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| Association        =  
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| Most games          =  
| Most games          = ''Three players'' (15)
| Top scorer          = Several Players (12)
| Top scorer          = Nikita Shpakov (6)
| Most points        = Sameh Hegazi (5)<br>Salman Al Thawadi (5)
| Most points        = Nikita Shpakov (10)
| Home Stadium        =  
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| IIHF code          = BHR
| IIHF code          = BHR
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| IIHF min date      =  
| IIHF min date      =  
| Team_Colors        = Red, white
| Team_Colors        = {{color box|#F21731|border=darkgray}} {{color box|white|border=darkgray}}
| Jerseys            =  
| Jerseys            =  
| First game          = {{ih|KUW}} 10 – 3 {{ih-rt|BHR}} <br> <small>([[Kuwait City]], Kuwait; January 8, 2010)</small>
| First game          = {{ih|KUW}} 10–3 {{ih-rt|BHR}}<br>{{small|([[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]; 8 January 2010)}}
| Largest win        =  
| Largest win        = {{ih|BHR}} 7–2 {{ih-rt|TUN}}<br>{{small|(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 10 May 2023)}}
| Largest loss        = {{ih|THA}} 29 – 0 {{ih-rt|BHR}} <br> <small>([[Astana]], Kazakhstan; January 29, 2011)</small>
| Largest loss        = {{ih|THA}} 29–0 {{ih-rt|BHR}}<br>{{small|([[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]; 29 January 2011)}}
| Olympic apps        =  
| Olympic apps        =  
| Olympic first      =  
| Olympic first      =  
| Olympic medals      =  
| Olympic medals      =  
| Regional name      = [[Ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]
| Regional name      = [[Asian Winter Games]]
| Regional cup apps  = 1
| Regional cup apps  = 1
| Regional cup first  = [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011]]
| Regional cup first  = [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011]]
| Regional cup best  = 12th (2011)
| Regional cup best  = 12th ([[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011]])
| Regional2 name      = [[Gulf Ice Hockey Championship]]
| Regional2 name      = [[Gulf Ice Hockey Championship]]
| Regional2 cup apps  = 1
| Regional2 cup apps  = 1
| Regional2 cup first = [[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2012]]
| Regional2 cup first = [[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2012]]
| Regional2 cup best  = 4th (2012)
| Regional2 cup best  = 4th ([[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2012]])
| Record              = 0-18-0
| Regional3 name      = [[Arab Cup of Ice Hockey|Arab Cup]]
| Regional3 cup apps  = 1
| Regional3 cup first = [[2023 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey|2023]]
| Regional3 cup best  = 4th ([[2023 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey|2023]])
| Record              = 2–21–0
}}
}}
 
The '''Bahrain national ice hockey team''' (Arabic: منتخب البحرين لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of [[Bahrain]]. Bahrain is not a member of the IIHF, does not have the country's ice hockey governing body, and therefore not eligible to enter any IIHF World Championship events
The '''Bahrain men's national ice hockey team''' is the national [[ice hockey]] team of Bahrain.
 
==History==
==History==
Bahrain played its first game in a 2010 exhibition game against [[Kuwaiti National Team|Kuwait]] in which they lost 10–3. The following year Bahrain competed in the Premier Division of the [[2011 Asian Winter Games]]. In the first two games they were defeated by [[Malaysian National Team|Malaysia]] 25–0 and by [[Thai National Team|Thailand]] 29–0. They finished the tournament losing all six of their games and placing last on the table.<ref name="NTOIH">{{cite web | url = http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/uploads/Bahrain_All_Time_Results.pdf | title = Bahrain All Time Results | publisher = National Teams of Ice Hockey | date = | accessdate = 2011-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> In 2012 Bahrain competed in the [[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship]]. The team finished last after losing the bronze medal game against [[Omani National Team|Oman]].<ref name="2012GULFCUP">{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/gcc_gulf_ice_hockey_championships.html | title=2012 GCC Gulf Ice Hockey Championships | publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey | date= | accessdate=2012-06-03 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/688R1Kon6 |archivedate=2012-06-03 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
Bahrain played its first game in a 2010 exhibition game against [[Kuwaiti National Team|Kuwait]] in which they lost 10–3. The following year Bahrain competed in the Premier Division of the [[2011 Asian Winter Games]]. In the first two games they were defeated by [[Malaysian National Team|Malaysia]] 25–0 and by [[Thai National Team|Thailand]] 29–0. They finished the tournament losing all six of their games and placing last on the table.<ref name="NTOIH">{{cite web | url = http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/uploads/Bahrain_All_Time_Results.pdf | title = Bahrain All Time Results | publisher = National Teams of Ice Hockey | date = | accessdate = 2011-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> In 2012 Bahrain competed in the [[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship]]. The team finished last after losing the bronze medal game against [[Omani National Team|Oman]].<ref name="2012GULFCUP">{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/gcc_gulf_ice_hockey_championships.html | title=2012 GCC Gulf Ice Hockey Championships | publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey | date= | accessdate=2012-06-03 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/688R1Kon6 |archivedate=2012-06-03 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
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After ten years of inactivity, Bahrain returned to competition at the [[2022 GCC Games]], where they lost all three games against the UAE, [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Kuwait]].<ref name="MENAFN.COM 2022">{{cite web | title=UAE Ice Hockey Team Claim Title Of 3Rd GCC Games Kuwait '22 | website=MENAFN.COM | date=May 27, 2022 | url=https://menafn.com/1104283263/UAE-Ice-Hockey-Team-Claim-Title-Of-3Rd-GCC-Games-Kuwait-22 | access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>
After ten years of inactivity, Bahrain returned to competition at the [[2022 GCC Games]], where they lost all three games against the UAE, [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Kuwait]].<ref name="MENAFN.COM 2022">{{cite web | title=UAE Ice Hockey Team Claim Title Of 3Rd GCC Games Kuwait '22 | website=MENAFN.COM | date=May 27, 2022 | url=https://menafn.com/1104283263/UAE-Ice-Hockey-Team-Claim-Title-Of-3Rd-GCC-Games-Kuwait-22 | access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>


