Japanese national ice hockey team
| Association | Japanese Ice Hockey Federation |
| World ranking | 23rd place. |
| Trainer | Teruhiko Okita |
| Most games | Go Tanaka (98) |
| Most of the points | Norio Suzuki (85) |
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First international Czechoslovakia 12-2 Japan January 24, 1930 |
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Highest win Japan 44-1 Kuwait January 30, 1999 |
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Biggest defeat Czechoslovakia 25-1 Japan March 4, 1957 |
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The Japanese men's national ice hockey team has been participating in world championships since 1930 , and the first participation in the Olympic Games followed in 1936 . Since the 1960s, the Japanese have been commuting between group B and C group tournaments. From 1998 onwards, the Japanese were placed in the A group as representatives of Asia. This was lifted in 2005. The Japanese selection entered the 2006 Germany Cup in Hanover and was the last to finish the tournament. In the IIHF world rankings, the Japanese team ranks 23rd after the 2018 World Cup .
In addition to the Kazakh and South Korean national ice hockey teams, the team is considered one of the best Asian ice hockey nations and was able to win the gold medal at the Asia Winter Games in 2007. At the men's ice hockey world championship in 2014 , the Japanese team finished third in Group A of Division I behind Slovenia and Austria and only missed promotion to the top division when they were tied with Austria due to the 1: 4 defeat in a direct comparison.
The Japanese women's ice hockey team took part in the first women's world championship in 1990 and regularly commutes between the A and B groups. In 2007 , at the Division I World Cup in their own country, women were promoted to the A group, from which they were relegated in 2004.
Placements
winter Olympics
- 1920–1932 - did not participate
- 1936 - 12th place
- 1948 - did not take part
- 1952 - did not take part
- 1956 - did not take part
- 1960 - 8th place
- 1964 - 11th place
- 1968 - 10th place
- 1972 - 9th place
- 1976 - 9th place
- 1980 - 12th place
- 1984–1994 - did not qualify
- 1998 - 13th place
- 2002–2022 - did not qualify
World championships
- 1920–28 - did not participate
- 1930 - 6th place
- 1931–35 - did not take part
- 1936 - 12th place
- 1937–56 - did not take part
- 1957 - 8th place
- 1958/59 - did not take part
- 1960 - 8th place
- 1961 - did not take part
- 1962 - 1st B-WM
- 1963 - did not take part
- 1964 - 11th place
- 1965/66 - did not take part
- 1967 - 1st C World Cup
- 1968 - 10th place
- 1969 - 1st C World Cup
- 1970 - 5th B-WM
- 1971 - 6th B-WM
- 1972 - 5th B-WM
- 1973 - 6th B-WM
- 1974 - 4th B-WM
- 1975 - 6th B-WM
- 1976 - 2nd B-WM
- 1977 - 3rd B-WM
- 1978 - 2nd B World Cup
- 1979 - 6th B-WM
- 1981 - 8th B-WM
- 1982 - 1st C-WM
- 1983 - 5th B-WM
- 1985 - 5th B-WM
- 1986 - 8th B-WM
- 1987 - 1st C World Cup
- 1989 - 7th B World Cup
- 1990 - 7th B-WM
- 1991 - 8th B-WM
- 1992 - 3rd B-WM
- 1993 - 5th B-WM
- 1994 - 4th B-WM
- 1995 - 6th B-WM
- 1996 - 8th B-WM
- 1997 - 4th C-WM
- 1998 - 16th place
- 1999 - 16th place
- 2000 - 16th place
- 2001 - 16th place
- 2002 - 16th place
- 2003 - 16th place
- 2004 - 15th place
- 2005 - 4th Div. I, Gr. A.
- 2006 - 3rd Div. I, Gr. A.
- 2007 - 3rd Div. I, Gr. B.
- 2008 - 3rd Div. I, Gr. B.
- 2009 - 3rd Div. I, Gr. A.
- 2010 - 3rd Div. I, Gr. A.
- 2011 - waived
- 2012 - 4th Div. IA
- 2013 - 4th Div. IA
- 2014 - 3rd Div. IA
- 2015 - 4th Div. IA
- 2016 - 6th Div. IA
- 2017 - 2nd Div. IB
- 2018 - 2nd Div. IB
- 2019 - 3rd Div. IB
Asian Games
- 1986 - silver
- 1990 - silver
- 1996 - silver
- 1999 - silver
- 2003 - gold
- 2007 - gold
- 2011 - silver
- 2017 - bronze
Web links
- Japanese Ice Hockey Federation (Japanese)
- Overview of international matches at www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com, accessed on November 1, 2018.