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| Association      = [[Georgian Ice Hockey Federation|GIH]]
| Association      = [[Georgian Ice Hockey Federation|GIH]]
| IIHF code        = GEO
| IIHF code        = GEO
| IIHF Rank        = 45 {{increase}}2
| IIHF Rank        = 50
| IIHF max          = 45
| IIHF max          = 38
| IIHF max date    = 2015
| IIHF max date    = 2020–21
| IIHF min          = 48
| IIHF min          = 53
| IIHF min date    = first in 2013
| IIHF min date    = 2023
| Team_Colors      = {{color box|red}} {{color box|white}}
| Team_Colors      = {{color box|red|border=darkgray}} {{color box|white|border=darkgray}}
| First game        = {{ih|RSA}} 8–1 {{ih-rt|GEO}}<br><small>([[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]; April 12, 2010)</small>
| First game        = {{ih-rt|RSA}} 8–1 {{ih|GEO}}<br><small>([[Yerevan]], Armenia; 12 April 2010)</small>
| Largest win      = {{ih|GEO}} 4–1 {{ih-rt|BIH}}<br><small>([[İzmir]], [[Turkey]]; April 9, 2015)</small>
| Largest win      = <span class="nowrap">{{ih-rt|GEO}} 19–0 {{ih|UAE}}</span><br><small>([[Sofia]], Bulgaria; 13 April 2017)</small>
| Largest loss      = {{ih|ARM}} 22–1 {{ih-rt|GEO}}<br><small>([[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]; April 12, 2010)</small><br>
| Largest loss      = {{ih-rt|ARM}} 22–1 {{ih|GEO}}<br><small>(Yerevan, Armenia; 12 April 2010)</small><br>{{ih-rt|PRK}} 22–1 {{ih|GEO}}<br><small>([[Kockelscheuer]], Luxembourg; 6 April 2014)</small>
                      {{ih|PRK}} 22–1 {{ih-rt|GEO}}<br><small>([[Luxembourg]], [[Luxembourg]]; April 6, 2014)</small>
| World champ apps  = 9
| World champ apps  = 3
| World champ first = 2013
| World champ first = 2013
| World champ best  = 45th (2015)
| World champ best  = 30th ([[2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2023]])
| Record            = 24–32–0
}}
}}
The '''Georgia national ice hockey team''' is the national ice hockey team of [[Georgia]], and a member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]].
The '''Georgian men's national ice hockey team''' (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული ყინულის ჰოკეის ნაკრები) is the national men's [[ice hockey]] team of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and has been a member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF) since 8 May 2009. Georgia first played in the [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]] tournament in 2013, and remained at Division III level until winning at that level in 2018 and earning a promotion to Division II Group B, where they currently play.
 
Though ice hockey was first introduced to Georgia in the 1960s, the sport was never very popular and there were long stretches when it was not played at all. In 2004 the [[Georgian Ice Hockey Federation]] was established, and a domestic league began in 2007, allowing for the development of the national team and its entry into international competition in 2010, playing their first competitive matches in 2012.


