Italy men's national ice hockey team

Italy
Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Association	Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio
Head coach	Mike Keenan
Assistants	Fabio Armani; Mike Pelino
Captain	Thomas Larkin
Most games	Lucio Topatigh (353)
Top scorer	Alberto Da Rin (123)
Most points	Bruno Zarrillo (187)
Team colors
IIHF code	ITA
Ranking
Current IIHF	18 1 (28 May 2023)
Highest IIHF	13 (2007)
Lowest IIHF	19 (first in 2004)
First international
	Italy 1–7 Sweden; (Milan, Italy; 14 March 1924)
Biggest win
	Italy 28–0 Belgium; (Düsseldorf, Germany; 1 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
	United States 31–1 Italy; (St. Moritz, Switzerland; 1 February 1948)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	65 (first in 1930)
Best result	4th (1953)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances	3 (first in 1924)
Best result	4th (1929)
Olympics
Appearances	9 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
	406–514–85

The Italian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Italy, and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The *Blue Team* during 2003 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge

Tournament record edit

Olympic Games edit

Games	Finish
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	9th place
1948 St. Moritz	8th place
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	7th place
1964 Innsbruck	15th place
1984 Sarajevo	9th place
1992 Albertville	12th place
1994 Lillehammer	9th place
1998 Nagano	12th place
2006 Turin	11th place
2026 Milan and Cortina	TBC

World Championship edit

Championship	Finish	Rank
/ / 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	First round	10th
1933 Prague	Consolation round	11th
1934 Milan	Consolation round	9th
1935 Davos	Consolation round	7th
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	First round	9th
1939 Zürich/Basel	Consolation round	9th
1948 St. Moritz	Final Tournament	8th
1951 Paris	1st in the Pool B	8th
1952 Liege	3rd in the Pool B	12th
1953 Zürich/Basel	1st in the Pool B	4th
1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne	1st in the Pool B	10th
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Consolation round	7th
1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava	Consolation round	8th
1961 Geneva/Lausanne	4th in the Pool B	12th
1964 Innsbruck	7th in the Pool B	15th
1965	Qualifying round Group B	—
1966 Jesenice	1st in the Pool C	17th
1967 Vienna	5th in the Pool B	13th
1969 Ljubljana	8th in the Pool B	14th
1970 Galaţi	2nd in the Pool C	16th
1971 Bern/Geneva	8th in the Pool B	14th
1972 Miercurea-Ciuc	2nd in the Pool C	15th
1973 Graz	8th in the Pool B	14th
1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon	2nd in the Pool C	16th
1975 Sapporo	7th in the Pool B	13th
1976 Aarau/Bienne	7th in the Pool B	15th
1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm	1st in the Pool C	18th
1978 Belgrade	7th in the Pool B	15th
1979 Barcelona	2nd in the Pool C	20th
1981 Urtijëi	1st in the Pool B	9th
1982 Helsinki/Tampere	First round	7th
1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich	Consolation round	8th
1985 Fribourg	3rd in the Pool B	11th
1986 Eindhoven	2nd in the Pool B	9th
1987 Canazei	6th in the Pool B	14th
1989 Oslo/Lillehammer	2nd in the Pool B	10th
1990 Lyon/Megève	2nd in the Pool B	10th
1991 Ljubljana/Bled/Jesenice	1st in the Pool B	9th
1992 Prague/Bratislava	First round	9th
1993 Munich/Dortmund	Quarter-finals	8th
1994 Bolzano/Canazei/Milan	Quarter-finals	6th
1995 Stockholm	Quarter-finals	7th
1996 Vienna	Quarter-finals	7th
1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	Consolation round	8th
1998 Zürich/Basel	Consolation round	10th
1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer	First round	13th
2000 Saint Petersburg	Second round	12th
2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover	Second round	12th
2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping	Consolation round	15th
2003 Zagreb	4th in Division I, Group B	23rd
2004 Gdańsk	2nd in Division I, Group B	19th
2005 Eindhoven	1st in Division I, Group B	18th
2006 Riga	Relegation round	14th
2007 Moscow	Qualifying round	12th
2008 Halifax/Quebec	Relegation round	16th
2009 Toruń	1st in Division I, Group B	18th
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen	Relegation round	15th
2011 Budapest	1st in Division I, Group A	18th
/ 2012 Helsinki/Stockholm	Preliminary round	15th
2013 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
2014 Minsk	Preliminary round	15th
2015 Kraków	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2016 Katowice	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
/ 2017 Cologne/Paris	Preliminary round	16th
2018 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
2019 Bratislava/Košice	Preliminary round	14th
2020 Zürich/Lausanne	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic^[2]	–
2021 Riga	Preliminary round	16th
2022 Helsinki/Tampere	Relegated	15th
2023 Nottingham	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2024 Bolzano	Division I, Group A

Thayer Tutt Trophy edit

1980 – Finished in 5th place
1988 – Finished in 1st place

European Championship edit

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1910–1923	did not participate.
1924 Milan	2	0	0	2	0	16	Group stage	6th
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokvovec	did not participate
1926 Davos	4	0	1	3	4	26	Consolation round	8th
1927 Wien	did not participate
1929 Budapest	4	2	0	2	5	6	Third place match	4th
1932 Berlin	did not participate

