Iceland national ice hockey team
The Icelandic national ice hockey team for men 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 Icelandic Ice Hockey Federation .
In 1999 the team took part in an ice hockey world championship for the first time , but the team has not yet won a medal. The Icelandic national team has never qualified for the Olympic Games . The team has been playing in third-rate Division II without interruption since 2007. At the 2014 World Cup , they achieved their best ever World Cup result with second place in the A group of Division II.
World championships
- 1999 : 9th D World Championship
- 2000 : 5th D World Championship (promotion to Division II)
- 2001 : 5th Division II, Group A
- 2002 : 5th Division II, Group A
- 2003 : 6th Division II, Group B (relegation to Division III)
- 2004 : 1st Division III (promotion to Division II)
- 2005 : 6th Division II, Group B (relegation to Division III)
- 2006 : 1st Division III (promotion to Division II)
- 2007 : 4th Division II, Group B
- 2008 : 5th Division II, Group B
- 2009 : 4th Division II, Group A
- 2010 : 3rd Division II, Group B
- 2011 : 3rd Division II, Group B
- 2012 : 4th Division II, Group A
- 2013 : 3rd Division II, Group A
- 2014 : 2nd Division II, Group A
- 2015 : 5th Division II, Group A
- 2016 : 5th Division II, Group A
- 2017 : 5th Division II, Group A
- 2018 : 6th Division II, Group A (relegation to Division IIB)
- 2019 : 2nd Division II, Group B
Others
In the Hollywood comedy Mighty Ducks II - The Superteam Returns , a junior selection of the Icelandic Association that is considered invincible appears. This is in stark contrast to reality, as Iceland is considered the weakest among the northern European ice hockey nations Sweden , Finland , Norway and Denmark .