Italy men's national ice hockey team

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Italy

Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Association	Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio
Head coach	Greg Ireland
Assistants	Peter Andersson Fabio Armani Cesare Apollonio
Captain	Daniel Frank
Most games	Lucio Topatigh (243)
Top scorer	Lucio Topatigh (131)
Team colors
IIHF code	ITA
Ranking
Current IIHF	17 2 (6 June 2021)[1]
Highest IIHF	13 (2007)
Lowest IIHF	19 (first in 2004)
First international
Sweden  7–1  Italy (Milan, Italy; 14 March 1924)
Biggest win
Italy  28–0  Belgium (Düsseldorf, Germany; 1 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
United States  31–1  Italy (St. Moritz, Switzerland; 1 February 1948)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	63 (first in 1930)
Best result	4th (1953)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances	3 (first in 1924)
Best result	4th (1929)
Olympics
Appearances	9 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
337–416–77

Medal record
Pool B / Division I
	1951 France (Pool B)
	1953 Switzerland (Pool B)
	1955 West Germany (Pool B)
	1981 Italy (Pool B)
	1991 Yugoslavia (Pool B)
	2005 Netherlands (Group B)
	2009 Poland (Group B)
	2011 Hungary (Group A)
	2013 Hungary (Group A)
	2016 Poland (Group A)
	2018 Hungary (Group A)

Medal record
Pool C / Division II
	1966 Yugoslavia (Pool C)
	1977 Denmark (Pool C)

The Blue Team during 2003 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge

Game between Italy vs Russia.

The Italian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Italy, and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Tournament record[]

Olympic Games[]

Games	Finish
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	9th place
1948 St. Moritz	8th place
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	7th place
1964 Innsbruck	15th place
1984 Sarajevo	9th place
1992 Albertville	12th place
1994 Lillehammer	9th place
1998 Nagano	12th place
2006 Turin	11th place
2026 Milan and Cortina	Qualified

World Championship[]

Championship	Finish	Rank
// 1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	First round	10th
1933 Prague	Consolation round	11th
1934 Milan	Consolation round	9th
1935 Davos	Consolation round	7th
1939 Zürich/Basel	Consolation round	9th
1951 Paris	1st in the Pool B	8th
1952 Liege	3rd in the Pool B	12th
1953 Zürich/Basel	1st in the Pool B	4th
1955 Krefeld/Dortmund/Cologne	1st in the Pool B	10th
1959 Prague/Bratislava/Brno/Ostrava	Consolation round	8th
1961 Geneva/Lausanne	4th in the Pool B	12th
1964 Innsbruck	7th in the Pool B	15th
1966 Jesenice	1st in the Pool C	17th
1967 Vienna	5th in the Pool B	13th
1969 Ljubljana	8th in the Pool B	14th
1970 Galaţi	2nd in the Pool C	16th
1971 Bern/Geneva	8th in the Pool B	14th
1972 Miercurea-Ciuc	2nd in the Pool C	15th
1973 Graz	8th in the Pool B	14th
1974 Grenoble/Gap/Lyon	2nd in the Pool C	16th
1975 Sapporo	7th in the Pool B	13th
1976 Aarau/Bienne	7th in the Pool B	15th
1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm	1st in the Pool C	18th
1978 Belgrade	7th in the Pool B	15th
1979 Barcelona	2nd in the Pool C	20th
1981 Urtijëi	1st in the Pool B	9th
1982 Helsinki/Tampere	First round	7th
1983 Düsseldorf/Dortmund/Munich	Consolation round	8th
1985 Fribourg	3rd in the Pool B	11th
1986 Eindhoven	2nd in the Pool B	9th
1987 Canazei	6th in the Pool B	14th
1989 Oslo/Lillehammer	2nd in the Pool B	10th
1990 Lyon/Megève	2nd in the Pool B	10th
1991 Ljubljana/Bled/Jesenice	1st in the Pool B	9th
1992 Prague/Bratislava	First round	9th
1993 Munich/Dortmund	Quarter-finals	8th
1994 Bolzano/Canazei/Milan	Quarter-finals	6th
1995 Stockholm	Quarter-finals	7th
1996 Vienna	Quarter-finals	7th
1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	Consolation round	8th
1998 Zürich/Basel	Consolation round	10th
1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer	First round	13th
2000 Saint Petersburg	Second round	12th
2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover	Second round	12th
2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping	Consolation round	15th
2003 Zagreb	4th in Division I, Group B	23rd
2004 Gdańsk	2nd in Division I, Group B	19th
2005 Eindhoven	1st in Division I, Group B	18th
2006 Riga	Relegation round	14th
2007 Moscow	Qualifying round	12th
2008 Halifax/Quebec	Relegation round	16th
2009 Toruń	1st in Division I, Group B	18th
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen	Relegation round	15th
2011 Budapest	1st in Division I, Group A	18th
/ 2012 Helsinki/Stockholm	Preliminary round	15th
2013 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
2014 Minsk	Preliminary round	15th
2015 Kraków	5th in Division I, Group A	21st
2016 Katowice	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
/ 2017 Cologne/Paris	Preliminary round	16th
2018 Budapest	2nd in Division I, Group A	18th
2019 Bratislava/Košice	Preliminary round	14th
2020 Zürich/Lausanne	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2]	–
2021 Riga	Preliminary round	16th
2022 Helsinki/Tampere

