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Great Britain men's national ice hockey team

The Great Britain men's national ice hockey team (also known as Team GB) is the national ice hockey team that represents the United Kingdom. A founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1908, the team is controlled by Ice Hockey UK.[5]

Great Britain
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Team GB
AssociationIce Hockey UK
Head coachPeter Russell
AssistantsCorey Neilson
Chuck Weber
CaptainRobert Dowd
Most gamesJonathan Phillips (118)[1]
Top scorerColin Shields (42)
Most pointsTony Hand (108)
Team colors     
IIHF codeGBR
Ranking
Current IIHF17 Increase 3 (27 May 2024)[2]
Highest IIHF16 (2021)
Lowest IIHF31 (2006)
First international
Great Britain  3–0   Switzerland
(Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909)
Biggest win
Great Britain  26–0  New Zealand
(Geel, Belgium; 16 March 1989)[3] [4]
Biggest defeat
Yugoslavia  21–1  Great Britain
(Barcelona, Spain; 25 March 1979)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1924)
MedalsGold Gold: (1936)
Bronze Bronze: (1924)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances57 (first in 1930)
Best resultGold Gold: (1936)
European Championships
Appearances3 (first in 1910)
Best resultGold Gold: (1910)
International record (W–L–T)
228–247–38
Great Britain men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Germany Team
Bronze medal – third place 1924 France Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1936 Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 1937 Great Britain
Silver medal – second place 1938 Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal – third place 1924 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 1935 Switzerland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1910 Switzerland

History

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The team was a force on the international scene in the early 20th century, winning the first ever IIHF European Championship in 1910, finishing as bronze medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, and becoming Olympic champions in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.[6] The gold medal-winning Olympic team was composed primarily of dual-national British Canadians, many of whom having learned and played the game in Canada.[7][8] However, since then the national team has made little impact on the sport. Until they surprisingly qualified for the 2019 installment of the tournament, their last appearance in the top-level World Championship came in 1994. Great Britain last qualified for the Olympics in 1948.[9] The current head coach of the team is Peter Russell, who is also the head coach for the Cardiff Devils.

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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Games GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
  1924 Chamonix 5 3 0 0 0 2 40 38 Guy Clarkson Guy Clarkson Final Round   Bronze
  1928 St. Moritz 6 2 0 0 0 4 11 27 Victor Tait Victor Tait First round 4th place
  1932 Lake Placid did not participate
  1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 7 5 0 2 0 0 17 3 Percy Nicklin Carl Erhardt Final Round   Gold
  1948 St. Moritz 8 3 0 0 0 5 39 47 Carl Erhardt Archie Stinchcombe Round-robin 5th place
Year Result
1924   Bronze
1928 4th place
1936   Gold
1948 5th place
Totals
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
4 1 0 1 2

