China men's national ice hockey team

China

Nickname(s)	龙 (Dragons)
Association	Chinese Ice Hockey Association
Head coach	Yevgeni Levedev
Assistants	Hu Jiang Wang Benyu
Captain	Zhang Weiyang
Most games	Wang Dahai (79)
Most points	Wang Dahai (47)
IIHF code	CHN
IIHF ranking	39
Highest IIHF ranking	27 (2007)
Lowest IIHF ranking	39 (2011)
Team colours
First international
Romania 6 - 4 China  (Bucarest, Romania; February 12, 1972)
Biggest win
China 35 - 0 Kuwait  (Gangneung, South Korea; February 1, 1999)
Biggest defeat
Norway 25 - 1 China  (Debrecen, Hungary; April 22, 2005)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	33 (first in 1972)
Best result	15th (1982)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1986)
Best result	Gold: 1986, 1990
International record (W–L–T)
106-160-23

The Chinese men's national ice hockey team (simplified Chinese: 中国国家冰球队; traditional Chinese: 中國國家冰球隊; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójiā Bīngqiú Duì) is the national ice hockey team of China. It is governed by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Current roster

roster from the IIHF World Hockey Championships (2008-Apr-07)

#	Players	Pos	Sh/C	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Club
1	Yu Yang	G	L	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	January 9, 1979 (1979-01-09) (age 32)	Harbin / China Sharks
2	Wang Dakai	F	R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	November 22, 1983 (1983-11-22) (age 27)	Harbin / China Sharks
3	Su Xingguo	F	L	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	December 4, 1982 (1982-12-04) (age 28)	Harbin
4	Wang Dahai	D	L	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	June 18, 1976 (1976-06-18) (age 35)	Harbin / China Sharks
5	Li Qingming	D	L	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	91 kg (200 lb)	August 5, 1982 (1982-08-05) (age 29)	Harbin
6	Zhang Weiyang	F	L	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (230 lb)	October 6, 1983 (1983-10-06) (age 28)	Harbin / China Sharks
7	Jiang Jun	F	R	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	May 18, 1983 (1983-05-18) (age 28)	Harbin
8	Liu Yingkui	F	L	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11) (age 28)	Harbin / China Sharks
11	Qu Yidong	D	R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	January 13, 1986 (1986-01-13) (age 25)	Harbin
12	Meng Qingyuan	F	L	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	March 6, 1984 (1984-03-06) (age 27)	Harbin
13	Wang Yang	D	L	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	December 16, 1981 (1981-12-16) (age 29)	Harbin
14	Du Chao	D	R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	November 18, 1981 (1981-11-18) (age 29)	Harbin / China Sharks
15	Cui Zhinan	F	R	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (160 lb)	August 14, 1985 (1985-08-14) (age 26)	Qiqihar
16	Liu Henan	F	L	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	November 30, 1976 (1976-11-30) (age 34)	Qiqihar
20	Wang Zhiqiang	F	L	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (160 lb)	January 17, 1986 (1986-01-17) (age 25)	Qiqihar
22	Zhang Haiquan	D	L	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	February 6, 1983 (1983-02-06) (age 28)	Qiqihar / China Sharks
23	Lang Bingyu	F	L	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	92 kg (200 lb)	August 16, 1981 (1981-08-16) (age 30)	Qiqihar
25	Zhao Xing	D	L	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	February 24, 1986 (1986-02-24) (age 25)	Jiamusi / China Sharks
26	Qi Weiliang	F	L	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (170 lb)	May 4, 1989 (1989-05-04) (age 22)	Jiamusi
27	Xu Yaojia	F	L	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (190 lb)	August 11, 1989 (1989-08-11) (age 22)	Chengdu
28	Ye Fei	F	L	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	June 3, 1989 (1989-06-03) (age 22)	Harbin
30	Wu Huizi	G	L	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	March 3, 1987 (1987-03-03) (age 24)	Jiamusi

Tournament participation

1972 - 18th place (5th in Pool C) 1973 - 19th place (5th in Pool C) 1974 - 20th place (6th in Pool C) 1975-77 - did not participate 1978 - 20th place (4th in Pool C) 1979 - 18th place (Pool B) 1981 - 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B 1982 - 15th place (6th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C 1983 - 19th place (3rd in Pool C) 1985 - 19th place (3rd in Pool C) 1986 - 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B 1987 - 16th place (8th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C 1989 - 19th place (3rd in Pool C) 1990 - 19th place (3rd in Pool C) 1991 - 18th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Pool B 1992 - 19th place (7th in Pool B) 1993 - 19th place (7th in Pool B)

1994 - 20th place (8th in Pool B). Relegated to Pool C 1995 - 25th place (Pool C) 1996 - 27th place (Pool C) 1997 - 27th place (7th in Pool C) 1998 - 28th place (4th in Pool C) 1999 - 28th place (4th in Pool C) 2000 - 26th place (2nd in Pool C). Promoted to Division I 2001 - 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B) 2002 - 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B). Relegated to Division II 2003 - 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B) 2004 - 31st place (1st in Division II, Group A). Promoted to Division I 2005 - 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A). Relegated to Division II 2006 - 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B). Promoted to Division I 2007 - 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A). Relegated to Division II 2008 - 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B) 2009 - 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group A) 2010 - 38th place (5th in Division II, Group B)

All-time Record against other nations

As of May 24, 2009

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
South Korea	19	14	2	3	119	38
North Korea	17	13	1	3	104	44
Bulgaria	18	12	2	4	80	48
Hungary	19	6	3	10	55	85
Denmark	16	6	2	8	52	86
Spain	6	6	0	0	47	14
Romania	16	4	2	10	53	92
Japan	29	4	2	23	70	200
Australia	7	4	1	2	46	17
Croatia	6	4	0	2	23	18
France	11	3	2	6	39	67
Israel	3	3	0	0	16	5
Iceland	3	3	0	0	12	6
Belgium	4	3	0	1	36	16
Great Britain	7	3	0	4	29	52
Yugoslavia	7	2	2	3	30	31
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	22	14
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	46	1
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	11	2
Mexico	2	2	0	0	9	4
Netherlands	16	2	0	14	41	127
Norway	11	1	1	9	20	93
Italy	13	1	1	11	27	73
Macau	1	1	0	0	26	0
Thailand	1	1	0	0	24	2
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	19	3
Serbia	1	1	0	0	5	3
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	3	2
Estonia	5	1	0	4	17	45
Switzerland	5	0	1	4	12	54
Austria	8	0	1	7	20	66
Latvia	1	0	0	1	0	22
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	3	14
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	4	28
East Germany	5	0	0	5	18	48
Poland	6	0	0	6	11	79
Kazakhstan	9	0	0	9	5	116

References

• Official site of the Chinese Olympic Committee: Chinese Ice Hockey Association: 2004-02-05 09:35:00, retrieved 2007-07-19.
• Chinese Ice Hockey Association, retrieved 2007-07-19.

External links

• China at the IIHF
• China at National Teams of Ice Hockey
• The Hockey Almanac