Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team

Kazakhstan
	; The Emblem of Kazakhstan is the badge used on the players' jerseys.
Association	Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
Most games	Alexander Koreshkov (78)
Most points	Alexander Koreshkov (83)
IIHF code	KAZ
IIHF ranking	15
Highest IIHF ranking	11 (2006)
Lowest IIHF ranking	21 (2003)
Team colors
First international
	Kazakhstan 5–1 Ukraine ; (St. Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
	Kazakhstan 52–1 Thailand ; (Changchun, China; 29 January 2007)
Biggest defeat
	United States 10–0 Kazakhstan ; (Cologne, Germany; 15 May 2010)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	31 (first in 1993)
Best result	10th (2021)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	Gold (1996, 1999, 2011, 2017)
Olympics
Appearances	2 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
	207–141–14

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The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is ranked 16th in the world as of 2022. They have competed at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. The national team joined the IIHF in 1992 and first played internationally at the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.^[1] The team has frequently played at the elite division of the World Championship, often moving between there and the Division I level.

History

Kazakhstan joined the IIHF in 1992, applying as a separate member with six other former Soviet republics.^[2] They played their first IIHF tournament at the 1993 World Championship; as a new member they had to play in Group C, the lowest level. They reached the elite division for the first time in 1998, and have played at the elite level twelve times (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).

The national team has appeared at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. In their debut in 1998, Kazakhstan was able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. They returned for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and finished ninth overall.

The team is the most successful team at the Asian Games, winning it four times, and are the current highest ranked Asian team. The team participated in the 2023 Channel One Cup, alongside Russia and Belarus.^[3]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

1998 – Finished in 8th place
2006 – Finished in 9th place

World Championships

1993 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
1994 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Pool C)
1995 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
1996 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C)
1997 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
1998 – Finished in 16th place
1999 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool B)
2000 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool B)
2001 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
2002 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
2003 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
2004 – Finished in 13th place
2005 – Finished in 12th place
2006 – Finished in 15th place
2007 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
2008 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
2009 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
2010 – Finished in 16th place
2011 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group B)
2012 – Finished in 16th place
2013 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group A)
2014 – Finished in 16th place
2015 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group A)
2016 – Finished in 16th place
2017 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
2018 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
2019 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic^[4]
2021 – Finished in 10th place
2022 – Finished in 14th place
2023 – Finished in 11th place
2024 – Finished in 12th place

Asian Winter Games

1996 – 1 ! 1st place
1999 – 1 ! 1st place
2003 – 1 ! 2nd place
2007 – 1 ! 2nd place
2011 – 1 ! 1st place
2017 – 1 ! 1st place

Winter Universiade

1993 – 1 ! 2nd place
1995 – 1 ! 1st place
2007 – 1 ! 3rd place
2013 – 1 ! 2nd place
2015 – 1 ! 2nd place
2017 – 1 ! 2nd place

Head-to-head record

Record correct as of 20 May 2024.^[5]
Teams named in italics are no longer active.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Australia	2	2	0	0	36	3
Austria	12	7	1	4	39	34
Belarus	21	4	1	16	47	77
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	39	1
Canada	5	0	0	5	7	27
China	11	11	0	0	138	6
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	35	0
Croatia	4	4	0	0	42	4
Czech Republic	5	0	0	5	4	24
Denmark	9	4	0	5	23	33
Estonia	9	8	0	1	48	14
Finland	5	1	0	4	8	21
France	19	8	1	10	51	54
Germany	11	5	0	6	26	36
Great Britain	11	7	1	3	35	23
Hungary	13	12	0	1	63	20
Italy	25	17	1	7	71	47
Japan	20	14	3	3	87	50
Latvia	15	5	0	10	31	54
Lithuania	5	5	0	0	41	6
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	65	1
Netherlands	8	8	0	0	45	19
Norway	7	3	1	3	19	20
Poland	22	18	1	3	82	45
Romania	6	4	0	2	30	11
Russia	10	0	0	10	19	59
Serbia	1	1	0	0	11	2
Slovakia	12	1	1	10	23	56
Slovenia	19	13	0	6	65	45
South Africa	1	1	0	0	32	0
South Korea	25	19	0	6	136	49
Spain	2	2	0	0	31	0
Sweden	3	0	0	3	6	17
Switzerland	8	3	0	5	17	27
Thailand	1	1	0	0	52	1
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	38	0
Ukraine	22	13	3	6	75	50
United States	7	0	0	7	7	37
Total	362	207	14	141	1624	973

References

↑ "KAZ – Kazakhstan". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/kazakhstan.html.
↑ IIHF (2008). "Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-42.html.
↑ "Официальный сайт Кубка Первого канала по хоккею 2022" (in Russian). https://cup1tv.ru/.
↑ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm/news/18344/2020-iihf-ice-hockey-world-championship-cancelled.
↑ "Ice Hockey in Kazakhstan" (in en-US). 7 August 2016. https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/kazakhstan/.

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