World Championships

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Main article: List of IIHF World Championship medalists
Note: Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year.
Note: World War II forced cancellation of all tournaments from 1940 to 1946.
Note: In 1972, a separate tournament was held both for the World Championships and the Winter Olympics for the first time.
Note: No World Championships were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988.
Note: the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
Championship Coach Captain Division Rank
1920 did not participate
  1924 Chamonix George Elliot Clarkson ? Top Division   Bronze
  1928 St. Moritz ? ? Top Division 4th place
 / /  1930 Chamonix, Berlin, Vienna ? William Home Top Division tied 10th place
  1931 Krynica-Zdrój Clarence Wedgewood John Magwood Top Division 8th place
1932 did not participate
1933 did not participate
  1934 Milan John Magwood Carl Erhardt Top Division 8th place
  1935 Davos Bunny Ahearne Carl Erhardt Top Division   Bronze
  1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Percy Nicklin Carl Erhardt Top Division   Gold
  1937 London Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley Top Division   Silver
  1938 Prague Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley Top Division   Silver
  1939 Zürich, Basel Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley Top Division 8th place
1940–1946 Competitions not held because of World War II
1947 did not participate
  1948 St. Moritz Carl Erhardt ? Top Division 5th place
1949 did not participate
  1950 London Lou Bates Ken Nicholson Top Division 4th place
  1951 Paris James Mowat Ken Nicholson Top Division 5th place
  1952 Liège Johnny Murray Johnny Murray Pool B 10th place (1st in the "B" pool)
  1953 Zürich, Basel Johnny Murray Laurie Spence Pool B 5th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
1954 did not participate
1955 did not participate
1956 did not participate
1957 did not participate
1958 did not participate
1959 did not participate
1960 did not participate
  1961 Geneva, Lausanne Johnny Carlyle Johnny Murray Pool B 10th place (2nd in the "B" pool, promoted)
  1962 Colorado Springs, Denver Johnny Murray Billy Brennan Top Division 8th place, relegated
  1963 Stockholm Malcolm Beaton Bert Smith Pool B 15th place (7th in the "B" pool)
1964 did not participate
  1965 Turku, Rauma, Pori Billy Brennan Marshall Key Pool B 14th place (6th in the "B" pool)
  1966 Zagreb Billy Brennan Billy Brennan Pool B 16th place (8th in the "B" pool, relegated)
1967 did not participate
1968 did not participate
1969 did not participate
1970 did not participate
  1971 Nijmegen, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Tilburg, Rotterdam, Geleen,
Den Bosch, Groningen, Heerenveen 		Johnny Carlyle Robert Stevenson Pool C 18th place (4th in the "C" pool)
1972 did not participate
  1973 Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg, The Hague Ellis Firestone Terry Matthews Pool C 22nd place (8th in the "C" pool)
1974 did not participate
1975 did not participate
  1976 Gdańsk George Beach ? Pool C 21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
  1977 Copenhagen, Hørsholm Terry Matthews ? Pool C 24th place (7th in the "C" pool)
1978 did not participate
  1979 Barcelona Joe McIntosh Alastair Brennan Pool C 23rd place (5th in the "C" pool)
  1981 Beijing Alex Dampier ? Pool C 24th place (8th in the "C" pool, relegated)
1982 did not participate
1983 did not participate
1985 did not participate
1986 did not participate
1987 did not participate
  1989 Geel, Heist-op-den-Berg Terry Matthews Stephen Cooper Pool D 27th place (3rd in the "D" pool)
  1990 Cardiff Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool D 26th place (1st in the "D" pool, promoted)
  1991 Brøndby Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool C 21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
  1992 Kingston upon Hull Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool C 21st place (1st in the "C" pool, promoted)
  1993 Eindhoven Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool B 13th place (1st in the "B" pool, promoted)
  1994 Bolzano, Canazei, Milan Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Top Division 12th place, relegated
  1995 Bratislava Jiří Petrnoušek Shannon Hope Pool B 19th place (7th in the "B" pool)
  1996 Eindhoven Peter Woods Shannon Hope Pool B 16th place (4th in the "B" pool)
  1997 Katowice, Sosnowiec Peter Woods Shannon Hope Pool B 18th place (6th in the "B" pool)
  1998 Ljubljana, Jesenice Peter Woods Shannon Hope Pool B 22nd place (6th in the "B" pool)
  1999 Odense, Rødovre Peter Woods Steve Moria Pool B 18th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
  2000 Katowice, Kraków Peter Woods Steve Moria Pool B 19th place (3rd in the "B" pool)
  2001 Ljubljana Chris McSorley David Longstaff Division I 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
  2002 Székesfehérvár, Dunaújváros Chris McSorley David Longstaff Division I 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
  2003 Zagreb Chris McSorley David Longstaff Division I 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
  2004 Oslo Chris McSorley Steve Thornton Division I 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
  2005 Debrecen Rick Strachan Ashley Tait Division I 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
  2006 Amiens Rick Strachan Jonathan Weaver Division I 26th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
  2007 Ljubljana Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 24th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
  2008 Innsbruck Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)
  2009 Toruń Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
  2010 Ljubljana Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
  2011 Kyiv Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
  2012 Ljubljana Tony Hand Jonathan Phillips Division I 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
  2013 Budapest Tony Hand Jonathan Phillips Division I 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A, relegated)
  2014 Vilnius Doug Christiansen Jonathan Phillips Division I 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
  2015 Eindhoven Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
  2016 Zagreb Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
  2017 Belfast Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B, promoted)
  2018 Budapest Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted)
  2019 Bratislava, Košice Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Top Division 13th place
  2020 Zürich, Lausanne Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[11]
  2021 Riga Corey Neilson Jonathan Phillips Top Division 14th place
  2022 Tampere, Helsinki Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Top Division 16th place, relegated
  2023 Nottingham Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted)
  2024 Prague, Ostrava Peter Russell Robert Dowd Top Division 15th place, relegated
  2025 Sfântu Gheorghe Division I

European Championships

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Standalone tournaments

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Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
  1910 Les Avants 3 2 1 0 7 2 ? ? Round-robin   Gold
  1911 Berlin did not participate
  1912 Prague* did not participate
  1913 Munich did not participate
  1914 Berlin did not participate
1915–1920 No Championships (World War I).
  1921 Stockholm did not participate
  1922 St. Moritz did not participate
  1923 Antwerp did not participate
  1924 Milan did not participate
  1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec did not participate
  1926 Davos 7 3 0 4 26 19 ? ? Third round 4th place
  1927 Wien did not participate
  1929 Budapest did not participate
  1932 Berlin 4 2 1 1 10 9 ? ? Consolation round 7th place

European Championship results from combined events

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Year Coach Captain Rank
1928 ? ?   Bronze
1930 ? William Home tied 8th place
1931 Clarence Wedgewood John Magwood 7th place
1934 John Magwood Carl Erhardt 6th place
1935 Bunny Ahearne Carl Erhardt   Silver
1936 Percy Nicklin Carl Erhardt   Gold
1937 Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley   Gold
1938 Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley   Gold
1939 Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley 6th place
1948 Carl Erhardt ? 4th place
1950 Lou Bates Ken Nicholson   Silver
1951 James Mowat Ken Nicholson 4th place
1962 Johnny Murray Billy Brennan 6th place

