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{{Infobox national hockey team
| Name               = Philippines
| Name               = Philippines
| Badge               =  
| Badge             = Philippines.gif
| Badge_size         =  
| Badge_size         = 71px
| Nickname           =  
| caption           =  
| Association         = Hockey Philippines
| Association       = [[Federation of Hockey League in the Philippines]]
| Home Stadium        =  
| Nickname          =
| General Manager    = Imelda Regencia
| Coach              = Daniel Brodan
| Asst Coach        = Adam Richtar<br>Steven Yip
| Captain            = Steven Füglister
| Most games        = Steven Füglister (16)
| Top scorer        =
| Most points        = Steven Füglister (57)
| Home Stadium       =
| IIHF code          = PHI
| IIHF Rank          = NR
| IIHF max          =
| IIHF max date      =
| IIHF min          =
| IIHF min date      =
| Team_Colors        = {{color box|#0038A8|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#CE1126|border=darkgray}} {{color box|white|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#FCD116|border=darkgray}}
| First game        = {{ih-rt|PHI}} 10–0 {{ih|MAC}}<br><small>(Kowloon Bay, [[Hong Kong]]; 13 September 2014)</small>
| Largest win       = {{ih-rt|PHI}} 15–0 {{ih|SGP}}<br><small>(Pasay, [[Philippines]]; 8 April 2018)</small>
| Largest loss      = {{ih-rt|KGZ}} 10–5 {{ih|PHI}}<br><small>(Sapporo, [[Japan]]; 21 February 2017)</small>
| Olympic apps      =
| Olympic first      =
| Olympic medals    =
| World champ2 name  = [[Asian Winter Games]]
| World champ2 apps  = 1
| World champ2 first = [[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017]]
| World champ2 best  = 13th ([[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017]])
| Regional name      = [[IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia]]
| Regional cup apps  = 2
| Regional cup first = [[2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2018]]
| Regional cup best  = [[File:Silver medal icon.png|16px|alt=]] 2nd ([[2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2019]])
| Regional2 name      = [[Southeast Asian Games]]
| Regional2 cup apps  = 1
| Regional2 cup first = [[2017 Southeast Asian Games|2017]]
| Regional2 cup best  = [[File:Gold medal icon.png|16px|alt=]] 1st ([[2017 Southeast Asian Games|2017]])
| Record            = 16–3–0
}}
 
The '''Philippine national ice hockey team''' is the national men's [[ice hockey]] team of the [[Philippines]]. The team is controlled by the [[Federation of Hockey League in the Philippines]] (FIHL) and has been associate member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). The Philippines is currently not ranked in the [[IIHF World Ranking]] and have never entered in any [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championship]] tournaments or at any [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]], but have played in the [[IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|Challenge Cup of Asia]], a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.
 
==History==
===Early history===
Prior to 2008, there were no organized leagues and an unofficial Philippine national team composed of players from selected clubs participated in regional tournaments.<ref name=cooling>{{cite web|title=A cooling trend|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10964&cHash=0767c2ebfdadde4d8d2b839f29f95b5b|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=28 July 2016}}</ref> One such unofficial national team was "Manila Pilipinas" that participated at the HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament in 2005. They were second runners-up team in the Bauhinia Division, the lowest of the three divisions in the invitational tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Japan Team Wins Hong Kong Hockey Tournament|url=http://hkahc.com/new_tournament/2005/hkahc_summary_results2005.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Amateur Hockey Club|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>
 
