POLAND (POL) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team
3 wins, 3 reigns, 3 games with IHLC – ranked 17th
IHLC last held April 13, 1986

Poland was one of the rare Eastern European teams to compete for the IHLC in the pre-war era, winning their first IHLC at the 1931 World Championships, on home turf in Krynica-Zdrój. While the Eagles managed to contend during the Iron Curtain era of international hockey, winning two more IHLC titles, they have slipped in the post-Cold War era, not holding the IHLC since 1986, playing for the IHLC since 2004, and not playing in the top tier of the World Championships since 2002, only qualifying for the top pool five times since 1979.

IHLC GAMES
Total IHLC Games Played: 41
First IHLC Game: 2-0 win vs.  SWE, Feb. 4, 1931
First IHLC Win: 2-0 win vs.  SWE, Feb. 4, 1931
Latest IHLC Game: 2-1 loss vs.  SVK, Apr. 2, 2004
Latest IHLC Win: 2-1 win vs.  TCH, Apr. 12, 1986
Largest IHLC Victory: 2-0 win vs.  SWE, Feb. 4, 1931
Largest IHLC Defeat: 15-0 loss vs.  URS, Jan. 13, 1957
Longest IHLC Undefeated Streak: 1 game (3 times, latest Apr. 12, 1986)

IHLC HOSTING
IHLC Games Hosted: 21
First Game Hosted:  AUT 1-0 GBR , Feb. 1, 1931 (Krynica-Zdrój)
Latest Game Hosted:  CZE 2-2 POL , Sep. 4, 2001 (Oświęcim)
Major Tournaments Hosted: World Championships (2: 1931, 1976)

MAJOR TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Best IIHF World Championship Result: 4th (2: 1931, 1932)
Best Olympic Games Result: 4th (1: 1932)
Best Canada/World Cup Result: n/a

COMPETITIVE IHLC RECORDS
 CANADA: 0 wins, 8 losses, 0 ties
 CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie
 FINLAND: 0 wins, 1 loss, 0 ties
 GREAT BRITAIN: 0 wins, 1 loss, 0 ties
 NORWAY: 0 wins, 1 loss, 0 ties
 SLOVAKIA: 0 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie
 SOVIET UNION: 0 wins, 17 losses, 0 ties
 SWEDEN: 1 win, 1 loss, 0 ties
 SWITZERLAND: 0 wins, 1 loss, 0 ties
 UNITED STATES: 0 wins, 3 losses, 0 ties

COMPLETE IHLC HISTORY
01.  POL 2-0 SWE  – 02/04/1931 – WC – Krynica-Zdrój 
02.  CAN 3-0 POL  – 02/05/1931 – WC – Krynica-Zdrój 
03.  CAN 9-0 POL  – 02/07/1932 – OG – Lake Placid 
04.  CAN 10-0 POL  – 02/09/1932 – OG – Lake Placid 
05.  CAN 8-1 POL  – 02/06/1936 – OG – Garmisch-Partenkirchen 
06.  GBR 11-0 POL  – 02/21/1937 – WC – London 
07.  CAN 4-0 POL  – 02/05/1939 – WC – Basel 
08.  SUI 14-0 POL  – 02/06/1948 – OG – St. Moritz 
09.  CAN 11-0 POL  – 02/18/1952 – OG – Oslo 
10.  URS 8-2 POL  – 02/28/1955 – WC – Cologne 
11.  URS 9-2 POL  – 12/03/1956 – EX – Katowice 
12.  URS 7-2 POL  – 12/04/1956 – EX – Katowice 
13.  URS 7-3 POL  – 12/06/1956 – EX – Warsaw 
14.  URS 15-0 POL  – 01/13/1957 – EX – Moscow 
15.  URS 4-1 POL  – 01/14/1957 – EX – Moscow 
16.  URS 10-1 POL  – 02/28/1957 – WC – Moscow 
17.  URS 11-1 POL  – 01/18/1958 – EX – Moscow 
18.  URS 6-1 POL  – 01/20/1958 – EX – Moscow 
19.  URS 10-1 POL  – 03/06/1958 – WC – Oslo 
20.  CAN 9-0 POL  – 03/05/1959 – WC – Bratislava 
21.  URS 8-1 POL  – 03/03/1966 – WC – Ljubljana 
22.  TCH 7-0 POL  – 12/01/1967 – RT – Leningrad 
23.  URS 13-2 POL  – 04/06/1975 – WC – Munich 
24.  URS 15-1 POL  – 04/15/1975 – WC – Düsseldorf 
25.  POL 1-0 TCH  – 02/10/1976 – OG – Innsbruck 
26.  USA 7-2 POL  – 02/12/1976 – OG – Innsbruck 
27.  URS 7-0 POL  – 04/14/1979 – WC – Moscow 
28.  URS 8-1 POL  – 02/16/1980 – OG – Lake Placid 
29.  URS 12-1 POL  – 02/07/1984 – OG – Sarajevo 
30.  POL 2-1 TCH  – 04/12/1986 – WC – Moscow 
31.  USA 7-2 POL  – 04/13/1986 – WC – Moscow 
32.  SWE 12-3 POL  – 04/18/1986 – WC – Moscow 
33.  CAN 1-0 POL  – 02/14/1988 – OG – Calgary 
34.  FIN 5-1 POL  – 02/22/1988 – OG – Calgary 
35.  URS 12-1 POL  – 04/19/1989 – WC – Stockholm 
36.  USA 3-0 POL  – 02/15/1992 – OG – Méribel 
37.  SVK 4-4 POL  – 09/01/1993 – OQ – Sheffield 
38.  NOR 3-0 POL  – 11/08/1997 – WCQ – Klagenfurt 
39.  CZE 2-2 POL  – 09/04/2001 – EX – Oświęcim 
40.  SVK 6-3 POL  – 04/01/2004 – EX – Poprad 
41.  SVK 2-1 POL  – 04/02/2004 – EX – Poprad 

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