 8th in Group BC 1996 Jesenice – – Group stage 6th in Group CC 1997 Tallinn – – Consolation 25thC 1998 Budapest – – Final Round 26thC 1999 Eindhoven – – Final Round 26thC 2000 Beijing – – Consolation 30thDivision II 2001 Bucharest – – Promoted 1st in Group BDivision I 2002 Székesfehérvár – – Group stage 5th in Group BDivision I 2003 Budapest – – Group stage 5th in Group ADivision I 2004 Gdańsk – – Group stage 5th in Group BDivision I 2005 Eindhoven – – relegated 6th in Group BDivision II 2006 Sofia – – Promoted 1st in Group ADivision I 2007 Ljubljana – – relegated 6th in Group ADivision II 2008 Miercurea Ciuc – – Promoted 1st in Group ADivision I 2009 Toruń – – Group stage 6th in Group BDivision II 2010 Narva – – Group stage 2nd in Group BDivision II 2011 Zagreb – – Promoted 1st in Group BDivision I 2012 Krynica – – Group stage 4th in Group BDivision I 2013 Donetsk – – Group stage 4th in Group BDivision I 2014 Vilnius – – relegated 6th in Group BDivision II 2015 Reykjavík – – Promoted 1st in Group ADivision I 2016 Zagreb – – relegated 6th in Group BDivision II 2017 Galați – – Promoted 1st in Group ADivision I 2018 Kaunas – – Group stage 5th in Group BDivision I 2019 Tallinn – – Promoted 1st in Group BDivision I 2020 LjubljanaCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicDivision I 2021 LjubljanaCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicDivision I 2022 Ljubljana – – Group stage 6th in Group A Division I 2023 Nottingham – – Group stage 5th in Group ADivision I 2024 Bolzano – – Group stage 4th in Group ADivision I 2025 Sfântu Gheorghe – – relegated 6th in Group ADivision I 2026 Shenzhen – – Group stage 3rd in Group BDivision I 2027 Târgu Mureș – – Group B

Winter Universiade 1966 – 2nd place (Silver medal) 1983 – 3rd place (Bronze medal)

All-time record Updated as of 8 November 2025. Teams in italics are defunct.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 29 14 2 13 104 130 –26 1 0 0 1 3 5 –2 15 15 0 0 133 24 +109 40 34 2 4 249 91 +158 4 0 0 4 3 29 –26 24 19 2 3 137 69 +68 13 7 1 5 52 41 +11 8 0 0 8 6 78 –72 20 10 1 9 80 75 +5 43 4 2 37 91 264 –173 12 5 0 7 50 43 +7 4 1 1 2 16 27 –11 28 12 4 12 139 114 +25 21 4 0 17 57 100 –43 27 4 1 22 64 140 –76 69 40 5 24 292 240 +52 5 4 0 1 25 10 +15 2 2 0 0 43 1 +42 4 4 0 0 55 2 +53 29 11 3 15 93 127 –34 32 12 2 18 116 145 –29 6 2 0 4 11 30 –19 1 1 0 0 18 2 +16 8 2 0 6 7 49 –42 17 8 1 8 57 61 –4 1 1 0 0 19 0 +19 29 13 2 14 113 93 +20 6 6 0 0 51 14 +37 31 13 3 15 112 134 –22 2 2 0 0 66 2 +64 63 7 5 51 107 394 –287 5 5 0 0 28 6 +22 6 6 0 0 47 11 +36 7 1 1 5 7 53 –46 9 0 0 9 7 54 –47 2 2 0 0 33 3 +30 12 6 0 6 56 41 +15 1 0 0 1 1 18 –17 10 10 0 0 86 12 +74 5 0 1 4 4 35 –31 38 13 3 22 121 187 –66 24 4 0 20 25 129 –104 11 1 0 10 21 85 –64 58 30 15 13 254 208 +46Total 784 338 57 389 3 073 3 377 –304

See also List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Romania

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