Austria men's national ice hockey team

The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2022 the Austrian team is ranked 18th in the IIHF World Rankings. Austria has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1947. Austria currently has 8,799 registered players (0.1% of the total population).

Austria

Nickname(s)	Die Adler
Association	Österreichischer Eishockeyverband
Head coach	Roger Bader
Assistants	Christoph Brandner Kirk Furey
Captain	Thomas Raffl
Most games	Gerhard Unterluggauer (244)
Most points	Rudolf König (183)
Team colors
IIHF code	AUT
Ranking
Current IIHF	11 1 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF	11 (2004)
Lowest IIHF	18 (2021)
First international
Bohemia  5–0 Austria-Hungary (Prague, Austria-Hungary; 4 February 1912)
Biggest win
Austria  30–0  Belgium (Stockholm, Sweden; 12 March 1963)
Biggest defeat
Canada  23–0  Austria (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 27 January 1956)
Olympics
Appearances	13 (first in 1928)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	67 (first in 1930)
Best result	(1931, 1947)
European Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 1912)
Best result	(1927)
International record (W–L–T)
441–600–83

Austria men's national ice hockey team

Medal record
World Championships
	1931 Poland
	1947 Czechoslovakia
European Championships
	1927 Austria

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Members of the Austrian national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Austria finished 12th in the tournament.

Games	Finish
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	tied in 7th place
1948 St. Moritz	6th place
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	10th place
1964 Innsbruck	13th place
1968 Grenoble	13th place
1976 Innsbruck	8th place
1984 Sarajevo	10th place
1988 Calgary	9th place
1994 Lillehammer	12th place
1998 Nagano	14th place
2002 Salt Lake City	12th place
2014 Sochi	10th place

World Championship

Austrian national team during 1933 World Championships

Austria at 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

Austria against Norway during the 2022 IIHF World Championship

• 1930 – Finished in 4th place
• 1931 – Won bronze medal
• 1933 – Finished in 4th place
• 1934 – Finished in 7th place
• 1935 – Finished in 6th place
• 1938 – Finished tied in 10th place
• 1947 – Won bronze medal
• 1949 – Finished in 6th place
• 1951 – Finished in 11th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1952 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1953 – Finished in 6th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1955 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1957 – Finished in 7th place
• 1959 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1961 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1962 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1963 – Finished in 16th place (won Pool C)
• 1965 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1966 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1967 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1969 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1970 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
• 1971 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1972 – Finished in 14th place (won Pool C)
• 1973 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1974 – Finished in 14th place (8th in Pool B)
• 1975 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1976 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C)
• 1977 – Finished in 17th place (9th in Pool B)
• 1978 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1979 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1981 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C)
• 1982 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1983 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1985 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1986 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1987 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1989 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1990 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1991 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1992 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
• 1993 – Finished in 11th place
• 1994 – Finished in 8th place
• 1995 – Finished in 11th place
• 1996 – Finished in 12th place
• 1997 – Finished in 16th place (4th in Pool B)

Division	Championship	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
Top Division	1998 Zürich/Basel	–	–	First round	15th
Top Division	1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer	–	–	Consolation round	10th
Top Division	2000 Saint Petersburg	–	–	Relegation round	13th
Top Division	2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover	–	–	Second round	11th
Top Division	2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping	–	–	Second round	12th
Top Division	2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	–	–	Second round	10th
Top Division	2004 Prague/Ostrava	–	–	Qualifying round	11th
Top Division	2005 Vienna/Innsbruck	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2006 Tallin	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group B
Top Division	2007 Moscow	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2008 Innsbruck	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group A
Top Division	2009 Bern/Kloten	–	–	relegated	14th
Division I	2010 Tilburg	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group A
Top Division	2011 Bratislava/Košice	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2012 Ljubljana	–	–	Promoted	2nd in Group A
Top Division	2013 Stockholm/Helsinki	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2014 Goyang	–	–	Promoted	2nd in Group A
Top Division	2015 Prague/Ostrava	–	–	relegated	15th
Division I	2016 Katowice	–	–	Group stage	4th in Group A
Division I	2017 Kyiv	–	–	Promoted	1st in Group A
Top Division	2018 Copenhagen/Herning	–	–	Group stage	14th
Top Division	2019 Bratislava/Košice	–	–	relegated	16th
Division I	2020 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I	2021 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Top Division	2022 Tampere/Helsinki	–	–	Group stage	11th
Top Division	2023 Tampere/Riga	–	–	Group stage	14th
Top Division	2024 Prague/Ostrava	–	–	Group stage	10th
Top Division	2025 Stockholm/Herning	–	–	Playoff round	8th
Top Division	2026 Zurich/Fribourg	–	–

