Hungary men's national ice hockey team

The Hungarian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Hungary. They have participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games since 1928.^[2] A consistent participant of the annual World Championship, Hungary has played at the Olympics three times, most recently in 1964. They are currently ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF.

Hungary

Nickname(s)	Magyars (Hungarians)
Association	Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Gergely Majoross
Captain	Csanád Erdély
Most games	Balázs Kangyal (237)
Top scorer	Krisztián Palkovics (96)
Most points	Balázs Ladányi (251)
Home stadium	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Team colors
IIHF code	HUN
Ranking
Current IIHF	16 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF	18 (2024)
Lowest IIHF	22 (2003–06)
First international
Austria  6–0  Hungary (Vienna, Austria; 24 January 1927)
Biggest win
Hungary  31–1  Belgium (Den Bosch, Netherlands; 4 March 1971)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union  19–1  Hungary (Innsbruck, Austria; 28 January 1964)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1928)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	57 (first in 1930)
Best result	5th (1937)
International record (W–L–T)
414–477–63

The team is controlled by the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség). No Hungarian-born players have ever played in North America's National Hockey League; however, three have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft: Tamás Gröschl by the Edmonton Oilers (1999), Levente Szuper by the Calgary Flames (2000), and János Vas by the Dallas Stars (2002).

History

The Hungarian team during the 2017 World Championship Division IA tournament in Ukraine.

The Hungarian team won its group in the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I, and therefore qualified to play in the Elite Division of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. This is the first time since 1939 that Hungary has qualified to play in the highest division of international hockey. The advance was, however, marred by the sudden death of team captain Gábor Ocskay, and the team was eventually relegated to Division I again.

In 2015, Hungary finished second in its group in the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, behind Kazakhstan to gain promotion to the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

On 4 May 2024, Hungary beat Slovenia 2-1 on the last match day of the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I and became world chanpions.^[3] Consequently, Hungary qualified for the 2025 IIHF World Championship.^[4]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year	Finish	Rank
1928 St. Moritz	Preliminary round	11th place
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Second round	7th place
1964 Innsbruck	Consolation Round	16th place

World Championship

Year	Finish	Rank
// 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	Quarterfinals	6th
1931 Krynica	Consolation round	7th
1933 Prague	Seventh place game	7th
1934 Milan	Third round	6th
1935 Davos	Consolation Round	11th
1937 London	Consolation Round	5th
1938 Prague	Second Round	7th
1939 Zürich/Basel	Consolation Round	7th
1959 Plzeň	2nd in the Group B	14th
1963 Stockholm	2nd in the Group C	17th
1964 Innsbruck	8th in the Group B	16th
1965 Turku/Rauma/Pori	4th in the Group B	12th
1966 Zagreb	7th in the Group B	15th
1967 Vienna	8th in the Group B, Relegation	16th
1969 Skopje	3rd in the Group C	17th
1970 Galaţi	4th in the Group C	18th
1971 Netherlands	3rd in the Group C	19th
1972 Miercurea-Ciuc	5th in the Group C	18th
1973 Netherlands	3rd in the Group C	17th
1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon	4th in the Group C	18th
1975 Sofia	4th in the Group C	18th
1976 Gdańsk	2nd in the Group C, Promoted	18th
1977 Tokyo	6th in the Group B	14th
1978 Belgrade	6th in the Group B	13th
1979 Galați	9th in the Group B, Relegation	17th
1981 Beijing	3rd in the Group C	19th
1982 Jaca	5th in the Group C	21st
1983 Budapest	2nd in the Group C, Promoted	18th
1985 Fribourg	8th in the Group B, Relegation	16th
1986 Puigcerda	6th in the Group C	22nd
1987 Copenhagen/Herlev/Hørsholm	5th in the Group C	21st
1989 Sydney	4th in the Group C	20th
1990 Budapest	7th in the Group C	23rd
1991 Brøndby	6th in the Group C	22nd
1992 Hull	4th in the Group C1	24th
1993 Ljubljana	4th in the Group C	24th
1994 Poprad/Spišská Nová Ves	6th in the Group C1	26th
1995 Sofia	8th in the Group C1	26th
1996 Jesenice/Kranj	4th in the Group C	24th
1997 Tallinn/Kohtla-Järve	6th in the Group C	26th
1998 Budapest/Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros	1st in the Group C, Promoted	25th
1999 Odense/Rodovre	8th in the Group B, Relegation	24th
2000 Beijing	1st in the Group C, Promoted	25th
2001 Grenoble	4th in Division I, Group A	23rd
2002 Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros	2nd in Division I, Group B	20th
2003 Budapest	3rd in Division I, Group A	21st
2004 Oslo	4th in Division I, Group A	24th
2005 Debrecen	3rd in Division I, Group A	21st
2006 Amiens	4th in Division I, Group A	23rd
2007 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group B	19th
2008 Sapporo	1st in Division I, Group B, Promoted	18th
2009 Bern/Kloten	Relegation round	16th
2010 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group B	20th
2011 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	19th
2012 Ljubljana	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2013 Budapest	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2014 Goyang	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2015 Kraków	2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted	18th
2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg	Preliminary round, Relegation	15th
2017 Kyiv	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2018 Budapest	4th in Division I, Group A	20th
2019 Nur-Sultan	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2020 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[5]	–
2021 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[6]	–
2022 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted	18th
/ 2023 Tampere/Riga	Preliminary round, Relegation	15th
2024 Bolzano	1st in Division I, Group A, Promoted	17th
/ 2025 Stockholm/Herning	Preliminary round	14th
2026 Zurich/Fribourg	Preliminary round

