The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2022 the Austrian team is ranked 18th in the IIHF World Rankings. Austria has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1947. Austria currently has 8,799 registered players (0.1% of the total population).

Tournament record Olympic Games

Games Finish 1928 St. Moritz 6th place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 7th place 1948 St. Moritz 7th place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 10th place 1964 Innsbruck 13th place 1968 Grenoble 13th place 1976 Innsbruck 8th place 1984 Sarajevo 10th place 1988 Calgary 9th place 1994 Lillehammer 12th place 1998 Nagano 14th place 2002 Salt Lake City 12th place 2014 Sochi 10th place

World Championship

1930 – Finished in 4th place 1931 – Won bronze medal 1933 – Finished in 4th place 1934 – Finished in 7th place 1935 – Finished in 6th place 1938 – Finished tied in 10th place 1947 – Won bronze medal 1949 – Finished in 6th place 1951 – Finished in 11th place (4th in Pool B) 1952 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B) 1953 – Finished in 6th place (3rd in Pool B) 1955 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B) 1957 – Finished in 7th place 1959 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B) 1961 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1962 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B) 1963 – Finished in 16th place (won Pool C) 1965 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1966 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1967 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1969 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B) 1970 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C) 1971 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B) 1972 – Finished in 14th place (won Pool C) 1973 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B) 1974 – Finished in 14th place (8th in Pool B) 1975 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C) 1976 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C) 1977 – Finished in 17th place (9th in Pool B) 1978 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C) 1979 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B) 1981 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C) 1982 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B) 1983 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1985 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B) 1986 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1987 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1989 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1990 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B) 1991 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1992 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B) 1993 – Finished in 11th place 1994 – Finished in 8th place 1995 – Finished in 11th place 1996 – Finished in 12th place 1997 – Finished in 16th place (4th in Pool B) Division Championship Coach Captain Finish RankTop Division 1998 Zürich/Basel – – First round15thTop Division 1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer – – Consolation round10thTop Division 2000 Saint Petersburg – – Relegation round13thTop Division 2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover – – Second round11thTop Division 2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping – – Second round12thTop Division 2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku – – Second round10thTop Division 2004 Prague/Ostrava – – Qualifying round11thTop Division 2005 Vienna/Innsbruck – – relegated15thDivision I 2006 Tallinn – – Promoted1st in Group BTop Division 2007 Moscow – – relegated15thDivision I 2008 Innsbruck – – Promoted1st in Group ATop Division 2009 Bern/Kloten – – relegated14thDivision I 2010 Tilburg – – Promoted1st in Group ATop Division 2011 Bratislava/Košice – – relegated15thDivision I 2012 Ljubljana – – Promoted2nd in Group ATop Division 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki – – relegated15thDivision I 2014 Goyang – – Promoted2nd in Group ATop Division 2015 Prague/Ostrava – – relegated15th Division I 2016 Katowice – – Group stage4th in Group ADivision I 2017 Kyiv – – Promoted1st in Group ATop Division 2018 Copenhagen/Herning – – Group stage14thTop Division 2019 Bratislava/Košice – – relegated 16th Division I 2020 LjubljanaCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicDivision I 2021 LjubljanaCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicTop Division 2022 Tampere/Helsinki – – Group stage 11thTop Division 2023 Tampere/Riga – – Group stage 14thTop Division 2024 Prague/Ostrava – – Group stage 10thTop Division 2025 Stockholm/Herning – – Playoff round 8thTop Division 2026 Zurich/Fribourg – – Group stage 11thTop Division 2027 Düsseldorf/Mannheim

European Championship Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1910 Les Avantsdid not participate. 1911 Berlindid not participate. 1912 Prague* 2 0 0 2 1 9 ? ? Round-robin 1913 Munich 3 0 0 3 5 34 ? ? Round-robin 4th 1914 Berlindid not participate.1915–1920 No Championships (World War I). 1921 Stockholmdid not participate. 1922 St. Moritzdid not participate. 1923 Antwerpdid not participate. 1924 Milandid not participate. 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec 3 1 1 1 4 5 ? ? Round-robin 1926 Davos 7 4 1 2 15 13 ? ? Final round 1927 Vienna 5 5 0 0 13 2 ? ? Round-robin 1929 Budapest 6 4 0 2 13 9 ? ? 3rd Place Game 1932 Berlin 4 1 3 0 6 3 ? ? Final round

1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.

Team Current roster Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Roger Bader

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam 3 F – C Red Bull Salzburg 4 D Pioneers Vorarlberg 5 D Vienna Capitals 8 F EC VSV 9 F Vienna Capitals 12 D EC KAC 14 F Steinbach Black Wings Linz 16 F HC Ambrì-Piotta 17 F RPI Engineers 18 D Graz 99ers 19 F Laval Rocket 30 G Red Bull Salzburg 32 D – A EHC Kloten 33 G EC KAC 35 G Red Bull Salzburg 40 F Graz 99ers 45 D Rögle BK 48 F Red Bull Salzburg 52 F Graz 99ers 61 F EC KAC 70 F Red Bull Salzburg 78 D EC KAC 81 F Peterborough Petes 92 D – A EC KAC 96 F Red Bull Salzburg

Notable players Reinhard Divis Michael Grabner Derek Holmes, player-coach in the 1960s Andreas Nödl Thomas Pöck Michael Raffl Thomas Vanek

All-time record Updated as of match played on 6 November 2025. Teams listed in italics are defunct. Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 1 1 0 0 17 0 +17 22 5 1 16 50 83 -33 13 12 0 1 106 36 +70 2 0 0 2 0 12 -12 10 8 1 1 58 18 +40 40 1 3 36 46 235 -189 8 7 1 0 66 20 +46 2 2 0 0 11 2 +9 27 2 0 25 35 130 −95 28 4 0 24 37 168 −131 44 30 1 13 175 95 +80 28 6 0 22 71 182 -111 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6 16 1 1 14 28 80 −52 69 36 10 23 264 190 +74 57 15 4 38 91 187 -96 21 13 2 6 103 61 +42 57 40 2 15 215 141 +74 97 46 12 39 298 277 +21 45 26 5 14 176 130 +46 13 4 1 8 35 41 -6 28 5 0 23 65 106 -41 2 2 0 0 11 5 +6 37 26 4 7 198 89 +109 1 1 0 0 10 0 +10 55 19 5 31 143 198 -55 60 31 3 26 181 183 -2 29 13 2 14 130 104 +26 17 1 0 16 29 95 −66 1 1 0 0 13 0 +24 46 9 2 35 82 178 -96 40 16 4 20 87 110 -23 7 6 0 1 37 16 +21 4 0 0 4 5 54 -49 1 1 0 0 14 4 +10 26 1 2 23 24 127 −103 78 12 14 52 192 346 -154 20 13 1 6 67 52 +15 33 2 2 29 58 172 −114 39 22 0 17 154 134 +20Total 1 126 442 83 601 3 391 4 062 -672

Uniform evolution

References

External links

IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey