Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team

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Turkmenistan
Shirt badge/Association crest
The Emblem of Turkmenistan with Akhal-Teke horse is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation
Most games four players (28)
Top scorer Pavel Barkovsky (16)
Most points Alexander Vahovsky (35)
Home stadium Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat
IIHF code TKM
IIHF ranking 46
Lowest IIHF ranking 49 (2018)
Team colors               
First international
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png 9–2 Flag of Malaysia.svg.png Malaysia
(Sapporo, Japan; 18 February 2017)
Biggest win
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png 24–2 Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 26 February 2018)
Biggest defeat
Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg.png 13–3 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan
(Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 14 March 2024)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 5 (first in 2018)
Best result 39th (2022)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances 1 (first in 2017)
Best result 11th (2017)
International record (W–L–T)
17–10–0

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The Turkmenistan national ice hockey team (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň milli buz hokkeý ýygyndysy) is the national men's ice hockey team of Turkmenistan. The team is controlled by the Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň şaýbaly hokkeý federasiýasy; TŞHF) and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Turkmenistan is currently ranked 46th in the IIHF World Ranking and made its debut in the 2018 World Championship Division III Qualification tournament.[1][2][3][4]

History

The first national team formed in 2011 of four teams from Ashgabat: Oguzkhan, Alp Arslan, Shir and Burgut.

In 2013, Turkmenistan held its first (unofficial) match against Minsk City, which was won by a score of 7–2.[5][6]

Turkmenistan participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. They won their first match in an official tournament by defeating Malaysia 9–2 and later went on to win their division by defeating Kyrgyzstan 7–3 in the gold medal game.[7]

Turkmenistan made its World Championship debut in 2018, where it played in Division III Qualificaiton tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[8] They won all three games and earned promotion to Division III for 2019.

In April 2019, Turkmenistan making their debut in the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III in Sofia (Bulgaria) and took third place among six teams in group, achieving a historic result.[9]

During visit to Ashgabat Russian retired ice hockey player Sergei Nemchinov from 30 August to 7 September 2019 conducted intensive training with the Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team. Then he entered the coaching staff of the national team of Turkmenistan and has already drawn up a plan for preparing Turkmen hockey players for the 2020 IIHF World Championship Division III Group A.

Tournament record

World Championships

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1954 through 1991 As part of the Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
1992 through 2017 Did not enter
2018 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 47th place
(1st in Division IIIQ)		 3 3 0 0 0
2019 Flag of Bulgaria Sofia 43rd place
(3rd in Division III)		 5 2 0 1 2
2020 Flag of Luxembourg Kockelscheuer Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10]
2021 Flag of Luxembourg Kockelscheuer Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[11]
2022 Flag of Luxembourg Kockelscheuer 39th place
(3rd in Division III A)		 4 1 0 1 2
2023 Flag of South Africa Cape Town
(in Division III A)
2024 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 44th place
(4th in Division III A)		 5 2 0 0 3
Total 5/5 21 10 0 2 9

Asian Winter Games

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2017 Flag of Japan Sapporo 11th place
(1st in Division II)		 4 4 0 0 0
Total 1/1 4 4 0 0 0

All-time record

Last match update: 16 March 2024[12]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 13 3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 2 6
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 9 10
Flag of Indonesia.svg.png Indonesia 1 1 0 0 12 2
Flag of Iran.png Iran 1 1 0 0 12 2
Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait 1 1 0 0 24 2
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 1 17 14
Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg 4 2 0 2 15 13
Flag of Macau.svg.png Macau 1 1 0 0 16 0
Flag of Malaysia.svg.png Malaysia 1 1 0 0 9 2
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 1 1 0 0 8 4
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 3 2 0 1 17 14
Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand 2 1 0 1 9 16
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 2 0 0 2 9 11
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 10
Total 27 17 0 10 180 109

Other games

References

  1. ↑ "27 tournaments assigned". http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816&cHash=db78f275879bc212c311fcefb5fd3fd5. Retrieved 19 May 2017. 
  2. ↑ "2018 Events". 22 May 2017. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships/2018-events/. 
  3. ↑ BBC News – Leader demands ice hockey for desert state Turkmenistan
  4. ↑ Sweltering desert nation told to play ice hockey
  5. ↑ Turkmen hockey players held a resounding victory over the national team of Minsk
  6. ↑ Lukashenko invites Turkmen athletes to use sports facilities in Belarus
  7. ↑ "Turkmenistan Makes History, Drama for Iran in AWG Opener", Eurohockey.com, 18 February 2017. Retrieved on 21 February 2017. 
  8. ↑ "IIHF tournament in Bosnia". http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12029&cHash=0dacc480b9df85cd1ffadb1e347627b4. Retrieved 3 October 2017. 
  9. ↑ Sergey Nemchinov plans to work as a consultant coach in the Turkmenistan national ice hockey team
  10. ↑ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18314/men%e2%80%99s-division-ii%2c-iii-cancelled. Retrieved 13 March 2020. 
  11. ↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations. 
  12. ↑ "Ice Hockey in Turkmenistan" (in en-US). https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/turkmenistan/. 

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