Indian national ice hockey team
 Indian national ice hockey team
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| Association: | Indian Ice Hockey Federation |
| First international match: | |
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Thailand 14: 0 India March 15, 2009 in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates |
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| Biggest Victory: | |
| India 5: 1 Macau March 21, 2012 in Dehradun , India |
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| Biggest defeat: | |
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Thailand 39: 2 India April 26, 2011 in Kuwait City , Kuwait |
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| Medal winners men: | |
| WM: | no |
| Olympia: | no |
| Asian Winter Games: | no |
| IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia: | no |
The Indian men's national ice hockey team is part of the Indian Ice Hockey Association of India . The current trainer is Adam Sherlip .
history
The Indian national ice hockey team, which consists mainly of army and police athletes, took part in an official tournament for the first time in 2009 when they took part in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates , and finished eighth and last. In their first international match, the team clearly lost 0:14 against Thailand . After two more defeats, a 0:10 against Mongolia and a 1:10 against Malaysia , India had to take part in the placement games as bottom group with a goal difference of 1:34, in which it again lost both games. First India lost to the opponents from Singapore with 0: 5 and finally in the game for place 7 Macau with 0: 8. Two years later, the Indians conceded their highest international defeat to date at 2:39 against Kuwait in the Challenge Cup. On March 21, 2012, the Indian national ice hockey team won their first game in their history. At the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 2012 they defeated Macau in the fourth group game with 5-1.
Placements at the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
- 2009 : 8th place
- 2010: did not participate
- 2011 : 6th place
- 2012 : 6th place
- 2013 : 10th place
- 2014 : 10th place (4th place Division I)
- 2015 : 11th place (6th place Division I)
- 2016 : 10th place (5th place Division I)
- 2017 : 7th place (2nd place Division I)
- 2018 : 9th place (4th place Division I)
- 2019: not participated
- 2021 :