Hungary men's national ice hockey team

The Hungarian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Hungary. They have participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games since 1928.^[2] A consistent participant of the annual World Championship, Hungary has played at the Olympics three times, most recently in 1964. They are currently ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF.

Hungary

Nickname(s)	Magyars (Hungarians)
Association	Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Don MacAdam
Captain	Csanád Erdély
Most games	Balázs Kangyal (237)
Top scorer	Krisztián Palkovics (96)
Most points	Balázs Ladányi (251)
Home stadium	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Team colors
IIHF code	HUN
Ranking
Current IIHF	19 1 (28 May 2023)^[1]
Highest IIHF	19 (first in 2012)
Lowest IIHF	22 (2003)
First international
Austria  6–0  Hungary (Vienna, Austria; 24 January 1927)
Biggest win
Hungary  31–1  Belgium (Den Bosch, Netherlands; 4 March 1971)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union  19–1  Hungary (Innsbruck, Austria; 28 January 1964)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	56 (first in 1930)
Best result	5th (1937)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1928)
International record (W–L–T)
399–459–63

The team is controlled by the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség). No Hungarian-born players have ever played in North America's National Hockey League; however, three have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft: Tamás Gröschl by the Edmonton Oilers (1999), Levente Szuper by the Calgary Flames (2000), and János Vas by the Dallas Stars (2002).

History

 

The Hungarian team during the 2017 World Championship Division IA tournament in Ukraine.

The Hungarian team won its group in the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I, and therefore qualified to play in the Elite Division of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. This is the first time since 1939 that Hungary has qualified to play in the highest division of international hockey. The advance was, however, marred by the sudden death of team captain Gábor Ocskay, and the team was eventually relegated to Division I again.

In 2015, Hungary finished second in its group in the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, behind Kazakhstan to gain promotion to the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year	Finish	Rank
1928 St. Moritz	Preliminary round	11th place
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Second round	7th place
1964 Innsbruck	Consolation Round	16th place

World Championship

Year	Finish	Rank
/ /  1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	Quarterfinals	6th
1931 Krynica	Consolation round	7th
1933 Prague	Seventh place game	7th
1934 Milan	Third round	6th
1935 Davos	Consolation Round	11th
1937 London	Consolation Round	5th
1938 Prague	Second Round	7th
1939 Zürich/Basel	Consolation Round	7th
1959 Plzen	2nd in the Group B	14th
1963 Stockholm	2nd in the Group C	17th
1964 Innsbruck	8th in the Group B	16th
1965 Turku/Rauma/Pori	4th in the Group B	12th
1966 Zagreb	7th in the Group B	15th
1967 Vienna	8th in the Group B, Relegation	16th
1969 Skopje	3rd in the Group C	17th
1970 Galaţi	4th in the Group C	18th
1971 Netherlands	3rd in the Group C	19th
1972 Miercurea-Ciuc	5th in the Group C	18th
1973 Netherlands	3rd in the Group C	17th
1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon	4th in the Group C	18th
1975 Sofia	4th in the Group C	18th
1976 Gdańsk	2nd in the Group C, Promoted	18th
1977 Tokyo	6th in the Group B	14th
1978 Belgrade	6th in the Group B	13th
1979 Galați	9th in the Group B, Relegation	17th
1981 Beijing	3rd in the Group C	19th
1982 Jaca	5th in the Group C	21st
1983 Budapest	2nd in the Group C, Promoted	18th
1985 Fribourg	8th in the Group B, Relegation	16th
1986 Puigcerda	6th in the Group C	22nd
1987 Copenhagen/Herlev/Hørsholm	5th in the Group C	21st
1989 Sydney	4th in the Group C	20th
1990 Budapest	7th in the Group C	23rd
1991 Brøndby	6th in the Group C	22nd
1992 Hull	4th in the Group C1	24th
1993 Ljubljana	4th in the Group C	24th
1994 Poprad/Spišská Nová Ves	6th in the Group C1	26th
1995 Sofia	8th in the Group C1	26th
1996 Jesenice/Kranj	4th in the Group C	24th
1997 Tallinn/Kohtla-Järve	6th in the Group C	26th
1998 Budapest/Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros	1st in the Group C, Promoted	25th
1999 Odense/Rodovre	8th in the Group B, Relegation	24th
2000 Beijing	1st in the Group C, Promoted	25th
2001 Grenoble	4th in Division I, Group A	23rd
2002 Székesfehérvár/Dunaújváros	2nd in Division I, Group B	20th
2003 Budapest	3rd in Division I, Group A	21st
2004 Oslo	4th in Division I, Group A	24th
2005 Debrecen	3rd in Division I, Group A	21st
2006 Amiens	4th in Division I, Group A	23rd
2007 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group B	19th
2008 Sapporo	1st in Division I, Group B, Promoted	18th
2009 Bern/Kloten	Relegation round	16th
2010 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group B	20th
2011 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	19th
2012 Ljubljana	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2013 Budapest	3rd in Division I, Group A	19th
2014 Goyang	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2015 Kraków	2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted	18th
2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg	Preliminary round, Relegation	15th
2017 Kyiv	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2018 Budapest	4th in Division I, Group A	20th
2019 Nur-Sultan	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2020 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic^[3]	–
2021 Ljubljana	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic^[4]	–
2022 Ljubljana	2nd in Division I, Group A, Promoted	18th
/  2023 Tampere/Riga	Preliminary round, Relegation	15th
2024 Bolzano	Division I, Group A

European Championship

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Finish	Rank
1910–1926	did not participate.
1927 Wien	5	0	0	5	5	1	Round-robin	6th
1929 Budapest	4	0	1	3	2	7	Second round	6th
1932 Berlin	did not participate

