# China men's national ice hockey team

The Chinese national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the People's Republic of China. The team is controlled by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

## Tournament record
### Olympic Games

* 2022 – 12th place
Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

### World Championship record

* 1972 – 18th place (5th in Pool C)
* 1973 – 19th place (5th in Pool C)
* 1974 – 20th place (6th in Pool C)
* 1978 – 20th place (4th in Pool C)
* 1979 – 18th place (Pool B)
* 1981 – 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B
* 1982 – 15th place (6th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C
* 1983 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
* 1985 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
* 1986 – 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B
* 1987 – 16th place (8th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C
* 1989 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
* 1990 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
* 1991 – 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B
* 1992 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)
* 1993 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)
* 1994 – 20th place (8th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C
* 1995 – 25th place (Pool C)
* 1996 – 27th place (Pool C)
* 1997 – 27th place (7th in Pool C)
* 1998 – 28th place (4th in Pool C)
* 1999 – 28th place (4th in Pool C)
* 2000 – 26th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Division I
* 2001 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
* 2002 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B). Relegated to Division II
* 2003 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
* 2004 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A). Promoted to Division I
* 2005 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A). Relegated to Division II
* 2006 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B). Promoted to Division I
* 2007 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A). Relegated to Division II
* 2008 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
* 2009 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
* 2010 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
* 2011 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group B)
* 2012 – 36th place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
* 2013 – 38th place (4th in Division II, Group B)
* 2014 – 38th place (4th in Division II, Group B)
* 2015 – 35th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division II, Group A
* 2016 – 34th place (6th in Division II, Group A) Relegated to Division II, Group B
* 2017 – 35th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division II, Group A
* 2018 – 32nd place (4th in Division II, Group A)
* 2019 – 33rd place (5th in Division II, Group A)
* 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 2022 – 27th place (1st in Division II, Group A) Promoted to Division I, Group B
* 2023 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
* 2024 – 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)

### Asian Winter Games

* 1986 – 1st
* 1990 – 1st
* 1996 – 3rd
* 1999 – 3rd
* 2003 – 3rd
* 2007 – 4th
* 2011 – 4th
* 2017 – 4th
* 2025 – 4th

## Head-to-head record

As of 20 April 2023 Teams named in italics are no longer active.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| Australia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 23 |
| Austria | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 66 |
| Belgium | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 29 |
| Bulgaria | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 69 |
| Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Croatia | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 31 |
| Denmark | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 89 |
| East Germany | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 54 |
| Estonia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 60 |
| France | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 67 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Great Britain | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 52 |
| Hungary | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 85 |
| Iceland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 33 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Israel | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 24 |
| Italy | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 73 |
| Japan | 31 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 71 | 221 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 138 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 14 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Macau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mexico | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 22 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 45 | 144 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 31 |
| Norway | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 93 |
| North Korea | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 47 |
| Poland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 79 |
| Romania | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 131 |
| Serbia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 24 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| South Korea | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 120 | 59 |
| Spain | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 39 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 54 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Yugoslavia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 32 |
| Total | 363 | 132 | 25 | 206 | 1416 | 1982 |