Turkish National Team

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Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys
Association Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
Most games Emrah Özmen (50)
Most points Emrah Özmen (51)
IIHF code TUR
IIHF ranking 41
Highest IIHF ranking 35 (2010)
Lowest IIHF ranking 43 (first in 2003)
Team colors          
Turkey national ice hockey team Home & Away Jerseys.png
First international
 Greece 15–3 Turkey 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 21 March 1992)
Biggest win
 Turkey 16–0 Greece 
(Cape Town, South Africa; 14 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 38–0 Turkey 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 March 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 12 (first in 1992)
Best result 32nd (1992)
International record (W–L–T)
18–58–2

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The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

In 2014, the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match. Denis Legersky from Slovakia, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK, was registered in the match against Bosnian National Team as a coach–player. He, appeared in the jersey of Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in Sarajevo before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team. The officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports protested the incident.

World Championship record

Year Host City Country Result
1992 Johannesburg  South Africa 6th in Group C2 (32nd)
1993 Ankara  Turkey 3rd in Group C qualifying pool 4 (NR)
1994 Zagreb  Croatia 2nd in Group C2 qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1996 Metulla  Israel 2nd in Group D qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1997 Ankara  Turkey 3rd in Group E (NR)
1998 Krugersdorp  South Africa 7th in Group D (39th)
1999 Krugersdorp  South Africa 7th in Group D (39th)
2000 Reykjavik  Iceland 9th in Group D (42nd)
2002 Cape Town  South Africa 6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2003 Auckland  New Zealand 3rd in Division III (43rd)
2004 Reykjavík  Iceland 2nd in Division III (42nd)
2005 Zagreb  Croatia 6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2006 Reykjavík  Iceland 2nd in Division III (42nd)
2007 Zagreb  Croatia 6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2008 Luxembourg City  Luxembourg 4th in Division III (44th)
2009 Dunedin  New Zealand 2nd in Division III (42nd)
2010 Naucalpan  Mexico 6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2011 Cape Town  South Africa 3rd in Division III (43rd)
2012 Erzurum  Turkey 1st in Division III (41st)
2013 Izmit  Turkey 5th in Division II Group B (39th)
2014 Jaca  Spain 6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2015 İzmir  Turkey 2nd in Division III (42nd)
Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.

Notable players

Cengiz Çıplak (25) is regarded as the most talented Turkish player. He was awarded the MVP crown as best forward in Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships although skating for the team that relegated. He received the same trophy at World Championship 2004. At the World Championship Division 3 in Iceland he was the tournament's top scorer. Çıplak learned his hockey in Edmonton and played in lower North American leagues. Within the 16 years of history of Turkish national ice hockey team, 25 goals in 18 games of Cengiz Çıplak makes him the highest goalscorer of all times. Also he holds the record for the highest scorer in one game which he scored five goals in the game between Luxembourg and Turkey.

All-time record against other nations

As of 11 April 2014

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Greece 9 6 0 3 55 36
Template:Country data MON 4 4 0 0 31 3
 Luxembourg 8 4 0 4 46 39
 Ireland 4 3 1 0 21 10
 Armenia 2 2 0 0 19 4
 China 2 1 0 1 8 7
 North Korea 2 1 0 1 6 10
 Mexico 6 1 0 5 14 36
 Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 14 63
 New Zealand 8 1 0 7 25 52
 Serbia 1 0 0 1 4 6
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 14
 Estonia 1 0 0 1 0 24
 Belgium 3 0 0 3 5 35
 Croatia 3 0 0 3 4 74
 Iceland 4 0 0 4 7 29
 Australia 5 0 0 5 3 75
 Spain 5 0 0 5 4 79
 Israel 7 0 0 7 11 73
 South Africa 9 0 0 9 12 104

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Men's National teams
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