Starting 2008, ice hockey in the Philippines began to gain traction.<ref name=cooling/> The Philippine national team participated again at the 2014 edition of the HKAHC invitational tournament. The team were champions of the Silver Plate Division, the second highest division in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament|url=http://hkahc.com/new_tournament/2014/hkahc_tour_news.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Amateur Hockey Club|accessdate=12 December 2017|language=English, Chinese}}</ref> It was in this tournament that the Philippines played against another national side. They won 10–0<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 HKAHC Tour Schedule|url=http://hkahc.com/new_tournament/2014/hkahc_tour_schedule.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Amateur Hockey Club|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref> over a [[Macau National Team|Macau squad]], sanctioned by the [[Macau Ice Sports Federation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament Teams|url=http://hkahc.com/new_tournament/2014/hkahc_tour_teams.htm|accessdate=12 December 2017|language=English, Chinese}}</ref>
 
The Federation of Ice Hockey League (FIHL), a national ice hockey federation was then established in February 2015 to govern ice hockey in the Philippines<ref>{{cite web|last1=Henson|first1=Joaquin|title=Pinoys break ice in hockey|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/10/25/1514581/pinoys-break-ice-hockey|publisher=The Philippine Star|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=25 October 2015}}</ref> making efforts to organize a formal national team easier.<ref name=cooling/>
 
French-Filipino general manager, Francois Gautier<ref>http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=518767</ref> led the Philippine national team in open tournaments in 2015. Gautier mentored the Philippine squad that finished third at the adult division of the 2015 Hong Kong Fives, as well the Philippines that took the Gold Cup Division title at the 2015 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Henson|first1=Joaquin|title=Focus on youth in ice hockey|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/10/30/1516342/focus-youth-ice-hockey|accessdate=22 February 2017|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=30 October 2015}}</ref>


| Team_Colors        = {{colorbox|Blue}} {{Colorbox|Red}} {{Colorbox|Yellow}}
===As an FIHL affiliate===
The FIHL became an associate member of the IIHF on 20 May 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Philippines|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/philippines/|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/iihf-grows-in-asia/|title=IIHF grows in Asia|date=21 May 2016|website=iihf.com}}</ref> and by July 2016, the federation also became a member of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). The FIHL's membership with these two bodies made them eligible to send national teams including a men's national team to the official tournaments such as the [[IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|Challenge Cup of Asia]] and the [[Southeast Asian Games]].<ref name=cooling/>


| First game          = [[File:Flag of the Philippines.svg.png|20px]] Philippines 10 - 0 {{ih|MAC}}<br><small>(Kowloon Bay, [[Hong Kong]]; September 13, 2014)</small>
The Philippine national team participated once again at the HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament for the 2016 edition. They settled for first runner-up place after they lost 4–3 in overtime to Mitsubishi Corp. in the Gold Plate Division final. They also played against the national team of [[Omani National Team|Oman]] in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 HKAHC Tour Schedule|url=http://hkahc.com/new_tournament/2016/hkahc_tour_schedule.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Amateur Club|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>
| Largest win        = [[File:Flag of the Philippines.svg.png|20px]] Philippines 10 - 0 {{ih|MAC}}<br><small>(Kowloon Bay, [[Hong Kong]]; September 13, 2014)</small>
| Largest loss        =


| Record              = 1-0-0
====Official tournament debut====
}}
The Philippine national team participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games,<ref name="team">{{cite news|title=29 Filipino athletes to compete in 2017 Asian Winter Games |url=http://sports.mb.com.ph/2016/11/25/29-filipino-athletes-to-compete-in-2017-asian-winter-games/ |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |location=Manila, Philippines |date=25 November 2016 |access-date=25 November 2016 }}</ref> which was their first official tournament.<ref>{{cite news|title=Southeast Asian newcomers|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11460&cHash=dadd4a2ca181863dc5bd228ce8437e99|accessdate=2 March 2017|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|date=1 March 2017}}</ref> They participated in [[2017 Asian Winter Games#Division II|Division II]] of the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|title=PH hockey team off to Japan for Asian Winter Games|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/16/17/ph-hockey-team-off-to-japan-for-asian-winter-games|accessdate=17 February 2017|work=ABS-CBN News|date=16 February 2017}}</ref> The team, captained by Swiss-Filipino, Steven Füglister,<ref>http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=49002</ref> underwent a seven-month training which started in July 2016 prior to the competition.<ref name="whynot">{{cite news|last1=Gamboa|first1=Ray Butch|title=Ice hockey for Pinoys – why not|url=http://www.philstar.com/business/2017/02/25/1675435/ice-hockey-pinoys-why-not|accessdate=25 February 2017|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=25 February 2017}}</ref>
The '''Philippines national ice hockey team''' represents the [[Philippines]] in international competitions.
 
