Tornado Luxembourg

Tornado Luxembourg is an ice hockey team in Luxembourg City. The team plays in FFHG Division 3, however they are not eligible for the championship because they are a foreign team. 
Tornado has also participated in the Luxembourg Championship, and the Luxembourg Cup.
==History== 
Tornado Luxembourg debuted in the 1987-88 season, and played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga, a German regional league, which they won. They then finished second in the qualification round for the Regionalliga Mitte Group, and thus qualified for the 1988-89 season. They only played in the Regionalliga for the 88-89 season, as they finished in eighth place in their group. They then played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga until 2005, when they joined the FFHG Division 3, the fourth level of French ice hockey.
In Luxembourg, the club was won ten national championships (seven in a row from 1996-2003), and six Luxembourg Cups, in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, and 2007.
Their president, Monique Scheier, is also part of the organization committee of the International Ice Hockey Federation
For the 2009-10 season, the team had 26 players, including two national team players, Robert Beran and Benny Welter. Their goaltender was Gilles Mangen.
With there being so few ice hockey players in Luxembourg, there are generally a number of players from Tornado on the national team. Eight players from Tornado Luxembourg played for the national team in 2009.
==Roster==
===Forwards===
Number	Name 	Nationality 	Height/Weight
10 	Benny Welter 	Luxembourg 	180 cm/80 kg
11 	Robert Beran 	Luxembourg 	180 cm/80 kg
77 	Eric Wambach 	Luxembourg 	185 cm/82 kg
18 	Jean-Marie Funk 	Luxembourg 	172 cm/86 kg
83 	Thierry Holtzem 	Luxembourg 	187 cm/80 kg
42 	Steven Minden 	Luxembourg 	175 cm/70 kg
22 	David Donzel 	France 	179 cm/75 kg
64 	Pierre Huther 	France 	178 cm/84 kg
15 	Patrick Schon 	Luxembourg 	191 cm/83 kg
25 	Daniel Androne 	Belgium 	? cm/? kg
5 	Georges Scheier 	Luxembourg 	180 cm/70 kg
27 	Sampsa Jarvenpaa	Finland 	187 cm/82 kg
23 	Frank Schram 	Luxembourg 	185 cm/92 kg
9 	Jeff Meyer 	Luxembourg 	182 cm/92 kg
28 	Fredrik Olsen 	Denmark 	? cm/? kg
16 	Markus Eriksson 	Sweden 	? cm/? kg
28 	Jani Rautjarvi 	Finland 	? cm/? kg
4 	Agi Ichinorov 	Mongolia 	169 cm/62 kg
20 	Michal Loksa 	Czech Republic	? cm/? kg
===Defence===
Number	Name 	Nationality 	Height/Weight
14 	Ronny Scheier 	Luxembourg 	180 cm/80 kg
3 	Serge Milano 	Luxembourg 	172 cm/80 kg
12 	François Schons 	Luxembourg 	180 cm/70 kg
7 	Rafael Springer 	Luxembourg 	190 cm/83 kg
17 	Kai Linster 	Luxembourg 	186 cm/82 kg
21 	Christophe Hernandez	Luxembourg 	178 cm/87 kg
19 	Yves Barthels 	Luxembourg 	190 cm/86 kg
33 	Thierry Magalhaes 	Czech Republic	184 cm/71 kg
6 	Julius Faenoe 	Denmark 	? cm/? kg
2 	Jason Maclean 	Canada 	190 cm/85 kg
6 	Gilles Biever 	Luxembourg 	? cm/? kg
===Goaltenders===
Number	Name 	Nationality	Height/Weight
30 	Gilles Mangen 	Luxembourg 	176 cm/70 kg
21 	Julien Dequidt	France 	? cm/? kg
1 	Yann Livolant 	Luxembourg 	175 cm/100 kg
==Results==
===Germany===
Rheinland-Palatinat Liga
*1986-87 1st place
*1987-88 1st place
*1989-1990: second place
*1990-1991: fourth place
*1991-1992: fourth place
*1992-1993: second place
*1997-1998: second place
*1998-1999: second place
*2001-2002: second place
===France===
FFHG Division 3
*2007-2008: third place
*2008-2009: third place in Group H
*2009-2010: Carry off play-down tournament faced with Asnières 2.
*2010-2011: seventh place in Group C
===Luxembourg===
*Luxembourg Championship winners 2007-08, 2002-03, 2001-02, 2000-01, 1999-00, 1998-99, 1997-98, 1996-97, 1993-94
*Luxembourg Cup winners 2006-07, 2002-03, 1998-99, 1996-97, 1995-95, 1993-94
==External links==
*Official site 
Category:Established in 1987
Category:French Division 3 team
Category:Ice hockey in Luxembourg