Portugal men's national ice hockey team

Portugal

Nickname(s)	Seleção
Association	Federação de Desportos de Inverno de Portugal
General Manager	Cristina Lopes
Head coach	Jim Aldred
Captain	Higínio Ferreira
Most games	Kevin Hortinha (9 games)
Top scorer	Philip Sardinha (13 goals)
Most points	Philip Sardinha (16 pts)
IIHF code	POR
Team colors
First international
Andorra 2–3 Portugal (Canillo, Andorra; 29 September 2017)
Biggest win
Andorra 2-11 Portugal (Füssen, Germany; 19 November 2018)
Biggest defeat
Liechtenstein 21–0 Portugal (Bratislava, Slovakia; 3 May 2023)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	0
Olympics
Appearances	0
Medals	0
International record (W–L–T)
5–13–0

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Portugal hockey team jersey, Hockey Hall-of-Fame Toronto

Team Portugal, January 2016, at Prague, Czech Republic

Team Portugal, March 2018, Nijmegen, Netherlands

The Portugal national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Portugal. The team is controlled by the Federation of Portuguese Ice Sports, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since May 13, 1999. Portugal is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and is not actively competing in any World Championship events.

History

Ice hockey was played in Portugal from 1996 until 2006 in the Palácio do Gelo shopping center, in Viseu. The ice rink has since closed down.

In 2000, The national team of Portugal played three games, the only games they ever played. The team they compiled to play was made up of former Portuguese emigrants who played ice hockey in the United States and Canada, as well as former players from traditional roller hockey. The event consisted of three games between the newly created national team of Portugal and the First Portuguese Canadian Cultural Center (FPCCC) from Toronto, Ontario, representing Canada. The games were held from June 21 to June 23, 2000 at the Palácio do Gelo in Viseu.

The tournament was a joint venture by the Federação Portuguesa de Desportos No Gelo and the Embassy of Canada, namely the Ambassador of Canada, Robert Vanderloo. The event was also sponsored by Banco Comercial Português and Nortel.

The FPCCC won the first game 18–6 and the second 21–5. Pedro Regado was the first ever player to score for Portugal when he scored on 8:04 mark of the first period. The third and final game was played with the decision to mix-up the teams, placing Portuguese descendants of the FPCCC on the Portuguese team. At the end of the third match, the score was a close 15–11 for FPCCC. In January 2015, Portugal returned to play two international exhibition games, against the Cesti Ivi in Elvas, Portugal. Portugal won their first game ever with a 6-4 win and a 6-2 win on the day after. This exhibition games were sponsored by the Czech Republic embassy in Portugal, namely by the strong support of Czech ambassador Stanislav Kázecký.

On January 14, 2016. Portugal played two exhibition games in Prague, Czech Republic. Portugal lost 0-2 against the Cesti Ivi and 0-3 against the Sklepovsti Srsani. Two days afterwards Portugal won their first ever away game with a 4-3 victory against the Cesti Ivi.

On 14 and 15 January 2017, Portugal hosted a quadrangular tournament in Elvas, Portugal. This was the largest ice hockey competition ever held in the country. Other than team Portugal, there were invited two teams from Czech Republic, the Cesti Ivi, the Sklepovsti Srsani and the second division French team Evry-Viry Jets. Even if Portugal was not able to conquer the tournament, this event was another step forward for the Portuguese ice hockey community and showed their capacity of organizing an international event.

Portugal played on 22 and 23 April 2017 at an international tournament with teams from Norway, Finland and Spain at Granada, Spain. The national team now lead by their Canadian Coach Jim Aldred was able to retain a 6-0 victory against the Granada Eagles. It was the first away tournament played by Portugal and it showed a clear improvement in their level of play.

History was made once again on September 29, 2017 when Portugal won their first official game against another ice hockey national team. At the 2017 IIHF Development Cup in Canillo, Andorra, Portugal won, 3-2 in a shootout, against the hosting nation. After this historical moment, Portugal also played Ireland and Morocco, recording losses, nevertheless, in the silver medal game, Portugal won again against Andorra, by the score of 5-3. At this date, the Portuguese national team clearly showed that they would be able to compete against other national teams and also deliver a consistent game.

On March 17 and 18, 2018, Portugal played at the Gladiators international tournament were they won a silver medal, with a 4 win and 3 draw record. The team performed with 27 goals for and only 7 against. This tournament brought also several new Portuguese players playing in France, Switzerland and Canada, which assisted the team to greatly perform against other competitive teams.

On April 28 and 29, 2018, Portugal played returned to Granada to play the Mr. Taxi Cup. The team performed, once again, at a very competitive level, with very close scores with more experience teams.

Portugal then participated in the 2018 IIHF Development Cup which was held in Füssen, Germany along with Andorra, Ireland and Macedonia. On November 19th Portugal faced Andorra and won the final score of 11-2. At 20:00 they played against Irelan] and grabbed another victory with the scoreboard reflecting 12-4. On November 20th Portugal faced Macedonia where they fell short by 1 goal with Macedonia taking the victory with 5-4. At 18:00 Portugal played against Ireland] once more to determine which would be playing for Gold. Winning 11-1 Portugals next game was at 19:00 against Macedonia where they fell short with the final score of 9-3 where Portugal obtained the Silver Medal.