Bahrain maintains the longest losing streak of 18 games and has not won a single game in over 10 years.
Bahrain had the longest losing streak of 18 games and had not won its first game until 7 May 2023, they defeated Algeria 6–5 in overtime in their first game at the 2023 Arab Cup. Russian-born Bahraini forward Zakhar Zakharov, who played 49 games in the MHL with Sarmaty Orenburg, recorded his first hat-trick by scoring three goals, including the game-winning goal in overtime.  


==International competitions==
==International competitions==
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|-
| [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011]] || {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Astana]] || 12th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(7th in [[2011 Asian Winter Games#Premier division|Premier Division]])}}}} || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6
| [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011]] || {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Astana]] || 12th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(7th in [[2011 Asian Winter Games#Premier division|Premier Division]])}}}} || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6
|-
| [[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sapporo]] || colspan=6|[[2017 Asian Winter Games|''withdrew'']]
|-
! colspan=2|Total !! 1/2 !! 6 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 6
|}
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!width=30|{{Tooltip|OL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
!colspan=8|GCC Gulf Championship (2010–2016)
|-
| [[2010 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2010]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]] || colspan=6|''did not participate''
|-
|-
| [[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2012]] || {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abu Dhabi]] || 4th place || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5
| [[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2012]] || {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abu Dhabi]] || 4th place || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5
|}
===GCC Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!width=30|Year
| [[2014 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2014]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]] || colspan=6|''did not participate''
!width=150|Host
|-
!width=120|Result
| [[2016 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2016]] || {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Doha]] || colspan=6|''did not participate''
!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
|-
!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!colspan=8|GCC Games (2022)
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
|-
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
| [[2022 GCC Games|2022]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]] || 4th place || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
!colspan=8|Arab Cup (2023–)
|-
| [[2023 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey|2023]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]] || 4th place || 5 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3
|-
|-
| [[2022 GCC Games|2022]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]] |||4th place|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3
! colspan=2|Total !! 3/6 !! 13 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0 !! 11
|}
|}


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*[[2023 Kazan Hockey Cup]]
*[[2023 Kazan Hockey Cup]]
==All-time record against other nations==
==All-time record against other nations==
<small>''As of 14 January 2023''</small>
<small>''Last match update: 13 May 2023''</small>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=180|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
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!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|ALG}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 5
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|KUW}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 8 || 61
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|KUW}} || 6 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 12 || 67
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|KGZ}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 15
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|KGZ}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 15
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|LIB}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 8
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|MAS}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 25
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|MAS}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 25
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|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|MGL}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 21
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|MGL}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 21
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|OMN}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 19
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|OMN}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 10 || 25
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|Saudi Arabia}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 5
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|KSA}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 5
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|THA}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 29
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|THA}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 29
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|TUN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 2
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|UAE}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 60
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|UAE}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 60
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|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|UZB}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 17
|style="text-align:left"|{{ih|UZB}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 17
|-
|-
! Total !! 18 !! 0 !! 0 !! 18 !! 30 !! 252
! Total !! 23 !! 2 !! 0 !! 21 !! 51 !! 279
|}
|}



Revision as of 20:07, 5 August 2024

Bahrain
Shirt badge/Association crest
Most games Three players (15)
Top scorer Nikita Shpakov (6)
Most points Nikita Shpakov (10)
IIHF code BHR
Team colors          
First international
Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait 10–3 Bahrain Flag of Bahrain.svg.png
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 8 January 2010)
Biggest win
Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain 7–2 Tunisia Flag of Tunisia.svg.png
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 10 May 2023)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand 29–0 Bahrain Flag of Bahrain.svg.png
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 29 January 2011)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances 1 (first in 2011)
Best result 12th (2011)
Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
Appearances 1 (first in 2012)
Best result 4th (2012)
Arab Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2023)
Best result 4th (2023)
International record (W–L–T)
2–21–0

main

The Bahrain national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب البحرين لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of Bahrain. Bahrain is not a member of the IIHF, does not have the country's ice hockey governing body, and therefore not eligible to enter any IIHF World Championship events