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1910–1926	did not participate.
1927 Wien	5	0	0	5	5	1	Round-robin	6th
1929 Budapest	4	0	1	3	2	7	Second round	6th
1932 Berlin	did not participate

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship.^[7][8]

Head coach: Gergely Majoross

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Bence Bálizs	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1993-05-30) 30 May 1993 (age 32)	Sparta Sarpsborg
5	F	Domán Szongoth	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(2008-06-08) 8 June 2008 (age 17)	KooKoo
7	F	András Mihalik	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 22)	DEAC
8	D	Bence Szabó	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 27)	Budapest JA HC
10	F	Ferenc Laskawy	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2006-02-17) 17 February 2006 (age 19)	Újpesti TE
11	D	Gabor Tornyai	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1998-10-06) 6 October 1998 (age 26)	Újpesti TE
13	F	Krisztián Nagy	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 31)	Budapest JA HC
16	F	János Hári – A	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 33)	Fehérvár AV19
21	F	Kristóf Papp	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 24)	Iowa Heartlanders
22	F	Vilmos Galló	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 29)	KooKoo
23	D	Zétény Hadobás	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 22)	Iowa Heartlanders
24	F	Kristof Németh	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 23)	Fehérvár AV19
27	D	Henrik Nilsson	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 34)	Kalmar HC
30	G	Adam Vay	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	(1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 31)	HK Poprad
33	D	Milán Horváth	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(2001-02-02) 2 February 2001 (age 24)	Budapest JA HC
34	F	István Terbócs – A	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 29)	Fehérvár AV19
35	G	Dominik Horváth	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 24)	Fehérvár AV19
36	F	Csanád Erdély – C	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 29)	Fehérvár AV19
55	D	Tamás Ortenszky	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 (age 23)	EHC Winterthur
61	F	Péter Vincze	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 30)	Gyergyói HK
68	F	Bence Horváth	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 (age 21)	Jukurit
70	D	Zsombor Garát	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 28)	Nottingham Panthers
82	D	Simon Szathmary	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29)	DVTK Jegesmedvék
87	F	Gergő Ambrus	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	(2001-12-06) 6 December 2001 (age 23)	Fehérvár AV19
93	F	Akos Mihaly	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 25)	Fehérvár AV19

Former players

See also: Hungarian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

• János Ancsin
• Béla Háray
• István Hircsák
• László Jakabházy
• Zoltán Jeney
• Balázs Kangyal
• Csaba Kovács, Sr.
• Péter Kovalcsik
• György Margó
• András Mészöly
• Sándor Miklós
• Gábor Ocskay, Jr.
• Gábor Ocskay, Sr.
• Krisztián Palkovics
• Antal Palla
• György Pásztor
• György Raffa
• Levente Szuper
• Viktor Zsitva

NHL Drafts

Players from Hungary to be drafted in the NHL

Year	Name	Overall	Team
1993	Frank Banham1	147th	Washington Capitals
1999	Tamás Gröschl	256th	Edmonton Oilers
2000	Levente Szuper	116th	Calgary Flames
2002	János Vas	32nd	Dallas Stars
2004	Andrew Sarauer2	125th	Vancouver Canucks

Notes

1. Banham was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship.^[9]
2. Sarauer was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship.^[9]

All-time record

Updated as of 19 May 2025.^[10] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	4	0	1	39	18	+21
Austria	57	15	2	40	141	215	–74
Belarus	15	1	1	13	27	75	–48
Belgium	17	13	1	3	162	41	+121
Bulgaria	47	36	1	10	253	147	+106
Canada	15	0	3	12	12	84	–72
China	19	10	3	6	85	55	+30
Croatia	24	23	1	0	178	30	+148
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	6	–5
Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	4	1	13	–12
Denmark	66	34	4	28	285	223	+62
East Germany	11	0	0	11	23	107	–84
Estonia	8	4	2	2	37	28	+9
Finland	5	1	0	4	6	25	–19
France	52	26	4	22	216	203	+13
Germany	23	1	4	18	33	78	–45
Great Britain	34	18	1	15	113	96	+17
Israel	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Italy	51	21	6	24	150	172	–22
Japan	35	18	0	17	101	112	–12
Kazakhstan	15	2	0	13	25	70	–45
Latvia	6	1	1	4	12	31	–19
Lithuania	16	15	0	1	97	25	+72
Netherlands	32	18	3	11	170	106	+64
North Korea	12	7	0	5	71	38	+33
Norway	30	12	3	15	81	106	–35
Poland	69	26	6	37	151	214	–63
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
Romania	69	24	5	40	240	292	–52
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Serbia	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8
Serbia and Montenegro	2	2	0	0	22	1	+21
Slovakia	9	2	0	7	22	57	–35
Slovenia	44	10	2	32	96	162	–66
South Africa	4	4	0	0	57	7	+50
South Korea	22	16	1	5	128	59	+69
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	1	19	–18
Spain	9	9	0	0	82	22	+60
Sweden	8	1	0	7	7	30	−23
Switzerland	25	3	1	21	49	137	–88
Ukraine	31	12	0	19	67	109	–42
United States	4	0	0	4	2	21	–19
Yugoslavia	52	24	6	22	181	173	+8
Total	954	414	63	477	3 432	3 414	+18