Hungary men's national ice hockey team

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Nickname(s) Magyars (Hungarians) Most games Balázs Kangyal (237) Head coach Rich Chernomaz Location Hungary		General Manager Attila Nagy Most points Balázs Ladányi (184) Captain Márton Vas

Assistants Gergely Majoross Diego Scandella Top scorer Krisztián Palkovics (83) Association Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation Ground László Papp Budapest Sports Arena

Hungary vs poland 2015 iihf ice hockey world championship division i group a

The Hungarian men's national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. They are currently ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF. It is controlled by the Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség. There are no Hungarian players currently playing in North America's National Hockey League; however, three have been drafted to the league: Tamás Gröschl by the Edmonton Oilers, Levente Szuper by the Calgary Flames and János Vas by the Dallas Stars.

The Hungarian team won its group in the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I, and therefore qualified to play in the Elite Division of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. This is the first time since 1939 that Hungary has qualified to play in the highest division of international hockey. The advance was, however, marred by the sudden death of team captain Gábor Ocskay, and the team was eventually relegated to Division I again.

In 2015, Hungary finished second in its group in the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, behind Kazakhstan to gain promotion to the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Olympic Games

1928 – Finished in 11th place

1936 – Finished in 7th place

1964 – Finished in 16th place

World Championship

1930 – Finished tied in 6th place

1931 – Finished in 7th place

1933 – Finished in 7th place

1934 – Finished in 6th place

1935 – Finished in 11th place

1937 – Finished in 5th place

1938 – Finished tied in 7th place

1939 – Finished in 7th place

1959 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)

1963 – Finished in 17th place (2nd in Pool C)

1964 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Pool B)

1965 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)

1966 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)

1967 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Pool B)

1969 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C)

1970 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C)

1971 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C)

1972 – Finished in 16th place (3rd in Pool C)

1973 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C)

1974 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Pool C)

1975 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Pool C)

1976 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)

1977 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)

1978 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)

1979 – Finished in 17th place (9th in Pool B)

1981 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool C)

1982 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Pool C)

1983 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)

1985 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Pool B)

1986 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Pool C)

1987 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Pool C)

1989 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Pool C)

1990 – Finished in 23rd place (7th in Pool C)

1991 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Pool C)

1992 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Pool C)

1993 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Pool C)

1994 – Finished in 26th place (6th in Pool C)

1995 – Finished in 26th place (6th in Pool C)

1996 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Pool C)

1997 – Finished in 26th place (6th in Pool C)

1998 – Finished in 25th place (1st in Pool C)

1999 – Finished in 24th place (8th in Pool B)

2000 – Finished in 25th place (1st in Pool C)

2001 – Finished in 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)

2002 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)

2003 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)

2004 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)

2005 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)

2006 – Finished in 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)

2007 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)

2008 – Finished in 18th place (1st in Division I, Group B)

2009 – Finished in 16th place

2010 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)

2011 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)

2012 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I, Group A)

2013 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I, Group A)

2014 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)

2015 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)

2016 – Finished in 15th place

Current roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Rich Chernomaz

Former players

János Ancsin

Béla Háray

István Hircsák

László Jakabházy

Zoltán Jeney

Balázs Kangyal

Csaba Kovács, Sr.

Péter Kovalcsik

György Margó

András Mészöly

Sándor Miklós

Gábor Ocskay, Jr.

Gábor Ocskay, Sr.

Krisztián Palkovics

Antal Palla

György Raffa

Levente Szuper

Viktor Zsitva

References

Hungary men's national ice hockey team Wikipedia

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