Switzerland men's national ice hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Eisgenossen |
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| Association | Swiss Ice Hockey Federation/Ligue suisse d'hockey sur glace |
| General Manager | Raeto Raffainer |
| Head coach | Patrick Fischer |
| Assistants | Tommy Albelin |
| Captain | Andres Ambühl |
| Most games | Ivo Rüthemann (233) |
| Top scorer | Jörg Eberle (79) |
| Most points | Jörg Eberle (142) |
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| IIHF code | SUI |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 7 
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| Highest IIHF | 7 (first in 2008) |
| Lowest IIHF | 9 (first in 2003) |
| First international | |
 Great Britain 3–0 Switzerland  (Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909) |
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| Biggest win | |
Switzerland 23–0 Yugoslavia  (Zurich, Switzerland; 4 February 1939) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Canada 33–0 Switzerland (Chamonix, France; 30 January 1924) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 66 (first in 1930) |
| Best result |
 (1935, 2013) |
| European Championships | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1910) |
| Best result |
 (1926) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1920) |
| Medals |
 (1928, 1948) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 519–619–125 | |
The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2016 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF. From a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships until the silver medal of 2013, Switzerland did not win a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in 4th place at the World Championships both years.
Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3–2 and shutting out Canada 2–0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss.
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