Switzerland men's national ice hockey team

The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. It is currently ranked 8th in the IIHF World Ranking. Switzerland has not won only 2 silver medal at a major tournaments since a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championship. Recently, they won the silver medal at 2013 and 2018 World Championships.
The Swiss national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3-2 and blanking Canada 2-0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals.
Switzerland has a total of 27,867 players (0.33 % of its population).
==Olympic Record==
* 1920 - Finished in 7th place
* 1924 - Finished in 8th place
* 1928 - 
* 1932 - Did not participate
* 1936 - Finished in 12th place
* 1948 - 
* 1952 - Finished in 9th place
* 1956 - Finished in 9th place
* 1960 - Did not participate
* 1964 - Finished in 8th place
* 1968 - Did not participate
* 1972 - Finished in 10th place
* 1976 - Finished in 11th place
* 1980-1984 - Did not qualify
* 1988 - Finished in 8th place
* 1992 - Finished in 10th place
* 1994-1998 - Did not qualify
* 2002 - Finished in 11th place
* 2006 - Finished in 6th place
* 2010 - Finished in 8th place
* 2014 - Finished in 9th place
* 2018 - Finished in 10th place
==European Championship Record==
*1910 - Finished in 4th place
*1911 - Finished in 4th place
*1912 - Did not participate
*1922 - 
*1923 - Finished in 5th place
*1924 - 
*1925 - 
* 1926 - 
*1927 - Did not participate
*1928 - Not ranked
* 1932 - 
==World Championship Record==
*1920 - Finished in 7th place
*1924 - Finished in 8th place
*1928 - 
*1930 - 
*1931-1932 - Did not participate
*1933 - Finished in 5th place
*1934 - Finished in 4th place
*1935 - 
*1936 - Finished in 12th place
*1937 - 
*1938 - Finished in 6th place
*1939 - 
*1947 - Finished in 4th place
*1948 - 
*1949 - Finished in 5th place
*1950 - 
*1951 - 
*1952 - Finished in 9th place
*1953 - 
*1954 - Finished in 7th place
*1955 - Finished in 8th place
*1956 - Finished in 9th place
*1957-1958 - Did not participate
*1959 - Finished in 12th place
*1960 - Did not participate
*1961 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1962 - Finished in 7th place
*1963 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1964 - Finished in 8th place
*1965 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1966 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1967 - Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
*1968 - Did not participate
*1969 - Finished in 16th place (2nd in "Pool C")
*1970 - Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1971 - Finished in 7th place (1st in "Pool B")
*1972 - Finished in 6th place
*1973 - Finished in 13th place (7th in "Pool B")
*1974 - Finished in 15th place (1st in "Pool C")
*1975 - Finished in 9th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1976 - Finished in 12th place (4th in "Pool B")
*1977 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1978 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1979 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1981 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1982 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1983 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1985 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1986 - Finished in 9th place (1st in "Pool B")
*1987 - Finished in 8th place
*1989 - Finished in 12th place (4th in "Pool B")
*1990 - Finished in 9th place (1st in "Pool B")
*1991 - Finished in 7th place
*1992 - Finished in 4th place