The team lost 10–5 in their first official match against Kyrgyzstan.<ref name=ranksthird>{{cite news|title=PH Ice Hockey Team ranks 3rd in Asian Winter Games|url=http://sports.mb.com.ph/2017/02/28/ph-ice-hockey-team-ranks-3rd-in-asian-winter-games/|accessdate=2 March 2017|publisher=Philippine News Agency|date=28 February 2017}}</ref> Philippines secured their first official win as a FIHL member when they defeated Qatar with a score of 14–2<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Steven|title=Philippines Win First Official Game, Thailand in Good Standing|url=http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/philippines-win-first-official-game-thailand-in-good-standing/|accessdate=25 February 2017|work=National Teams of Hockey|publisher=Eurohockey.com|date=23 February 2017}}</ref> and was followed by an 8–3 triumph against Kuwait, who were competing as the Independent Olympic Athletes. The team finished third in their division following their 9–2 win over Macau in the play-off for third place.<ref name=ranksthird/>
 
====2017 Southeast Asian Games====
[[File:Philippines Ice Hockey Team.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Philippine national team players in blue posing as a team on an ice rink|The Philippines national team at the 2017 SEA Games.]]
The Philippines participated at an ice hockey tournament event of the [[2017 Southeast Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Exciting times for Asia|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11391|publisher=IIHF|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> To prepare for the tournament, they participated at the 2017 Philippine Ice Hockey Tournament which was held at the SM Megamall Skating Rink in Mandaluyong.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Terrado|first1=Reuben|title=PHIT tournament a big part of Philippine ice hockey team's buildup for SEA Games|url=http://www.spin.ph/hockey/news/philippine-ice-hockey-tournament-sea-games-national-team|accessdate=12 December 2017|work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines|date=16 June 2017}}</ref> The national team finished third behind second placed New York-based Islanders Red and first placed Singaporean side Pandoo Nation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quest:2017 Philippine Ice Hockey Tournament|url=http://businessandleisure.ph/page.php?id=874|accessdate=12 December 2017|work=Business & Leisure|publisher=Sunshine Television|date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
 
The Philippine national team mentored by [[Czech Republic|Czech]] head coach Daniel Brodan<ref>{{cite web|title=Team Roster Philippines (PHI) – Ice Hockey Southeast Asian Games|url=http://stats.iihf.com/mihf/4/IHM0040PHI_33_1_0_PHI.pdf|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|accessdate=21 August 2017|date=20 August 2017}}</ref> started their Southeast Asian Games campaign with a 12–0 victory over [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=SEA Games: PH ice hockey team shuts down Indonesia|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/21/17/sea-games-ph-ice-hockey-team-shuts-down-indonesia|accessdate=21 August 2017|work=ABS-CBN News|date=21 August 2017}}</ref> This was followed by their game against [[Singapore]] which ended with a 7–2 triumph.<ref name=pastmalaysia>{{cite news|last1=Terrado|first1=Reuben|title=Philippine ice hockey team moves past Malaysia and into gold medal match against Thais|url=http://www.spin.ph/sea-games/news/pilipinas-gold-medal-match-ice-hockey-philippines-sea-gales-kuala-lumpur|accessdate=24 August 2017|work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines|date=24 August 2017}}</ref>
 