==History==
==History==
Georgia, representing the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, played its first game in 1962 during the [[Soviet Winter Spartakiad]] which was held in [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]], USSR. Georgia played eight games winning their games against the [[Kyrgyz National Team|Kirghiz SSR]] and [[Armenian National Team|Armenian SSR]], while losing the remaining games to Leningrad, the [[Lithuanian National Team|Lithuanian SSR]], [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakh SSR]], [[Estonia men's national ice hockey team|Estonian SSR]] and the [[Latvia men's national ice hockey team|Latvian SSR]].<ref name="NTOH">{{cite web | url = http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/uploads/Georgia_All_Time_Results.pdf | title = Georgia All Time Results | publisher = National Teams of Ice Hockey | date = | accessdate = 2010-05-11 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> In 2009 Georgia joined the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] as an associate member.<ref name="IIHF GEORGIA">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/sk/iihf-home/countries/georgia.html | title = Georgia | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2010-05-11 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="IIHF MEMBERS">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/members.html | title = Members | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2010-05-11 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Georgia returned to international play in 2010 where they played two friendly games in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]] against [[South Africa men's national ice hockey team|South Africa]] and Armenia, losing both games 8–1 and 22–1 respectively.<ref name="NTOH"/> In 2012 Georgia made their debut in the World Championship program, competing in the [[2013 IIHF World Championship Division III#Qualification Tournament 2|2013 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification]] tournament being held in [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates. They lost all three games and failed to qualify for the [[2013 IIHF World Championship Division III]] tournament.<ref name="2013WCD3Q">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/competition/311/statistics.html | title=2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qual. | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2012-10-20 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>
===Soviet Union===
Ice hockey was introduced in Georgia in the 1960s, part of a Soviet policy to introduce winter sports across the country. A trainer from Moscow, Valentin Zakharov, was sent to Georgia to train youth in the sport. As [[Tbilisi]], the capital, had no rink, most of the initial exercises involved dry-land training.<ref name="One life">{{cite web|url=https://www.amerikiskhma.com/a/georgia-wins-ice-hockey-world-championship-3-division/4361155.html|title=ქართული ჰოკეი: ერთი სიცოცხლე, ერთი ოცნება, ერთი გუნდი (Georgian hockey: one life, one dream, one team)|last=Tsuladze|first=Zaza|date=23 April 2018|publisher=Voice of America (Georgian)|access-date=2 October 2018|language=ka}}</ref> As the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]], Georgia played its first game in 1962 during the [[Winter Spartakiad]] which was held in [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]], [[Soviet Union]]. Georgia played seven games, winning their matches against the [[Kyrgyzstan men's national ice hockey team|Kirghiz SSR]] and the [[Armenia national ice hockey team|Armenian SSR]], while losing the remaining games to the [[Lithuania national ice hockey team|Lithuanian SSR]] twice, the [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakh SSR]], the [[Estonia men's national ice hockey team|Estonian SSR]] and the [[Latvia men's national ice hockey team|Latvian SSR]].<ref name="NTOIH">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Georgia-Men-All-Time-Results-1.pdf|title=Georgia All Time Results|publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey|access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref>
 
Zakharov left Georgia in 1966, and hockey effectively ended in Georgia. It was revived in 1978 by one of Zakharov's students, Nodar Donadze, who established a club in Tbilisi. This saw some further developments, with one player, goaltender Kote Bakhutashvili, invited to join the youth development team of [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], the dominant team in the [[Soviet Championship League|Soviet league]], in the late 1980s; however it was ultimately ended in 1987.<ref name="One life"/> As ice hockey was not popular in Georgia, an ice rink built in Tbilisi was demolished in the post-Soviet era.<ref name="Georgian family">{{cite web|url=https://eurasianet.org/how-one-georgian-family-built-a-national-ice-hockey-league|title=How one Georgian family built a national ice hockey league|last1=Jardine|first1=Bradley|last2=Hauer|first2=Neil|date=25 September 2018|publisher=Eurasianet.org|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>
 
===Modern era===
[[File:Georgia Greece 2013.jpg|thumb|left|Georgia and Greece during the [[2013 IIHF World Championship Division III#Qualification Tournament 2|2013 World Championship Division III Qualification]]. Greece won the match, {{nowrap|13–0.}}]]
Two students of Donadze, Denis Davidov and Lasha Tsagareishvili, established the [[Georgian Ice Hockey Federation]] in 2004.<ref name="One life"/><ref name="Georgian family"/> A [[Georgian Ice Hockey League|national league]] was started in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2006/12/kz_1196220.shtml|title=Хоккей по-грузински (Georgian hockey)|last=Bulkin|first=Leonid|date=27 December 2006|publisher=Gazeta.ru|access-date=2 October 2018|language=ru}}</ref> In 2009 Georgia joined the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF) as an associate member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/associations/344/georgia|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|title=Georgia|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> Shortly after being accepted into the IIHF both Davidov and Tsagareishvili, along with four others (including the president of the [[Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia]]) were killed in a car accident in [[Turkey]], forcing the Georgian Ice Hockey Federation to delay plans to start a national team.<ref name="Qarsthusli">{{cite web|url=http://gza.kvirispalitra.ge/qveyana/3440-busghalstesri-bizsnessmesni-da-mzasresusli-qarsthusli-hoskesis-erovsnul-naksrebsshi.html|title=ბუღალტერი, ბიზნესმენი და მზარეული – ქართული ჰოკეის ეროვნულ ნაკრებში (Accountant, businessman, and Chef – In the Georgian national hockey team)|last=Kalandadze|first=Ana|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Kvirispalitra.ge|access-date=2 October 2018|language=ka}}</ref>
 
