Kuwaiti national ice hockey team
The Kuwaiti National Ice Hockey Team is put together by the Kuwaiti Ice Hockey Federation. So far she has taken part in three Asian Winter Games .
history
The Kuwait national ice hockey team has been taking part in international games since 1999 and played their first official international game on January 30, 1999 against the Japanese national ice hockey team during their first participation in the Asian Winter Games . In this game, the newly formed team was defeated 1:44. The result is also the biggest defeat the team has ever suffered. When Kuwait took part in the Asian Games for the second time in 2007, it came seventh out of eleven places.
In June 2008 Kuwait took part in the Arab Cup of Ice Hockey , in which one reached the second of four places. In the follow-up tournament , the golf ice hockey championship, the four tournaments from 2010 to 2016 each achieved second place. Kuwait has been participating in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia since 2010 .
In 2018 Kuwait took part in a World Cup tournament for the first time, in the qualification for Division III.
Placements
World championships
- 2018 - 4th place, qualification for Division III
- 2019 - 5th place, qualification for Division III (relegation to Division IV)
Winter Asian Games
- 1999 - 6th place
- 2003 - did not participate
- 2007 - 7th place
- 2011 - 11th place (6th place Division I)
- 2017 - 16th place (6th place Division II)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
- 2010 - 7th place
- 2011 - 4th place
- 2012 - 4th place
- 2013 - 4th place
- 2014 - 6th place
- 2015 - 6th place (1st place Division I)
- 2016 - did not participate
- 2017 - 6th place (1st place Division I)
- 2018 - 5th place
Web links
- Official website of the Arab Ice Hockey Federation ( Memento of June 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )