Israel national ice hockey team
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The Israeli men's national ice hockey team is ranked 34th in the IIHF world rankings after the 2017 World Cup and plays in Division II at the World Cup . The national team is organized by the Israel Ice Hockey Association .
In 1992 the team took part in an ice hockey world championship for the first time , but the team has not yet won a medal. The Israeli national team has never qualified for the Olympic Games . The team experienced an irony of fate at the 1996 World Cup : At first, the team was only able to qualify for the D-World Cup because the defeats in the qualifying tournament against opponents Greece resulted in 5-0 victories due to the use of unauthorized players on the Greek side at the green table were converted, but at the D-WM, Israel met the same fate. It lost the preliminary round matches against Bulgaria and Belgium at the green table with 0: 5, because with the Russia-Israelis Ariel Ben-Youri and Alex Vital, two players who were not eligible to play were used.
The team's greatest success so far was promotion to World Cup Division I in 2005 , from which it had to relegate after only one tournament. At the 2010 World Cup , after five defeats, the team finished last in Group B of Division II, which was held in Narva , and was relegated to the bottom division of the World Cup for the first time in ten years. However, in the following year the Israelis succeeded in being promoted back to Division II.
Placements
World Championship
- 1992 : 4th C2 World Championship, 30th place
- 1993 : 11th C-WM, 31st place
- 1994 : 7th C2 World Championship, 34th place
- 1995 : 6th C2 World Championship, 35th place
- 1996 : 7th D-WM, place 35
- 1997 : 5th D-WM, 33rd place
- 1998 : 3rd D-WM, place 35
- 1999 : 2nd D-WM, 33rd place
- 2000 : 1st D-WM, place 34
- 2001 : 2nd Div. II, Gr. B, 32nd place
- 2002 : 3rd Div. II, Gr. A, 34th place
- 2003 : 5th Div. II, Gr. B, place 37
- 2004 : 5th Div. II, Gr. A, 38th place
- 2005 : 1st Div. II, Gr. B, place 30
- 2006 : 6th Div. I, Gr. A, place 28
- 2007 : 3rd Div. II, Gr. B, 34th place
- 2008 : 4th Div. II, Gr. A, 36th place
- 2009 : 5th Div. II, Gr. A, 38th place
- 2010 : 6th Div. II, Gr. B, 39th place
- 2011 : 1st Div. III, place 41
- 2012 : 5th Div. II B, 39th place
- 2013 : 1st Div. II B, place 35
- 2014 : 6th Div. II A, place 34
- 2015 : 5th Div. II B, 39th place
- 2016 : 3rd Div. II B, place 37
- 2017 : 3rd Div. II B, place 37
- 2018 : 3rd Div. II B, place 37
- 2019 : 1st Div. II B, place 35
- 2021 : Div. II A
Olympic games
- 1998 : Pre-qualifier, disqualified
- 2002–2010: no participation
- 2014 : 4th pre-qualification, group K , 33rd place
- 2018 : 3rd pre-qualification round 1, group K , 34th place
- 2022 : 3rd pre-qualification round 2, group K , 33rd place
Head coach at world championships
- 2001–2004 Boris Mindel
- 2005–2009 Jean Perron
- 2010 Boris Mindel
- 2011 Sergei Belo
- 2012-2014 Jean Perron
- 2015–2017 Derek Eisler
- 2018–2019 Semyon Jakubowitsch
- since 2019 Bobby Holík