The Hungarian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Hungary. They have participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games since 1928.^[2] A consistent participant of the annual World Championship, Hungary has played at the Olympics three times, most recently in 1964. They are currently ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF.

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Hungary

Nickname(s)	Magyars (Hungarians)
Association	Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Don MacAdam
Captain	Csanád Erdély
Most games	Balázs Kangyal (237)
Top scorer	Krisztián Palkovics (96)
Most points	Balázs Ladányi (251)
Home stadium	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Team colors
IIHF code	HUN
Ranking
Current IIHF	19 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF	19 (first in 2012)
Lowest IIHF	22 (2003)
First international
Austria  6–0  Hungary (Vienna, Austria; 24 January 1927)
Biggest win
Hungary  31–1  Belgium (Den Bosch, Netherlands; 4 March 1971)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union  19–1  Hungary (Innsbruck, Austria; 28 January 1964)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	56 (first in 1930)
Best result	5th (1937)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1928)
International record (W–L–T)
399–459–63

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The team is controlled by the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség). No Hungarian-born players have ever played in North America's National Hockey League; however, three have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft: Tamás Gröschl by the Edmonton Oilers (1999), Levente Szuper by the Calgary Flames (2000), and János Vas by the Dallas Stars (2002).

The Hungarian team won its group in the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I, and therefore qualified to play in the Elite Division of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. This is the first time since 1939 that Hungary has qualified to play in the highest division of international hockey. The advance was, however, marred by the sudden death of team captain Gábor Ocskay, and the team was eventually relegated to Division I again.

In 2015, Hungary finished second in its group in the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, behind Kazakhstan to gain promotion to the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Updated as of 22 April 2024.^[8] Teams listed in italics are defunct.

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Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	4	0	1	39	18	+21
Austria	54	13	2	39	129	208	–79
Belarus	15	1	1	13	27	75	–48
Belgium	17	13	1	3	162	41	+121
Bulgaria	47	36	1	10	253	147	+106
Canada	13	0	3	10	12	74	–62
China	19	10	3	6	85	55	+30
Croatia	24	23	1	0	178	30	+148
Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	4	1	13	–12
Denmark	67	33	4	26	277	207	+70
East Germany	11	0	0	11	23	107	–84
Estonia	8	4	2	2	37	28	+9
Finland	5	1	0	4	6	25	–19
France	52	26	4	22	216	203	+13
Germany	22	1	4	17	32	72	–40
Great Britain	34	18	1	15	113	96	+17
Israel	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Italy	46	17	6	23	136	158	–22
Japan	34	17	0	17	98	111	–13
Kazakhstan	13	1	0	12	19	63	–44
Latvia	6	1	1	4	12	31	–19
Lithuania	16	15	0	1	97	25	+72
Netherlands	32	18	3	11	170	106	+64
North Korea	12	7	0	5	71	38	+33
Norway	27	10	3	14	64	102	–38
Poland	67	25	6	36	146	210	–64
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
Romania	68	24	5	39	239	290	–51
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Serbia	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8
Serbia and Montenegro	2	2	0	0	22	1	+21
Slovakia	8	2	0	6	19	50	–31
Slovenia	40	7	2	31	83	154	–71
South Africa	4	4	0	0	57	7	+50
South Korea	21	15	1	5	122	57	+65
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	1	19	–18
Spain	9	9	0	0	82	22	+60
Sweden	8	1	0	7	7	30	−23
Switzerland	24	3	1	20	49	127	–78
Ukraine	30	12	0	18	64	103	–39
United States	3	0	0	3	2	15	–13
Yugoslavia	52	24	6	22	181	173	+8
Total	921	399	63	459	3 349	3 298	+51

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