This was then followed by their game against Malaysia which saw the ejection of the Philippine captain, Steven Füglister from the game in the first period. He was given a game misconduct penalty for hitting a Malaysian player in a head while pursuing the puck although the skipper said the infraction was an unintentional accident.<ref name=tough>{{cite news|last1=Valderrama|first1=Aeron Paul|title=Tough ordeals make historic gold worth it for Ice Hockey Team|url=http://tiebreakertimes.com/tbt/tough-ordeals-make-historic-gold-worth-it-for-ice-hockey-team/94500|accessdate=4 September 2017|work=Tiebreaker Times|date=2 September 2017}}</ref> The match ended with a 7–7 tie after regulation time after an extra five-minute-period which led to a shootout. The Philippines outshot Malaysia to register a win.<ref name=pastmalaysia/>
 
The Malaysian organizers decided to suspend Fuglister for the final match against [[Thailand]]. The Philippines appealed this decision but failed to overturn the suspension.<ref name=tough/> Despite playing sans their captain, the Philippines wrapped up their campaign, undefeated with a 5–4 win over Thailand and clinched the first ever ice hockey gold medal in the history of the regional tournament.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Songalia|first1=Ryan|title=Philippines defeats Thailand to win first ever SEA Games ice hockey gold|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/specials/sea-games/179936-philippines-thailand-ice-hockey-gold|accessdate=24 August 2017|work=Rappler|date=24 August 2017}}</ref>
 
====2018 and 2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia====
The Philippines hosted the Top Division of the [[2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia]] from 3 to 8 April 2018, their first IIHF-sanctioned tournament, at the SM Mall of Asia Ice Skating Rink in Pasay, Metro Manila.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Manez|first1=Mark|title=Philippines hosts 2018 IIHF Challenge Cup|url=https://www.dugout.ph/2018/03/philippines-hosts-2018-iihf-challenge.html|accessdate=9 April 2018|work=Dugout Philippines|date=27 March 2018}}</ref> The team was mentored by [[United States|American]] head coach, Jonathan De Castro.<ref>{{cite web|title=IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia - Team Roster (PHI - Philippines)|url=https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/684/IHM6840PHI_33_1_0_PHI.pdf|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|accessdate=3 April 2018|date=2 April 2018}}</ref> The national team settled for bronze after tying in points with champions [[Mongolia]] and runners-up Thailand. Goal differences of the three teams with matches against the two other teams, Kuwait and Singapore, disregarded was used as tiebreaker to determine the final standing.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Palmer|first1=Dan|title=Mongolia win IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia on goal difference|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063692/mongolia-win-iihf-challenge-cup-of-asia-on-goal-difference|accessdate=9 April 2018|work=Inside the Games|publisher=Dunsar Media Company Limited|date=8 April 2018}}</ref> The national team improved its best finish in the tournament in the following edition of the tournament in 2019 hosted in Malaysia. They lost to Mongolia in the final settling for second place.<ref name="goesonebetter">{{cite news |last1=Valderama |first1=Aeron Paul |title=Philippine Hockey Team goes one better with silver in Challenge Cup 2019 |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/philippine-hockey-team-goes-one-better-silver-challenge-cup-2019/142996 |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
 
====Future participation====
Following their successful stint at the [[2017 Southeast Asian Games]], the Philippines' ice hockey governing body, the Federation of Ice Hockey League]projects the national team's first participation in the [[Ice Hockey World Championships|IIHF World Championships]] within three to five years.<ref>{{cite news|title=After SEA Games, Pinoy Mighty Ducks now eye World Championships|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/sea-games-pinoy-mighty-ducks-now-eye-world-championships/347915/|accessdate=4 September 2017|date=31 August 2017}}</ref> They have applied to participate in Division III of the World Championships for the 2020 edition.<ref name="goesonebetter"/> The team will make their debut in [[2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV|Division IV]] of the tournament.<ref name="toronto">{{cite news |title=Philippine hockey jersey displayed in Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/06/26/1929715/philippine-hockey-jersey-displayed-toronto-hockey-hall-fame |accessdate=26 June 2019 |work=The Philippine Star |date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
 
