Turkey men's national junior ice hockey team

Turkey
	; The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
Most points	Serkan Gumus (36)
IIHF code	TUR
Team colors
First international
	Netherlands 32 - 1 Turkey ; (Lithuania; December 30, 1997)
Biggest win
	Turkey 28 - 3 Armenia ; (Elektrenai, Lithuania; January 8, 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Netherlands 37 - 0 Turkey ; (Novi Sad, Yugoslavia; December 29, 1999)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1998)
Best result	34th (1998, 2019)
International record (W–L–T)
	30-59-2

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The Turkey men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Turkey. The team is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History

Turkey played its first game in 1997 against the Netherlands during the Pool D tournament of the 1998 IIHF World U20 Championship.^[1] Turkey lost the game 32–1. The following year Turkey again competed in the Pool D tournament of the IIHF World U20 Championships.^[2] Turkey lost all four of their games including the one against the Netherlands which they lost 37–0. The loss to the Netherlands was recorded as their worst ever defeat in international competition.^[1] In 2003 Turkey returned from a three-year absence to compete in the Division III tournament at the 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship. They won their first game ever in their first game back, defeating Luxembourg 14–1.^[1] In 2006 Turkey recorded their largest ever win in international competition after defeating Armenia 28–3 during the 2006 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III tournament. Turkey continued to compete in Division III of the IIHF World U20 Championships until 2009 where they did not participate in that year's tournament.^[1] In 2010 Turkey returned to the World U20 Championships and hosted the Division III tournament in their capital Istanbul.^[3] In 2012 they finished fifth in the Division III tournament being held in Dunedin, New Zealand.^[4]

International competitions

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Year	Host Country	Div.	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	TR	WR
1998	Lithuania	D - A	3	0	3	0	5	56	0	8th	34th
1999	Yugoslavia	D - B	4	0	4	0	1	93	0	9th	35th
2003	Turkey	III	4	2	0	2	26	16	4	3rd	37th
2004	Bulgaria	III	5	1	4	0	10	38	2	4th	38th
2005	MEX	III	5	1	4	0	10	27	2	5th	39th
2006	LTU	III	4	2	2	0	35	40	4	3rd	37th
2007	Turkey	III	5	1	4	-	9	31	3	5th	39th
2008	SRB	III	6	1	5	-	18	62	3	6th	40th
2010	Turkey	III - B	5	1	4	-	20	36	3	6th	40th
2011	MEX	III	6	3	3	-	36	33	9	4th	38th
2012	NZL	III	4	0	4	-	1	38	0	5th	39th
2013	Bulgaria	III	5	1	4	-	19	24	3	5th	39th
2014	Turkey	III	5	2	3	-	10	24	7	4th	38th
2015	NZL	III	4	1	3	-	7	15	3	5th	39th
2016	MEX	III	6	2	4	-	20	15	6	6th	40th
2017	NZL	III	5	5	0	–	25	8	9	1st	35th
2018	SRB	IIB	5	1	4	–	13	30	3	6th	34th
2019	ISL	III	5	3	2	–	17	20	6	3rd	37th
2020	Bulgaria	III	5	3	2	–	17	11	6	3rd	37th
2022			5	3	2	–	22	20	+2
2023			6	2	4	–	25	29	-4
Total			103	35	66	2	244	677	–433