Roster edit

Roster for the 2022 IIHF World Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Greg Ireland^[4]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Andreas Bernard	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1990-06-09) 9 June 1990 (age 33)	HC Bozen–Bolzano
5	F	Marco Sanna	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 (age 26)	SG Cortina
8	F	Marco Insam – A	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1989-06-05) 5 June 1989 (age 34)	HC Bozen–Bolzano
9	F	Daniel Mantenuto	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1997-10-18) 18 October 1997 (age 26)	Asiago Hockey
10	D	Peter Spornberger	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 25)	Schwenninger Wild Wings
15	D	Enrico Miglioranzi	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 32)	Asiago Hockey
17	D	Lorenzo Casetti	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 30)	Asiago Hockey
19	F	Alex Petan – A	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 (age 31)	Fehérvár AV19
21	D	Daniel Glira	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30)	Pustertal Wölfe
22	F	Simon Kostner	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 33)	Ritten Sport
23	F	Diego Kostner	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 31)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
32	G	Justin Fazio	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 26)	HC Bozen–Bolzano
35	G	Davide Fadani	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(2001-02-03) 3 February 2001 (age 23)	HC Lugano
37	D	Phil Pietroniro	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 29)	Scorpions de Mulhouse
44	D	Gregorio Gios	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 24)	Asiago Hockey
46	F	Ivan Deluca	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 26)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
53	D	Alex Trivellato	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31)	HC Bozen–Bolzano
74	F	Brandon McNally	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 32)	Sheffield Steelers
82	F	Dante Hannoun	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 25)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
88	F	Tommaso Traversa	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 33)	SG Cortina
90	D	Dylan Di Perna	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 27)	Ritten Sport
91	F	Matthias Mantinger	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
93	F	Luca Frigo	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1993-05-30) 30 May 1993 (age 30)	HC Bozen–Bolzano
94	F	Daniel Frank – C	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 30)	HC Bozen–Bolzano
95	F	Marco Magnabosco	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 28)	Asiago Hockey

Uniform evolution edit

National team jerseys
1992 Olympic jersey
1994 Olympic jersey
1998-2002 IIHF jerseys
2015–2019 IIHF jerseys
2019– IIHF jerseys

All-time record edit

As of 24 April 2024.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	2	2	0	0	25	4	+21
Austria	97	39	12	46	277	298	-21
Belarus	6	1	0	5	10	22	-12
Belgium	8	7	0	1	74	15	+59
Bulgaria	10	9	0	1	55	22	+33
Canada	37	3	2	32	62	217	-155
China	13	11	1	1	73	26	+47
Croatia	5	5	0	0	24	1	+23
Czech Republic	9	0	0	9	11	64	-53
Czechoslovakia	6	0	0	6	5	52	-47
Denmark	30	13	3	14	118	96	+22
East Germany	22	7	4	11	75	121	-46
Estonia	3	2	0	1	10	4	−6
Finland	25	4	2	19	51	116	−65
France	92	50	6	36	313	257	+56
Germany	59	17	9	33	157	230	-73
Great Britain	19	11	2	6	93	61	+32
Hungary	46	23	6	17	158	136	+22
Japan	34	22	2	10	128	89	+39
Kazakhstan	25	7	1	17	47	71	-24
Latvia	19	4	1	14	30	71	-41
Lithuania	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10
Netherlands	32	25	4	3	155	68	+87
North Korea	1	1	0	0	11	2	+9
Norway	46	17	3	26	132	167	-35
Poland	57	21	4	32	140	187	-43
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Romania	26	12	3	11	108	89	+19
Russia	15	0	2	13	17	84	−67
Serbia	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	13	0	+13
Slovakia	18	3	1	14	42	77	-35
Slovenia	57	23	6	28	124	146	-22
South Africa	2	2	0	0	35	2	+33
South Korea	12	11	0	1	64	18	+46
Soviet Union	5	0	0	5	8	63	-55
Spain	4	3	1	0	26	2	+24
Sweden	24	0	3	21	31	166	−135
Switzerland	67	16	5	46	168	306	-138
Ukraine	12	8	0	4	34	24	+10
United States	20	3	0	17	38	130	−92
Yugoslavia	34	19	3	12	149	135	+14
Total	1 003	406	85	514	3 114	3 649	-535

References edit

^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "Hockey, Italia: questa la squadra per Helsinki" (in Italian). fisg.it. 11 May 2022.
^ "Team Roster Italy" (PDF). iihf.com. 15 May 2021.

External links edit

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-1] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[2] Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[3] "Hockey, Italia: questa la squadra per Helsinki" (in Italian). fisg.it. 11 May 2022.

[4] "Team Roster Italy" (PDF). iihf.com. 15 May 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Ranking

Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Association	Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio
Head coach	Mike Keenan
Assistants	Fabio Armani Mike Pelino
Captain	Thomas Larkin
Most games	Lucio Topatigh (353)
Top scorer	Alberto Da Rin (123)
Most points	Bruno Zarrillo (187)
Team colors
IIHF code	ITA

Current IIHF	18 1 (28 May 2023)^[1]
Highest IIHF	13 (2007)
Lowest IIHF	19 (first in 2004)
First international
Italy 1–7 Sweden (Milan, Italy; 14 March 1924)
Biggest win
Italy 28–0 Belgium (Düsseldorf, Germany; 1 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
United States 31–1 Italy (St. Moritz, Switzerland; 1 February 1948)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	65 (first in 1930)
Best result	4th (1953)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances	3 (first in 1924)
Best result	4th (1929)
Olympics
Appearances	9 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
406–514–85