Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |
| Association | Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Bayram Allayarov |
| Assistants | Ilyas Veliyev |
| Captain | Ahmet Gurbanov |
| Most games | four players (28) |
| Top scorer | Pavel Barkovsky (16) |
| Most points | Alexander Vahovsky (35) |
| Home stadium | Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | TKM |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 46 Decrease 1 (27 May 2024)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 44 (2021) |
| Lowest IIHF | 49 (2018) |
| First international | |
| Turkmenistan File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg 9–2 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (Sapporo, Japan; 18 February 2017) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Turkmenistan File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg 24–2 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 26 February 2018) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 13–3 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 14 March 2024) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2018) |
| Best result | 39th (2022) |
| Asian Winter Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) |
| Best result | 11th (2017) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 17–10–0 | |
The Turkmenistan national ice hockey team (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň milli buz hokkeý ýygyndysy) is the national men's ice hockey team of Turkmenistan. The team is controlled by the Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň şaýbaly hokkeý federasiýasy; TŞHF) and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Turkmenistan is currently ranked 49th in the IIHF World Ranking and made its debut in the 2018 World Championship Division III Qualification tournament.[2][3][4][5]
History
The first national team formed in 2011 of four teams from Ashgabat: Oguzkhan, Alp Arslan, Shir and Burgut. In 2013, Turkmenistan held its first (unofficial) match against Minsk City, which was won by a score of 7–2.[6][7] Turkmenistan participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. They won their first match in an official tournament by defeating Malaysia 9–2 and later went on to win their division by defeating Kyrgyzstan 7–3 in the gold medal game.[8] Turkmenistan made its World Championship debut in 2018, where it played in Division III Qualificaiton tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9] They won all three games and earned promotion to Division III for 2019. In April 2019, Turkmenistan making their debut in the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III in Sofia (Bulgaria) and took third place among six teams in group, achieving a historic result.[10] During visit to Ashgabat Russian retired ice hockey player Sergei Nemchinov from 30 August to 7 September 2019 conducted intensive training with the Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team. Then he entered the coaching staff of the national team of Turkmenistan and has already drawn up a plan for preparing Turkmen hockey players for the 2020 IIHF World Championship Division III Group A.
Tournament record
World Championships
| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 through 1991 | As part of the File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | ||||||
| 1992 through 2017 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 2018 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo | 47th place (1st in Division IIIQ) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Bulgaria Sofia | 43rd place (3rd in Division III) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | Luxembourg Kockelscheuer | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[11] | |||||
| 2021 | Luxembourg Kockelscheuer | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[12] | |||||
| 2022 | Luxembourg Kockelscheuer | 39th place (3rd in Division III A) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | South Africa Cape Town | 42nd place (2nd in Division III A) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Kyrgyzstan Bishkek | 44th place (4th in Division III A) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 5/5 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
Asian Winter Games
| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OW | OL | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Japan Sapporo | 11th place (1st in Division II) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | China Harbin | ||||||
| Total | 1/1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
List of head coaches
- Rustam Kerimov 2013–2016
- Bayram Allayarov 2016–
All-time record
Last match update: 16 March 2024[13]
| Positive balance (more Wins) | |
| Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) | |
| Negative balance (more Losses) |
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 |
| File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
| File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| Total | 27 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 180 | 109 |
See also
References
- ↑ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ↑ "27 tournaments assigned". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ↑ "2018 Events". International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 May 2017.
- ↑ BBC News – Leader demands ice hockey for desert state Turkmenistan
- ↑ Sweltering desert nation told to play ice hockey
- ↑ Turkmen hockey players held a resounding victory over the national team of Minsk
- ↑ Lukashenko invites Turkmen athletes to use sports facilities in Belarus
- ↑ Ellis, Steven (18 February 2017). "Turkmenistan Makes History, Drama for Iran in AWG Opener". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ↑ "IIHF tournament in Bosnia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ↑ Sergey Nemchinov plans to work as a consultant coach in the Turkmenistan national ice hockey team
- ↑ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey in Turkmenistan". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 30 April 2023.