Belarus men's national ice hockey team

The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 13th in the world by IIHF World Ranking. The team is controlled by the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Arguably, the greatest moment in Belarusian hockey history was the victory over Sweden in the Quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the team ultimately finished fourth. Belarus has 4,580 players in their national pool (0.05 % of the total population). Their best result at the World Championship was the 6th place at the 2006 World Championship. Their head coach is Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zakharov.

Olympic Record

 * 1920-1992 - Did not participate
 * 1994 - Did not qualify
 * 1998 - Finished in 7th place
 * 2002 - Finished in 4th place
 * 2006 - Did not qualify
 * 2010 - Finished in 9th place
 * 2014-2018 - Did not qualify

World Championship Record

 * 1920-1993 - Did not participiate
 * 1994 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
 * 1995 - Finished in 21st place (1st in "Pool C")
 * 1996 - Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
 * 1997 - Finished in 13th place (1st in "Pool B")
 * 1998 - Finished in 8th place
 * 1999 - Finished in 9th place
 * 2000 - Finished in 9th place
 * 2001 - Finished in 14th place
 * 2002 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
 * 2003 - Finished in 14th place
 * 2004 - Finished in 18th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
 * 2005 - Finished in 10th place
 * 2006 - Finished in 6th place
 * 2007 - Finished in 11th place
 * 2008 - Finished in 9th place
 * 2009 - Finished in 8th place
 * 2010 - Finished in 10th place
 * 2011 - Finished in 14th place
 * 2012 - Finished in 14th place
 * 2013 - Finished in 14th place
 * 2014 - Finished in 7th place
 * 2015 - Finished in 7th place
 * 2016 - Finished in 12th place
 * 2017 - Finished in 13th place
 * 2018 - Finished in 15th place
 * 2019 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
 * 2020 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Retired Numbers

 * #24 Ruslan Salei