Thayer Tutt Trophy[]

• 1980 – Finished in 5th place
• 1988 – Finished in 1st place

European Championship[]

• 1924 – Finished in 5th place
• 1926 – Finished in 8th place
• 1929 – Finished in 4th place

Roster[]

Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Greg Ireland^[4]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	F	Markus Gander	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1989-05-16) 16 May 1989 (age 32)	Wipptal Broncos
10	F	Stefano Giliati	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 34)	HC Bolzano
13	F	Peter Hochkofler	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 27)	Red Bull Salzburg
14	F	Thomas Galimberti	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(2003-11-12) 12 November 2003 (age 18)	Eppan Pirates
15	D	Enrico Miglioranzi	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 30)	Asiago Hockey
17	D	Lorenzo Casetti	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 28)	Asiago Hockey
19	F	Raphael Andergassen	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 28)	Pustertal Wölfe
21	D	Daniel Glira	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 27)	Pustertal Wölfe
22	F	Simon Pitschieler	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1997-12-03) 3 December 1997 (age 24)	HC Bolzano
23	D	Stefano Marchetti	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1986-10-11) 11 October 1986 (age 35)	Asiago Hockey
24	D	Peter Spornberger	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 22)	Schwenninger Wild Wings
26	F	Angelo Miceli	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 27)	HC Bolzano
29	G	Davide Fadani	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(2001-02-03) 3 February 2001 (age 20)	HC Lugano
31	G		1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(2005-01-13) 13 January 2005 (age 16)	Red Bull Salzburg
32	G	Justin Fazio	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 24)	HC Bolzano
37	D	Phil Pietroniro	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 27)	SG Cortina
44	D	Gregorio Gios	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 22)	SHC Fassa
46	F	Ivan Deluca	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 24)	HC Bolzano
53	D	Alex Trivellato	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 28)	Västerås IK
68	D	Sebastiano Soracreppa	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 22)	HC Thurgau
81	F	Anthony Bardaro	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 29)	HC Bolzano
91	F	Marco Rosa	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1982-01-15) 15 January 1982 (age 39)	Asiago Hockey
92	F	Alex Petan – A	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 (age 29)	Fehérvár AV19
93	F	Luca Frigo – A	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1993-05-30) 30 May 1993 (age 28)	HC Bolzano
94	F	Daniel Frank – C	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 27)	HC Bolzano
95	F	Marco Magnabosco	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 26)	Asiago Hockey

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• IIHF profile