Lithuanian national ice hockey team
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| Association | Lietuvos ledo ritulio federacija |
| World ranking | 25th place |
| Trainer | Bernd Haake |
| Assistant coach | George Kingston , Arunas Aleinikovas , Casey Fratkin |
| Most games | Šarūnas Kuliešius (104) |
| Most of the points | Egidijus Bauba (98) |
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First international match Latvia 3-0 Lithuania Riga , Latvia ; February 27 , 1932 |
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Biggest win Lithuania 20-0 Luxembourg and Lithuania 20-0 Iceland Novi Sad , Yugoslavia ; March 25 , 2002 and Novi Sad , Yugoslavia ; March 28, 2002 |
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Biggest defeat Latvia 27: 0 Lithuania Riga , Latvia ; August 27 , 1996 |
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| Participation | no |
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| Participation | since 1938 |
| best result | 11th ( 1938 ) |
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The Lithuanian national ice hockey team for men is ranked 25th in the IIHF world rankings after the 2018 World Cup and plays in Division I at the world championships . The national team is organized by the Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation .
In the interwar period , the Lithuanian national team took part in the ice hockey world championship in 1938 and took eleventh place out of 14 teams. This is also the best placement of the team from the Baltic states to date. In 1995 the team qualified for an ice hockey world championship for the first time after regaining independence , but the team has not yet won a medal. The Lithuanian national team has never participated in the Olympic Games .
The German Bernd Haake has been the national coach for Lithuania since 2012 . At the 2014 World Cup , the team took third place in Group B of Division I, which was held in Vilnius , and used the home advantage to improve by two places over the two previous years. At the 2016 World Cup , the Lithuanians had the chance to move up to the A group of Division I before the last match day, but lost the last game against hosts Croatia 2-1 after a penalty shoot-out and had to come third behind Ukraine and Great Britain content.
World championships
- 1938 : 11th place
- 1939 : no participation
- 1947 - 1990 : part of the Soviet Union
- 1991 - 1992 : no participation
- 1993 : 3rd qualification for the C World Championship, Group A
- 1994 : Qualification for the C World Championship, eliminated
- 1995 : 2nd C2 World Championship
- 1996 : 1st D World Championship
- 1997 : 8th C World Championship
- 1998 : 3rd C World Championship
- 1999 : 3rd C World Championship
- 2000 : 4th C World Championship
- 2001 : 6th Division I, Group A
- 2002 : 1st Division II, Group B
- 2003 : 6th Division I, Group A
- 2004 : 1st Division II, Group B
- 2005 : 5th Division I, Group B
- 2006 : 2nd Division I, Group B
- 2007 : 5th Division I, Group B
- 2008 : 4th Division I, Group B
- 2009 : 4th Division I, Group A
- 2010 : 5th Division I, Group A
- 2011 : 5th Division I, Group B
- 2012 : 5th Division I, Group B
- 2013 : 5th Division I, Group B
- 2014 : 3rd Division I, Group B
- 2015 : 3rd Division I, Group B
- 2016 : 3rd Division I, Group B
- 2017 : 3rd Division I, Group B
- 2018 : 1st Division I, Group B
- 2019 : 6th Division I, Group A
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Ukraine moves up" at www.iihf.com, accessed on April 25, 2016.