Ice Hockey - Team ROC

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Russian Federation made their Olympic debut at Lillehammer 1994, after having previously been part of the Soviet Union who won seven of nine gold medals from 1956 to 1988, before adding the Albertville 1992 title as a Unified team.

The Russians placed in the top four during their first four appearances, winning silver at Nagano 1998 after losing to the Czech Republic 1-0 in the gold medal match after Petr Svoboda's (CZE) third-period winner. Four years later, after losing to host-nation United States 3-2 in the semi-final, Russian Federation won the bronze medal convincingly against Belarus 7-2, as six individual players scored for the Russians.

However, competing as Olympic Athletes from Russia at PyeongChang 2018, they won their first gold medal since the Soviet era, defeating Germany 4-3 in overtime, with Kirill Kaprizov scoring the gold medal winner after assisting on each of the three previous goals. Prior to the gold medal match, OAR was nearly untouchable. After losing to Slovakia by one in the opening game, the Russians went on to outscore their opponents 21-3.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
After the Soviet Union won a medal at every tournament from 1954 to 1991 (except 1962 when they did not play), the Russian Federation won the first of their five titles in their second appearance in 1993, defeating Sweden 3-1. Fifteen years later, the Russians added their second and third titles in back-to-back wins against Canada (2008-09). In 2008, Ilya Kovalchuk (RUS) scored the game-winner overtime, after tying the score with 5:14 remaining, while the following year, Alexander Radulov's (RUS) go-ahead goal in the second period proved enough. Dreams of a treble were squashed in 2010, as Czech Republic secured a 2-1 win in the gold medal game.

The Russians went on to win gold in 2012 and 2014, going undefeated, while outscoring their opponents by over 30 goals on each occasion. Since then, the team has only failed to win a medal twice including 2021, where an overtime goal to Andrew Mangiapane (CAN) eliminated the Russians in the quarterfinal.

QUALIFICATION
Qualified for Beijing 2022 after finishing second in qualification seeding, following the 2019 World Championship in Slovakia.

World Ranking: 3rd (3050 pts)

OLYMPIC RECORD
25 wins, 2 overtime wins, 1 draw, 1 overtime loss, 13 losses

vs. Canada (1 win, 1 loss)
vs. Czech Republic (5 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Denmark (Olympic debut)
vs. Finland (2 wins, 5 losses)
vs. Germany (1 win, 1 loss)
vs. Latvia (2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. People's Republic of China (Olympic debut)
vs. Slovakia (2 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Sweden (1 win, 1 loss)
vs. Switzerland (no games played)
vs. United States (2 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw)

Note: Record includes Russian Federation and Olympic Athletes from Russia

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