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Nickname(s)	Mighty Roos
Association	Ice Hockey Australia
General manager	Adam Woolnough
Head coach	Matti Luoma
Assistants	Michael Flaherty Mark Rummukainen
Captain	Cameron Todd
Most games	Glen Foll (80)
Top scorer	Greg Oddy (71)
Most points	Greg Oddy (129)
Team colors
IIHF code	AUS
Ranking
Current IIHF	35 (27 May 2024)
Highest IIHF	31 (2009)
Lowest IIHF	38 (2018)
First international
Czechoslovakia  18–1  Australia (Squaw Valley, United States; 20 February 1960)
Biggest win
Australia  58–0  New Zealand (Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan  23–1  Australia (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 1960)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	38 (first in 1960)
Best result	9th (1960)
International record (W–L–T)
93–115–10

The Australian men's national ice hockey team (nicknamed the Mighty Roos) represent Australia in the sport of ice hockey under the jurisdiction of Ice Hockey Australia which is a part of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Australia competed in the Winter Olympics once, in 1960, when the team lost all of their matches. They have also competed in the Ice Hockey World Championships, 33 times with their best result being a ninth-place finish at the same Olympics with a 13th place (or 5th in Pool B) in 1962. The national team currently are in division two after being relegated from division one in 2013 with the team being currently ranked 35th in the IIHF World Rankings.

History

Some Australian national team players are expatriates of Canada and other hockey-playing nations, who have since become outright citizens of Australia or who hold dual citizenship. Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California. Australia lost both their games against powerhouses Czechoslovakia (18–1) and eventual gold medalists, the United States (12–1). The team had previously tried to attend the 1956 games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, but never received approval from the Australian Olympic Committee.

Australia has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. In 2007, they were coached by Steve McKenna, a former eight-year veteran of the National Hockey League. At the 2007 Division II World Championships, Australia won three games and lost one, finishing second in their group behind host nation South Korea and narrowly missing promotion to Division I.

Australia hosted the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Newcastle. The Mighty Roos finished first and captured the gold medal by winning all five games and were promoted to Division I for the first time ever.

World records

Australia previously held the distinction of holding a world record for most goals and highest winning margin in a IIHF World Championship game; they defeated New Zealand by a score of 58–0 in 1987, breaking the record held by Canada (47 goals against Denmark) since 1949. However this was surpassed in 2008 by the Slovak women's team (82 goals against Bulgaria).

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1960 Squaw Valley	6	0	0	6	10	87	William McEachern	N/A	Consolation Round	9th

World Championships

• 1962 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1974 – 21st place (7th in Pool C)
• 1979 – 26th place (8th in Pool C)
• 1986 – 26th place (10th in Pool C)
• 1987 – 25th place (1st in Pool D)
• 1989 – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
• 1990 – 27th place (2nd in Pool D)
• 1992 – 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1993 – 27th place (7th in Pool C)
• 1994 – 33rd place (13th in Pool C)
• 1995 – 36th place (16th in Pool C)
• 1996 – 36th place (8th in Pool D)
• 1997 – 34th place (6th in Pool D)
• 1998 – 34th place (2nd in Pool D)
• 1999 – 34th place (3rd in Pool D)
• 2000 – 36th place (3rd in Pool D)
• 2001 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
• 2002 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
• 2003 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
• 2004 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
• 2005 – 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
• 2006 – 32nd place (3rd in Division II, Group B)
• 2007 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
• 2008 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
• 2009 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group A)
• 2010 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
• 2011 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
• 2012 – 28th place (6th in Division IB)
• 2013 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
• 2014 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
• 2015 – 34th place (6th in Division IIA)
• 2016 – 35th place (1st in Division IIB)
• 2017 – 30th place (2nd in Division IIA)
• 2018 – 30th place (2nd in Division IIA)
• 2019 – 31st place (3rd in Division IIA)
• 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2022 – Withdrawn
• 2023 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
• 2024 – 33rd place (5th in Division IIA)
• 2025 – (Division IIA)

Also played in 1964 Winter Olympics/World Championships qualification, where lost 2 games with aggregate score 7-34.

Team

All-time record against other nations

As of 12 March 2023 Teams named in italics are no longer active.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Austria	1	0	0	1	0	17
Belgium	16	8	0	8	59	64
Bulgaria	11	3	2	6	57	60
China	9	4	1	4	23	49
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	31	3
Croatia	7	0	0	7	11	31
Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	1	18
Denmark	2	1	0	1	7	10
Estonia	2	0	0	2	5	25
Finland	2	0	0	2	3	33
France	3	0	0	3	4	32
Germany	1	0	0	1	1	15
Great Britain	4	0	0	4	8	42
Greece	1	1	0	0	10	2
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	79	0
Hungary	5	1	0	4	18	39
Iceland	8	5	0	3	25	19
Italy	2	0	0	2	4	25
Israel	12	7	0	5	58	44
Japan	7	0	0	7	17	93
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	3	36
Lithuania	3	0	0	3	7	20
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	29	0
Mexico	7	7	0	0	60	12
Netherlands	5	0	0	5	10	44
New Zealand	27	22	0	5	315	53
North Korea	8	4	1	3	42	30
Poland	1	0	0	1	3	5
Romania	3	0	0	3	5	15
Serbia	9	5	0	4	27	35
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	2	21
South Africa	7	7	0	0	63	23
South Korea	14	2	3	9	55	84
Spain	17	5	3	9	49	70
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	20
Turkey	5	5	0	0	75	4
United States	1	0	0	1	1	12
Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	2	18
Total	213	92	10	111	1169	1123

All-time record against other clubs

As of 11 April 2013

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Denver Pioneers	2	0	0	2	6	14
HC Poruba	1	0	0	1	4	5
HC Vítkovice Steel U25	2	0	0	2	5	12
Victoria All Stars	1	1	0	0	4	3
Total	6	1	0	5	19	34

References

1. ^ "2023 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM MANAGEMENT". Retrieved 16 January 2023.
2. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. Gordon, Harry (2003). The time of our lives: inside the Sydney Olympics : Australia and the Olympic Games 1994–2002. University of Queensland. pp. 271–272. ISBN 0-7022-3412-5.
4. "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
5. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
6. "Australian teams withdrawn". IIHF.com. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
7. "Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. March 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
8. "Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile

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