Turkmen national ice hockey team
Association | Turkmenistanyň gyşgy sport görnüşleriniň milli merkezi |
IIHF member | since 2015 |
World ranking | 47th place |
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First international Turkmenistan 9-2 Malaysia February 18, 2017 in Sapporo , Japan |
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Highest Win Turkmenistan 24: 2 Kuwait February 26, 2018 in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Biggest defeat Turkmenistan 2-6 Bulgaria April 25, 2019 in Sofia , Bulgaria |
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World Championship | |
Participation | since 2018 |
best result | 3rd place Division III (2019) |
(As of February 26, 2017) |
The Turkmen national ice hockey team for men has existed since 2011. It is organized by the Turkmenistanyň gyşgy sport görnüşleriniň milli merkezi .
Turkmen ice hockey got a big boost in 2006 after President Saparmyrat Nyýazow had an ice rink built in the Kopet Dag Mountains. The national team formed in 2011 played for the first time internationally in a friendly against Minsk in 2013. Turkmenistanyň gyşgy sport görnüşleriniň milli merkezi has been a member of the IIHF since 2015 .
In 2017, Turkmenistan took part in an IIHF competition for the first time. At the Asian Winter Games , Turkmenistan won all games in Division II and thus reached 11th place out of 18 teams. A few weeks later, the team decided not to participate in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 2017, despite prior notification . In 2018 , the country took part in a world championship tournament, qualifying for Division III, for the first time. There the sovereign promotion to Division III succeeded.
Placements
World Championship
- 2018 - 1st place, qualification for Division III (promotion to Division III)
- 2019 - 3rd place, Division III
Winter Asian Games
- 2017 - 11th place (1st place Division II)