History

Bahrain played its first game in a 2010 exhibition game against Kuwait in which they lost 10–3. The following year Bahrain competed in the Premier Division of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. In the first two games they were defeated by Malaysia 25–0 and by Thailand 29–0. They finished the tournament losing all six of their games and placing last on the table.[1] In 2012 Bahrain competed in the 2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship. The team finished last after losing the bronze medal game against Oman.[2]

After ten years of inactivity, Bahrain returned to competition at the 2022 GCC Games, where they lost all three games against the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.[3]

Bahrain had the longest losing streak of 18 games and had not won its first game until 7 May 2023, they defeated Algeria 6–5 in overtime in their first game at the 2023 Arab Cup. Russian-born Bahraini forward Zakhar Zakharov, who played 49 games in the MHL with Sarmaty Orenburg, recorded his first hat-trick by scoring three goals, including the game-winning goal in overtime.

International competitions

Asian Winter Games

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2011 Flag of Kazakhstan Astana 12th place
(7th in Premier Division)
6 0 0 0 6
2017 Flag of Japan Sapporo withdrew
Total 1/2 6 0 0 0 6

GCC Gulf Championship

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
GCC Gulf Championship (2010–2016)
2010 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait City did not participate
2012 Flag of United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 4th place 5 0 0 0 5
2014 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait City did not participate
2016 Flag of Qatar Doha did not participate
GCC Games (2022)
2022 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait City 4th place 3 0 0 0 3
Arab Cup (2023–)
2023 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait City 4th place 5 1 1 0 3
Total 3/6 13 1 1 0 11

Other games

2014 Desert Cup
2016 Desert Cup
  • 3/10: Qatar Raiders - Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain 3:3
  • 3/11: Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain - Qatar Canucks 3:0
  • 3/11: Bahrain Sharks - Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain 3:1

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 13 May 2023

Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Algeria.svg.png Algeria 1 1 0 0 6 5
Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait 6 0 0 6 12 67
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 1 10 15
Flag of Lebanon.svg.png Lebanon 1 0 0 1 1 8
Flag of Malaysia.svg.png Malaysia 1 0 0 1 0 25
Flag of Mongolia.svg.png Mongolia 1 0 0 1 1 21
Flag of Oman.svg.png Oman 4 0 0 4 10 25
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg.png Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 2 5
Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand 1 0 0 1 0 29
Flag of Tunisia.svg.png Tunisia 1 1 0 0 7 2
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates 4 0 0 4 2 60
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg.png Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 0 17
Total 23 2 0 21 51 279

References


Men's National teams
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Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan - Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan - Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait - Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg.png Kyrgyzstan - Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia - Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania - Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg
Flag of Macau.svg.png Macau - Flag of Malaysia.svg.png Malaysia - Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico - Flag of Mongolia.svg.png Mongolia - Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea - Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
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Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden - Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland - Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand - Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey - Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan - Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine - Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png UAE
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Defunct teams: Flag of Bohemia svg.png Bohemia - Flag of Bohmen und Mahren svg.png - Bohemia and Moravia - Flag of the CIS svg.png CIS - Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czechoslovakia

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Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:
Flag of Algeria.svg.png Algeria - Flag of Andorra.svg.png Andorra - Flag of Argentina.svg.png Argentina - Flag of Azerbaijan.svg.png Azerbaijan - Flag of Brazil.svg.png Brazil - Flag of the Chile.svg.png Chile - Flag of Colombia.png Colombia - Flag of Egypt.png Egypt
Flag of India.svg.pngIndia - Flag of Jamaica.svg.png Jamaica - Flag of Lebanon.svg.png Lebanon - Flag of Liechtenstein.svg.png Liechtenstein - Flag of Morocco.svg.png Morocco - Flag of Macedonia.svg.png North Macedonia
Flag of Oman.svg.png Oman - Flag of Portugal.svg.png Portugal - Flag of Puerto Rico.svg.png Puerto Rico - Flag of Tunisia.svg.png Tunisia - Flag of Qatar.svg.png - Qatar - Flag of Uzbekistan.svg.png Uzbekistan
Non IIHF members: Flag of Bahrain.svg.png Bahrain - Flag of Costa Rica.png Costa Rica - Flag of Haiti.png Haiti - Flag of Falkland Islands.png Falkland Islands - Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg.png Saudi Arabia - Flag of Venezuela.svg.png Venezuela
Other teams: Flag of Basque Country.svg.png Basque Country - Flag of Catalonia.svg.png Catalonia - Flag of England.svg.png - England - Flag of Ulster.svg.png Northern Ireland - Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg.png - Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Flag of Scotland.svg.png Scotland - Logo of Team Europe WCH 2016.png Team Europe - Logo of Team North America WCH 2016.png Team North America

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