Georgia first played an international match in 2010, when they travelled to [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]], which was hosting the [[2010 IIHF World Championship Division III|2010 Division III World Championship]]. They played exhibition games against [[South Africa men's national ice hockey team|South Africa]] and [[Armenia men's national ice hockey team|Armenia]], losing 8–1 and 22–1, respectively.<ref name="NTOIH" /> Georgia made their debut in the World Championship in 2012, playing in the [[2013 IIHF World Championship Division III#Qualification tournament 2|2013 Division III Qualification tournament]] held in [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. They lost all three games, being outscored 28 goals to one (Gocha Jeiranashvili scored the lone goal, Georgia's first in IIHF play, in the final game against the [[United Arab Emirates men's national ice hockey team|United Arab Emirates]]), and failed to qualify for the [[2013 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7271&cHash=221ac8af8a96a0ad4b1522f27ce7365d|title=UAE, Greece advance|last=Merk|first=Martin|date=17 October 2012|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> The following year Georgia was placed in [[2014 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III]], as several teams did not participate. They scored three goals and gave up seventy-eight in the five games, all losses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8681&cHash=169191ced452bdb78fc8e41fa389fa0c|title=Bulgaria steps up|last=Gerber|first=Daniel|date=13 April 2014|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/382/IHM382200_76_15_0.pdf|title=2014 IIHF World Championship Division III Tournament Progress|date=12 April 2014|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> The [[2015 IIHF World Championship Division III|2015 Division III tournament]] saw Georgia record their first win, against [[Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national ice hockey team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], followed by an overtime victory against the United Arab Emirates. The fourth-place finish was considered a great success, and credited to new players: Vitali Dumbadze and Dimitri Smetanin scored 17 of Georgia's 20 goals, while Andrei Ilienko was named the top goaltender of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9573&cHash=d7d7e5dcb5e4d803e6ba9871b1373de8|title=DPR Korea steps up|last=Manninen|first=Henrik|date=13 April 2015|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref>
 
[[File:Харизов ЧМ2.jpg|thumb|right|The Georgian national team at the [[2022 IIHF World Championship Division II|2022 World Championship Division IIB]].]]
In October 2015 Georgia participated in the first game of the [[Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification|2018 Winter Olympic qualification tournament]], against [[Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team|Bulgaria]], losing the match 9–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10043&cHash=1d0797abe0892dc2471ec6d74cc45e6e|title=Bulgaria advances|last=Tchechankov|first=Ivan|date=11 October 2015|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> Funding from the Georgian government came for the first time in 2015; prior to that the players and management had to pay all expenses.<ref name="Qarsthusli"/> In the [[2016 IIHF World Championship Division III|2016 Division III tournament]], they finished second after winning four games out of five, only losing to [[Turkey men's national ice hockey team|Turkey]] 5–4, and having the tournament's leading scorer, Boris Kochkin (who had 10 goals and 9 assists).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10555&cHash=c7f20719119b93cbe0b79fc515677113|title=Second time lucky|last=Manninen|first=Henrik|date=7 April 2016|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> However, all their matches were later nullified and the results recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to Georgia's use of ineligible players.<ref name="2016 ineligible">{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/540/|title=2016 IIHF World Championship Div III Scores|author=IIHF|year=2016|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> At the [[2017 IIHF World Championship Division III|2017 Division III tournament]] they placed third, winning three of their five games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/de/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11577&cHash=6fcc9d6963b10e61eafabd026266905c|title=First gold for Luxembourg|last=Tchachankov|first=Ivan|date=17 April 2017|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> Five Georgians placed in the top ten scorers, including Artem Kozyulin in first with 25 points (13 goals and 12 assists), while Artem Kurbatov was named the tournament's best defeceman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/603/IHM603000_85B_6_0.pdf|title=2017 IIHF World Championship Division III – Scoring Leaders|date=16 April 2017|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/603/IHM603000_85I_1_0.pdf|title=2017 IIHF World Championship Division III – Best Players Selected by the Directorate|year=2017|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> In the [[2018 IIHF World Championship Division III|2018 Division III tournament]], they finished first after winning four games out of five, losing one game to South Africa 4–2. Five of the top ten scorers in the tournament were from the Georgian team, including Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili, who led the tournament in goals (10), assists (9), and points (19), and was named the best forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642000_85B_19_0.pdf|title=2018 IIHF World Championship Division III – Scoring Leaders|date=22 April 2018|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642000_85I_1_0.pdf|title=2018 IIHF World Championship Division III – Best Players Selected by the Directorate|year=2018|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> For the first time, Georgia earned promotion to [[2019 IIHF World Championship Division II|Division IIB for 2019]]. The result was attributed to a policy of naturalization: three of the top five scorers had Russian or Ukrainian surnames, while all five learned hockey outside of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12562&cHash=d20735375f2144c4b04c43222524723e|title=Georgia's joy|last=Potts|first=Andy|date=24 April 2018|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> The result had Georgia place 40th in the [[IIHF World Ranking]], their highest spot to date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2018-ranking-may/|title=2018 (May) IIHF World Ranking|date=May 2018|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>


