Turkey men's national ice hockey team

Turkey
	; The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys
Association	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
GM	Osman Gülen
Head coach	Keith McAdams
Assistants	Yücel Çıtak; Jukka Kuusivuori
Captain	Emrah Özmen
Most games	Emrah Özmen (50)
Most points	Emrah Özmen (51)
IIHF code	TUR
IIHF ranking	42 (6 June 2021)
Highest IIHF ranking	35 (2010)
Lowest IIHF ranking	43 (first in 2003)
Team colours
First international
	Greece 15–3 Turkey; (Johannesburg, South Africa; 21 March 1992)
Biggest win
	Turkey 16–0 Greece; (Cape Town, South Africa; 14 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Spain 38–0 Turkey; (Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 March 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	13 (first in 1992)
Best result	32nd (1992)
International record (W-L-T)
	23–58–2

The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is currently ranked 42nd in the IIHF World Ranking.

History[]

In 2014, the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match.^[2] Denis Legersky from Slovakia, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir BB GSK, was registered in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team as a coach–player.^[2] He, appeared in the jersey of Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in Sarajevo before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team.^[2] The officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports protested the incident.^[2]

World Championship record[]

Year	Host City	Country	Result
1992	Johannesburg	South Africa	6th in Group C2 (32nd)
1993	Ankara	Turkey	3rd in Group C qualifying pool 4 (NR)
1994	Zagreb	Croatia	2nd in Group C2 qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1996	Metulla	Israel	2nd in Group D qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1997	Ankara	Turkey	3rd in Group E (NR)
1998	Krugersdorp	South Africa	7th in Group D (39th)
1999	Krugersdorp	South Africa	7th in Group D (39th)
2000	Reykjavik	Iceland	9th in Group D (42nd)
2002	Cape Town	South Africa	6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2003	Auckland	New Zealand	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2004	Reykjavík	Iceland	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2005	Zagreb	Croatia	6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2006	Reykjavík	Iceland	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2007	Zagreb	Croatia	6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2008	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	4th in Division III (44th)
2009	Dunedin	New Zealand	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2010	Naucalpan	Mexico	6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2011	Cape Town	South Africa	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2012	Erzurum	Turkey	1st in Division III (41st)
2013	Izmit	Turkey	5th in Division II Group B (39th)
2014	Jaca	Spain	6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2015	İzmir	Turkey	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2016	Istanbul	Turkey	1st in Division III (41st)
2017	Auckland	New Zealand	6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2018	Cape Town	South Africa	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2019	Sofia	Bulgaria	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2020	Kockelscheuer	Luxembourg	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2021	Kockelscheuer	Luxembourg	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.

Team[]

Roster[]

From the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III.^[5]

Head coach: Deniz İnce

#	Name	Pos	S/C	Height	DOB	Club
1	Bozacı, TolgaTolga Bozacı	align="center" \| G	L	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	01998-01-24	Zeytinburnu BS
20	Kahraman, ErolErol Kahraman	align="center" \| G	L	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	01983-01-21	Zeytinburnu BS
2	Kars, YusufYusuf Kars	align="center" \| D	L	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	01998-10-15	Erzurum BB GSK
4	Savaş, EmrahEmrah Savaş	align="center" \| D	R	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	01997-04-01	Erzurum BB GSK
5	Coşkun, BarışBarış Coşkun	align="center" \| D	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	01984-02-07	Zeytinburnu BS
9	Öztürk, GökhunGökhun Öztürk	align="center" \| D	R	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	01985-12-16	Zeytinburnu BS
14	Salt, Kaan EmreKaan Emre Salt	align="center" \| D	L	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	01999-01-21	Zeytinburnu BS
16	Aktürk, SavaşSavaş Aktürk	align="center" \| D	R	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	01989-05-23	Izmir BB GSK
7	Koçoğlu, AlecAlec Koçoğlu	align="center" \| F	L	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	01994-12-01	Izmir BB GSK
8	Kars, ÖmerÖmer Kars	align="center" \| F	R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	01997-04-24	Erzurum BB GSK
10	Gümüş, SerkanSerkan Gümüş	align="center" \| F	L	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	01992-10-17	Izmir BB GSK
12	Koçoğlu, AndyAndy Koçoğlu	align="center" \| F	R	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	01992-04-15	Izmir BB GSK
13	Salt, HakanHakan Salt	align="center" \| F	R	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	02000-09-18	Zeytinburnu BS
15	Özmen, EmrahEmrah Özmen	align="center" \| F	R	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	01983-11-13	Zeytinburnu BS
18	Solak, GökalpGökalp Solak	align="center" \| F	R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	01994-11-16	Koç University
19	Halil, YusufYusuf Halil	align="center" \| F	R	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	01991-09-10	Izmir BB GSK
21	Kavaz, SefaSefa Kavaz	align="center" \| F	L	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	01997-07-17	Erzurum BB GSK
22	Karakoç, YavuzYavuz Karakoç	align="center" \| F	R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	01988-07-26	Zeytinburnu BS
23	Semiz, SerdarSerdar Semiz	align="center" \| F	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	01982-04-15	IFK Tumba
24	Bakal, FerhatFerhat Bakal	align="center" \| F	L	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	01998-03-16	Zeytinburnu BS

