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Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan uses their emblem with Akhal-Teke horse as a badge on their players jerseys.
Association Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation
GM Jora Hudayberdiyev
Head coach Bayram Allayarov
Assistants Silap Babayev
Captain Ahmet Gurbanov
Most games Several players (7)
Top scorer Dovlet Soyunov (11)
Most points Ahmet Gurbanov (23)
Home stadium Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat
IIHF code TKM
Highest IIHF ranking 47 (2019)
Team colours               
First international
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan 9–2 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
(Sapporo, Japan; 18 February 2017)
Biggest win
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan 24–2 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait
(Sarajevo, BIH; 26 February 2018)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 6–2 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 25 April 2019)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 2 (first in 2018)
Best result 43rd (2019)
International record (W-L-T)
10–3–0

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.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

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.[5]

Turkmenistan made its World Championship debut in 2018, where it played in Division III Qualificaiton tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6] 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.[7]

During visit to Ashgabat Russian retired ice hockey player Sergei Nemchinov from August 30 to September 7, 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 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1992 through 2017 Did not enter
2018 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 47th place
(1st in Division IIIQ)
3 3 0 0 0
2019 Flag of Bulgaria Sofia 43rd place
(3rd in Division III)
5 2 0 1 2
2020 Flag of Luxembourg Kockelscheuer Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
Total 2/2 8 5 0 1 2

Asian Winter Games[]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2017 Flag of Japan Sapporo 11th place
(1st in Division II)
4 4 0 0 0
Total 1/1 4 4 0 0 0

Fixtures and results[]

Against other national teams[9]
Opponent Date Score Scores by period Tournament Host venue
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 22 April 2019 4–5
OT
0–0, 0–3, 4–1
OT: 0–1
World Championship – Division III Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Flag of South Africa South Africa 23 April 2019 7–2 2–0, 3–1, 2–1
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 25 April 2019 2–6 0–2, 2–2, 0–2
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 26 April 2019 4–3 0–2, 3–1, 1–0
Flag of Turkey Turkey 28 April 2019 4–5 1–0, 1–2, 2–3
     Win       Loss

All-time record against other nations[]

Last match update: 28 April 2019[9][10][11]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 1 1 0 0 24 2
Flag of Macau Macau 1 1 0 0 16 0
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 13 3
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 1 1 0 0 12 2
Flag of Iran [[Iran {{{altlink}}}|Iran]]* 1 1 0 0 12 2
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 1 1 0 0 9 2
Flag of South Africa South Africa 1 1 0 0 7 2
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0 7 3
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 4 0
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 4 3
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 4 5
Flag of Turkey Turkey 1 0 0 1 4 5
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 2 6
Total 13 10 0 3 118 35

Note: Iran was disqualified from the 2017 Asian Winter Games due to a number of players were deemed ineligible in the regional games.[12]

List of head coaches[]

  • Rustam Kerimov 2013–2016
  • Bayram Allayarov 2016–

See also[]

  • Ice hockey in Turkmenistan

References[]

External links[]

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