Israel national ice hockey team

Association

Ice Hockey Federation of Israel

Head coach

Derek Eisler

Assistants

Semion Yakoubovitch

Captain

Ilya Spektor

Most games

Sergei Frenkel (72)^[1]

Top scorer

Sergei Zak (47)

Most points

Sergei Frenkel (98)^[2]

IIHF code

ISR

IIHF ranking

1^[3]

Highest IIHF ranking

32 (2014^[4])

Lowest IIHF ranking

40 (2011,^[5] 2012^[6])

Team colors

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

First international

Spain 23–4 Israel

(Johannesburg, South Africa; 22 March 1992)

Biggest win

Israel 26–2 Greece

(Cape Town, South Africa; 15 April 2011)

Biggest defeat

Latvia 32–0 Israel

(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)

IIHF World Championships

Appearances

21 (first in 1992)

Best result

28th (2006)

International record (W–L–T)

51–64–11

The Israel national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Israel. They are ranked 32nd as of April 2015 by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[7]

History

The best achievement was promotion to the IIHF World Championship Division I in 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Next year the team relegated again to Division II. In 2011 the team finished first in Division III Group B earning a promotion to Division II.

World Championships record

1992 – 30th place (4th in Group C2)
1993 – 31st place (6th in Group C1)
1994 – 34th place (7th in Group C2)
1995 – 35th place (6th in Group C2)
1996 – 35th place (7th in Group D)
1997 – 33rd place (5th in Group D)
1998 – 35th place (3rd in Group D)
1999 – 33rd place (2nd in Group D)
2000 – 34th place (1st in Group D)
2001 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
2002 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
2003 – 37th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
2004 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group A)
2005 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
2006 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A)
2007 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group B)
2008 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
2009 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group A)
2010 – 39th place (6th in Division II, Group B)
2011 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
2012 – 39th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
2013 – 35th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
2014 – 34th place (6th in Division II, Group A)
2015 – 39th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
2016 – 37th place (3rd in Division II, Group B)

Team

Roster

From the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division IIB

#	Name	Pos	Date of Birth	Club
7	Aharonovich, RoeyRoey Aharonovich	F	000000001996-07-07-00007 July 1996	Rice Memorial HS
20	Amromin, BorisBoris Amromin	G	000000001975-01-14-000014 January 1975	Haifa Hawks
14	Avneri, TalTal Avneri	F	000000001985-05-20-000020 May 1985	Rishon Devils
16	Ben Tov, ItayItay Ben Tov	F	000000001994-07-24-000024 July 1994	HC Maalot
24	Botbol, NissimNissim Botbol	D	000000001981-05-13-000013 May 1981	Bat Yam Icebergs
10	Frenkel, SergeiSergei Frenkel	F	000000001984-08-06-00006 August 1984	Bat Yam Icebergs
21	Golodnizky, DanielDaniel Golodnizky	F	000000001994-08-02-00002 August 1994	HC Maalot
15	Greenberg, JoshuaJoshua Greenberg	F	000000001988-06-03-00003 June 1988	Bay Yam Icebergs
12	Harosh, HarelHarel Harosh	F	000000001991-03-15-000015 March 1991	MAC Metulla
17	Horowitz, MikhaelMikhael Horowitz	F	000000001988-04-15-000015 April 1988	MAC Metulla
5	Kniter, EvgeniEvgeni Kniter	F	000000001982-07-28-000028 July 1982	MAC Metulla
8	Levy, ItzhakItzhak Levy	F	000000001982-05-02-00002 May 1982	Bat Yam Icebergs
13	Levy, ShlomoShlomo Levy	D	000000001976-03-16-000016 March 1976	Bat Yam Icebergs
1	Loginov, AlexanderAlexander Loginov	G	000000001979-02-09-00009 February 1979	Rishon Devils
11	Maarvai, ShaiShai Maarvai	D	000000001996-10-29-000029 October 1996	MAC Metulla
9	Mazour, DanielDaniel Mazour	F	000000001992-01-05-00005 January 1992	HC Maalot
2	Oz, RanRan Oz	D	000000001977-05-07-00007 May 1977	MAC Metulla
23	Pyshkin, ArturArtur Pyshkin	F	000000001992-12-13-000013 December 1992	Rishon Devils
19	Rosenthal, YuvalYuval Rosenthal	F	000000001995-08-12-000012 August 1995	Bradford Bulls
6	Spektor, IlyaIlya Spektor	F	000000001996-04-10-000010 April 1996	Jersey Shore Wildcats
22	Vainshtein, RonRon Vainshtein	F	000000001995-02-10-000010 February 1995	MAC Metulla

Notable players

Oren Eizenman

References

External links

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National sports teams of Israel

American Football Baseball Basketball men men under-20 women Beach Soccer Bobsled Cricket Football men women under-21 under-19 under-18 under-17

Handball men women hockey men under-20 Inline hockey Roller Hockey Rugby union Softball F F U19 M Squash M F Tennis men women Volleyball men women

Olympics Paralympics

Men's national ice hockey teams

Africa	Algeria Morocco South Africa Tunisia

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Falkland Islands Jamaica Mexico Saint Pierre and Miquelon United States

Asia and Oceania	Australia Bahrain China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Israel Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Macau Malaysia Mongolia New Zealand North Korea Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan

Europe	Armenia Austria Basque Country Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Catalonia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Former teams	Bohemia CIS Czechoslovakia East Germany Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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