# Romania men's national ice hockey team

The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 27th in the 2019 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in Division IA. They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions, the most recent being in 1980.

## Olympic Games

Romania started Olympic hockey in 1964 in the B division. In the tournament, the team finished 12th out of 16 teams and managed 3 wins against Austria, Italy, and Hungary also with a tie against Yugoslavia.
In 1968, Romania lost its qualification match against West Germany 7–0 and was forced to compete in the B division again. In the first two games, Romania beat Austria 3–2 and the Host, France 7–3. They lost their next three games and finished 12th out of 14 in the standings.
After skipping the 1972 competition, Romania returned for the 1976 tournament. This time Romania played Poland in the Qualification round and lost 7–4, keeping them in the B division once again. However, Romania battled back and won 4 of 5 games with only one loss against Yugoslavia, still winning the division. The team finished 7th out of 12.
In 1980, Romania was able to play with the top teams and was put into the Blue Division group, along with tough opponents such as Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and USA. In the first game Romania was down 4–2 to West Germany, but managed to score 4 goals to beat the former bronze medallists 6–4. In their next game Romania got shut out by Sweden 8–0. The Swedes scored 3 goals in the first period which left Romania out of it. After a lopsided loss to Czechoslovakia (7–2) the team then took on USA. The US jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first period and added two more to it to lead 4–1 after two periods. Unlike other teams that the US had faced, the Romanians fought strong in the third period, despite being outshot 15–3, and scored a goal. The final score was 7–2. Romania played Norway for their final game, who had lost all four of their past games and had no chance to advance to the Medal Round. Romania fell behind less than a minute into the game, but stormed back to take the lead 3–1 in the third period. The Norwegian team battled back though, and scored once with a minute and a half left to play, and scored once more to tie it with only 29 seconds left. This tie still gave Romania one point but they had been hoping for a win. They finished the tournament with a 1–3–1 record, and were ranked 8th out of 12, just beating the Netherlands, West Germany, Norway, and Japan. This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments.

## Tournament record
### Olympic record

| Games | GP | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
| 1964 Innsbruck | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 28 | - | - | Consolation round (Group B) | 12th |
| 1968 Grenoble | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 23 | - | - | Consolation round (Group B) | 12th |
| 1972 Sapporo | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1976 Innsbruck | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | - | - | Consolation round | 7th |
| 1980 Lake Placid | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 29 | - | - | First round | 8th |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1988 Calgary | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1992 Albertville | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1998 Nagano | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2006 Turin | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 Vancouver | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2014 Sochi | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 Beijing | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2026 Milan-Cortina | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |

### World Championship

| Division | Championship | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
| C | 1990 Budapest | – | – | Group stage | 4th in Group C |
| C | 1991 Brøndby | – | – | Promoted | 3rd in Group C |
| B | 1992 Klagenfurt | – | – | Group stage | 6th in Group B |
| B | 1993 Eindhoven | – | – | Group stage | 6th in Group B |
| B | 1994 Copenhagen | – | – | Group stage | 7th in Group B |
| B | 1995 Bratislava | – | – | relegated | 8th in Group B |
| C | 1996 Jesenice | – | – | Group stage | 6th in Group C |
| C | 1997 Tallinn | – | – | Consolation | 25th |
| C | 1998 Budapest | – | – | Final Round | 26th |
| C | 1999 Eindhoven | – | – | Final Round | 26th |
| C | 2000 Beijing | – | – | Consolation | 30th |
| Division II | 2001 Bucharest | – | – | Promoted | 1st in Group B |
| Division I | 2002 Székesfehérvár | – | – | Group stage | 5th in Group B |
| Division I | 2003 Budapest | – | – | Group stage | 5th in Group A |
| Division I | 2004 Gdańsk | – | – | Group stage | 5th in Group B |
| Division I | 2005 Eindhoven | – | – | relegated | 6th in Group B |
| Division II | 2006 Sofia | – | – | Promoted | 1st in Group A |
| Division I | 2007 Ljubljana | – | – | relegated | 6th in Group A |
| Division II | 2008 Miercurea Ciuc | – | – | Promoted | 1st in Group A |
| Division I | 2009 Toruń | – | – | Group stage | 6th in Group B |
| Division II | 2010 Narva | – | – | Group stage | 2nd in Group B |
| Division II | 2011 Zagreb | – | – | Promoted | 1st in Group B |
| Division I | 2012 Krynica | – | – | Group stage | 4th in Group B |
| Division I | 2013 Donetsk | – | – | Group stage | 4th in Group B |
| Division I | 2014 Vilnius | – | – | relegated | 6th in Group B |
| Division II | 2015 Reykjavík | – | – | Promoted | 1st in Group A |
| Division I | 2016 Zagreb | – | – | relegated | 6th in Group B |
| Division II | 2017 Galați | – | – | Promoted | 1st in Group A |
| Division I | 2018 Kaunas | – | – | Group stage | 5th in Group B |
| Division I | 2019 Tallinn | – | – | Promoted | 1st in Group B |
| Division I | 2020 Ljubljana | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Division I | 2021 Ljubljana | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Division I | 2022 Ljubljana | – | – | Group stage | 6th in Group A |
| Division I | 2023 Nottingham | – | – | Group stage | 5th in Group A |
| Division I | 2024 Bolzano | – | – | Group stage | 4th in Group A |
| Division I | 2025 Sfântu Gheorghe | – | – | | in Group A |

### Winter Universiade

* 1966 – 2nd place (Silver medal)
* 1983 – 3rd place (Bronze medal)

## All-time record

Updated as of 5 May 2023. Teams in italics are defunct.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 |
| Austria | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 104 | 130 | –26 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 |
| Belgium | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 24 | +109 |
| Bulgaria | 40 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 249 | 91 | +158 |
| Canada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | –26 |
| China | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 131 | 68 | +63 |
| Croatia | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 52 | 41 | +11 |
| Czechoslovakia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 78 | –72 |
| Denmark | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 75 | +5 |
| East Germany | 43 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 91 | 264 | –173 |
| Estonia | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 43 | +7 |
| Finland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 27 | –11 |
| France | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 139 | 114 | +25 |
| Germany | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 57 | 100 | –43 |
| Great Britain | 25 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 59 | 131 | –72 |
| Hungary | 68 | 39 | 5 | 24 | 290 | 239 | +51 |
| Iceland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | +15 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | +42 |
| Israel | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | +53 |
| Italy | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 91 | 114 | –23 |
| Japan | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 109 | 138 | –29 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | –19 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 |
| Latvia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 49 | –42 |
| Lithuania | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 56 | 59 | –3 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 113 | 93 | +20 |
| North Korea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 14 | +37 |
| Norway | 31 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 112 | 134 | –22 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2 | +64 |
| Poland | 62 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 106 | 390 | –284 |
| Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 11 | +36 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 53 | –46 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 48 | –42 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 |
| South Korea | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 39 | +14 |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | –17 |
| Spain | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 12 | +74 |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 35 | –31 |
| Switzerland | 38 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 121 | 187 | –66 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 116 | –96 |
| United States | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 85 | –64 |
| Yugoslavia | 58 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 254 | 208 | +46 |
| Total | 768 | 332 | 57 | 379 | 3 037 | 3 323 | –286 |