Japan men's national ice hockey team

Japan

Association	Japan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Mark Mahon
Assistants	Aaron Keller Greg Thomson
Captain	Go Tanaka
Most games	Toshiyuli Saki (84)
Most points	Norio Suzuki (85)
IIHF code	JPN
IIHF ranking	21 1
Highest IIHF ranking	15 (2003–2004)
Lowest IIHF ranking	22 (2007–2008, 2011–2012, February 2014)
First international
Czechoslovakia 12–2 Japan  (Davos, Switzerland; January 24, 1930)
Biggest win
Japan 44–1 Kuwait  (Gangneung, South Korea; January 30, 1999)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 25–1 Japan  (Moscow, Soviet Union; March 4, 1957)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	43 (first in 1930)
Best result	8th (1930, 1957)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1986)
Best result	Gold (2003, 2007)
Olympics
Appearances	8 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
238–337–47

The Japanese national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー日本代表) is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are currently ranked 22nd in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I. They have competed in nine Olympic Games competitions.

Tournament participation

Winter Olympics

• 1936 – 9th place (tied)
• 1960 – 8th place
• 1964 – 11th place
• 1968 – 10th place
• 1972 – 9th place
• 1976 – 9th place
• 1980 – 12th place
• 1998 – 13th place

World Championship

Note: Years in Bold denote participation in the top-level tournament

• 1930 – Finished tied in 6th place
• 1957 – Finished in 8th place
• 1962 – Finished in 9th place (1st in "Pool B")
• 1967 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1969 – Finished in 15th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1970 – Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1971 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1972 – Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1973 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1974 – Finished in 10th place (4th in "Pool B")
• 1975 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1976 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
• 1977 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
• 1978 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
• 1979 – Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1981 – Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1982 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1983 – Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1985 – Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1986 – Finished in 15th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1987 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1989 – Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
• 1990 – Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
• 1991 – Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1992 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
• 1993 – Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1994 – Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")
• 1995 – Finished in 18th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1996 – Finished in 20th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1997 – Finished in 24th place (4th in "Pool C")
• 1998 – Finished in 14th place
• 1999 – Finished in 16th place
• 2000 – Finished in 16th place
• 2001 – Finished in 16th place
• 2002 – Finished in 16th place
• 2003 – Finished in 16th place
• 2004 – Finished in 15th place
• 2005 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
• 2006 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2007 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
• 2008 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
• 2009 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2010 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2011 – Withdrew from tournament
• 2012 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
• 2013 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
• 2014 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2015 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)

Asian Winter Games

• 1986 – Finished in 2nd place
• 1990 – Finished in 2nd place
• 1996 – Finished in 2nd place
• 1999 – Finished in 2nd place
• 2003 – Finished in 1st place
• 2007 – Finished in 1st place
• 2011 – Finished in 2nd place

Roster

• Head coach: Mark Mahon

Source: IIHF.com

All-time Record against other nations

As of June 6, 2009

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
China	29	23	2	4	200	70
Denmark	30	19	1	10	143	95
South Korea	16	15	1	0	150	23
Yugoslavia	30	14	2	14	118	128
Norway	36	13	7	16	123	151
Netherlands	25	13	4	8	138	82
Romania	23	12	1	10	106	98
Austria	32	11	4	17	111	130
France	26	11	1	14	93	105
North Korea	11	11	0	0	93	19
Hungary	17	11	0	6	75	47
Switzerland	31	9	3	19	93	141
Bulgaria	11	8	0	3	66	29
Italy	26	7	3	16	75	106
Australia	7	7	0	0	93	17
Poland	34	4	2	28	77	184
Great Britain	9	4	1	4	27	28
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	19	3
Canada	40	3	3	34	76	218
East Germany	16	3	1	12	45	89
Kazakhstan	11	2	2	7	26	39
Croatia	2	2	0	0	10	1
West Germany	9	2	0	7	27	54
Estonia	2	1	1	0	9	5
Slovenia	6	1	1	4	14	24
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	44	1
Thailand	1	1	0	0	39	0
Belgium	1	1	0	0	24	0
Spain	1	1	0	0	11	2
Israel	1	1	0	0	7	1
Ukraine	6	0	2	4	7	23
Belarus	5	0	1	4	10	22
Finland	7	0	1	6	15	57
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	6
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4	10	31
Sweden	4	0	0	4	1	44
Slovakia	6	0	0	6	12	47
Germany	8	0	0	8	14	43
Latvia	8	0	0	8	14	58
United States	8	0	0	8	20	77
Soviet Union	9	0	0	9	23	111
Czechoslovakia	9	0	0	9	12	108

See also

• Japan men's national junior ice hockey team
• Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team
• Japan women's national ice hockey team
• Japan women's national under-18 ice hockey team

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile

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