The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (; ; ) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.

As of June 2026, the Swiss team is ranked 1st in the IIHF World Rankings.

History Bibi Torriani served as the Switzerland national team captain from 1933 to 1939. He played on a forward line known as "The ni-storm" (), with brothers Hans Cattini and Ferdinand Cattini. The line was named for the last syllable (-ni) of players' surnames. The ni-storm was regarded as the top line of HC Davos and Switzerland's national hockey team. Torriani served as head coach of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team in 1946–47, and again from 1948 to 1949 to 1951–52. Canadian-born Derek Holmes was the team's player-coach in the 1960s.

From a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships until the silver medal in 2013 and 2018, Switzerland did not win a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in fourth place in the World Championships both years.

Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Switzerland scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3–2 and shutting out Canada 2–0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss.

Tournament record Olympic Games

Year Result 1920 5th place (tied) 1924 8th place 1928 1932 did not participate 1936 12th place 1948 1952 5th place 1956 9th place 1960 did not participate 1964 8th place 1968 did not participate 1972 10th place 1976 11th place 1980 did not participate 1984 did not participate 1988 8th place 1992 10th place 1994 did not participate 1998 did not participate 2002 11th place 2006 6th place 2010 8th place 2014 9th place 2018 10th place 2022 8th place 2026 5th placeTotals Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 19 0 0 2 2

World Championship

1930 – Won bronze medal 1933 – Finished tied in 5th place 1934 – Finished in 4th place 1935 – Won silver medal 1937 – Won bronze medal 1938 – Finished in 6th place 1939 – Won bronze medal 1947 – Finished in 4th place 1949 – Finished in 5th place 1950 – Won bronze medal awarded Silver as European Champion 1951 – Won bronze medal 1953 – Won bronze medal 1954 – Finished in 7th place 1955 – Finished in 8th place 1959 – Finished in 12th place 1961 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1962 – Finished in 7th place 1963 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B) 1965 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B) 1966 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1967 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B) 1969 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Pool C) 1970 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B) 1971 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B) 1972 – Finished in 6th place 1973 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B) 1974 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C) 1975 – Finished in 9th place (2nd in Pool B) 1976 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B) 1977 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1978 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1979 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1981 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1982 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1983 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1985 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B) 1986 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B) 1987 – Finished in 8th place 1989 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B) 1990 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B) 1991 – Finished in 7th place 1992 – Finished in 4th place 1993 – Finished in 10th place 1994 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B) 1995 – Finished in 12th place 1996 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B) 1997 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B) 1998 – Finished in 4th place 1999 – Finished in 8th place 2000 – Finished in 6th place 2001 – Finished in 9th place 2002 – Finished in 10th place 2003 – Finished in 8th place 2004 – Finished in 8th place 2005 – Finished in 8th place 2006 – Finished in 9th place 2007 – Finished in 8th place 2008 – Finished in 7th place 2009 – Finished in 9th place 2010 – Finished in 5th place 2011 – Finished in 9th place 2012 – Finished in 11th place 2013 – Won silver medal 2014 – Finished in 10th place 2015 – Finished in 8th place 2016 – Finished in 11th place 2017 – Finished in 6th place 2018 – Won silver medal 2019 – Finished in 8th place 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 – Finished in 6th place 2022 – Finished in 5th place 2023 – Finished in 5th place 2024 – Won silver medal 2025 – Won silver medal 2026 – Won silver medal

European Championship Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1910 Les Avants 3 0 0 3 2 15 ? ? Round-robin 4th 1911 Berlin 3 0 0 3 4 28 ? ? Round-robin 4th 1912 Prague*did not participate 1913 Munichdid not participate 1914 Berlindid not participate1915–1920 No Championships (World War I). 1921 Stockholmdid not participate 1922 St. Moritz 2 0 0 2 1 15 ? ? Round-robin 1923 Antwerp 4 0 0 4 7 23 ? ? Round-robin 4th 1924 Milandid not participate 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec 3 0 2 1 3 4 ? ? Round-robin 1926 Davos 7 5 1 1 35 15 ? ? Final round 1927 Wiendid not participate 1929 Budapest 3 1 0 2 2 5 ? ? Second round 5th 1932 Berlin 6 1 5 0 10 9 ? ? Final round

Spengler Cup 1964 – Finished in 4th place 1967 – Won bronze medal 1968 – Finished in 4th place 1972 – Finished in 4th place 1974 – Finished in 4th place 1975 – Finished in 4th place 1976 – Won bronze medal 1977 – Finished in 5th place 1978 – Finished in 5th place 1979 – Finished in 5th place 2017 – Won silver medal

Deutschland Cup Gold medal (2001, 2007, 2019)

Euro Hockey Tour 2022–23 – Finished in 4th place 2023–24 – Finished in 4th place 2024–25 – Finished in 2025–26 – Finished in 4th place

Team Current roster Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Jan Cadieux

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam 8 F Simon Knak HC Davos 9 F Damien Riat Lausanne HC 13 F Nico Hischier New Jersey Devils 14 D Dean Kukan ZSC Lions 17 F Ken Jäger Lausanne HC 18 D Sven Jung HC Davos 20 G Reto Berra HC Fribourg-Gottéron 22 F Nino Niederreiter – A Winnipeg Jets 26 G Sandro Aeschlimann HC Davos 28 F Timo Meier New Jersey Devils 38 D Lukas Frick HC Davos 44 F Pius Suter St. Louis Blues 54 D Christian Marti ZSC Lions 56 D Tim Berni Genève-Servette Hockey Club 62 F Denis Malgin ZSC Lions 63 G Leonardo Genoni EV Zug 72 D Dominik Egli Frölunda HC 79 F Calvin Thürkauf HC Lugano 80 F Nicolas Baechler ZSC Lions 85 F Sven Andrighetto ZSC Lions 86 D J. J. Moser – A Tampa Bay Lightning 88 F Christoph Bertschy HC Fribourg-Gottéron 90 D Roman Josi – C Nashville Predators 93 F Théo Rochette Lausanne HC 94 F Attilio Biasca HC Fribourg-Gottéron

2026 Olympics roster

Uniform evolution

References

External links

IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey