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Association Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
GM Flag of Ukraine Viacheslav Zavalniuk
Head coach Flag of Canada Dave Lewis
Assistants Flag of Ukraine Dmitri Khristich
Flag of Ukraine Yuri Shundrov
Flag of Belarus Mikhail Zakharov
Captain Vadym Shakhraichuk
Most games Vadym Shakhraichuk (88)
Top scorer Vadym Shakhraichuk (35)
Most points Vadym Shakhraichuk (67)
IIHF ranking 18
Highest IIHF ranking 11 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking 19 (2009)
Team colours               
First international
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5 - 1 Ukraine Flag of Ukraine
(St. Petersburg, Russia; April 14, 1992)
Biggest win
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 37 - 2 Belgium Flag of Belgium
(Bled, Slovenia; March 13, 1993)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Finland Finland 9 - 0 Ukraine Flag of Ukraine
(Helsinki, Finland; May 3, 2003)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 9 (first in 1999)
Best result 9th (2002)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (first in 2002)
International record (W-L-T)
116-90-27
Hockeyukraine


The Ukrainian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2008 Ukraine is ranked 17th in the IIHF World Rankings. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in 9th place. Ukraine has a total of 4,190 players (0.008% of its population).

During the 2007 World Hockey Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division 1.


Olympic Record[]

  • 1994-1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Finished in 10th place
  • 2006 - Did not qualify

World Championship Record[]

  • 1954-1991 - participated as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
  • 1992 -
  • 1993 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
  • 1994 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 1995 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 1996 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
  • 1997 - Finished in 21st place (Won "Pool C")
  • 1998 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Pool B")
  • 1999 - Finished in 14th place
  • 2000 - Finished in 14th place
  • 2001 - Finished in 10th place
  • 2002 - Finished in 9th place
  • 2003 - Finished in 12th place
  • 2004 - Finished in 14th place
  • 2005 - Finished in 11th place
  • 2006 - Finished in 12th place
  • 2007 - Finished in 16th place
  • 2008 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I)
  • 2009 - Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I)

Coaches[]

  • Alexander Fadeev
  • Anatoli Bogdanov
  • Oleksandr Seukand
  • Vladimir Golubovich
  • Mikhail Zakharov

Preliminary World Championship roster[]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Height Weight DOB Team
1 Kostiantyn Simchuk L 182 cm 79 kg Feb. 26, 1974 Sokil Kyiv
29 Vadym Seliverstov L 173 cm 81 kg Feb. 18, 1981 Beybarys Atyrau
30 Mykhailo Balaban R 184 cm 73 kg Sep. 19, 1990 Sokil Kyiv
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Height Weight DOB Team
2 Yuri Gunko L 190 cm 102 kg Feb. 28, 1972 Sokil Kyiv
3 Serhiy Klymentiev (A) L 180 cm 84 kg Apr. 5, 1975 Sokil Kyiv
4 Dmyrto Tolkunov R 182 cm 86 kg May 27, 1979 Yunost Minsk
5 Denys Isayenko L 175 cm 90 kg Mar. 17, 1980 Sokil Kyiv
6 Andriy Sriubko L 190 cm 95 kg Oct. 21, 1975 Sokil Kyiv
11 Artem Ostroushko L 184 cm 89 kg Mar. 18, 1974 Yunost Minsk
14 Yuri Navarenko L 172 cm 75 kg Sep. 10, 1979 HC Vitebsk
19 Oleh Blahoi R 181 cm 86 kg Dec. 4, 1979 Neman Grodno
25 Oleksander Pobiedonostsev L 180 cm 82 kg Nov. 19, 1981 Sokil Kyiv
26 Volodymyr Aleksiuk R 178 cm 87 kg Jun. 22, 1987 Sokil Kyiv
28 Vitaliy Liutkevych L 178 cm 75 kg Apr. 4, 1980 Dinamo Minsk
Forwards
# Player Shoots Height Weight DOB Team
7 Oleh Shafarenko L 184 cm 80 kg Oct. 31, 1981 Dinamo Minsk
8 Andriy Mikhnov L 200 cm 98 kg Nov. 26, 1983 Lada Togliatti
9 Dymtro Nimenko L 177 cm 77 kg May 1, 1988 Sokil Kyiv
10 Vadym Shakhraichuk (C) L 191 cm 97 kg Jun. 12, 1974 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
12 Serhiy Varlamov (A) L 177 cm 82 kg Jul. 21, 1978 Dinamo Minsk
13 Artem Bondariev L 181 cm 92 kg Jan. 12, 1983 Neman Grodno
15 Vitaliy Lytvynenko L 181 cm 92 kg Mar. 14, 1970 Sokil Kyiv
16 Oleh Timchenko L 178 cm 100 kg Apr. 27, 1978 Yunost Minsk
17 Oleksander Materukhin R 183 cm 95 kg Oct. 17, 1981 Yunost Minsk
18 Vitaliy Donika L 181 cm 95 kg May 12, 1982 HK Sarov
20 Igor Karlov L 179 cm 76 kg Sep. 25, 1985 HK Michalovce
21 Kostiantyn Kasianchuk R 185 cm 87 kg Oct. 24, 1979 Traktor Chelyabinsk
22 Dymtro Tsyrul L 182 cm 87 kg Jan. 2, 1979 Sokil Kyiv
23 Roman Salnikov R 178 cm 84 kg Feb. 18, 1976 Sokil Kyiv
24 Oleksander Matvichuk L 172 cm 76 kg May 13, 1975 Sokil Kyiv
24 Artem Gnidenko R 177 cm 81 kg Feb. 3, 1980 HC Vitebsk

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