🇷🇺 RUSSIA (RUS) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1992-)
played as SOVIET UNION (URS), 1951-91
played at Olympics as UNIFIED TEAM (EUN), 1992; OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA (OAR), 2018; RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (ROC), 2022
played at World Championships as RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (ROC), 2021-22
476 wins, 74 reigns, 518 games with IHLC – ranked 1st
IHLC last held 19 December 2021

For the all-time leader in men’s IHLC victories, it is remarkable that the Russian team, first playing as the Soviet Union, did not compete for the IHLC until 1954, 49 years after the championship was established. But The Red Machine dominated international hockey for nearly four decades, setting records for IHLC wins, games played, and undefeated streaks, only occasionally being dethroned by the likes of spoilers played by Canada, the United States or Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian team that emerged has still played among the best of the IHLC, capturing dozens of IHLC titles since 1991.
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🇷🇺 RUSSIA (RUS) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1992-)
played as SOVIET UNION (URS), 1973-91, COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS), 1992
120 wins, 29 reigns, 125 games with IHLC – ranked 2nd
IHLC last held 29 December 2019

The first junior IHLC champion led the all-time rankings in wins for nearly the first half-century of championship junior hockey, dominating the first decade of junior hockey while turning out the future stars of the game that would overpower international hockey until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Since becoming an independent nation, Russia is always a threat and medal contender, and continues to post impressive numbers while maintaining their spot atop the IHLC throne.
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