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Australia
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Nickname(s) Mighty Roos
Association Ice Hockey Australia
Most games Glen Foll (80)
Most points Greg Oddy (119)
IIHF code AUS
IIHF ranking 36 Decrease2
Highest IIHF ranking 31 (2009)
Lowest IIHF ranking 36 (first in 2003)
Team colors               
First international
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 18–1 Australia Flag of Australia.svg
(Squaw Valley, United States; 20 February 1960)
Biggest win
Flag of Australia.svg Australia 58–0 New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg
(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 23–1 Australia Flag of Australia.svg
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 27 (first in 1960)
Best result 9th (1960)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (first in 1960)
International record (W–L–T)
69–101–12

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The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2015 the Australian team are ranked 34nd in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of Australia's national ice hockey team is the Mighty Roos.

The national team played its first "unofficial" game in 1948, defeating the European All-Stars 4-3.

History[]

Some Australian national team players are expatriates of Canada and other hockey-playing nations, who have since become outright citizens of Australia or who hold dual citizenship. Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California. Australia lost both their games against powerhouses Czechoslovakia (18–1) and eventual gold medalists, the United States (12–1).

Australia has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. As of 2007 they are coached by Steve McKenna, a former eight-year veteran of the National Hockey League. At the 2007 Division II World Championships, Australia won three games and lost one, finishing second in their group behind host nation South Korea and narrowly missing promotion to Division I.

Australia hosted the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Newcastle, Australia. The Mighty Roos finished first and captured the gold medal by winning all five games and they have now have been promoted to Division I.

World records[]

Australia previously held the distinction of holding a world record for most goals and highest winning margin in a IIHF World Championship game; they defeated New Zealand by a score of 58–0 in 1987, breaking the record held by Canada (47 goals) since 1949. However this was surpassed in 2008 by the Slovakian women's team (82 goals).

Tournament record[]

Olympics Games[]

World Championships[]

  • 1962 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1974 – 21st place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1979 – 26th place (8th in Pool C)
  • 1986 – 26th place (10th in Pool C)
  • 1987 – 25th place (1st in Pool D)
  • 1989 – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
  • 1990 – 27th place (2nd in Pool D)
  • 1992 – 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
  • 1993 – 27th place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1994 – 33rd place (13th in Pool C)
  • 1995 – 36th place (16th in Pool C)
  • 1996 – 36th place (8th in Pool D)
  • 1997 – 34th place (6th in Pool D)
  • 1998 – 34th place (2nd in Pool D)
  • 1999 – 34th place (3rd in Pool D)
  • 2000 – 36th place (3rd in Pool D)
  • 2001 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2002 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
  • 2003 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
  • 2004 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2005 – 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2006 – 32nd place (3rd in Division II, Group B)
  • 2007 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
  • 2008 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
  • 2009 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group A)
  • 2010 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2011 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
  • 2012 – 28th place (6th in Division IB)
  • 2013 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2014 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2015 – 34th place (6th in Division IIA)

All-time Record against other nations[]

As of 20 April 2013

Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 12 11 0 1 152 15
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 7 7 0 0 63 23
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 6 6 0 0 55 8
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 10 6 0 4 44 37
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 5 5 0 0 75 3
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 10 4 0 6 34 49
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 4 3 0 1 16 8
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 7 3 1 3 20 29
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 14 3 3 8 39 61
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 10 2 2 6 43 60
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 14 2 3 9 55 84
Flag of China.svg China 7 2 1 4 17 46
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 79 0
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 29 0
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 31 3
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1 1 0 0 10 2
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 2 1 0 1 7 7
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 2 1 0 1 7 10
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5 1 0 4 18 39
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1 0 0 1 3 5
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1 0 0 1 3 5
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro svg Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 0 1 3 8
Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 0 0 1 1 12
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1 0 0 1 4 20
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1 1 18
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0 20
Flag of France.svg France 2 0 0 2 3 19
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 2 0 0 2 2 21
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2 0 0 2 4 25
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2 0 0 2 3 33
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 3 36
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 3 0 0 3 7 20
Flag of Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia 3 0 0 3 3 25
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 0 0 3 4 29
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 4 0 0 4 8 42
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 6 0 0 6 10 29
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 0 0 7 17 93

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Men's National teams
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia - Flag of Australia.svg Australia - Flag of Austria.svg Austria - Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium - Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus - Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia - Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Flag of Canada.svg Canada - Flag of China.svg China - Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg Chinese Taipei - Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia - Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic - Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia - Flag of Finland.svg Finland - Flag of France.svg France - Flag of Germany.svg Germany - Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia - Flag of Greece.svg Greece - Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong - Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary - Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland - Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland - Flag of Israel.svg Israel - Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Japan.svg Japan - Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan - Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait - Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia - Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania - Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of Macau.svg Macau - Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia - Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico - Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia - Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea - Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand - Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands - Flag of Poland.svg Poland - Flag of Romania.svg Romania - Flag of Russia.svg Russia - Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore - Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia - Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia - Flag of Spain.svg Spain - Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa - Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden - Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland - Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand - Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey - Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine - Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Defunct teams: Flag of Bohemia svg Bohemia - Flag of Bohmen und Mahren svg - Bohemia and Moravia - Flag of the CIS svg CIS National Team - Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia - Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany -

Flag of Serbia and Montenegro svg Serbia and Montenegro - Flag of the Soviet Union.svg U.S.S.R. - Flag of Germany.svg West Germany - Flag of Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia


Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra - Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina - Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan - Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan - Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein - Flag of Macedonia.svg North Macedonia - Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova - Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco - Flag of Oman.svg - Oman - Flag of Turkmenistan.svg - Turkmenistan
Flag of the Chile.svg Chile - Flag of India.svgIndia - Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica - Flag of the Namibia.svg Namibia - Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal - Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines - Flag of Qatar.svg - Qatar
Non IIHF members: Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria - Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain - Flag of Colombia Colombia - Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica - Flag of Falkland Islands Falkland Islands - Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia - Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia - Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
Other teams: Flag of Basque Country.svg Basque Country - Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia - Flag of England.svg - England - Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
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