Current roster

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Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.[12][13]

Head coach: Peter Russell

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Jackson Whistle 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1995-06-09) 9 June 1995 (age 29)   Belfast Giants
2 D Sam Ruopp 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 28)   Lausitzer Füchse
5 F Ben Davies 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 33)   Cardiff Devils
7 F Robert Lachowicz 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 (age 34)   Glasgow Clan
9 F Brett Perlini 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 34)   Cardiff Devils
11 F Cam Critchlow 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33)   Manchester Storm
13 D David Phillips 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 (age 37)   Belfast Giants
14 F Liam Kirk – A 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 72 kg (159 lb) (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 24)   Eisbären Berlin
16 F Sam Duggan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 26)   Cardiff Devils
17 D Mark Richardson – A 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1986-10-03) 3 October 1986 (age 38)   Cardiff Devils
23 F Sean Norris 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 25)   Belfast Giants
24 D Josh Tetlow 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb) (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 26)   Nottingham Panthers
26 D Evan Mosey 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)   Cardiff Devils
27 F Cole Shudra 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 26)   Sheffield Steelers
28 D Ben O'Connor 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1988-12-21) 21 December 1988 (age 36)   Dundee Stars
33 G Ben Bowns 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 33)   Cardiff Devils
35 G Lucas Brine 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 22)   Glasgow Clan
41 D Josh Batch 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)   Cardiff Devils
44 D Sam Jones 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 27)   Sheffield Steelers
48 F Johnny Curran 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29)   Coventry Blaze
74 F Ollie Betteridge 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28)   Nottingham Panthers
75 F Robert Dowd – C 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36)   Sheffield Steelers
79 D Nathanael Halbert 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 (age 29)   HC Innsbruck
91 F Ben Lake 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)   Belfast Giants
94 F Cade Neilson 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 23)   Michigan Tech Huskies

Uniform evolution

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  • National team jerseys
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    2019–2021
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    2022–

All-time record

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As of 1 September 2024.[14]
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
  Australia 4 4 0 0 42 8 +34
  Austria 21 6 2 13 61 103 -42
  Belarus 6 2 0 4 17 32 -15
  Belgium 23 19 1 3 188 54 +134
  Bulgaria 8 1 1 6 36 47 -11
  Canada 20 3 0 17 25 161 -136
  China 8 5 0 3 62 30 +32
  Croatia 9 8 0 1 42 13 +29
  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 3 15 -12
  Czechoslovakia 11 5 0 6 27 31 -4
  Denmark 30 9 4 17 93 139 -46
  Estonia 10 7 0 3 49 25 +24
  Finland 5 2 0 3 13 27 -14
  France 33 15 3 15 130 117 +13
  Germany 15 3 1 11 26 65 -39
  Hungary 34 15 1 18 96 113 -17
  Israel 1 1 0 0 12 0 +12
  Italy 19 6 2 11 61 93 -32
  Japan 15 7 1 7 39 41 -2
  Kazakhstan 10 3 1 7 23 33 -12
  Latvia 11 4 1 6 39 44 -5
  Lithuania 10 5 0 5 35 25 +10
  Netherlands 30 22 1 7 155 99 +56
  New Zealand 1 1 0 0 26 0 +26
  North Korea 3 2 0 1 24 9 +15
  Norway 23 4 1 18 59 124 -65
  Poland 36 24 2 10 128 111 +17
  Romania 26 21 1 4 138 63 +75
  Russia 2 0 0 2 4 19 -15
  Serbia 2 2 0 0 17 2 +15
  Slovakia 5 0 0 5 7 29 -22
  Slovenia 13 4 3 6 34 40 -6
  South Korea 9 6 0 3 46 23 +23
  Spain 5 4 0 1 46 17 +29
  Sweden 15 4 2 9 27 65 -38
   Switzerland 22 3 4 15 54 103 -49
  Ukraine 8 2 1 5 15 33 -18
  United States 13 3 3 7 37 54 -17
  Yugoslavia 4 0 2 2 11 33 -22
Total 512 227 38 247 1 902 2 000 -98

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jonathan Phillips Set to Become Most-Capped Player in Gb History – Ihuk".
  2. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Boost for Britain". Sunderland Daily Echo. 15 March 1989.
  4. ^ "Scott Strikes for Brits". Edinburgh Evening News. 15 March 1989.
  5. ^ Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. p. 123. ISBN 9781598843002. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Jeux Olympiques de Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 – Hockey sur glace". Hockeyarchives.info. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  7. ^ Steve Pinder. "Ice Hockey: Britain complete 58-year circle: Today the British ice hockey team face Russia in their first appearance in a world championship since the 1936 Olympics. Steve Pinder reports". The Independent. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Team Great Britain made up of traitorous Canadians stole 1936 Olympic gold in ho". Calgarysun.com. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Winter Olympics 2020: Great Britain miss out on ice hockey qualification".
  10. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  11. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  12. ^ "GB confirm team for World Championship". icehockeyuk.co.uk. 3 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Team roster: Great Britain" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Great Britain - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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