The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 27th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2020 IIHF World Ranking,[2] while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th. As part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played internationally from 1954 to 1991, and made their international debut as an independent country in 1992.
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| Nickname(s) | Yellow and Blue (Жовто-сині / Zhovto-syni) |
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| Association | Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine |
| General manager | Olexander Butkevych |
| Head coach | Dmitri Khristich |
| Assistants | Igor Karpenko Nicholas Phelan Oleg Shafarenko Oleg Zadoienko |
| Captain | Igor Merezhko |
| Most games | Vasily Bobrovnikov (182) |
| Top scorer | Vadym Shakhraychuk (42) |
| Most points | Andriy Mikhnov Vadym Shakhraychuk (73) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | UKR |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 27 (27 May 2024)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 11 (2003, 2005) |
| Lowest IIHF | 28 (2022) |
| First international | |
Kazakhstan  5–1  Ukraine(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992) | |
| Biggest win | |
Ukraine 37–2  Belgium(Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Finland  9–0 Ukraine(Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 30 (first in 1993) |
| Best result | 9th (2002) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2002) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 167–180–27 | |
Ukraine has played at the Winter Olympics once, in 2002. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in ninth place. Following the 2007 World Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.
Oleksandr Fadeiev (1993–1994) Anatoliy Bohdanov (1994–2003) Oleksandr Seukand (2004–2007)
Vladimir Golubovych (2007–2008) Oleksandr Seukand (2009)
Mikhail Zakharov (2009–2010)
Dave Lewis (2010–2011) Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012) Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013) Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014) /
Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15) Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–2018) Andriy Sryubko (2018–2019) / Sergei Viter (2019–2020) Vadym Shakhraychuk (2021–2023) Dmitri Khristich (2023-present)
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