Mongolian Junior National Team

Association	Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF code	MGL
Team colors
First international
	New Zealand 5 – 1 Mongolia ; (Bangkok, Thailand; 25 March 2000)
Biggest win
	Mongolia 12 – 1 Thailand ; (Seoul, South Korea; 10 March 2001)
Biggest defeat
	Australia 33 – 0 Mongolia ; (Taipei, Chinese Taipei; 2 March 2009)
IIHF World U18 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	42nd (2008)
IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2000)
Best result	4th (2002)
International record (W–L–T)
	4–17–1

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The Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Mongolia. The team is controlled by the Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History

The Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 2000 against New Zealand during the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Division II tournament being held in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1] Mongolia lost the game 1–5 and finished the tournament in last place.^[2] The following year the team finished first in the Division II tournament at the 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship and were set to gain promotion to Division I but due to a format change both divisions were merged for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship.^[1]^[3] During the tournament Mongolia achieved their largest victory in international participation when they defeated Thailand 12–1.^[1] At the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Mongolia finished fourth after winning two of their five games, beating both Chinese Taipei and Thailand.^[1] After a six-year absence from international competition the under-18 team returned to compete in the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III Group A being held in Mexico City, Mexico. They finished in last place after losing all five of their games.^[4] The following year they again finished in last place and also suffered their largest defeat in international competition after losing to Australia 0–33.^[5] In 2011 Mongolian under-18 were set to play at their fourth World Championships however the Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation had to withdraw both the under-18 team and the men's senior team from their respective tournaments due to financial reasons.^[6]