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.^[5][6]

Head coach: Kevin Constantine

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Bence Bálizs	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 33)	JKH GKS Jastrzębie
4	D	Tamás Pozsgai – A	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 35)	MAC Budapest
6	D	Bence Szirányi	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 36)	DVTK Jegesmedvék
8	D	Bence Szabó	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26)	MAC Budapest
10	F	Gergő Nagy – C	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 34)	Ferencvárosi TC
12	D	Bence Stipsicz	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27)	Fehérvár AV19
13	F	Krisztián Nagy	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 29)	MAC Budapest
14	F	Balázs Sebők	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)	Ilves
16	F	Dániel Kóger	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 34)	CSM Corona Brașov
17	D	Roland Kiss	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 25)	DVTK Jegesmedvék
18	F	Karol Csányi	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 33)	HKM Zvolen
20	F	István Sofron	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 36)	HSC Csíkszereda
21	F	Kristóf Papp	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(2001-06-27) 27 June 2001 (age 22)	Northern Michigan Wildcats
22	F	Vilmos Galló	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 27)	Linköping HC
23	D	Zétény Hadobás	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21)	Västerås IK
24	F	Kristóf Németh	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 21)	Fehérvár AV19
28	F	István Bartalis	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 33)	Fehérvár AV19
33	D	Milán Horváth	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(2001-02-02) 2 February 2001 (age 23)	Fehérvár AV19
34	F	István Terbócs	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 27)	Fehérvár AV19
35	G	Dominik Horváth	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23)	Fehérvár AV19
36	F	Csanád Erdély	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)	Fehérvár AV19
44	D	Nándor Fejes	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)	Gyergyói HK
59	G	Gergely Arany	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 27)	Ferencvárosi TC
61	F	Péter Vincze	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29)	Gyergyói HK
62	F	János Hári – A	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 31)	Fehérvár AV19
70	D	Zsombor Garát	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 26)	MAC Budapest

Former players

See also: Hungarian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

• János Ancsin
• Béla Háray
• István Hircsák
• László Jakabházy
• Zoltán Jeney
• Balázs Kangyal
• Csaba Kovács, Sr.
• Péter Kovalcsik
• György Margó
• András Mészöly
• Sándor Miklós
• Gábor Ocskay, Jr.
• Gábor Ocskay, Sr.
• Krisztián Palkovics
• Antal Palla
• György Pásztor
• György Raffa
• Levente Szuper
• Viktor Zsitva

NHL Drafts

Players from Hungary to be drafted in the NHL

Year	Name	Overall	Team
1993	Frank Banham^1	147th	Washington Capitals
1999	Tamás Gröschl	256th	Edmonton Oilers
2000	Levente Szuper	116th	Calgary Flames
2002	János Vas	32nd	Dallas Stars
2004	Andrew Sarauer^2	125th	Vancouver Canucks

Notes

1. Banham was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship.^[7]
2. Sarauer was drafted as a Canadian. In 2015, he acquired Hungarian citizenship.^[7]

All-time record

Updated as of 22 April 2024.^[8] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	4	0	1	39	18	+21
Austria	54	13	2	39	129	208	–79
Belarus	15	1	1	13	27	75	–48
Belgium	17	13	1	3	162	41	+121
Bulgaria	47	36	1	10	253	147	+106
Canada	13	0	3	10	12	74	–62
China	19	10	3	6	85	55	+30
Croatia	24	23	1	0	178	30	+148
Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	4	1	13	–12
Denmark	67	33	4	26	277	207	+70
East Germany	11	0	0	11	23	107	–84
Estonia	8	4	2	2	37	28	+9
Finland	5	1	0	4	6	25	–19
France	52	26	4	22	216	203	+13
Germany	22	1	4	17	32	72	–40
Great Britain	34	18	1	15	113	96	+17
Israel	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Italy	46	17	6	23	136	158	–22
Japan	34	17	0	17	98	111	–13
Kazakhstan	13	1	0	12	19	63	–44
Latvia	6	1	1	4	12	31	–19
Lithuania	16	15	0	1	97	25	+72
Netherlands	32	18	3	11	170	106	+64
North Korea	12	7	0	5	71	38	+33
Norway	27	10	3	14	64	102	–38
Poland	67	25	6	36	146	210	–64
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
Romania	68	24	5	39	239	290	–51
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Serbia	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8
Serbia and Montenegro	2	2	0	0	22	1	+21
Slovakia	8	2	0	6	19	50	–31
Slovenia	40	7	2	31	83	154	–71
South Africa	4	4	0	0	57	7	+50
South Korea	21	15	1	5	122	57	+65
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	1	19	–18
Spain	9	9	0	0	82	22	+60
Sweden	8	1	0	7	7	30	−23
Switzerland	24	3	1	20	49	127	–78
Ukraine	30	12	0	18	64	103	–39
United States	3	0	0	3	2	15	–13
Yugoslavia	52	24	6	22	181	173	+8
Total	921	399	63	459	3 349	3 298	+51

References

1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
2. "Ice hockey: Canada stay perfect, Hungary get first win in 77 years". Reuters. 14 May 2016.
3. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
5. "Megvan a vb-re utazó 25-ös keret" (in Hungarian). jegkorongszovetseg.hu. 10 May 2023.
6. "Team Roster Hungary" (PDF). iihf.com. 12 May 2023.
7. "Frank Banham és Andrew Sarauer mától magyar állampolgár". szekesfehervar.hu (in Hungarian). 3 April 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
8. "Hungary - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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