page_title: Russia men's national ice hockey team
section_title: Olympic Games
hierarchical_section_title: Russia men's national ice hockey team / Tournament record / Olympic Games
caption_attribution_description: English: The Russian men's ice hockey team huddles before a game at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
context_page_description: The Russian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Russia, overseen by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of 2020, they are rated second in the IIHF World Ranking. The team has been competing internationally since 1992, and is recognized by the IIHF as the successor to the Soviet Union team and CIS team. The Russian team is a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and the United States. The European nations of the Big Six participate in the Euro Hockey Tour, which Russia won seven times since 2005. Since April 2018, the head coach is Ilya Vorobiev, taking over for the second half of the 2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour.
  Since the establishment of the team, Russia has participated in every IIHF World Championships tournament and every Olympic ice hockey tournament, winning five world championships and one Olympic gold.
caption: The bronze medal winning Russian team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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