New Zealand national ice hockey team
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| Association | New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation |
| World ranking | 40th place |
| Trainer | Anatoly Khorozov |
| Assistant coach | Andreas Kaisser |
| Most games | Andrew Cox (29) |
| Most of the points | Brett Speirs (49) |
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First international match South Korea 18: 1 New Zealand Perth , Australia ; March 13 , 1987 |
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Biggest win New Zealand 19-0 Hong Kong Perth , Australia ; March 15 , 1987 |
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Biggest loss Australia 58-0 New Zealand Perth , Australia ; March 14 , 1987 |
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| Participation | no |
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| Participation | since 1987 |
| best result | 3rd place D-WM (1987) |
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The New Zealand national ice hockey team is ranked 40th in the IIHF world rankings after the 2019 World Cup . The team's nickname is Ice Blacks .
history
The New Zealand ice hockey team first took part in a world championship in 1987. It was the D-World Cup in neighboring Australia. At this World Cup, the Oceanians achieved their highest World Cup victory with 19-0 against Hong Kong, but also suffered the biggest defeat with 0:58 against Australia. The New Zealand team has been represented at the men's world championships without interruption since 1996. She commutes between the two lowest divisions. In 2003 New Zealand was given the first division to host Division III, which the team used to win in this group and thus to rise. When group B of Division II also took place in Auckland three years later , this was of no use to the team, it remained without a win and had to relegate to Division III. At the 2007 World Cup in Dundalk (Republic of Ireland) , the New Zealanders succeeded in winning the group in front of the hosts, but were immediately promoted again , which in 2008 was followed by relegation without winning a point. With the immediate resurgence at the 2009 home World Cup , the New Zealanders are slowly but surely developing into an elevator team. At the following World Cup in Narva , Estonia , they managed to stay in Division II for the first time in five years. Since then, the team has played consistently in Division II.
In the meantime, there is also a women's national team that has also participated in world championships since 2005. In the year of the first participation, the New Zealand Association hosted Division IV of the Women's World Cup in Dunedin . New Zealand teams also take part in the Junior World Championships (U-20 and U-18). They play there in Division III, the lowest division.
Placements
World championships
- until 1986 no participation
- 1987 : Place 27 (3rd D-WM)
- 1989 : 29th place (5th D-WM)
- 1990–94: no participation
- 1995 : 39th place (10th C2 World Championship)
- 1996 : not qualified (Oceania qualifier)
- 1997 : 40th place (2nd unofficial E-WM)
- 1998 : 38th place (6th D-WM)
- 1999 : 37th place (6th D-WM)
- 2000 : 39th place (6th D-WM)
- 2001 : Place 40 (6th Div. II, Gr. A)
- 2002 : 43rd place (3rd Division III)
- 2003 : 41st place (1st Division III)
- 2004 : Place 37 (5th Div. II, Gr. B)
- 2005 : 38th place (5th Div. II, Gr. A)
- 2006 : 39th place (6th Div. II, Gr. B)
- 2007 : 41st place (1st Division III)
- 2008 : 39th place (6th Div. II, Gr. B)
- 2009 : 41st place (1st Division III)
- 2010 : 36th place (4th Div. II, Gr. B)
- 2011 : 32nd place (2nd Div. II, Gr. A)
- 2012 : 34th place (6th Division II A)
- 2013 : 36th place (2nd Division II B)
- 2014 : 37th place (3rd Division II B)
- 2015 : 36th place (2nd Division II B)
- 2016 : 38th place (4th Division II B)
- 2017 : 36th place (2nd Division II B)
- 2018 : 36th place (2nd Division II B)
- 2019 : Place 37 (3rd Division II B)
Trans-Tasman Challenge
- Winner 2018 and 2019