Israel national ice hockey team
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Association | Ice Hockey Federation of Israel | |||
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Head coach | Derek Eisler | |||
Assistants | Semion Yakoubovitch | |||
Captain | Ilya Spektor | |||
Most games | Sergei Frenkel (72)[1] | |||
Top scorer | Sergei Zak (47) | |||
Most points | Sergei Frenkel (98)[2] | |||
Team colors | ||||
IIHF code | ISR | |||
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Ranking | ||||
Current IIHF |
34 ![]() | |||
Highest IIHF | 32 (2014) | |||
Lowest IIHF | 40 (first in 2011) | |||
First international | ||||
![]() ![]() (Johannesburg, South Africa; 22 March 1992) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
![]() ![]() (Cape Town, South Africa; 15 April 2011) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993) | ||||
IIHF World Championships | ||||
Appearances | 25 (first in 1992) | |||
Best result | 28th (2006) | |||
International record (W–L–T) | ||||
51–72–8[3] |
The Israel national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Israel. They are ranked 34th as of August 2016 by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[4]
History
The best achievement was promotion to the IIHF World Championship Division I in 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Next year the team relegated again to Division II. In 2011 the team finished first in Division III Group B earning a promotion to Division II.
Ranking
Date | Rank | Movement |
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2002 | 34 | - |
2003 | 35 | ![]() |
2004 | 36 | ![]() |
2005 | 35 | ![]() |
2006 | 33 | ![]() |
2007 | 34[5] | ![]() |
2008 | 35[6] | ![]() |
2009 | 36[7] | ![]() |
Feb 2010 | 38[8] | ![]() |
Apr 2010 | 39[9] | ![]() |
2011 | 40[10] | ![]() |
2012 | 40[11] | ±0 |
2013 | 39[12] | ![]() |
Feb 2014 | 33[13] | ![]() |
Apr 2014 | 32[14] | ![]() |
2015 | 33[15] | ![]() |
2016 | 34[4] | ![]() |
World Championships record
- 1992 – 30th place (4th in Group C2)
- 1993 – 31st place (6th in Group C1)
- 1994 – 34th place (7th in Group C2)
- 1995 – 35th place (6th in Group C2)
- 1996 – 35th place (7th in Group D)
- 1997 – 33rd place (5th in Group D)
- 1998 – 35th place (3rd in Group D)
- 1999 – 33rd place (2nd in Group D)
- 2000 – 34th place (1st in Group D)
- 2001 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
- 2002 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
- 2003 – 37th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
- 2004 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group A)
- 2005 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
- 2006 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A)
- 2007 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group B)
- 2008 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
- 2009 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group A)
- 2010 – 39th place (6th in Division II, Group B)
- 2011 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
- 2012 – 39th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
- 2013 – 35th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
- 2014 – 34th place (6th in Division II, Group A)
- 2015 – 39th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
- 2016 – 37th place (3rd in Division II, Group B)
Olympics
Israel has tried to qualify for the Olympics three times. In 1996 they advanced past Greece and were eliminated by Yugoslavia before the main qualification rounds, in trying to advance to the 1998 Olympics.
For the 2014 Winter Olympics, Israel attempted to qualify going 0-3 in the pre-qualifier.[16]
For the 2018 Winter Olympics, Israel again attempted to qualify,[17] however they were unable to going 1-2 in the pre-qualifier.
Team
Roster
Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[18]
Goaltenders | ||||||
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# | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
1 | Alexander Loginov | L | 173 cm | 74 kg | 9 February 1979 | ![]() |
25 | Maxim Gokhberg | L | 185 cm | 77 kg | 20 July 1996 | ![]() |
Defencemen | ||||||
# | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
23 | Maxim Buz | L | 180 cm | 83 kg | 18 May 1983 | ![]() |
3 | Ori Kafri | L | 180 cm | 80 kg | 12 March 1997 | ![]() |
11 | Shai Maaravi | L | 175 cm | 67 kg | 29 October 1996 | ![]() |
4 | Yevgeni Margoulis | R | 190 cm | 100 kg | 7 February 1982 | ![]() |
21 | Denis Raiter | R | 170 cm | 70 kg | 27 September 1994 | ![]() |
19 | Yuval Rosenthal | R | 175 cm | 58 kg | 12 August 1995 | ![]() |
18 | Daniel Spivak | L | 185 cm | 85 kg | 9 August 1988 | ![]() |
Forwards | ||||||
# | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
7 | Roey Aharonovich | l | 175 cm | 71 kg | 7 July 1996 | ![]() |
16 | Itay Shalev Ben Tov | L | 180 cm | 83 kg | 24 July 1994 | ![]() |
15 | Joshua Greenberg | L | 180 cm | 70 kg | 3 June 1988 | ![]() |
6 | Elie Klain | L | 187 cm | 90 kg | 20 May 1989 | ![]() |
10 | Yevgeni Kniter | L | 172 cm | 76 kg | 28 July 1982 | ![]() |
9 | Daniel Mazour | L | 186 cm | 86 kg | 5 January 1992 | ![]() |
14 | Vlad Nosankov | R | 183 cm | 75 kg | 6 December 1993 | ![]() |
24 | Artur Pyshkin | L | 175 cm | 85 kg | 13 December 1992 | ![]() |
12 | Maor Sherf | R | 175 cm | 70 kg | 21 February 1994 | ![]() |
13 | Vitali Shvarzman | L | 179 cm | 74 kg | 5 July 1992 | ![]() |
17 | Ilya Spektor | L | 171 cm | 86 kg | 10 April 1996 | ![]() |
Notable players
See also
- Ice hockey in Israel
- Ice Hockey Federation of Israel
- Israel men's national junior ice hockey team
- Israeli League (ice hockey)
References
- ↑ Sergei Frenkel
- ↑ Sergei Frenkel
- ↑ national teams of ice hockey Israel page
- 1 2 2016 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2007 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2008 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2009 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2010 Men's World Ranking (after Olympics)
- ↑ 2010 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2011 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2012 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2013 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ 2014 Men's World Ranking (February)
- ↑ 2014 Men's World Ranking (April)
- ↑ 2015 Men's World Ranking
- ↑ Here are the 32 hockey teams asking to be a part of 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
- ↑ 2018 Olympic Winter Games
- ↑ "2016 World Championships Division 2A Team Israel. (Men)" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
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