Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

First international

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
General Manager	Sergi Mazur
Head coach	Olexander Savitsky
Assistants	Pavlo Mikhonik Dmytro Pidgursky
Captain	Viktor Zakharov
Most games	Vasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Most points	Vitaly Litvinenko (105)
IIHF code	UKR
IIHF ranking	21 1
Highest IIHF ranking	11 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking	21 (2015)
Team colors

Kazakhstan 5–1 Ukraine (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine 37–2 Belgium (Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
Biggest defeat
Finland 9–0 Ukraine (Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	18 (first in 1993)
Best result	9th (2002)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2002)
International record (W–L–T)
158–118–29

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2014 Ukraine is ranked 21st in the IIHF World Rankings. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in 9th place. Ukraine has a total of 4,190 players (0.008% of its population).

Following the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Russia, Ukraine was relegated to Division 1.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

2002 – Finished in 10th place

World Championship

1954–1991 – Participated as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
1993 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
1994 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
1995 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
1996 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
1997 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C)
1998 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Pool B)
1999 – Finished in 14th place
2000 – Finished in 14th place
2001 – Finished in 10th place
2002 – Finished in 9th place
2003 – Finished in 12th place
2004 – Finished in 14th place
2005 – Finished in 11th place
2006 – Finished in 12th place
2007 – Finished in 16th place
2008 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
2009 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
2010 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group A)
2011 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I Group B)
2012 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
2013 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B)
2014 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A)
2015 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)

Team

2014 roster

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	DOB	Team
1	Vadym Seliverstov	L	173 cm	81 kg	18 February 1981	HK Astana
30	Serhiy Hayduchenko	-	196 cm	103 kg	6 June 1989	Donbass Donetsk
35	Mykhaylo Shevchuk	-	186 cm	84 kg	19 September 1994	Molodaya Gvardia

Defencemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	DOB	Team
3	Mykola Ladygin	R	193 cm	94 kg	7 December 1983	Hull Stingrays
2	Yuri Navarenko	L	172 cm	75 kg	10 September 1979	HK Gomel
14	Oleksandr Pobyedonostsev	L	180 cm	82 kg	19 November 1981	Titan Klin
13	Danylo Skrypets	L	180 cm	82 kg	11 September 1994	Molodaya Gvardia
26	Denys Petrukhno	R	182 cm	86 kg	18 September 1989	Donbass Donetsk
21	Denys Isayenko	L	175 cm	90 kg	17 March 1980	Kompanion Kyiv
38	Kostyantyn Ryabenko	–	189 cm	100 kg	26 April 1983	Dynamo Kharkiv

Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	DOB	Team
7	Oleh Shafarenko	L	184 cm	80 kg	31 October 1981	Yunost Minsk
8	Andriy Mikhnov	L	200 cm	98 kg	26 November 1983	Metallurg Zhlobin
9	Dmytro Nimenko	L	177 cm	77 kg	1 May 1988	Kompanion Kyiv
18	Oleksandr Toryanyk	L	191 cm	97 kg	5 January 1990	Donbass Donetsk
10	Viktor Zakharov	–	193 cm	90 kg	8 January 1994	Donbass Donetsk
12	Serhiy Varlamov	L	180 cm	92 kg	21 July 1978	Donbass Donetsk
16	Oleh Tymchenko	L	178 cm	100 kg	27 April 1978	Yunost Minsk
17	Oleksandr Materukhin	R	183 cm	90 kg	17 October 1981	HC Dinamo Minsk
15	Pavlo Padakin	R	190 cm	95 kg	8 June 1994	Donbass Donetsk
23	Maksym Kvitchenko	L	181 cm	95 kg	13 March 1990	Donbass Donetsk
24	Roman Blahyi	L	179 cm	76 kg	25 October 1985	Donbass Donetsk
25	Artem Bondaryev	L	181 cm	92 kg	12 January 1983	Bily Bars Bila Tserkva
27	Yevgen Belukhin	L	180 cm	79 kg	20 August 1983	Donbass Donetsk

Coaches

Alexander Fadeev (1993–94)^[1]
Anatoli Bogdanov (1995–2003)
Oleksandr Seukand (2004–07)
Vladimir Golubovich (2008–09)
Oleksandr Seukand (2009)
Mikhail Zakharov (2009–10)
Dave Lewis (2010–11)
Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012)
Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013)
Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014)^[2]
Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2015-present)

Gallery

Kostiantyn Simchuk
Andriy Mikhnov
Mykola Ladygin
Oleksandr Pobyedonostsev
Dmytro Tsyrul
Dmytro Tolkunov
Vitaliy Lytvynenko
Andriy Mikhnov and Vadym Shakhraychuk

References

External links

Men's national ice hockey teams

Africa	Algeria Morocco South Africa Tunisia

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Jamaica Mexico Saint Pierre and Miquelon United States

Asia and Oceania	Australia Bahrain China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Israel Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Macau Malaysia Mongolia New Zealand North Korea Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan

Europe	Armenia Austria Basque Country Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Catalonia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Former teams	Bohemia CIS Czechoslovakia East Germany Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Ice hockey in Ukraine

National teams

Men	National team U-20 team U-18 team

Women	National team

League system

Men	PHL Major League (defunct) First League (defunct) ZUHL NHLK CWRHL

Women	Zhinocha Liha (Women's league)

Youth	U-17 Championship U-15 Championship U-13 Championship

Domestic cups

Men	Ukrainian Cup Ukrainian Federation Cup

Related competitions

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