Russia men's national ice hockey team

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. The team has competed internationally from 1992 until it was provisionally suspended in 2022, and is recognized by the IIHF as the successor to the Soviet Union team and CIS team. Russia has been one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and 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 nine times since 2005.
Since the establishment of the team, Russia has participated in 29 IIHF World Championships tournaments and nine Olympic ice hockey tournaments, winning five world championships and one Olympic gold medal.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation suspended Russia from all levels of competition on 28 February 2022. In April 2022, the Federation banned Russia from participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
==Tournament record==
===Olympic Games===
From 1956 to 1988, the Soviet Union national ice hockey team won seven gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal in nine appearances. The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics also won the gold medal. In 2018, they competed as the Olympic Athletes from Russia, and in 2022 as the Russian Olympic Committee. 
Year	Location 	Result
1994	Lillehammer 	4th place
1998	Nagano 	Silver medal
2002	Salt Lake City	Bronze medal
2006	Turin 	4th place
2010	Vancouver 	6th place
2014	Sochi 	5th place
2018	Pyeongchang 	Gold medal
2022	Beijing 	Silver medal
Note: ome controversy exists over how many Olympic gold medals should be attributed to the Russian national team. The IIHF and Ice Hockey Federation of Russia consider Russia to have won gold at the Olympics twice, attributing the 1992 gold medal victory to the Russian national team as the immediate successor of the CIS team, as well as the 2018 gold medal by the Olympic Athletes from Russia. However, the International Olympic Committee does not recognize Russia as ever having won the gold medal in an Olympic tournament, as the 1992 and 2018 tournaments were won by athletes from the Unified Team and Olympic Athletes from Russia delegations, respectively, and not by a Russian delegation.
===World Championship===
200px|thumb|Alexander Semin's first goal in IIHF World Championship 2008 Final
Championship 	GP 	W 	OW 	T 	OL 	L 	GF 	GA 	Coach 	Captain 	Finish 	
1954 – 1991 	As 	As 	As 	As 	As 	As 	As 	As 	As 	As 	As 	
1992 Prague, Bratislava 	6 	4 	– 	1 	– 	1 	23 	12 	Viktor Tikhonov 	Vitali Prokhorov 	5th place 	
1993 Munich, Dortmund 	8 	5 	– 	1 	– 	2 	30 	18 	Boris Mikhailov 	Vyacheslav Bykov 	 	
1994 Bolzano, Canazei and Milan 	6 	4 	– 	1 	– 	1 	31 	10 	Boris Mikhailov 	Ilya Byakin 	5th place 	
1995 Stockholm, Gävle 	6 	5 	– 	0 	– 	1 	26 	12 	Boris Mikhailov 	Vyacheslav Bykov 	5th place 	
1996 Vienna 	8 	6 	– 	0 	1 	1 	33 	17 	Vladimir Vasilyev 	Alexei Yashin 	4th place 	
1997 Helsinki, Tampere, Turku 	11 	5 	– 	3 	– 	3 	35 	33 	Igor Dmitriev 	Sergei Bautin 	4th place 	
1998 Basel, Zürich 	6 	4 	– 	1 	– 	1 	29 	18 	Vladimir Yurzinov 	Vitali Prokhorov 	5th place 	
1999 Oslo, Hamar, Lillehammer 	6 	3 	– 	1 	– 	2 	18 	13 	Alexander Yakushev 	Alexei Yashin 	5th place 	
2000 St. Petersburg 	5 	1 	– 	0 	– 	4 	8 	12 	Alexander Yakushev 	Pavel Bure 	11th place 	
2001 Nuremberg, Cologne, Hanover 	6 	3 	– 	0 	1 	2 	19 	15 	Boris Mikhailov 	Alexei Yashin 	6th place 	
2002 Gothenburg, Karlstad, Jönköping 	8 	2 	1 	1 	– 	4 	22 	22 	Boris Mikhailov 	Andrei Kovalenko 	 	
2003 Helsinki, Tampere, Turku 	6 	2 	– 	0 	– 	4 	16 	17 	Vladimir Plyuschev 	Sergei Gusev 	7th place 	
2004 Prague, Ostrava 	5 	1 	– 	0 	– 	4 	10 	14 	Viktor Tikhonov 	Oleg Tverdovsky 	10th place 	
2005 Vienna, Innsbruck 	8 	4 	1 	2 	– 	1 	26 	18 	Vladimir Krikunov 	Alexei Kovalev 	 	
2006 Riga 	6 	4 	– 	1 	1 	0 	25 	15 	Vladimir Krikunov 	Maxim Sushinsky 	5th place 	
2007 Moscow 	8 	7 	0 	– 	1 	0 	35 	13 	Vyacheslav Bykov 	Petr Schastlivy 	 	
2008 Quebec City, Halifax 	8 	5 	3 	– 	0 	0 	36 	17 	Vyacheslav Bykov 	Alexei Morozov 	 	
2009 Bern, Kloten 	8 	7 	1 	– 	0 	0 	36 	17 	Vyacheslav Bykov 	Alexei Morozov 	 	
2010 Cologne, Mannheim, Gelsenkirchen	8 	7 	0 	– 	0 	1 	28 	10 	Vyacheslav Bykov 	Ilya Kovalchuk 	 	
2011 Bratislava, Košice 	8 	3 	0 	– 	1 	4 	18 	25 	Vyacheslav Bykov 	Alexei Morozov 	4th place 	
2012 Helsinki, Stockholm 	10 	10 	0 	– 	0 	0 	44 	14 	Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 	Ilya Nikulin 	 	
2013 Stockholm, Helsinki 	8 	5 	0 	– 	0 	3 	32 	22 	Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 	Ilya Nikulin 	6th place 	
2014 Minsk 	10 	10 	0 	– 	0 	0 	42 	10 	Oleg Znarok 	Alexander Ovechkin 	 	
2015 Prague, Ostrava 	10 	6 	1 	– 	1 	2 	40 	25 	Oleg Znarok 	Ilya Kovalchuk 	 	
2016 Moscow, St. Petersburg 	10 	8 	0 	– 	0 	2 	44 	16 	Oleg Znarok 	Pavel Datsyuk 	 	
2017 Paris, Cologne 	10 	7 	1 	– 	0 	2 	45 	17 	Oleg Znarok 	Sergei Mozyakin 	 	
2018 Copenhagen, Herning 	8 	5 	0 	– 	2 	1 	36 	15 	Ilya Vorobiev 	Pavel Datsyuk 	6th place 	
2019 Bratislava, Košice 	10 	8 	1 	– 	0 	1 	43 	13 	Ilya Vorobiev 	Ilya Kovalchuk 	 	
2020 Zürich, Lausanne 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Riga (As ROC) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2021 Riga (As ROC) 	8 	5 	1 	– 	1 	1 	29 	12 	Valeri Bragin 	Anton Slepyshev 	5th place 	
2022–present 	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	
===World Cup===
Year 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Coach 	Captain 	Finish
1996 World Cup of Hockey	5 	2	3	0	19	19	Boris Mikhailov 	Viacheslav Fetisov	(tie)
2004 World Cup of Hockey	4 	2	2	0	12	11	Zinetula Bilyaletdinov	Alexei Kovalev 	5th place
2016 World Cup of Hockey	4 	2	2	0	11	10	Oleg Znarok 	Alexander Ovechkin	4th place
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
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Category:Ice hockey teams in Russia