# Switzerland men's national ice hockey team

The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (German: Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft; French: Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace; Italian: Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.
As of 2024, the Swiss team is ranked 5th in the IIHF World Rankings.

## History

Bibi Torriani served as the Switzerland national team captain from 1933 to 1939. He played on a forward line known as "The ni-storm" (German: Der ni-sturm), with brothers Hans Cattini and Ferdinand Cattini. The line was named for the last syllable (-ni) of players' surnames. The ni-storm was regarded as the top line of HC Davos and Switzerland's national hockey team. Torriani served as head coach of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team in 1946–47, and again from 1948 to 1949 to 1951–52.
From a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships until the silver medal of 2013 and 2018, Switzerland did not win a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in 4th place at the World Championships both years.
Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3–2 and shutting out Canada 2–0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss.

## Tournament record
### Overview

| Rank | Olympics | World Championships | European Championships | Spengler Cup |
| 1st | | | 1926 | |
| 2nd | | 1935 2013 2018 2024 | | 2017 |
| 3rd | 1928 1948 | 1928 1930 1939 1950 1951 1953 | 1922 1924 1925 1932 1950 | 1967 1976 |
| 4th | | 1934 1947 1992 1998 | 1910 1911 | 1964 1968 1972 1974 1975 |
| 5th | 1920 1952 | 1920 1933 1949 1952 2010 2022 2023 | 1923 | 1977 1978 1979 |
| 6th | 2006 | 1938 1972↓ 2000 2017 | | |
| 7th | 1924 | 1924 1954 1962↓ 1971(1.B)↑ 1991 2008 | | |
| 8th | 1964 1988 2010 2022 | 1955 1964↓ 1987↓ 1999 2003 2004 2005 2007 2015 2019 | | |
| 9th | 1956 2014 | 1956 1975(3.B) 1986(1.B)↑ 1990(1.B)↑ 2001 2006 2009 2011 | | |
| 10th | 1972 1992 2018 | 1963(2.B)↑ 1965(2.B) 1985(2.B) 2002 2014 | | |
| 11th | 1976 2002 | 1961(3.B)↑ 1978(3.B) 1981(3.B) 2012 2016 | | |
| 12th | | 1959↓ 1970(6.B) 1976(4.B) 1989(4.B) 1993↓ 1995↓ | | |
| 13th | 1936 | 1936 1973(7.B)↓ 1977(5.B) 1979(5.B) 1994(1.B)↑ | | |
| 14th | | 1966(6.B) 1982(6.B) 1983(6.B) 1996(2.B) | | |
| 15th | | 1967(7.B)↓ 1974(1.C)↑ 1997(3.B)↑ | | |
| 16th | | 1969(2.C)↑ | | |
| Other placings | | | | |
| dnp | 1932 1960 1968 1980 1984 1994 1998 | 1931 1957 1958 | | 1923–1963 1965–1966 1969–1971 1973 1980–2016 |
| ↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool), dnp: did not participate |||||

### Olympic Games

| Year | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| 1920 | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
| 1924 | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place |
| 1928 | Bronze | Bronze | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1932 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1936 | 12th place | 12th place | 12th place | 12th place |
| 1948 | Bronze | Bronze | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1952 | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| 1956 | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place |
| 1960 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1964 | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place |
| 1968 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1972 | 10th place | 10th place | 10th place | 10th place |
| 1976 | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place |
| 1980 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1984 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1988 | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place |
| 1992 | 10th place | 10th place | 10th place | 10th place |
| 1994 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1998 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2002 | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place |
| 2006 | 6th place | 6th place | 6th place | 6th place |
| 2010 | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place |
| 2014 | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place |
| 2018 | 10th place | 10th place | 10th place | 10th place |
| 2022 | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place | 8th place |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Totals |||||
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

