Austria

Austria is a country in central Europe with a population of about 8,000,000.
==Organisation==
		
Austria	
Austria	
Austria					
		
Info		
Rinks		
Players		
Referees	
		
Population	
8,199 783	
Indoor	
25	
Total	
9711	
Male	
229
		
Capital	
Vienna	
Outdoor	
106	
Male	
3691	
Female	
15
		
IIHF Since	
March 18, 1912	
Interrupted 1920-24, 1939-46		
Junior	
4966		
									
The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2008 the Austrian team is ranked 16th in the IIHF World Rankings. Austria has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1947, and has not broken 10th place since 1994. Austria currently has 8,799 registered players (0.1% of the total population). Their head coach is Bill Gilligan.
Austria's first artificial ice rink was opened in Vienna in 1909. Three years later, Austria won European Championships bronze but the tournament was later annulled because the country was not a member of the international federation.
In its first international game, Austria lost 0-5 to Bohemia. The Austrian Ice Hockey Federation was created in 1912 and Austria joined the International Ice Hockey Federation same year.
In the last decades Austria has played in the lower pools of World Championships. However, in 2004 it competed for the first time in a long while in Pool A finishing 11th.
==Leagues==
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Elite 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Second 	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	Österreichische Nationalliga (8)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Third 	Oberliga () 	Oberliga () 	Eishockeyliga OST () 	Eishockeyliga OST () 	Kärntner Eishockey () 	Kärntner Eishockey () 	Wiener Landesliga () 	Wiener Landesliga () 	Wiener Unterliga () 	Wiener Unterliga () 	Eishockey Steiermark () 	Eishockey Steiermark () 	NÖ Landesliga () 	NÖ Landesliga () 	Tiroler Eishockey Eliteliga () 	Tiroler Eishockey Eliteliga () 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Women's
*Österreichische Staatsmeisterschaft
*Damen Eishockey Bundesliga
==History of hockey in Austria==
==International==
==Some great Austrian players==
* Thomas Vanek
* Thomas Pock
* Andreas Nodl
* Michael Grabner
* Reinhard Divis
==National Teams==
*Austria men's national ice hockey team
*Austria men's national junior ice hockey team
*Austria men's national U-18 ice hockey team
*Austria women's national ice hockey team
*Austria women's national U-18 ice hockey team
==See also==
Category:Hockey Countries
Category:Countries