Notable players[]

Cengiz Çıplak (25) is regarded as the most talented Turkish player. He was awarded the MVP crown as best forward in Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships although skating for the team that relegated. He received the same trophy at World Championship 2004. At the World Championship Division 3 in Iceland he was the tournament's top scorer. Çıplak learned his hockey in Edmonton and played in lower North American leagues.^[6] Within the 16 years of history of Turkish national ice hockey team, 25 goals in 18 games of Cengiz Çıplak makes him the highest goalscorer of all times.^[7] Also he holds the record for the highest scorer in one game which he scored five goals in the game between Luxembourg and Turkey.^[6]

Anıl Uyar

All-time record against other nations[]

As of April 2016

Team	WR	GP	W	T	L	WLDiff	GF	GA	GDiff
Mongolia	50	4	4	0	0	+4	31	3	+28
Greece	49	9	6	0	3	+3	55	36	+19
Luxembourg	43	10	6	0	4	+2	63	46	+17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	46	2	2	0	0	+2	19	2	+17
Armenia	51	2	2	0	0	+2	19	4	+15
Georgia	44	2	2	0	0	+2	18	5	+13
Hong Kong	45	2	2	0	0	+2	15	2	+13
Ireland	48	4	3	1	0	+2	21	10	+11
United Arab Emirates	47	1	1	0	0	+1	15	0	+15
China	36	2	1	0	1	0	8	7	+1
Serbia	30	1	0	0	1	−1	4	6	−2
North Korea	40	3	1	0	2	−1	9	14	−5
South Korea	22	1	0	0	1	−1	0	14	−14
Estonia	28	1	0	0	1	−1	0	24	−24
Belgium	32	3	0	0	3	−3	5	35	−30
Croatia	26	3	0	0	3	−3	4	74	−70
Mexico	34	6	1	0	5	−4	14	36	−22
Iceland	33	4	0	0	4	−4	7	29	−22
Bulgaria	39	6	1	0	5	−4	14	63	−49
Australia	37	5	0	0	5	−5	3	75	−72
Spain	31	5	0	0	5	−5	4	79	−75
New Zealand	38	8	1	0	7	−6	25	52	−27
Israel	35	7	0	0	7	−7	11	73	−62
South Africa	42	10	1	0	9	−8	19	106	−87
Total	41	101	34	1	66	-33	383	795	-412

References[]

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Ice hockey in Turkey
Leagues	Men's Super League - Men's First League - Men's Junior League - Boys' Youth League - Women's League
Teams	ABBA SK - Anka SK - Ankara University SK - BB Ankara SK - Başkent Yıldızları - Istanbul Buz Korsanları SK - Erzurum Gençlik SK - Erzurum BB GSK - Genç Ankaralılar SK - Gümüş Patenler SK - Istanbul Paten K - İzmir BB GSK - Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK - Koç Üniversitesi SK - Milenyum Paten SK - Narmanspor - Pars Buz Sporları K - Polis Akademisi ve Koleji SK - Truva Paten SK - Zeytinburnu BS
National teams	Men's - Men's junior (U20) - Boys' youth (U18) - Women's
Miscellaneous	IIHF Continental Cup - IIHF European Champions Cup
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Men's national ice hockey teams
Africa	Algeria* Egypt^N- Kenya - Morocco* - South Africa - Tunisia*
Americas	Argentina* - Brazil* - Canada - Chile** - Colombia* - Haiti^N - Jamaica* - Mexico - Puerto Rico* - United States - Venezuela^N
Asia and Oceania	Australia - Bahrain - China - Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia* - Iran* - Israel - Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Lebanon* - Macau* - Malaysia - Mongolia - New Zealand - North Korea - Oman* - Philippines - Qatar* - Saudi Arabia^N - Singapore - South Korea - Thailand - Turkmenistan - United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan*
Europe	* Andorra* - Armenia* - Azerbaijan* - Austria - Belarus† - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czechia - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia - Germany - Great Britain - Greece* - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Liechtenstein* - Lithuania - Luxembourg - North Macedonia* - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal* - Romania - Russia† - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine
Former teams	Basque Country - Bohemia - Catalonia - Commonwealth of Independent States - Czechoslovakia - East Germany - England - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Scotland - Serbia and Montenegro - Soviet Union - West Germany - Yugoslavia - Europe - Team North America
* IIHF associate members - ** IIHF affiliate members -^N Not a member of IIHF -† IIHF suspended members

First international
The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys
Association	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
GM	Osman Gülen
Head coach	Keith McAdams
Assistants	Yücel Çıtak Jukka Kuusivuori
Captain	Emrah Özmen
Most games	Emrah Özmen (50)
Most points	Emrah Özmen (51)
IIHF code	TUR
IIHF ranking	42 (6 June 2021)^[1]
Highest IIHF ranking	35 (2010)
Lowest IIHF ranking	43 (first in 2003)
Team colours

Greece 15–3 Turkey (Johannesburg, South Africa; 21 March 1992)
Biggest win
Turkey 16–0 Greece (Cape Town, South Africa; 14 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
Spain 38–0 Turkey (Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 March 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	13 (first in 1992)
Best result	32nd (1992)
International record (W-L-T)
23–58–2