==International competitions==
==Honours==
===World Championship===
* '''[[IIHF World Championship Division III]]
* [[2013 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2013]] – 49th place (4th in [[2013 IIHF World Championship Division III#Qualification Tournament 2|Division III Qualification]])
**''' Winners: (1)''' [[2018 IIHF World Championship Division III|2018]]
* [[2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2014]] – 46th place (6th in [[2014 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III]])
* [[2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2015]] – 45th place (5th in [[2015 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III]])


==Opponent record==
==World Championship record==
''<small>As of 2015</small>''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=30|Year
!width=150|Host
!width=120|Result
!width=30|Pld
!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OW|Overtime wins}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|OL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
|-
!width=200|Team
 
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Wins}}
| [[2013 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2013]]|| align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abu Dhabi]] || 48th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(4th in [[2013 IIHF World Championship Division III#Qualification tournament 2|Division IIIQ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/311/IHM311200_76_6_0.pdf|title=2013 Division III Qualification Round Robin|date=17 October 2012|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>}}}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Losses}}
!width=50|{{Tooltip|Goals}}
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|ARM}} ||||1||1 - 22
| [[2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2014]] || align=left|{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Kockelscheuer]] || 46th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(6th in [[2014 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/382/IHM382200_76_15_0.pdf|title=2014 Division III Round Robin|date=12 April 2014|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>}}}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|BIH}} ||1||||4 - 1
| [[2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2015]] || align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[İzmir]] || 45th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(5th in [[2015 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/476/IHM476200_76_21_0.pdf|title=2015 Division III Round Robin|date=12 April 2015|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>}}}} || 6 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|BUL}} ||||1||1 - 19
| [[2016 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2016]] || align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Istanbul]] || colspan=6|''Disqualified from [[2016 IIHF World Championship Division III|tournament]]''<br>{{small|(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)<ref name="2016 ineligible"/>}}
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|HKG}} ||||2||3 - 23
| [[2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2017]] || align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sofia]] || 43rd place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(3rd in [[2017 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/603/IHM603000_FINAL_RANKING_1_0.pdf|title=2017 Division III Round Robin|date=16 April 2017|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>}}}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|LUX}} ||||2||3 - 34
| [[2018 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2018]] || align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Cape Town]] || 41st place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(1st in [[2018 IIHF World Championship Division III#Division III|Division III]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642200_76_21_0.pdf|title=2018 Division III Round Robin|date=22 April 2018|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>}}}} || 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|MGL}} ||||1||0 - 6
| [[2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2019]] || align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]] || 38th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(4th in [[2019 IIHF World Championship Division II#Group B tournament|Division II B]])}}}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|PRK}} ||||2||5 - 34
| [[2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2020]] || align=left|{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Reykjavík]] || colspan=6 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18314/men%e2%80%99s-division-ii%2c-iii-cancelled|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|title=Men's Division II, III cancelled|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|RSA}} ||||1||1 - 8
| [[2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2021]] || align=left|{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Reykjavík]] || colspan=6 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>{{Cite web|title=IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|TUR}} ||||1||1 - 13
| [[2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2022]] || align=left|{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Reykjavík]] || 33rd place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(2nd in [[2022 IIHF World Championship Division II#Group B tournament|Division II B]])}}}} || 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|UAE}} ||1||2||7 - 19
| [[2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2023]] || align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid]] || colspan=6|''Disqualified from [[2023 IIHF World Championship Division II#Group A tournament|tournament]]''<br>{{small|(Results annulled, relegated)<ref name="IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation">{{cite web | title=Schedule and Results 2024 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division II, Group B | url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wmiib/schedule | work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | access-date=2023-11-01}}</ref>}}
|-
|-
|align=left|{{ih|GRE}} ||||1||0 - 13
| [[2024 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2024]] || align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sofia]] || 37th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(3rd in [[2024 IIHF World Championship Division II#Group B tournament|Division II B]])}}}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2
|}
 
