Romania Romania is a country in southeastern Europe . Its population is about 21 , 000 , 000 . Ice hockey . 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 28th in the 2010 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I . They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions . Olympic competition 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 scored 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 Holland , West Germany , Norway , and Japan . This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments . The Romanians were the winners of the World Championship Division II ( Group A ) in the 2008 Men ' s World Ice Hockey Championships and were promoted to Division I . The history of ice hockey in Romania began in 1921 when the first game took place . Hockey proved popular and , in 1924 , the Romanian Ice Hockey Federation was founded joining subsequently the International Ice Hockey Federation . Leagues . Liga Naţională de Hochei ( ) Borsodi Liga ( ) MOL Liga