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Austria
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Flag and abbrev. Flag of Austria AUT
Continent Europe
Leader Werner Faymann
(Chancellor)
Population 8,205,533 (as of 2008)
Registered players 9,789
Percentage 0,001%
National team Austrian National Team
National federation Österreichischer Eishockeyverband
IIHF ranking 16th (+1)
Top league Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
Current champion EC KAC

Austria is a country in central Europe with a population of about 8,000,000.

Organisation[]

Austria

Info

Rinks

Players

Referees

Population

8,199 783

Indoor

25

Total

9711

Male

229

Capital

Vienna

Outdoor

106

Male

3691

Female

15

IIHF Since

March 18, 1912

Interrupted 1920-24, 1939-46

Junior

4966

The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2008 the Austrian team is ranked 16th in the IIHF World Rankings. Austria has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1947, and has not broken 10th place since 1994. Austria currently has 8,799 registered players (0.1% of the total population). Their head coach is Bill Gilligan.


Austria's first artificial ice rink was opened in Vienna in 1909. Three years later, Austria won European Championships bronze but the tournament was later annulled because the country was not a member of the international federation.

[1][2]In its first international game, Austria lost 0-5 to Bohemia. The Austrian Ice Hockey Federation was created in 1912 and Austria joined the International Ice Hockey Federation same year.


In the last decades Austria has played in the lower pools of World Championships. However, in 2004 it competed for the first time in a long while in Pool A finishing 11th.

Leagues[]

Austrian hockey scheme
Elite Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (12)
Second Österreichische Nationalliga (8)
Third Oberliga () Eishockeyliga OST () Kärntner Eishockey () Wiener Landesliga () Wiener Unterliga () Eishockey Steiermark () NÖ Landesliga () Tiroler Eishockey Eliteliga ()

Women's

  • Österreichische Staatsmeisterschaft
  • Damen Eishockey Bundesliga

History of hockey in Austria[]

International[]

Some great Austrian players[]

National Teams[]

See also[]

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This article is part of the Austrian hockey portal.
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