==All-time record against other nations==
<small>''Updated 28 April 2024''</small><ref name="NTOIH" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team !!Played !!Won !!Tied !!Lost !!GF !!GA
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ARM}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 22
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|AUS}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2
|- bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|BEL}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 7
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|BIH}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 18 || 8
|- bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|BUL}} || 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 27|| 43
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|TPE}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 17|| 6
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|CRO}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|GRE}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 13
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|HKG}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 28 || 32
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ISL}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 12|| 9
|- bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ISR}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 10
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|LUX}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 7 || 45
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MEX}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 2
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MGL}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|NED}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 8
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|NZL}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 12
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|PRK}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 9 || 43
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
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Georgia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association GIH
IIHF code GEO
IIHF ranking 50
Highest IIHF ranking 38 (2020–21)
Lowest IIHF ranking 53 (2023)
Team colors          
First international
South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg.png 8–1 Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia
(Yerevan, Armenia; 12 April 2010)
Biggest win
Georgia Flag of Georgia.svg.png 19–0 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 13 April 2017)
Biggest defeat
Armenia Flag of Armenia.svg.png 22–1 Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia
(Yerevan, Armenia; 12 April 2010)
North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg.png 22–1 Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia
(Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg; 6 April 2014)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 9 (first in 2013)
Best result 30th (2023)
International record (W–L–T)
24–32–0

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The Georgian men's national ice hockey team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული ყინულის ჰოკეის ნაკრები) is the national men's ice hockey team of Georgia, and has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 8 May 2009. Georgia first played in the World Championships tournament in 2013, and remained at Division III level until winning at that level in 2018 and earning a promotion to Division II Group B, where they currently play.

Though ice hockey was first introduced to Georgia in the 1960s, the sport was never very popular and there were long stretches when it was not played at all. In 2004 the Georgian Ice Hockey Federation was established, and a domestic league began in 2007, allowing for the development of the national team and its entry into international competition in 2010, playing their first competitive matches in 2012.

History

Soviet Union

Ice hockey was introduced in Georgia in the 1960s, part of a Soviet policy to introduce winter sports across the country. A trainer from Moscow, Valentin Zakharov, was sent to Georgia to train youth in the sport. As Tbilisi, the capital, had no rink, most of the initial exercises involved dry-land training.[1] As the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia played its first game in 1962 during the Winter Spartakiad which was held in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union. Georgia played seven games, winning their matches against the Kirghiz SSR and the Armenian SSR, while losing the remaining games to the Lithuanian SSR twice, the Kazakh SSR, the Estonian SSR and the Latvian SSR.[2]

Zakharov left Georgia in 1966, and hockey effectively ended in Georgia. It was revived in 1978 by one of Zakharov's students, Nodar Donadze, who established a club in Tbilisi. This saw some further developments, with one player, goaltender Kote Bakhutashvili, invited to join the youth development team of CSKA Moscow, the dominant team in the Soviet league, in the late 1980s; however it was ultimately ended in 1987.[1] As ice hockey was not popular in Georgia, an ice rink built in Tbilisi was demolished in the post-Soviet era.[3]

Modern era

Georgia and Greece during the 2013 World Championship Division III Qualification. Greece won the match, 13–0.

Two students of Donadze, Denis Davidov and Lasha Tsagareishvili, established the Georgian Ice Hockey Federation in 2004.[1][3] A national league was started in 2007.[4] In 2009 Georgia joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) as an associate member.[5] Shortly after being accepted into the IIHF both Davidov and Tsagareishvili, along with four others (including the president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia) were killed in a car accident in Turkey, forcing the Georgian Ice Hockey Federation to delay plans to start a national team.[6]

Georgia first played an international match in 2010, when they travelled to Yerevan, Armenia, which was hosting the 2010 Division III World Championship. They played exhibition games against South Africa and Armenia, losing 8–1 and 22–1, respectively.[2] Georgia made their debut in the World Championship in 2012, playing in the 2013 Division III Qualification tournament held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They lost all three games, being outscored 28 goals to one (Gocha Jeiranashvili scored the lone goal, Georgia's first in IIHF play, in the final game against the United Arab Emirates), and failed to qualify for the Division III tournament.[7] The following year Georgia was placed in Division III, as several teams did not participate. They scored three goals and gave up seventy-eight in the five games, all losses.[8][9] The 2015 Division III tournament saw Georgia record their first win, against Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by an overtime victory against the United Arab Emirates. The fourth-place finish was considered a great success, and credited to new players: Vitali Dumbadze and Dimitri Smetanin scored 17 of Georgia's 20 goals, while Andrei Ilienko was named the top goaltender of the tournament.[10]

The Georgian national team at the 2022 World Championship Division IIB.