The Philippines will also defend their Southeast Asian Games title at home in the [[2019 Southeast Asian Games|2019 edition]] of the regional games.<ref name="toronto"/> Kaspersky, an internet security firm, will sponsor their participation in the regional games.<ref>{{cite news |title=PH ice hockey, tennis teams for 30th SEA Games get support from Kaspersky |url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1024511 |accessdate=15 July 2019 |agency=Philippine Information Agency |date=12 July 2019}}</ref>
 
==Tournament record==
===World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Year
!width=150|Host
!width=120|Result
!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
| colspan=2|[[1930 World Ice Hockey Championships|1930]] ''through'' [[2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2019]] || colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|-
| [[2020 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2020]] || {{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Bishkek]] || colspan=6| To be determined<br>{{small|([[2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV|Division IV]])}}
|-
! colspan=2|Total !! 0/0 !! – !! – !! – !! – !! –
|}
 
===Asian Winter Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Year
!width=150|Host
!width=120|Result
!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
| colspan=2|[[1986 Asian Winter Games|1986]] ''through'' [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011]] || colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|-
| [[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sapporo]] || 13th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(3rd in Division II)}}}} || 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
! colspan=2|Total !! 1/1 !! 4 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 1
|}
 
===Challenge Cup of Asia===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Year
!width=150|Host
!width=120|Result
!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
| colspan=2|[[2008 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2008]] ''through'' [[2017 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2017]] || colspan=6|''Did not participate''
|-
| [[2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2018]] || style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Pasay]] || bgcolor="#CD7F32"|[[File:Bronze medal icon.png|16px]] 3rd Place || 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| [[2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2019]] || {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Kuala Lumpur]] || bgcolor="silver"|[[File:Silver medal icon.png|16px]] 2nd Place || 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
! colspan=2|Total !! 2/12 !! 9 !! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2
|}
 
===Southeast Asian Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Year
!width=150|Host
!width=120|Result
!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
| [[2017 Southeast Asian Games|2017]] || {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Kuala Lumpur]] || bgcolor="gold"|[[File:Gold medal icon.png|16px]] 1st place || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[2019 Southeast Asian Games|2019]] || style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Pasay]] || colspan=6|''To be determined''
|-
! colspan=2|Total !! 1/1 !! 4 !! 3 !! 1 !! 0 !! 0
|}


The national team made its debut at the 2005 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. They lost all four games at the tournament.
==All-time record against other nations==
<small>''Last match update: 9 March 2019''</small><ref name=results>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Philippines-Men-All-time-Results.pdf|title=Philippines Men All Time Results|accessdate=8 December 2017|publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%"
|+ Key
|-
| style="background:#ccffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || {{nowrap|'''Positive balance''' {{small|(more Wins)}}}}
|-
| style="background:#ffffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || {{nowrap|'''Neutral balance''' {{small|(<nowiki>Wins = Losses</nowiki>)}}}}
|-
| style="background:#ffcccc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || {{nowrap|'''Negative balance''' {{small|(more Losses)}}}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
|-
!width=192|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|SGP}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 35 || 7
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MGL}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 15 || 14
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|QAT}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 28 || 4
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|KUW}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 3
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MAS}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 11
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|INA}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MAC}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|OMA}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 0
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|THA}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 11
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|KGZ}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 10
|-
! Total !! 19 !! 16 !! 0 !! 3 !! 159 !! 60
|}


Almost 10 years later, they returned to play in the 2014 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament. Their first "official" international came against [[Macau National Team|Macau]] at that tournament. The Philippines won, 10-0. They won four out of five games at the tournament in all.
==References==
{{Reflist}}


The Philippines also participated in the Hong Kong 5s Tournament and the HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament in 2015, going 4-1 at both tournaments.  
==External links==
*[https://www.iihf.com/en/associations/1357/philippines IIHF profile]
*[https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/philippines/ National Team of Ice Hockey profile]
*[http://www.hockeyphilippines.com/ Hockey Philippines]


