| Nickname(s) | Eisgenossen | ||
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| Association | Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband/Ligue suisse d'hockey sur glace | ||
| General Manager | Peter Lüthi | ||
| Head coach | Sean Simpson | ||
| Assistants | Manuele Celio John Fust |
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| Captain | Mathias Seger | ||
| Most games | Ivo Ruthemann (233) | ||
| Top scorer | Jörg Eberle (79) | ||
| Most points | Jörg Eberle (142) | ||
| IIHF code | SUI | ||
| IIHF ranking | 7 | ||
| Highest IIHF ranking | 7 (first in 2008) | ||
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 9 (first in 2003) | ||
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| First international | |||
| Great Britain 3 - 0 Switzerland (Chamonix, France; January 23, 1909) |
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| Biggest win | |||
| Switzerland 23 - 0 Yugoslavia (Zurich, Switzerland; February 4, 1939) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Canada 33 - 0 Switzerland (Chamonix, France; January 30, 1924) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |||
| Appearances | 60 (first in 1930) | ||
| Best result | (1935) | ||
| European Championships | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1910) | ||
| Best result | (1926) | ||
| Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1920) | ||
| Medals | (1928, 1948) | ||
| International record (W–L–T) | |||
| 499-604-117 | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 1928 St. Moritz | Team |
| Bronze | 1948 St. Moritz | Team |
| World Championships medal record | ||
| World Championship | ||
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| Bronze | 1930 Austria/France/Germany | Swiss |
| Silver | 1935 Switzerland | Swiss |
| Bronze | 1937 Great Britain | Swiss |
| Bronze | 1939 Switzerland | Swiss |
| Bronze | 1950 Great Britain | Swiss |
| Bronze | 1951 France | Swiss |
| Bronze | 1953 Switzerland | Swiss |
The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2010 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF. Switzerland has not won a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament since a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships, but they came close in 1998, finishing in 4th place at the World Championships.
The Swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3-2 and shutting out Canada 2-0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1-0 for a narrow 3-2 loss.
Switzerland has a total of 26,989 registered players (0.35% of its population). Their coach is Sean Simpson.
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Switzerland made their U20 debut in 1977 at the A Pool championships held in Montreal. Their first game was an 18-1 loss to the Soviet Union. Switzerland was relegated to the B Pool, but were promoted back to Pool A after posting a 4-0 record with wins over Holland, Denmark, Italy, and France. This began a consistent cycle of relegation and promotion, and Switzerland did not win their first A Pool game until 1991 when they defeated Norway 2-1 to avoid relegation.
Switzerland's presence in the A Pool became more consistent after the IIHF changed its format to include a medal round after the round-robin in 1995. The new format allowed 2 new teams to join Pool A, which were Slovakia and Switzerland. In 1998, the Swiss won their first-ever quarter-final game over Sweden in a shootout, thanks to stellar play from goaltender David Aebischer. The team lost 2-1 to Finland in the semi-finals but rebounded to win the bronze medal with a 4-3 win over the Czech-Republic. In 2002, Switzerland upset Slovakia in a shootout in the quarter-finals on the back of great play from goaltender Tobias Stephan. Switzerland lost to Canada in the semi-finals, and faced Finland in the bronze medal match. The Swiss were optimistic, having recorded a 3-0 win over Finland in their opening game of tournament, but they lost the match 5-1 for a 4th place finish.
Switzerland was relegated in 2008 along with Denmark. Switzerland hosted the 2009 Div I tournament and were promoted back to Pool A.
In the 2010 tournament Switzerland earned a spot in the quarter-finals against a heavily favored Russia. The Swiss pulled off a major upset by beating the Russians 3-2 in overtime. Nino Niederreiter scored twice in the game, including the OT winner. Switzerland lost 6-1 in the semi-finals to Canada and then 11-4 to Sweden in the bronze medal match for a 4th place finish, their highest since the 2002 tournament. The lopsided score was the highest margin of victory in a medal game since the new format took place in 1995. In an interesting twist, Switzerland was originally to host the 2010 tournament, but withdrew their application due to fear of being relegated based on their poor performance in recent tournaments. The host city was rumored to be Bern or Lugano.
It has been rumored that Switzerland is considering applying to host the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championships.
Roster for the 2011 World Junior Championships:
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
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| GK | 1 | Benjamin Conz | SCL Tigers |
| GK | 20 | Remo Giovannini | HC Davos |
| D | 5 | Romain Löffel | HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| D | 6 | Nicholas Steiner | Kloten Flyers |
| D | 7 | Luca Camperchioli | ZSC Lions |
| D | 8 | Dominik Schlumpf | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
| D | 17 | Dario Trutmann | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
| D | 28 | Samuel Guerra | HC Davos |
| D | 32 | Ramón Untersander | HC Davos |
| F | 9 | Reto Schäppi - A | ZSC Lions |
| F | 10 | Tristan Scherwey - A | SC Bern |
| F | 11 | Gaëtan Haas | EHC Biel |
| F | 13 | Gregory Hofmann | HC Ambrì-Piotta |
| F | 15 | Sven Bärtschi | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| F | 16 | Inti Pestoni | HC Ambri-Piotta |
| F | 19 | Ryan McGregor | GCK Lions (Elite Jr. A) |
| F | 21 | Renato Engler | HC Davos (Elite Jr. A) |
| F | 22 | Nino Niederreiter - C | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| F | 23 | Benjamin Antonietti | Genève-Servette HC |
| F | 24 | Samuel Walser | Kloten Flyers |
| F | 26 | Joël Vermin | SC Bern |
| F | 27 | Yannick Herren | Kloten Flyers |
| # | Pos. | Player | Team | |
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| 26 | GK | Martin Gerber | Atlant Moscow Oblast | |
| 52 | GK | Tobias Stephan | HC Geneve-Servette | |
| 79 | GK | Daniel Manzato | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | |
| 3 | D | Julien Vauclair | HC Lugano | |
| 4 | D | Patrick Geering | ZSC Lions | |
| 6 | D | Timo Helbling | HC Lugano | |
| 13 | D | Félicien Du Bois | Kloten Flyers | |
| 31 | D | Mathias Seger | ZSC Lions | |
| 33 | D | Steve Hirschi | HC Lugano | |
| 42 | D | René Back | HC Davos | |
| 57 | D | Goran Bezina | HC Geneve-Servette | |
| 90 | D | Roman Josi | SC Bern | |
| 9 | F | Paul Savary | HC Geneve-Servette | |
| 10 | F | Andres Ambühl | ZSC Lions Zurich | |
| 18 | F | Thomas Deruns | HC Geneve-Servette | |
| 20 | F | Morris Trachsler | HC Geneve-Servette | |
| 21 | F | Nino Niederreiter | Portland Winterhawks | |
| 25 | F | Thibaut Monnet | ZSC Lions | |
| 28 | F | Martin Plüss | SC Bern | |
| 30 | F | Marcel Jenni | Kloten Flyers | |
| 32 | F | Ivo Rüthemann | SC Bern | |
| 37 | F | Björn Christen | EV Zug | |
| 46 | F | Paolo Duca | Ambri-Piotta | |
| 67 | F | Romano Lemm | HC Lugano | |
| 88 | F | Kevin Romy | HC Lugano | |
| 96 | F | Damien Brunner | EV Zug |
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