In October 2015 Georgia participated in the first game of the 2018 Winter Olympic qualification tournament, against Bulgaria, losing the match 9–1.[11] Funding from the Georgian government came for the first time in 2015; prior to that the players and management had to pay all expenses.[6] In the 2016 Division III tournament, they finished second after winning four games out of five, only losing to Turkey 5–4, and having the tournament's leading scorer, Boris Kochkin (who had 10 goals and 9 assists).[12] However, all their matches were later nullified and the results recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to Georgia's use of ineligible players.[13] At the 2017 Division III tournament they placed third, winning three of their five games.[14] Five Georgians placed in the top ten scorers, including Artem Kozyulin in first with 25 points (13 goals and 12 assists), while Artem Kurbatov was named the tournament's best defeceman.[15][16] In the 2018 Division III tournament, they finished first after winning four games out of five, losing one game to South Africa 4–2. Five of the top ten scorers in the tournament were from the Georgian team, including Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili, who led the tournament in goals (10), assists (9), and points (19), and was named the best forward.[17][18] For the first time, Georgia earned promotion to Division IIB for 2019. The result was attributed to a policy of naturalization: three of the top five scorers had Russian or Ukrainian surnames, while all five learned hockey outside of Georgia.[19] The result had Georgia place 40th in the IIHF World Ranking, their highest spot to date.[20]

Honours

World Championship record

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2013 Flag of United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 48th place
(4th in Division IIIQ)[21]		 3 0 0 0 3
2014 Flag of Luxembourg Kockelscheuer 46th place
(6th in Division III)[22]		 5 0 0 0 5
2015 Flag of Turkey İzmir 45th place
(5th in Division III)[23]		 6 1 1 0 4
2016 Flag of Turkey Istanbul Disqualified from tournament
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)[13]
2017 Flag of Bulgaria Sofia 43rd place
(3rd in Division III)[24]		 5 3 0 0 2
2018 Flag of South Africa Cape Town 41st place
(1st in Division III)[25]		 5 4 0 0 1
2019 Flag of Mexico Mexico City 38th place
(4th in Division II B)		 5 2 0 0 3
2020 Flag of Iceland Reykjavík Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[26]
2021 Flag of Iceland Reykjavík Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[27]
2022 Flag of Iceland Reykjavík 33rd place
(2nd in Division II B)		 4 3 0 0 1
2023 Flag of Spain Madrid Disqualified from tournament
(Results annulled, relegated)[28]
2024 Flag of Bulgaria Sofia 37th place
(3rd in Division II B)		 5 3 0 0 2

All-time record against other nations

Updated 28 April 2024[2]

Team Played Won Tied Lost GF GA
Flag of Armenia.svg.png Armenia 1 0 0 1 1 22
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 1 1 0 0 3 2
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 2 1 0 1 6 7
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 18 8
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 6 3 0 3 27 43
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 17 6
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 1 1 0 0 6 0
Flag of Greece.svg.png Greece 1 0 0 1 0 13
Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png Hong Kong 5 2 0 3 28 32
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 3 2 0 1 12 9
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 2 1 0 1 10 10
Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 7 45
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 2 2 0 0 8 2
Flag of Mongolia.svg.png Mongolia 1 0 0 1 0 6
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 1 0 0 1 2 8
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 2 0 0 2 4 12
Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea 3 0 0 3 9 43
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 4 1 0 3 9 22
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 2 0 0 2 1 7
Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand 1 1 0 0 10 0
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 5 3 0 2 18 22
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates 4 2 0 2 26 19
Total 56 24 0 32 222 338