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	did not participate.
1911 Berlin	did not participate.
1912 Prague*	2	0	0	2	1	9	?	?	Round-robin
1913 Munich	3	0	0	3	5	34	?	?	Round-robin	4th
1914 Berlin	did not participate.
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	did not participate.
1922 St. Moritz	did not participate.
1923 Antwerp	did not participate.
1924 Milan	did not participate.
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	3	1	1	1	4	5	?	?	Round-robin
1926 Davos	7	4	1	2	15	13	?	?	Final round
1927 Vienna	5	5	0	0	13	2	?	?	Round-robin
1929 Budapest	6	4	0	2	13	9	?	?	3rd Place Game
1932 Berlin	4	1	3	0	6	3	?	?	Final round

• 1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship.^[4][5]

Head coach: Roger Bader

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	F	Peter Schneider	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 34)	Red Bull Salzburg
4	D	Ramon Schnetzer	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 29)	Pioneers Vorarlberg
5	F	Thomas Raffl – C	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	(1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 39)	Red Bull Salzburg
7	F	Brian Lebler	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1988-07-16) 16 July 1988 (age 37)	Black Wings Linz
12	D	David Maier	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 25)	EC KAC
16	F	Dominic Zwerger	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1996-07-16) 16 July 1996 (age 29)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
18	D	Paul Stapelfeldt	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 26)	Red Bull Salzburg
19	F	Vinzenz Rohrer	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 (age 20)	ZSC Lions
21	F	Lukas Haudum	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 28)	Graz 99ers
24	F	Benjamin Baumgartner	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 25)	SC Bern
26	F	Oliver Achermann	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 31)	La Chaux-de-Fonds
30	G	David Kickert	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 31)	Red Bull Salzburg
31	G	Benedikt Oschgan	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(2005-07-04) 4 July 2005 (age 20)	Växjö Lakers
32	D	Bernd Wolf – A	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 28)	EHC Kloten
33	G	Florian Vorauer	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 25)	EC KAC
35	G	Atte Tolvanen	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 30)	Red Bull Salzburg
45	D	Gregor Biber	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(2006-08-09) 9 August 2006 (age 19)	Rögle BK
48	F	Lucas Thaler	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 23)	Red Bull Salzburg
52	F	Paul Huber	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	(2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 25)	Graz 99ers
78	D	Thimo Nickl	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 23)	EC KAC
80	F	Nikolaus Kraus	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 28)	Red Bull Salzburg
84	F	Luis Lindner	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 24)	New Hampshire Wildcats
91	D	Dominique Heinrich – A	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 35)	Vienna Capitals
92	D	Clemens Unterweger	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 33)	EC KAC
95	F	Lukas Kainz	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 29)	Graz 99ers
96	F	Marco Kasper	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 21)	Detroit Red Wings

Notable players

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Reinhard Divis	EC Red Bull Salzburg
D	Thomas Pöck	EC KAC
F	Michael Grabner	Arizona Coyotes
F	Andreas Nödl	Vienna Capitals
F	Thomas Vanek	Detroit Red Wings
F	Michael Raffl	Philadelphia Flyers

All-time record

Updated as of match played on 20 May 2025.^[6] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	1	1	0	0	17	0	+17
Belarus	22	5	1	16	50	83	-33
Belgium	13	12	0	1	106	36	+70
Bohemia	2	0	0	2	0	12	-12
Bulgaria	10	8	1	1	58	18	+40
Canada	40	1	3	36	46	235	-189
China	8	7	1	0	66	20	+46
Croatia	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9
Czech Republic	27	2	0	25	35	130	−95
Czechoslovakia	28	4	0	24	37	168	−131
Denmark	44	30	1	13	175	95	+80
East Germany	28	6	0	22	71	182	-111
Estonia	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6
Finland	16	1	1	14	28	80	−52
France	69	36	10	23	264	190	+74
Germany	56	14	4	38	86	185	-99
Great Britain	21	13	2	6	103	61	+42
Hungary	57	40	2	15	215	141	+74
Italy	97	46	12	39	298	277	+21
Japan	45	26	5	14	176	130	+46
Kazakhstan	13	4	1	8	35	41	-6
Latvia	28	5	0	23	65	106	-41
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	11	5	+6
Netherlands	37	26	4	7	198	89	+109
North Korea	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10
Norway	55	19	5	31	143	198	-55
Poland	60	31	3	26	181	183	-2
Romania	29	13	2	14	130	104	+26
Russia	17	1	0	16	29	95	−66
Serbia	1	1	0	0	13	0	+24
Slovakia	36	9	2	34	80	171	-91
Slovenia	40	16	4	20	87	110	-23
South Korea	7	6	0	1	37	16	+21
Soviet Union	4	0	0	4	5	54	-49
Spain	1	1	0	0	14	4	+10
Sweden	26	1	2	23	24	127	−103
Switzerland	78	12	14	52	192	346	-154
Ukraine	20	13	1	6	67	52	+15
United States	33	2	2	29	58	172	−114
Yugoslavia	39	22	0	17	154	134	+20
Total	1 124	441	83	600	3 384	4 054	-671

Uniform evolution

• National team jerseys
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  1988 Olympic jerseys
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  1994 Olympic jerseys
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  IIHF jerseys 1998–2004
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  former IIHF jerseys
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  2014 Olympic jerseys
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  2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
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  2022– IIHF jerseys