Results

Date	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Location
21/06/2000	Portugal	First Portugal Canadian Cultural Center	6-18	Viseu, Portugal
22/06/2000	Portugal	First Portugal Canadian Cultural Center	5-21	Viseu, Portugal
23/06/2000	Portugal	First Portugal Canadian Cultural Center	11-15	Viseu, Portugal
10/01/2015	Portugal	Cesti Ivi	6-4	Elvas, Portugal
11/01/2015	Portugal	Cesti Ivi	6-2	Elvas, Portugal
14/01/2016	Skelepovsti Srsani	Portugal	4-0	Prague, Czech Republic
14/01/2016	Cesti Ivi	Portugal	3-0	Prague, Czech Republic
14/01/2016	Cesti Ivi	Portugal	1-0	Prague, Czech Republic
14/01/2016	Skelepovsti Srsani	Portugal	1-1	Prague, Czech Republic
16/01/2016	Cesti Ivi	Portugal	3-4	Prague, Czech Republic
14/01/2017	Portugal	Cesti Ivi	2-4	Elvas, Portugal
15/01/2017	Portugal	Evry-Viry Jets	2-4	Elvas, Portugal
15/01/2017	Portugal	Skelepovsti Srsani	1-5	Elvas, Portugal
22/04/2017	Tromsø Stars	Portugal	8-1	Granada, Spain
22/04/2017	Granada Eagles	Portugal	0-5	Granada, Spain
22/04/2017	Granada Grizzlies	Portugal	2-1	Granada, Spain
23/04/2017	Fuengirola Lions	Portugal	9-0	Granada, Spain
23/04/2017	Helsinki Pita	Portugal	6-0	Granada, Spain
23/04/2017	Pyhäjärvi PPPC	Portugal	2-1	Granada, Spain
23/04/2017	Vantaa Mr. Taxi	Portugal	2-0	Granada, Spain
29/09/2017	Andorra	Portugal	2-3	Canillo, Andorra
30/09/2017	Ireland	Portugal	9-4	Canillo, Andorra
30/09/2017	Morocco	Portugal	11-2	Canillo, Andorra
01/10/2017	Andorra	Portugal	3-5	Canillo, Andorra
17/03/2018	Uk Lions A	Portugal	2-2	Nijmegen, Holland
17/03/2018	Gladiadors A	Portugal	2-2	Nijmegen, Holland
17/03/2018	Kuwait Mooseheads	Portugal	1-2	Nijmegen, Holland
17/03/2018	Blue Sox	Portugal	1-5	Nijmegen, Holland
18/03/2018	Les Crocodiles	Portugal	1-1	Nijmegen, Holland
18/03/2018	Gladiators B	Portugal	0-6	Nijmegen, Holland
18/03/2018	UK Lions B	Portugal	0-9	Nijmegen, Holland
28/04/2018	MR. Taxi Hockey Club	Portugal	2-6	Granada, Spain
28/04/2018	Granada Grizzlies	Portugal	1-0	Granada, Spain
29/04/2018	Club Hielo Mr. Taxi	Portugal	1-0	Granada, Spain
29/04/2018	Tromso Stars	Portugal	2-1	Granada, Spain
29/04/2018	Pitäjänmäen Tarmo	Portugal	3-2	Granada, Spain
29/04/2018	Granada Eagles	Portugal	0-3	Granada, Spain
19/11/2018	Andorra	Portugal	2-11	Füssen, Germany
19/11/2018	Ireland	Portugal	4-12	Füssen, Germany
20/11/2018	Macedonia	Portugal	4-5	Füssen, Germany
20/11/2018	Portugal	Ireland	10-1	Füssen, Germany
21/11/2018	Portugal	Macedonia	3-9	Füssen, Germany

Record	Overall (W-L-D)	Home (W-L-D)	Away (W-L-D)	GS (Home)	GA (Home)	GS (Away)	GA (Away)	GS (Overall)	GA (Overall)
Portugal	14-25-4	4-7-0	10-18-4	52	83	87	92	139	175

Tournaments results

IIHF Development Cup

• 2017, Canillo, Andorra : Bronze
• 2018, Füssen, Germany : Silver
• 2022, Füssen, Germany : 6th place
• 2023, Bratislava, Slovakia : 5th place
• 2024, Bratislava, Slovakia : 2nd place

All-time Record Against Other Nations

As of 6 May 2023

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Algeria	1	0	0	1	1	9
Andorra	4	3	0	1	19	19
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	6
Colombia	2	0	0	2	3	27
Ireland	5	2	0	3	31	36
Liechtenstein	2	0	0	2	0	24
FYR Macedonia	2	0	0	2	7	14
Morocco	1	0	0	1	2	11
Total	18	5	0	13	64	146

References

• www.iihf.com
• Hockey Hall of Fame

External links

• Federation of Portuguese Ice Sports

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