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| Nickname(s) | Eisgenossen | ||
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| Association | Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband | ||
| Head coach |  Ralph Krueger |
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| Captain | Mark Streit | ||
| Most games | Ivo Ruthemann (225) | ||
| Top scorer | Jorg Eberle (79) | ||
| Most points | Jorg Eberle (142) | ||
| IIHF ranking | 7 | ||
| Highest IIHF ranking | 7 (2008) | ||
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 9 (first in 2003) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Great
Britain 3 - 0 Switzerland  (Chamonix, France; January 23, 1909) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Switzerland 23 - 0 Yugoslavia  (Zurich, Switzerland; February 4, 1939) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Canada 47 - 0
Switzerland (Chamonix, France; January 30, 1924) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |||
| Appearances | 33 (first in 1920) | ||
| Best result |  (1935) |
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| European Championships | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1910) | ||
| Best result |  (1926) |
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| Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1920) | ||
| Medals |  (1928, 1948) |
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| International record (W-L-T) | |||
| 464-541-109 | |||
The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2008 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the IIHF World Ranking. Switzerland has not won a medal at a major ice hockey tournament since a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships, but they came close in 1998, finishing in 4th place.
The Swiss national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3-2 and blanking Canada 2-0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals.
Switzerland has a total of 26,989 players (0.35% of its population). Their coach is Ralph Krueger.
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Switzerland made their U20 debut in 1977 at the A Pool championships held in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia. Their first game was an 18-1 loss to the Soviet Union. In the end, Switzerland was relegated to the B Pool, where the Swiss stormed back to Pool A with a 4-0 record with wins over Holland, Denmark, Italy, and France. Despite the repeated returns to the A Pool; Switzerland did not win their first Pool A game until 1991, where the Swiss edged Norway 2-1 to avoid relegation, which went to the Norwegians.
Switzerland became more present in the A Pool when the International Ice Hockey Federation changed it's format from "only round-robin" to "round-robin, quarter-finals, and medal round". The new format allowed 2 new teams to join Pool A, which were Slovakia and Switzerland. In 1998, the Swiss won their first-ever quarter-final game over Sweden in a shootout, when Swiss goaltedner David Aebischer led his team to the semi-finals. Their gold medal hopes were dashed by Finland in the semi-finals losing 2-1. Switzerland would not go home without a medal as they won bronze over the Czech-Republic. In 2002, Switzerland upset Slovakia in the shootout in the quarter-finals to lead Switzerland to the medal-round, but Tobias Stephan was the hero with his heroics. Switzerland would lose to Canada in the semi-finals, but would end up finshing fourth as Finland claimed bronze, despite the Switzerland recorded a 3-0 win over Finland in their opening game of tournament.
Switzerland would face difficulties and nearly being relegated, until the Swiss were relegated in 2008 along with Denmark. Switzerland played host to the Div I tournament in Herisau, Switzerland.
Switzerland made a predicted return to top division for 2010. Switzerland was well-predicted to finish 7th or 8th place avoiding relegation. But with a surprising win over Slovakia, Switzerland earned a spot in the quarter-finals against Russia, where the Swiss would do the unthinkable knocking out Russia in overtime, where Nino Niederreiter was the hero scoring the overtime-winning goal. Switzerland's of winning the gold medal was dashed by Canada, when they lost 6-1 in the semi-finals. Sweden would win the bronze medal by a score of 11-4 over Switzerland - the highest margain of victory in a medal game since the new format took place in 1995.
Notably, the country of Switzerland were to host the 2010 IIHF World Junior U20 Hockey Championships, but withdrew their application because of the fear of being relegated because of their poor performance in recent tournaments. The hosts cities were rumoured to be Bern, or Lugano. Davos could not host the World Juniors because of the Spengler Cup.
It has been rumoured that Switzerland has considered sending an application to host the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championships.
