Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 27th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2020 IIHF World Ranking,^[2] while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th. As part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played internationally from 1954 to 1991, and made their international debut as an independent country in 1992.

Ukraine

Nickname(s)	Yellow and Blue (Жовто-сині / Zhovto-syni)
Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
General manager	Olexander Butkevych
Head coach	Dmitri Khristich
Assistants	Igor Karpenko Oleg Shafarenko Oleg Zadoyenko
Captain	Igor Merezhko
Most games	Vasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Top scorer	Vadym Shakhraychuk (42)
Most points	Andriy Mikhnov Vadym Shakhraychuk (73)
Team colors
IIHF code	UKR
Ranking
Current IIHF	22 3 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF	11 (2003, 2005)
Lowest IIHF	28 (2022)
First international
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)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2002)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	31 (first in 1993)
Best result	9th (2002)
International record (W–L–T)
182–186–27

Ukraine has played at the Winter Olympics once, in 2002. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in ninth place. Following the 2007 World Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

• 2002 – Finished in 10th place

World Championship

2017 IIHF World Championship Division I South Korea against Ukraine

• 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 C1)
• 1995 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C1)
• 1996 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1997 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C, promoted to Pool B)
• 1998 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Pool B, promoted to Pool A)
• 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 (relegated to Division I)
• 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, relegated to Division I Group B)
• 2013 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
• 2014 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A)
• 2015 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
• 2016 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
• 2017 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
• 2018 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I Group B)
• 2019 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
• 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
• 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
• 2022 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
• 2023 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
• 2024 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
• 2025 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I Group A)
• 2026 – (Division I Group A)

Coaches

• Oleksandr Fadeiev (1993–1994)
• Anatoliy Bohdanov (1994–2003)
• Oleksandr Seukand (2004–2007)
• Vladimir Golubovych (2007–2008)
• Oleksandr Seukand (2009)
• Mikhail Zakharov (2009–2010)
• Dave Lewis (2010–2011)
• Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012)
• Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013)
• Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014)
• / Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15)
• Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–2018)
• Andriy Sryubko (2018–2019)
• / Sergei Viter (2019–2020)
• Vadym Shakhraychuk (2021–2023)
• Dmitri Khristich (2023–present)

All-time record

Overtime and game winning shot victories and losses are counted towards wins and losses. Teams in italics are no longer actively competing.

As of 24 April 2025.

Source:^[5]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Austria	20	6	1	13	52	67	–15
Belgium	1	1	0	0	37	2	+35
Belarus	25	5	5	15	47	88	–41
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	48	0	+48
Canada	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
China	5	4	0	1	36	8	+28
Croatia	9	8	0	1	56	7	+49
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3
Denmark	11	5	3	3	30	29	+1
Estonia	18	16	0	2	93	27	+66
Finland	7	0	0	7	4	36	−32
France	17	6	0	11	49	48	+1
Germany	7	2	2	3	15	18	–3
Great Britain	8	5	1	2	35	15	+20
Hungary	29	17	0	12	95	65	+30
Israel	1	1	0	0	29	0	+29
Italy	12	4	0	8	24	34	–10
Japan	18	8	2	8	45	44	0
Kazakhstan	22	6	3	13	50	75	–25
Latvia	18	3	2	13	33	63	–30
Lithuania	13	10	0	3	62	25	+37
Netherlands	13	13	0	0	81	17	+64
Norway	9	5	1	3	27	26	+1
North Korea	1	1	0	0	15	2	+13
Poland	47	25	2	20	140	123	+17
Romania	22	18	0	4	121	24	+97
Russia	8	0	1	7	12	41	−29
Serbia	3	3	0	0	29	2	+27
Serbia and Montenegro[a]	3	3	0	0	47	4	+43
Slovakia	10	0	1	9	18	49	–31
Slovenia	15	5	2	8	43	48	–3
South Korea	7	5	0	2	38	14	+24
Spain	2	2	0	0	13	1	+12
Sweden	5	0	0	5	6	26	–20
Switzerland	4	1	0	3	7	10	–3
United States	3	0	1	2	5	14	–9
Total	396	182	27	186	1 444	1 059	+385

1. Consists of matches under the name of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Gallery

• 
  Kostiantyn Simchuk
• 
  Andriy Mikhnov
• 
  Mykola Ladygin
• 
  Oleksandr Pobyedonostsev
• 
  Dmytro Tsyrul
• 
  Dmytro Tolkunov
• 
  Vitaliy Lytvynenko
• 
  Andriy Mikhnov and Vadym Shakhraychuk
• 
  Igor Merezhko
• 
  Bogdan Dyachenko