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| Badge               = Emblem of the United Arab Emirates.png
| Badge_size          = 140px
| caption             = The United Arab Emirates uses their national emblem as the badge on the teams jerseys
| Association         = [[UAE Ice Hockey Association]]
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| Home Stadium        = 
| IIHF code           = UAE
| IIHF Rank           = 
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| Team_Colors         = {{color box|#ba0000}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#009a00}} {{color box|black}}
| First game          = {{ihj|BUL}} 16 – 0 {{ihj-rt|UAE}}<br><small>([[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]; 14 January 2013)</small>
| Largest win         = {{ihj|UAE}} 6 – 0 {{ihj-rt|IND}}<br><small>([[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]; 12 December 2017)</small>
| Largest loss        = {{ihj|CHN}} 23 – 1 {{ihj-rt|UAE}}<br><small>([[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]; 17 January 2013)</small>

| World champ2 name   = [[IIHF World U20 Championship]]
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| Regional name       = [[IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia]]
| Regional cup apps   = 2
| Regional cup first  = [[2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia|2018]]
| Regional cup best   = 3rd (2018)

| Record              = 2–10–0
}}

The '''United Arab Emirates men's national junior ice hockey team''' is the men's national under-20 [[ice hockey]] team of the [[United Arab Emirates]]. The team is controlled by the [[UAE Ice Sports Federation]], a member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). Since debuting in 2013 the United Arab Emirates have competed in a series of exhibition games and competed in the [[2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia]] where they finished third.

==History==
The United Arab Emirates men's national junior ice hockey team played its first game in 2013 during the [[2013 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III]] tournament in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria.<ref name="2013U20D3">{{cite web | url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/327/statistics.html | work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | title=2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III | access-date=2013-02-02 }}</ref> Prior to the start of the tournament the United Arab Emirates were disqualified and all of their games were declared forfeit for failing to register the minimum of 15 skaters and two goaltenders.<ref name="2013U20D3EXHIB">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/competition/327/exh-games.html | title=Exhibition Games | access-date=2013-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120104812/http://www.iihf.com/competition/327/exh-games.html |archive-date=2013-01-20 | work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> The team was allowed to play exhibition games during the tournament, however the results of the games did not count towards the standings with the scores being officially record as 5–0 wins to all the opposing teams.<ref name="2013U20D3EXHIB"/> The United Arab Emirates lost all five of their exhibition games against the other teams in the tournament. The largest loss was against [[China men's national junior ice hockey team|China]] who won the game 23–1.<ref name="2013U20D3EXHIB"/>

The United Arab Emirates returned to international competition in December 2017 at the [[2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.<ref name="2018U20OVERVIEW">{{cite web | url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/682/ | title=2018 Ice Hockey U20 Challenge Cup of Asia | access-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103043507/http://www.iihf.com/competition/682/ |archive-date=2018-01-03 | work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=live}}</ref> At the tournament the United Arab Emirates took on hosts [[Malaysia men's national junior ice hockey team|Malaysia]], [[India men's national junior ice hockey team|India]], [[Kyrgyzstan men's national junior ice hockey team|Kyrgyzstan]] and the [[Philippines men's national junior ice hockey team|Philippines]] in a single round robin schedule.<ref name="2018U20OVERVIEW"/> They finished in third place on the standings after winning two of their four games.<ref name="MALAYSIAWIN2018">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12132&cHash=0603a54a16a053b91f78dd89a2fb65aa | title=Malaysian juniors win |first=Martin |last=Merk | date=2017-12-18 | access-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230173732/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12132&cHash=0603a54a16a053b91f78dd89a2fb65aa |archive-date=2017-12-30 | work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=live}}</ref> Goaltender Abdulrahman Al Hosani was named the best goalkeeper of the tournament by the IIHF Directorate and forward Mohamed Al Mehairbi was selected as best Emirati player of the tournament.<ref name="2018PLAYERAWARDS">{{cite web | url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/682/IHM682000_85I_1_0.pdf | title=Best Players Selected by the Directorate | date=2017-12-17 | access-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103034327/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/682/IHM682000_85I_1_0.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-03 | work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2018BESTTEAMPLAYER">{{cite web | url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/682/IHM682000_85J_1_0.pdf | title=Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches | date=2017-12-17 | access-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103071825/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/682/IHM682000_85J_1_0.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-03 | work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=live}}</ref>

==International competitions==
*[[2013 IIHF World U20 Championship]]; [[Sofia]], Bulgaria. Finish: 6th in [[2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III|Division III]] (not ranked, officially disqualified)
*[[2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia]]; [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia. Finish: 3rd
*[[2019 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia]]; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finish: 4th

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.uaeihf.ae/ United Arab Emirates Ice Hockey Association]

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[[Category:Junior national ice hockey teams]]