Italian national ice hockey team
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| Association | Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio |
| World ranking | 18th place |
| Trainer | Clayton Beddoes |
| Assistant coach | Giorgio De Bettin |
| Most games | Lucio Topatigh (243) |
| Most of the points | Lucio Topatigh (131) |
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First international match Italy 1: 7 Sweden Milan , Italy ; March 14, 1924 |
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Biggest win Italy 28: 0 Belgium Düsseldorf , Germany ; March 1, 1955 |
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Biggest defeat United States 31: 1 Italy St. Moritz , Switzerland ; February 2, 1948 |
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| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 9; since 1936 |
| Best result: | 7th place, 1956 |
| World Championship | |
| Participation | 56; since 1930 |
| best result | 7th place, (multiple) |
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The Italian men's national ice hockey team is ranked 18th in the IIHF world rankings after the 2017 World Cup . The current national coach is Clayton Beddoes , his assistant is Giorgio De Bettin .
Current squad
The squad for the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship, which will be held from May 10 to 26, 2019 in Bratislava and Košice , Slovakia :
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| function | Nat. | Surname | Date of birth |
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Clayton Beddoes | Nov 10, 1970 |
| Assistant coach |
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Giorgio De Bettin | Aug 7, 1972 |
| Assistant coach |
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Riku-Petteri Lehtonen | Jan. 19, 1971 |
In preparation for the annual world championships, the national team regularly takes part in tournaments of the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge .
winter Olympics
| year | Head coach | Team captain | placement |
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| 1936 | Giampiero Medri | unknown | 11th place |
| 1948 | Othmar Delnon | Dino Innocenti | 9th place |
| 1956 | Richard Torriani | Mario Bedogni | 7th place |
| 1964 | Slavomir Barton | Gianfranco Da Rin | 15th place |
| 1984 | Ron Ivany | Adolf Insam | 9th place |
| 1992 | Gene Ubriaco | Robert Oberrauch | 12th place |
| 1994 | Bryan Lefley | Robert Oberrauch | 9th place |
| 1998 | Adolf Insam | Robert Oberrauch | 12th place |
| 2006 | Michel Goulet | Giuseppe Busillo | 11th place |
Placements at the European Ice Hockey Championships
- 1910 to 1923 - did not participate
- 1924 - 5th place
- 1925 - did not participate
- 1926 - 8th place
- 1927 to 1928 - did not participate
- 1929 - 4th place
- 1932 - did not take part
Placements at world championships
- 1930 - 10th place
- 1931 - did not take part
- 1933 - 11th place
- 1934 - 9th place
- 1935 - 8th place
- 1936 - 11th place (Olympia)
- 1937 - did not take part
- 1938 - did not take part
- 1939 - 9th place
- 1947 - did not take part
- 1948 - 9th place (Olympia)
- 1949 - did not take part
- 1950 - did not participate
- 1951 - 8th place (1st B-WM)
- 1952 - 12th place (3rd B-WM)
- 1953 - 4th place (1st B-WM)
- 1954 - did not take part
- 1955 - 10th place (1st B-WM, promotion)
- 1956 - 7th place (Olympia)
- 1957 - did not take part
- 1958 - did not take part
- 1959 - 10th place, relegation
- 1961 - 12th place (4th B-WM)
- 1964 - 15th place (Olympia)
- 1965 - did not qualify
- 1966 - 17th place (1st C-WM, promotion)
- 1967 - 13th place (5th B-WM)
- 1969 - 14th place (8th B-WM, relegation)
- 1970 - 16th place (2nd C-WM, promotion)
- 1971 - 14th place (8th B-WM, relegation)
- 1972 - 15th place (2nd C-WM, promotion)
- 1973 - 14th place (8th B-WM, relegation)
- 1974 - 16th place (2nd C-WM, promotion)
- 1975 - 13th place (7th B-WM)
- 1976 - 15th place (7th B-WM, relegation)
- 1977 - 18th place (1st C-WM, promotion)
- 1978 - 15th place (7th B-WM, relegation)
- 1979 - 20th place (2nd C-WM, promotion)
- 1981 - 9th place (1st B-WM, promotion)
- 1982 - 7th place
- 1983 - 8th place, relegation
- 1985 - 11th place (3rd B-WM)
- 1986 - 10th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1987 - 14th place (6th B-WM)
- 1989 - 10th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1990 - 10th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1991 - 9th place (1st B-WM, promotion)
- 1992 - 12th place
- 1993 - 8th place
- 1994 - 6th place
- 1995 - 7th place
- 1996 - 7th place
- 1997 - 8th place
- 1998 - 10th place
- 1999 - 13th place
- 2000 - 9th place
- 2001 - 12th place
- 2002 - 15th place, relegation
- 2003 - 23rd place (4th Div. I Gr. B)
- 2004 - 19th place (2nd Div. I Gr. B)
- 2005 - 18th place (1st Div. I, Gr. B, promotion)
- 2006 - 14th place
- 2007 - 12th place
- 2008 - 16th place
- 2009 - 18th place (1st Div. I, Gr. B, promotion)
- 2010 - 15th place, relegation
- 2011 - 18th place (1st Div. I, Gr. A, promotion)
- 2012 - 15th place, relegation
- 2013 - 18th place (2nd Div. I, Gr. A, promotion)
- 2014 - 15th place, relegation
- 2015 - 21st place (5th Div. I Gr. A)
- 2016 - 18th place (2nd Div. I, Gr. A, promotion)
- 2017 - 16th place, relegation
- 2018 - 18th place (2nd Div. I, Gr. A, promotion)
- 2019 - 14th place
Web links
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