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tsuladze, Zaza (23 April 2018). "ქართული ჰოკეი: ერთი სიცოცხლე, ერთი ოცნება, ერთი გუნდი (Georgian hockey: one life, one dream, one team)" (in ka). Voice of America (Georgian). https://www.amerikiskhma.com/a/georgia-wins-ice-hockey-world-championship-3-division/4361155.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Georgia All Time Results". National Teams of Ice Hockey. https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Georgia-Men-All-Time-Results-1.pdf. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jardine, Bradley; Hauer, Neil (25 September 2018). "How one Georgian family built a national ice hockey league". Eurasianet.org. https://eurasianet.org/how-one-georgian-family-built-a-national-ice-hockey-league. 
  4. ↑ Bulkin, Leonid (27 December 2006). "Хоккей по-грузински (Georgian hockey)" (in ru). Gazeta.ru. https://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2006/12/kz_1196220.shtml. 
  5. ↑ "Georgia". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/associations/344/georgia. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kalandadze, Ana (16 May 2016). "ბუღალტერი, ბიზნესმენი და მზარეული – ქართული ჰოკეის ეროვნულ ნაკრებში (Accountant, businessman, and Chef – In the Georgian national hockey team)" (in ka). Kvirispalitra.ge. http://gza.kvirispalitra.ge/qveyana/3440-busghalstesri-bizsnessmesni-da-mzasresusli-qarsthusli-hoskesis-erovsnul-naksrebsshi.html. 
  7. ↑ Merk, Martin (17 October 2012). "UAE, Greece advance". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7271&cHash=221ac8af8a96a0ad4b1522f27ce7365d. 
  8. ↑ Gerber, Daniel (13 April 2014). "Bulgaria steps up". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8681&cHash=169191ced452bdb78fc8e41fa389fa0c. 
  9. ↑ "2014 IIHF World Championship Division III Tournament Progress". IIHF. 12 April 2014. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/382/IHM382200_76_15_0.pdf. 
  10. ↑ Manninen, Henrik (13 April 2015). "DPR Korea steps up". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9573&cHash=d7d7e5dcb5e4d803e6ba9871b1373de8. 
  11. ↑ Tchechankov, Ivan (11 October 2015). "Bulgaria advances". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10043&cHash=1d0797abe0892dc2471ec6d74cc45e6e. 
  12. ↑ Manninen, Henrik (7 April 2016). "Second time lucky". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10555&cHash=c7f20719119b93cbe0b79fc515677113. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 IIHF (2016). "2016 IIHF World Championship Div III Scores". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/540/. 
  14. ↑ Tchachankov, Ivan (17 April 2017). "First gold for Luxembourg". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/de/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11577&cHash=6fcc9d6963b10e61eafabd026266905c. 
  15. ↑ "2017 IIHF World Championship Division III – Scoring Leaders". IIHF. 16 April 2017. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/603/IHM603000_85B_6_0.pdf. 
  16. ↑ "2017 IIHF World Championship Division III – Best Players Selected by the Directorate". IIHF. 2017. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/603/IHM603000_85I_1_0.pdf. 
  17. ↑ "2018 IIHF World Championship Division III – Scoring Leaders". IIHF. 22 April 2018. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642000_85B_19_0.pdf. 
  18. ↑ "2018 IIHF World Championship Division III – Best Players Selected by the Directorate". IIHF. 2018. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642000_85I_1_0.pdf. 
  19. ↑ Potts, Andy (24 April 2018). "Georgia's joy". IIHF. http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12562&cHash=d20735375f2144c4b04c43222524723e. 
  20. ↑ "2018 (May) IIHF World Ranking". IIHF. May 2018. http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2018-ranking-may/. 
  21. ↑ "2013 Division III Qualification Round Robin". IIHF. 17 October 2012. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/311/IHM311200_76_6_0.pdf. 
  22. ↑ "2014 Division III Round Robin". IIHF. 12 April 2014. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/382/IHM382200_76_15_0.pdf. 
  23. ↑ "2015 Division III Round Robin". IIHF. 12 April 2015. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/476/IHM476200_76_21_0.pdf. 
  24. ↑ "2017 Division III Round Robin". IIHF. 16 April 2017. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/603/IHM603000_FINAL_RANKING_1_0.pdf. 
  25. ↑ "2018 Division III Round Robin". IIHF. 22 April 2018. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642200_76_21_0.pdf. 
  26. ↑ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18314/men%e2%80%99s-division-ii%2c-iii-cancelled. 
  27. ↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations. 
  28. ↑ "Schedule and Results 2024 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division II, Group B". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wmiib/schedule. 

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