- Switzerland national men's ice hockey team
The Swiss national men's ice hockey team is a founding member of the
International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by theSchweizerischer Eishockeyverband . As of 2008 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the IIHF World Ranking. Switzerland has not won a medal at a major tournament since a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships, but they came close in 1998, finishing in 4th place.The Swiss national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets at the
2006 Winter Olympics inTurin , defeating the Czech Republic 3-2 and blanking Canada 2-0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarter-finals.Switzerland has a total of 26,989 players (0.35% of its population). Their coach is
Ralph Krueger .2006 Olympic team
Goaltenders
*40David Aebischer -Phoenix Coyotes
*44Marco Bührer
*26Martin Gerber -Ottawa Senators Defensemen
*57Goran Bezina
*5Severin Blindenbacher
*22Olivier Keller -A
*31Mathias Seger
*7Mark Streit -C-New York Islanders
*3Julien Vauclair Forwards
*4Flavien Conne
*12Patric Della Rossa
*15Paul DiPietro
*21Patrick Fischer -A
*35Sandy Jeannin
*30Marcel Jenni
*67Romano Lemm
*23Thierry Paterlini
*28Martin Plüss
*32Ivo Rüthemann
*97Adrian Wichser
*38 Thomas ZieglerOlympic record
* 1920 - Finished in 7th place
* 1924 - Finished in 8th place
* 1928 - Won Bronze medal
* 1932 - Did not participate
* 1936 - Finished tied in 12th place
* 1948 - Won Bronze medal
* 1952 - Finished in 5th place
* 1956 - Finished in 9th place
* 1960 - Did not participate
* 1964 - Finished in 8th place
* 1968 - Did not participate
* 1972 - Finished in 10th place
* 1976 - Finished in 11th place
* 1980 - Did not participate
* 1984 - Did not participate
* 1988 - Finished in 8th place
* 1992 - Finished in 10th place
* 1994 - Did not participate
* 1998 - Did not participate
* 2002 - Finished in 11th place
* 2006 - Finished in 6th placeEuropean Championship record
*1910- Finished in 4th place
*1911- Finished in 4th place
*1912-1921 Did not participate
*1922- Won bronze medal
*1923- Finished in 5th place
*1924- Won bronze medal
*1925- Won bronze medal
*1926- Won gold medal
*1927- Did not participate
*1928- Not ranked
*1932- Won bronze medalWorld Championship record
*1930- Won Bronze medal
*1931- Did not participate
*1933- Finished tied in 5th place
*1934- Finished in 4th place
*1935- Won Silver medal
*1937- Won Bronze medal
*1938- Finished in 6th place
*1939- Won Bronze medal
*1947- Finished in 4th place
*1949- Finished in 5th place
*1950- Won Bronze medal
*1951- Won Bronze medal
*1953- Won Bronze medal
*1954- Finished in 7th place
*1955- Finished in 8th place
*1957- Did not participate
*1958- Did not participate
*1959- Finished in 12th place
*1961- Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1962- Finished in 7th place
*1963- Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1965- Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1966- Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1967- Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
*1969- Finished in 16th place (2nd in "Pool C")
*1970- Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1971- Finished in 7th place (Won "Pool B")
*1972- Finished in 6th place
*1973- Finished in 13th place (7th in "Pool B")
*1974- Finished in 15th place (Won "Pool C")
*1975- Finished in 9th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1976- Finished in 12th place (4th in "Pool B")
*1977- Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1978- Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1979- Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1981- Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1982- Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1983- Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1985- Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1986- Finished in 9th place (Won "Pool B")
*1987- Finished in 8th place
*1989- Finished in 12th place (4th in "Pool B")
*1990- Finished in 9th place (Won "Pool B")
*1991- Finished in 7th place
*1992- Finished in 4th place
*1993- Finished in 10th place
*1994- Finished in 13th place (Won "Pool B")
*1995- Finished in 12th place
*1996- Finished in 14th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1997- Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1998- Finished in 4th place
*1999- Finished in 8th place
*2000- Finished in 6th place
*2001- Finished in 9th place
*2002- Finished in 9th place
*2003- Finished in 8th place
*2004- Finished in 8th place
*2005- Finished in 8th place
*2006- Finished in 9th place
*2007- Finished in 8th place
*2008- Finished in 7th placeExternal links
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