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| GK | Martin Gerber |  Atlant
Mytischi |
| GK | Jonas Hiller |  Anaheim Ducks |
| GK | Tobias Stephan |
Geneva-Servette |
| D | Goran Bezina |
Geneva-Servette |
| D | Severin Blindenbacher |  Farjestad
Karlstad |
| D | Rafeal Diaz | EV Zug |
| D | Roman Josi | SC Bern |
| D | Luca Sbisa | Portland
Winterhawks |
| D | Mathias Seger | ZSC Lions
Zurich |
| D | Mark Streit | New York
Islanders |
| D | Yannick Weber | Hamilton
Bulldogs |
| F | Andres Ambuhl | Hartford Wolf
Pack |
| F | Thomas Deruns |
Geneva-Servette |
| F | Hnat Domenichelli | HC Lugano |
| F | Sandy Jeannin | HC Fribourg-Gotteron |
| F | Thibaut Monnet | ZSC Lions
Zurich |
| F | Thierry Paterlini | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
| F | Martin Pluss | SC Bern |
| F | Kevin Romy | HC Lugano |
| F | Ivo Ruthermann | SC Bern |
| F | Raffaele Sannitz | HC Lugano |
| F | Julien Sprunger | HC Fribourg-Gotteron |
| F | Roman Wick | Kloten Flyers |
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 26 | Martin Gerber | Atlant Moscow |
| GK | 31 | Daniel Manzato | Albany River
Rats |
| GK | 66 | Ronnie Rueger | Kloten Flyers |
| D | 57 | Goran Bezina | Genève-Servette HC |
| D | 68 | Yannick Weber | Hamilton
Bulldogs |
| D | 5 | Severin Blindenbacher | Färjestads
BK |
| D | 16 | Raphael Díaz | EV Zug |
| D | 13 | Félicien Du Bois | Kloten Flyers |
| D | 31 | Mathias Seger | ZSC Lions |
| D | 54 | Philippe Furrer | SC Bern |
| D | 90 | Roman Josi | SC Bern |
| D | 7 | Mark Streit | New York
Islanders |
| F | 10 | Andres Ambühl | HC Davos |
| F | 18 | Thomas Déruns | Genève-Servette HC |
| F | 51 | Ryan Gardner | ZSC Lions |
| F | 35 | Sandy Jeannin | Fribourg-Gottéron |
| F | 67 | Romano Lemm | HC Lugano |
| F | 25 | Thibaut Monnet | ZSC Lions |
| F | 23 | Thierry Paterlini | HC Lugano |
| F | 28 | Martin Plüss | SC Bern |
| F | 88 | Kevin Romy | HC Lugano |
| F | 32 | Ivo Rüthemann | SC Bern |
| F | 39 | Raffaele Sannitz | HC Lugano |
| F | 14 | Roman Wick | Kloten Flyers |
| F | 38 | Thomas Ziegler | SC Bern |
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 31 | David Aebischer | HC Lugano |
| GK | 66 | Marco Bührer | SC Bern |
| GK | 1 | Andy Champagne | Anaheim Ducks |
| GK | 26 | Martin Gerber | Atlant Moscow |
| D | 57 | Goran Bezina | Genève-Servette HC |
| D | 5 | Severin Blindenbacher | ZSC Lions |
| D | 22 | Olivier Keller | EHC Basel |
| D | 31 | Mathias Seger | ZSC Lions |
| D | 7 | Mark Streit | New York
Islanders |
| D | 3 | Julien Vauclair | HC Lugano |
| F | 10 | Andres Ambühl | HC Davos |
| F | 35 | Sandy Jeannin | HC Lugano |
| F | 38 | Thomas Ziegler | SC Bern |
| F | 67 | Romano Lemm | Kloten Flyers |
| F | 97 | Adrian Wichser | ZSC Lions |
| F | 23 | Thierry Paterlini | ZSC Lions |
| F | 28 | Martin Plüss | SC Bern |
| F | 32 | Ivo Rüthemann | SC Bern |
| F | 15 | Paul DiPietro | EV Zug |
| F | 30 | Marcel Jenni | Kloten Flyers |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Men’s ice hockey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1928 St. Moritz | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1948 St. Moritz | Ice hockey |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| European Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1922 Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1924 Italy | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1925 Czechoslovakia | Switzerland |
| Gold | 1926 Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1932 Germany | Switzerland |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1930 | Switzerland |
| Silver | 1935 Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1937 England | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1939 Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1950 England | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1951 France | Switzerland |
| Bronze | 1953 Switzerland | Switzerland |
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