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 19:40, 23 July 2019

Philippines
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Federation of Hockey League in the Philippines
General Manager Imelda Regencia
Head coach Daniel Brodan
Assistants Adam Richtar
Steven Yip
Captain Steven Füglister
Most games Steven Füglister (16)
Most points Steven Füglister (57)
IIHF code PHI
IIHF ranking NR
Team colors                    
First international
Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg.png 10–0 Flag of Macau.svg.png Macau
(Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong; 13 September 2014)
Biggest win
Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg.png 15–0 Flag of Singapore.svg.png Singapore
(Pasay, Philippines; 8 April 2018)
Biggest defeat
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png 10–5 Flag of the Philippines.svg.png Philippines
(Sapporo, Japan; 21 February 2017)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances 1 (first in 2017)
Best result 13th (2017)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances 2 (first in 2018)
Best result 2nd (2019)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances 1 (first in 2017)
Best result 1st (2017)
International record (W–L–T)
16–3–0

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The Philippine national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the Philippines. The team is controlled by the Federation of Hockey League in the Philippines (FIHL) and has been associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The Philippines is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and have never entered in any World Championship tournaments or at any Olympic Games, but have played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.

History

Early history

Prior to 2008, there were no organized leagues and an unofficial Philippine national team composed of players from selected clubs participated in regional tournaments.[1] One such unofficial national team was "Manila Pilipinas" that participated at the HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament in 2005. They were second runners-up team in the Bauhinia Division, the lowest of the three divisions in the invitational tournament.[2]

Starting 2008, ice hockey in the Philippines began to gain traction.[1] The Philippine national team participated again at the 2014 edition of the HKAHC invitational tournament. The team were champions of the Silver Plate Division, the second highest division in the tournament.[3] It was in this tournament that the Philippines played against another national side. They won 10–0[4] over a Macau squad, sanctioned by the Macau Ice Sports Federation.[5]

The Federation of Ice Hockey League (FIHL), a national ice hockey federation was then established in February 2015 to govern ice hockey in the Philippines[6] making efforts to organize a formal national team easier.[1]

French-Filipino general manager, Francois Gautier[7] led the Philippine national team in open tournaments in 2015. Gautier mentored the Philippine squad that finished third at the adult division of the 2015 Hong Kong Fives, as well the Philippines that took the Gold Cup Division title at the 2015 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament.[8]

As an FIHL affiliate

The FIHL became an associate member of the IIHF on 20 May 2016[9][10] and by July 2016, the federation also became a member of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). The FIHL's membership with these two bodies made them eligible to send national teams including a men's national team to the official tournaments such as the Challenge Cup of Asia and the Southeast Asian Games.[1]

The Philippine national team participated once again at the HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament for the 2016 edition. They settled for first runner-up place after they lost 4–3 in overtime to Mitsubishi Corp. in the Gold Plate Division final. They also played against the national team of Oman in the tournament.[11]

Official tournament debut

The Philippine national team participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games,[12] which was their first official tournament.[13] They participated in Division II of the tournament.[14] The team, captained by Swiss-Filipino, Steven Füglister,[15] underwent a seven-month training which started in July 2016 prior to the competition.[16]

The team lost 10–5 in their first official match against Kyrgyzstan.[17] Philippines secured their first official win as a FIHL member when they defeated Qatar with a score of 14–2[18] and was followed by an 8–3 triumph against Kuwait, who were competing as the Independent Olympic Athletes. The team finished third in their division following their 9–2 win over Macau in the play-off for third place.[17]

2017 Southeast Asian Games

Philippine national team players in blue posing as a team on an ice rink
The Philippines national team at the 2017 SEA Games.

