Turkish national ice hockey team

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The Turkish national ice hockey team is organized by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation TBHF and represents Turkey in international tournaments. After the 2017 World Cup, the men's team is ranked 41st in the IIHF world rankings , while the women's team is ranked 31st.

Men's

In 1991 the team took part in an ice hockey world championship for the first time. The Turks have been playing regularly since 2002 . At that time they finished sixth in Group A in Division II and thus rose to Division III. The next World Cup you finished third in Division III, in 2004 you finished second in Reykjavík and thus rose again to the second division. After only one year, however, Turkey rose again to the lowest World Cup division.

After the 2006 World Cup , the team finished sixth in Group A of Division II at the 2007 World Cup and thus had to enter the third division for the third time in the country's short World Cup history. In 2008 the Turks clearly missed the goal of climbing again as fourth in Division III. At the men's ice hockey world championship in 2009 , however, the Turks managed to get promoted back to Division II as second in Division III, from which they were relegated again. After being promoted again in 2012, at the 2013 World Cup in İzmit , they managed to stay fifth in Division II for the first time. A year later, the Turks had to relegate to Division III. After the promotion was missed in 2015 due to a defeat in the final group game against North Korea , the renewed promotion could be celebrated at the 2016 World Cup .

The national team is coached by Deniz Ince .

Overview

year competition venue placement particularities
1992 WM South Africa Johannesburg , South Africa 40th place (6th C2 World Championship)
1993 WM Not qualified
1994 WM Not qualified
1995 WM No participation
1996 WM Not qualified
1997 WM Turkey Ankara , Turkey 39th place (3rd E-WM) Promotion to D-WM
1998 WM South Africa Pretoria , South Africa 39th place (7th D-WM)
1999 WM South Africa Krugersdorp , South Africa 38th place (7th D-WM)
2000 WM Iceland Reykjavík , Iceland 42nd place (9th D-WM)
2001 WM No participation
2002 WM South Africa Cape Town , South Africa 39th place (6th Division II) Relegation to Division III
2003 WM New Zealand Auckland , New Zealand 43rd place (3rd Division III)
2004 WM Iceland Reykjavík , Iceland 42nd place (2nd Division III) Promotion to Division II
2005 WM Croatia Zagreb , Croatia 40th place (6th Division II) Relegation to Division III
2006 WM Iceland Reykjavík , Iceland 42nd place (2nd Division III) Promotion to Division II
2007 WM Croatia Zagreb , Croatia 39th place (6th Division II) Relegation to Division III
2008 WM Luxembourg Luxembourg , Luxembourg 44th place (4th Division III)
2009 WM New Zealand Dunedin , New Zealand 42nd place (2nd Division III) Promotion to Division II
2010 WM Mexico Mexico City , Mexico 40th place (6th Division II) Relegation to Division III
2011 WM South Africa Cape Town , South Africa 43rd place (3rd Division III)
2012 WM Turkey Erzurum , Turkey 41st place (1st Division III) Promotion to Division II, Group B
2013 WM Turkey İzmit , Turkey 39th place (5th Division II, Group B)
2014 WM Spain Jaca , Spain 40th place (6th Division II, Group B) Relegation to Division III
2015 WM Turkey Izmir , Turkey 42nd place (2nd Division III)
2016 WM Turkey Istanbul , Turkey 41st place (1st Division III) Promotion to Division II, Group B
2017 WM New Zealand Auckland , New Zealand 40th place (6th Division II, Group B) Relegation to Division III
2018 WM South AfricaSouth Africa Cape Town , South Africa 43rd place (3rd Division III)
2019 WM BulgariaBulgaria Sofia , Bulgaria 42nd place (2nd Division III)

Special games

See also

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