*1993 - Finished in 10th place
*1994 - Finished in 13th place (1st in "Pool B")
*1995 - Finished in 12th place
*1996 - Finished in 14th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1997 - Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1998 - Finished in 4th place
*1999 - Finished in 8th place
*2000 - Finished in 6th place
*2001 - Finished in 9th place
*2002 - Finished in 9th place
*2003 - Finished in 8th place
*2004 - Finished in 8th place
*2005 - Finished in 8th place
*2006 - Finished in 9th place
*2007 - Finished in 8th place
*2008 - Finished in 7th place
*2009 - Finished in 9th place
*2010 - Finished in 5th place
*2011 - Finished in 9th place
*2012 - Finished in 11th place
*2013 - 
*2014 - Finished in 10th place
*2015 - Finished in 8th place
*2016 - Finished in 11th place
*2017 - Finished in 6th place
*2018 - 
*2019 - Finished in 8th place
*2020 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
==Actual Roster==
Position	Number	Name 	Born 	Height 	Weight 	Shoots/Catches
G 	#1 	Joren van Pottelberghe	June 5, 1997 	6ft 3in (191cm) 	187lb (85kg)	L
G 	#32 	Gauthier Descloux 	July 23, 1996 	5ft 11in (181cm)	163lb (74kg)	L
D 	#7 	Yanik Burren 	January 28, 1997 	6ft 0in (182cm) 	181lb (82kg)	R
D 	#25 	Roger Karrer 	January 21, 1997 	5ft 11in (180cm)	181lb (82kg)	R
D 	#42 	Tobias Geisser 	February 13, 1999 	6ft 4in (193cm) 	201lb (91kg)	L
D 	#43 	Andrea Glauser 	April 3, 1996 	6ft 0in (182cm) 	190lb (86kg)	R
D 	#58 	Simon Le Coultre 	August 9, 1999 	6ft 0in (182cm) 	183lb (83kg)	L
D 	#72 	Dominik Egli 	August 20, 1998 	5ft 8in (173cm) 	170lb (77kg)	R
D 	#73 	Elia Riva 	January 3, 1998 	5ft 10in (178cm)	181lb (82kg)	L
D 	#75 	Sven Jung 	January 5, 1995 	6ft 1in (186cm) 	176lb (80kg)	L
F 	#11 	Sven Leuenberger 	February 18, 1999 	5ft 10in (178cm)	196lb (89kg)	R
F 	#36 	Justin Sigrist 	April 20, 1999 	5ft 11in (180cm)	172lb (78kg)	L
F 	#48 	André Heim 	April 26, 1998 	6ft 0in (184cm) 	176lb (80kg)	L
F 	#49 	Axel Simic 	January 27, 1999 	5ft 8in (173cm) 	181lb (82kg)	R
F 	#52 	Yannick Zehnder 	December 29, 1997 	6ft 0in (182cm) 	179lb (81kg)	L
F 	#67 	Luca Hischier 	February 16, 1995 	6ft 1in (185cm) 	196lb (89kg)	L
F 	#78 	Luca Fazzini 	March 17, 1995 	5ft 9in (176cm) 	190lb (86kg)	R
F 	#79 	Damien Riat 	February 26, 1997 	6ft 0in (183cm) 	181lb (82kg)	R
F 	#88 	Valentin Nussbaumer 	September 25, 2000	5ft 11in (180cm)	172lb (78kg)	L
F 	#89 	Dominik Diem 	January 25, 1997 	5ft 11in (181cm)	185lb (84kg)	L
F 	#97 	Gilian Kohler 	May 27, 2000 	5ft 8in (172cm) 	163lb (74kg)	L
F 	#98 	Marco Miranda 	June 2, 1998 	6ft 2in (189cm) 	196lb (89kg)	L
== Team Staff ==
Role 	Name 	Born
Head coach 	Patrick Fischer 	September 6, 1975
Assistant coach 	Tommy Albelin 	May 21, 1964
Assistant coach 	Lars Leuenberger 	March 29, 1975
Goaltending coach 	Thomas Bäumle 	September 25, 1984
Goaltending coach 	Peter Mettler 	February 1, 1981
Team manager 	Ricardo Schödler 	August 30, 1988
CEO 	Patrick Bloch 	April 14, 1985
Conditioning coach 	Samuel Böhringer 	
Director of player personnel	Lars Weibel 	May 20, 1974
Director 	Matthias Berner 	
Director 	Mark Streit 	December 11, 1977
Equipment manager 	Jürg Hegi 	July 2, 1963
Equipment manager 	Stefan Steiner 	June 26, 1968
President 	Michael Rindlisbacher	
Senior advisor 	Pascal Müller 	April 10, 1979
Video coach 	Benoît Pont 	May 3, 1975
==External links==
* World Championships 2009 - Team Switzerland (News, Videos...)Category:Ice hockey in Switzerland
Category:National teams
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