Russian national ice hockey team
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The Russia national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked 5th by the IIHF. It has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of Soviet Union team mostly composed of Russian players. Russian team has not been as dominant as Soviet team, winning gold in World Championships only once in 12 years but remains one of top teams in the world. It is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia has a total of 77,702 players. Their head coach is Vladimir Krikunov.
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Current top players
- Pavel Bure
- Pavel Datsyuk
- Sergei Fedorov
- Sergei Gonchar
- Nikolai Khabibulin
- Ilya Kovalchuk
- Alex Kovalev
- Evgeny Malkin
- Alexander Ovechkin
- Alexei Yashin
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Olympic record
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World Cup record
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World Championship record
- 1993 - Won gold medal
- 1994 - Finished in 5th place
- 1995 - Finished in 5th place
- 1996 - Finished in 4th place
- 1997 - Finished in 4th place
- 1998 - Finished in 5th place
- 1999 - Finished in 5th place
- 2000 - Finished in 11th place
- 2001 - Finished in 6th place
- 2002 - Won silver medal
- 2003 - Finished in 6th place
- 2004 - Finished in 10th place
- 2005 - Won bronze medal
See also: Soviet national ice hockey team
