# Belarus men's national ice hockey team

The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Беларуси по хоккею с шайбой) is the national ice hockey team that represents Belarus. The team is controlled by the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association. Belarus was ranked 14th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2021 World Ranking.
The team achieved their best result at the Winter Olympics in the quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics where they beat Sweden and ultimately finished fourth. At the 2005 and 2006 World Championships their coach was Glen Hanlon, who brought their best-ever result in the IIHF World Championship – 6th place in 2006. He was succeeded by Curt Fraser, who led the team in 2007 and 2008. Hanlon returned to coach the team for the 2009 World Championships in Switzerland.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation banned all Belarusian national and club teams from its events indefinitely, and Hockey Canada banned Belarus's "participation in events held in Canada that do not fall under the IIHF’s jurisdiction." In April 2022, the Federation banned Belarus from participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Despite the ban, the team participated in the 2023 Channel One Cup, alongside Russia and Kazakhstan.

## Tournament record
### Olympic Games

| Games | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Place |
| 1920–1988 | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union |
| 1992 | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) | Part of the Unified Team (EUN) |
| 1994 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| Nagano 1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 7th |
| Salt Lake City 2002 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 4th |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Vancouver 2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 9th |
| 2014–2022 | 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 | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned |

### World Championship

| Year | Location | Result |
| 1993 | Minsk, Belarus | Qualifying round for the Group C (3rd in Group 2) |
| 1994 | Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia | 22nd place (2nd in Group C1) |
| 1995 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 21st place (1st in Group C1, promoted) |
| 1996 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 15th place (3rd in Group B) |
| 1997 | Katowice / Sosnowiec, Poland | 13th place (1st in Group B, promoted) |
| 1998 | Zürich / Basel, Switzerland | 8th place |
| 1999 | Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway | 9th place |
| 2000 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 9th place |
| 2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany | 14th place (relegated) |
| 2002 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 17th place (1st in D1A, promoted) |
| 2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland | 14th place (relegated) |
| 2004 | Oslo, Norway | 18th place (1st in D1A, promoted) |
| 2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria | 10th place |
| 2006 | Riga, Latvia | 6th place |
| 2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia | 11th place |
| 2008 | Quebec City / Halifax, Canada | 9th place |
| 2009 | Bern / Kloten, Switzerland | 8th place |
| 2010 | Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 10th place |
| 2011 | Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia | 14th place |
| 2012 | Helsinki / Stockholm, Finland / Sweden | 14th place |
| 2013 | Stockholm / Helsinki, Sweden / Finland | 14th place |
| 2014 | Minsk, Belarus | 7th place |
| 2015 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | 7th place |
| 2016 | Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia | 12th place |
| 2017 | Cologne / Paris, Germany / France | 13th place |
| 2018 | Copenhagen / Herning, Denmark | 15th place (relegated) |
| 2019 | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 17th place (1st in D1A, promoted) |
| 2020 | Zürich / Lausanne, Switzerland | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 | Riga, Latvia | 15th place |
| 2022 | Helsinki / Tampere, Finland | Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine |
| 2023 | Tampere / Riga, Finland / Latvia | Expelled due IIHF ban on the pretext of enabling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine |

## Team
### Current roster

Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Mikhail Zakharov
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
| 2 | D | Ilya Solovyov | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 24) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 7 | D | Stepan Falkovsky | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 112 kg (247 lb) | (1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 (age 27) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 8 | D | Ilya Shinkevich | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 9 | F | Stanislav Lopachuk | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 32) | Yunost Minsk |
| 10 | D | Nick Bailen | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 35) | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| 12 | F | Aliaksei Protas | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 23) | Hershey Bears |
| 13 | F | Mikhail Stefanovich | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | (1989-11-27) 27 November 1989 (age 35) | Donbass Donetsk |
| 14 | D | Yevgeni Lisovets | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | (1994-11-12) 12 November 1994 (age 30) | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| 15 | F | Artem Demkov | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 16 | F | Geoff Platt – A | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | (1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 (age 39) | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| 17 | F | Yegor Sharangovich – C | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 26) | Calgary Flames |
| 18 | D | Kristian Khenkel – A | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995 (age 29) | Ak Bars Kazan |
| 19 | F | Nikita Komarov | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | (1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 36) | Avangard Omsk |
| 21 | F | Vladislav Kodola | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 28) | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 22 | F | Francis Paré | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | (1987-06-30) 30 June 1987 (age 37) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 30 | G | Konstantin Shostak | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 31 | G | Danny Taylor | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1986-04-28) 28 April 1986 (age 38) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 40 | G | Alexei Kolosov | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 73 | D | Dmitri Znakharenko | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 74 | F | Sergei Kostitsyn | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1987-03-20) 20 March 1987 (age 37) | Bratislava Capitals |
| 81 | F | Sergei Drozd | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 34) | Yunost Minsk |
| 85 | D | Andrei Antonov | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1985-04-27) 27 April 1985 (age 39) | Yunost Minsk |
| 88 | F | German Nesterov | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 (age 33) | HK Gomel |
| 89 | D | Dmitry Korobov | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 108 kg (238 lb) | (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35) | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| 90 | F | Danila Klimovich | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 21) | Minskie Zubry |
| 92 | F | Shane Prince | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 32) | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
| 93 | F | Andrei Belevich | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 27) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 94 | D | Vladislav Yeryomenko | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | (1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 25) | Dinamo Minsk |

### Retired numbers

* 24 – Ruslan Salei

## All-time record

    As of 12 December 2024.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
| Austria | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 83 | 49 | +34 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 |
| Canada | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 111 | -84 |
| Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 |
| Czech Republic | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 72 | −51 |
| Denmark | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 90 | 72 | +18 |
| Estonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | +27 |
| Finland | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 71 | −46 |
| France | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 101 | 59 | +42 |
| Germany | 29 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 80 | 73 | +7 |
| Great Britain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 |
| Hungary | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 27 | +48 |
| Italy | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 |
| Japan | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | +13 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 86 | 48 | +38 |
| Latvia | 40 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 99 | 106 | -7 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | +28 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10 | +25 |
| Norway | 39 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 114 | 91 | +23 |
| Poland | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 38 | +39 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Russia | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 45 | 95 | −50 |
| Slovakia | 37 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 72 | 107 | -35 |
| Slovenia | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 83 | 60 | +23 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 |
| Sweden | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 63 | −35 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 77 | 119 | -42 |
| Ukraine | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 90 | 49 | +41 |
| United States | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 42 | −24 |
| Total | 515 | 252 | 25 | 238 | 1 541 | 1 434 | +107 |

## Uniform evolution

* National team jerseys
* From 1993 to 1995, the Reebok-made jersey featured the Pahonia coat of arms
* IIHF jerseys 1998–2000
* former IIHF jerseys
* 2014–2017 IIHF jerseys
* 2017–2021 IIHF jerseys
* 2021– IIHF jerseys