Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team

Turkmenistan
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationTurkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachBayram Allayarov
AssistantsIlyas Veliyev
CaptainAhmet Gurbanov
Most gamesfour players (28)
Top scorerPavel Barkovsky (16)
Most pointsAlexander Vahovsky (35)
Home stadiumWinter Sports Complex Ashgabat
Team colors     
IIHF codeTKM
Ranking
Current IIHF46 Decrease 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF44 (2021)
Lowest IIHF49 (2018)
First international
Turkmenistan  9–2  Malaysia
(Sapporo, Japan; 18 February 2017)
Biggest win
Turkmenistan  24–2  Kuwait
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 26 February 2018)
Biggest defeat
Thailand  13–3  Turkmenistan
(Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 14 March 2024)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances5 (first in 2018)
Best result39th (2022)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best result11th (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  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]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 13 3
 Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 2 6
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 9 10
 Indonesia 1 1 0 0 12 2
 Iran 1 1 0 0 12 2
 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 24 2
 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 1 17 14
 Luxembourg 4 2 0 2 15 13
 Macau 1 1 0 0 16 0
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 9 2
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 8 4
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 17 14
 Thailand 2 1 0 1 9 16
 Turkey 2 0 0 2 9 11
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 10
Total 27 17 0 10 180 109

See also

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "27 tournaments assigned". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 Events". International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 May 2017.
  4. ^ BBC News – Leader demands ice hockey for desert state Turkmenistan
  5. ^ Sweltering desert nation told to play ice hockey
  6. ^ Turkmen hockey players held a resounding victory over the national team of Minsk
  7. ^ Lukashenko invites Turkmen athletes to use sports facilities in Belarus
  8. ^ Ellis, Steven (18 February 2017). "Turkmenistan Makes History, Drama for Iran in AWG Opener". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ "IIHF tournament in Bosnia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  10. ^ Sergey Nemchinov plans to work as a consultant coach in the Turkmenistan national ice hockey team
  11. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  12. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Ice Hockey in Turkmenistan". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 30 April 2023.