### World Championship

* 1930 – Won bronze medal
* 1933 – Finished tied in 5th place
* 1934 – Finished in 4th place
* 1935 – Won silver medal
* 1937 – Won bronze medal
* 1938 – Finished in 6th place
* 1939 – Won bronze medal
* 1947 – Finished in 4th place
* 1949 – Finished in 5th place
* 1950 – Won bronze medal awarded Silver as European Champion
* 1951 – Won bronze medal
* 1953 – Won bronze medal
* 1954 – Finished in 7th place
* 1955 – Finished in 8th place
* 1959 – Finished in 12th place
* 1961 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
* 1962 – Finished in 7th place
* 1963 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
* 1965 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
* 1966 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
* 1967 – Finished in 15th place (7th in Pool B)
* 1969 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Pool C)
* 1970 – Finished in 12th place (6th in Pool B)
* 1971 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B)
* 1972 – Finished in 6th place
* 1973 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)
* 1974 – Finished in 15th place (won Pool C)
* 1975 – Finished in 9th place (2nd in Pool B)
* 1976 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
* 1977 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
* 1978 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
* 1979 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Pool B)
* 1981 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
* 1982 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
* 1983 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
* 1985 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
* 1986 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
* 1987 – Finished in 8th place
* 1989 – Finished in 12th place (4th in Pool B)
* 1990 – Finished in 9th place (won Pool B)
* 1991 – Finished in 7th place
* 1992 – Finished in 4th place
* 1993 – Finished in 10th place
* 1994 – Finished in 13th place (won Pool B)
* 1995 – Finished in 12th place
* 1996 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
* 1997 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
* 1998 – Finished in 4th place
* 1999 – Finished in 8th place
* 2000 – Finished in 6th place
* 2001 – Finished in 9th place
* 2002 – Finished in 10th place
* 2003 – Finished in 8th place
* 2004 – Finished in 8th place
* 2005 – Finished in 8th place
* 2006 – Finished in 9th place
* 2007 – Finished in 8th place
* 2008 – Finished in 7th place
* 2009 – Finished in 9th place
* 2010 – Finished in 5th place
* 2011 – Finished in 9th place
* 2012 – Finished in 11th place
* 2013 – Won silver medal
* 2014 – Finished in 10th place
* 2015 – Finished in 8th place
* 2016 – Finished in 11th place
* 2017 – Finished in 6th place
* 2018 – Won silver medal
* 2019 – Finished in 8th place
* 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
* 2021 – Finished in 6th place
* 2022 – Finished in 5th place
* 2023 – Finished in 5th place
* 2024 – Won silver medal

### European Championship

| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
| 1910 Les Avants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 4th |
| 1911 Berlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 4th |
| 1912 Prague* | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1913 Munich | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1914 Berlin | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). |
| 1921 Stockholm | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1922 St. Moritz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1923 Antwerp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 23 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 4th |
| 1924 Milan | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1926 Davos | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 15 | ? | ? | Final round | |
| 1927 Wien | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1929 Budapest | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ? | ? | Second round | 5th |
| 1932 Berlin | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 9 | ? | ? | Final round | |

### Spengler Cup

* 1964 – Finished in 4th place
* 1967 – Won bronze medal
* 1968 – Finished in 4th place
* 1972 – Finished in 4th place
* 1974 – Finished in 4th place
* 1975 – Finished in 4th place
* 1976 – Won bronze medal
* 1977 – Finished in 5th place
* 1978 – Finished in 5th place
* 1979 – Finished in 5th place
* 2017 – Won silver medal

### Deutschland Cup

* Gold medal (2001, 2007, 2019)

### Euro Hockey Tour

* 2022–23 – Finished in 4th place
* 2023–24 – Finished in 4th place
* 2024–25 –

## Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Patrick Fischer
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
| 10 | F | Andres Ambühl | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | (1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 41) | HC Davos |
| 11 | F | Sven Senteler | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32) | EV Zug |
| 13 | F | Nico Hischier – A | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 26) | New Jersey Devils |
| 14 | D | Dean Kukan | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31) | ZSC Lions |
| 17 | F | Ken Jäger | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26) | Lausanne HC |
| 18 | D | Sven Jung | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | (1995-01-05) 5 January 1995 (age 30) | HC Davos |
| 20 | G | Reto Berra | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 (age 38) | HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| 21 | F | Kevin Fiala | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | (1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28) | Los Angeles Kings |
| 22 | F | Nino Niederreiter – A | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 32) | Winnipeg Jets |
| 23 | F | Philipp Kurashev | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | (1999-10-12) 12 October 1999 (age 25) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 40 | G | Akira Schmid | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24) | New Jersey Devils |
| 43 | D | Andrea Glauser | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 28) | Lausanne HC |
| 45 | D | Michael Fora | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995 (age 29) | HC Davos |
| 54 | D | Christian Marti | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31) | ZSC Lions |
| 55 | D | Romain Loeffel | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1991-03-10) 10 March 1991 (age 33) | SC Bern |
| 59 | F | Dario Simion | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30) | EV Zug |
| 60 | F | Tristan Scherwey | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | (1991-05-07) 7 May 1991 (age 33) | SC Bern |
| 63 | G | Leonardo Genoni | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 37) | EV Zug |
| 68 | F | Fabrice Herzog | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | (1994-12-09) 9 December 1994 (age 30) | EV Zug |
| 79 | F | Calvin Thürkauf | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 27) | HC Lugano |
| 85 | F | Sven Andrighetto | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 31) | ZSC Lions |
| 88 | F | Christoph Bertschy | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | (1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 30) | HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| 90 | D | Roman Josi – C | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34) | Nashville Predators |
| 92 | F | Gaëtan Haas | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32) | EHC Biel |
| 97 | D | Jonas Siegenthaler | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 27) | New Jersey Devils |

## Uniform evolution

* National team jerseys
* 1988 Olympic jerseys
* 1992 Olympic and 1991–1993 IIHF jerseys
* 1998 Olympic and 1999–2000 IIHF jerseys
* 1998 IIHF jerseys
* 2001–2004 IIHF and 2002 Olympic jerseys
* former jerseys
* 2014 Olympic jerseys
* 2014–2016 IIHF jerseys
* 2017 IIHF jerseys
* 2018 Olympic jerseys
* 2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
* 2022 Olympic jerseys