Australian national ice hockey team
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| Association | Ice Hockey Australia |
| World ranking | 36th place |
| Trainer | Brad Vigon |
| Assistant coach | Matti Luoma |
| Most games | Glen Foll (79) |
| Most of the points | Greg Oddy (111) |
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First international match Czechoslovakia 18: 1 Australia Squaw Valley , USA ; February 20 , 1960 |
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Biggest win Australia 58-0 New Zealand Perth , Australia ; March 14 , 1987 |
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Biggest defeat Kazakhstan 23: 1 Australia Ljubljana , Slovenia ; March 15 , 1993 |
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| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 1960 |
| Best result: | 9th place (1960) |
| World Championship | |
| Participation | since 1962 |
| best result | 5th place B-WM (1962) |
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The Australian national ice hockey team is ranked 33rd in the IIHF world rankings after the 2017 World Cup . The Australian team's nickname is Mighty Roos .
history
The team, which originally consisted mainly of immigrants and Australians living in North America, is now almost exclusively made up of native Australians who also learned to play ice hockey in Australia. The Mighty Roos first took part in an international tournament as part of the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley . In their first and only Olympic participation, the Australians met Czechoslovakia, the host and later Olympic champion USA . Both games were clearly lost, the team was eliminated from the tournament with 2:30 goals and finished ninth and last in the final accounts.
At the 1962 World Cup , the Australians made their World Cup debut and achieved their best World Cup position to date with 13th place (fifth in the B-World Cup) in a field that had been greatly reduced due to a boycott. The Australian national team has only been taking part in World Cup tournaments regularly since 1992, where they mainly play in Division II. At the 2008 World Cup , where Australia hosted Division II, Group B, the Mighty Roos won all of them Asserted five games against the competition and rose to Division I (B-WM) for the first time in 46 years. At the 2009 World Cup , the team faced comparatively strong opponents such as Japan , Kazakhstan and Slovenia and had to accept immediate relegation. In 2010 they finished second in Division II, Group A; In 2011 came 1st in Division II, Group A. Here, Australia used its home advantage, as the games were played in their native Melbourne, and rose to Group B of Division I (third international division since 2012). Here you had to accept a direct relegation in 2012 after some narrow defeats. After defeats at the start against hosts Croatia , Iceland and Serbia , the Australians had to fear another crash at the 2013 World Cup , but were able to avert this with victories against Belgium and relegated Spain . Two years later, however, the relegation to the B group of the division could no longer be prevented. However, this notch could be wiped out again at the 2016 World Cup .
Placements
World championships
- 1920–1959: No participation
- 1960 : 9th (also Olympic Games)
- 1961 : No participation
- 1962 : 5th B-WM (13th place)
- 1963 - 1973 : No participation
- 1974 : 7th C-WM (21st place)
- 1975 - 1978 : No participation
- 1979 : 8th C-WM (26th place)
- 1980 - 1985 : No participation
- 1986 : 10th C-WM (26th place)
- 1987 : 1st D-WM (25th place)
- 1989 : 8th C-WM (place 24)
- 1990 : 2nd D-WM (place 27)
- 1991 : No participation
- 1992 : 3rd C1 World Championship (23rd place)
- 1993 : 7th C-WM (place 27)
- 1994 : 6th C2 World Championship (33rd place)
- 1995 : 7th C2 World Championship (36th place)
- 1996 : 8th D-WM (36th place)
- 1997 : 6th D-WM (34th place)
- 1998 : 2nd D-WM (34th place)
- 1999 : 3rd D-WM (34th place)
- 2000 : 3rd D-WM (36th place)
- 2001 : 3rd Div. II, Gr. A (33rd place)
- 2002 : 4th Div. II, Gr. A (36th place)
- 2003 : 4th Div. II, Gr. A (36th place)
- 2004 : 3rd Div. II, Gr. A (33rd place)
- 2005 : 2nd Div. II, Gr. A (31st place)
- 2006 : 3rd Div. II, Gr. A (32nd place)
- 2007 : 2nd Div. II, Gr. B (place 30)
- 2008 : 1st Div. II, Gr. B (27th place)
- 2009 : 6th Div. I, Gr. A (32nd place)
- 2010 : 2nd Div. II, Gr. B (place 30)
- 2011 : 1st Div. II, Gr. B (28th place)
- 2012 : 6th Div. IB (28th place)
- 2013 : 4th Div. II A (32nd place)
- 2014 : 4th Div. II A (32nd place)
- 2015 : 6th Div. II A (34th place)
- 2016 : 1st Div. II B (place 35)
- 2017 : 2nd Div. II A (30th place)
- 2018 : 2nd Div. II A (30th place)
- 2019 : 3rd Div. II A (31st place)
Olympic games
- 1920–1956: No participation
- 1960 : 9.
- 1964 : Asia / Oceania qualification eliminated
- 1968–2022: No participation
Juniors
The U18 juniors regularly took part in the U18 juniors' ice hockey championship of Asia and Oceania . At their respective world championships in 2010, the U20 national team rose to Division II and the U18 national team from Division III.
Known players
Web links
- Ice Hockey Australia (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Mighty Roos claim gold" at www.iihf.com, accessed on April 21, 2016.