The Philippines participated at an ice hockey tournament event of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[19] To prepare for the tournament, they participated at the 2017 Philippine Ice Hockey Tournament which was held at the SM Megamall Skating Rink in Mandaluyong.[20] The national team finished third behind second placed New York-based Islanders Red and first placed Singaporean side Pandoo Nation.[21]

The Philippine national team mentored by Czech head coach Daniel Brodan[22] started their Southeast Asian Games campaign with a 12–0 victory over Indonesia.[23] This was followed by their game against Singapore which ended with a 7–2 triumph.[24]

This was then followed by their game against Malaysia which saw the ejection of the Philippine captain, Steven Füglister from the game in the first period. He was given a game misconduct penalty for hitting a Malaysian player in a head while pursuing the puck although the skipper said the infraction was an unintentional accident.[25] The match ended with a 7–7 tie after regulation time after an extra five-minute-period which led to a shootout. The Philippines outshot Malaysia to register a win.[24]

The Malaysian organizers decided to suspend Fuglister for the final match against Thailand. The Philippines appealed this decision but failed to overturn the suspension.[25] Despite playing sans their captain, the Philippines wrapped up their campaign, undefeated with a 5–4 win over Thailand and clinched the first ever ice hockey gold medal in the history of the regional tournament.[26]

2018 and 2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

The Philippines hosted the Top Division of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 3 to 8 April 2018, their first IIHF-sanctioned tournament, at the SM Mall of Asia Ice Skating Rink in Pasay, Metro Manila.[27] The team was mentored by American head coach, Jonathan De Castro.[28] The national team settled for bronze after tying in points with champions Mongolia and runners-up Thailand. Goal differences of the three teams with matches against the two other teams, Kuwait and Singapore, disregarded was used as tiebreaker to determine the final standing.[29] The national team improved its best finish in the tournament in the following edition of the tournament in 2019 hosted in Malaysia. They lost to Mongolia in the final settling for second place.[30]

Future participation

Following their successful stint at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, the Philippines' ice hockey governing body, the Federation of Ice Hockey League]projects the national team's first participation in the IIHF World Championships within three to five years.[31] They have applied to participate in Division III of the World Championships for the 2020 edition.[30] The team will make their debut in Division IV of the tournament.[32]

The Philippines will also defend their Southeast Asian Games title at home in the 2019 edition of the regional games.[32] Kaspersky, an internet security firm, will sponsor their participation in the regional games.[33]

Tournament record

World Championships

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1930 through 2019 Did not enter
2020 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek To be determined
(Division IV)
Total 0/0 – – – – –

Asian Winter Games

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1986 through 2011 Did not enter
2017 Flag of Japan Sapporo 13th place
(3rd in Division II)		 4 3 0 0 1
Total 1/1 4 3 0 0 1

Challenge Cup of Asia

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2008 through 2017 Did not participate
2018 Flag of Philippines Pasay Bronze medal icon.png 3rd Place 4 3 0 0 1
2019 Flag of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Silver medal icon.png 2nd Place 5 4 0 0 1
Total 2/12 9 7 0 0 2

Southeast Asian Games

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2017 Flag of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Gold medal icon.png 1st place 4 3 1 0 0
2019 Flag of Philippines Pasay To be determined
Total 1/1 4 3 1 0 0

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 9 March 2019[34]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Singapore.svg.png Singapore 4 4 0 0 35 7
Flag of Mongolia.svg.png Mongolia 3 2 0 1 15 14
Flag of Qatar.svg.png Qatar 2 2 0 0 28 4
Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait 2 2 0 0 21 3
Flag of Malaysia.svg.png Malaysia 2 2 0 0 15 11
Flag of Indonesia.svg.png Indonesia 1 1 0 0 12 0
Flag of Macau.svg.png Macau 1 1 0 0 10 0
Flag of Oman.svg.png Oman 1 1 0 0 9 0
Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand 2 1 0 1 9 11
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 1 5 10
Total 19 16 0 3 159 60

References

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