Kyrgyzstan men's national ice hockey team

Kyrgyzstan
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic
General managerElzar Bolotbekov
Head coachMikhail Chekanov
AssistantsSalamat Tynaliev
CaptainKuzma Terentyev
Most gamesUran Tursunbekov (29)
Top scorerMamed Seifulov (29)
Most pointsVladimir Nosov (56)
Home stadiumBishkek Arena
Team colors   
IIHF codeKGZ
Ranking
Current IIHF45 Increase 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF45 (2024)
Lowest IIHF52 (2019–21)
First international
Kyrgyzstan  15–4  Thailand
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 28 January 2011)
Biggest win
Kyrgyzstan  22–0  Malaysia
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2 March 2023)
Biggest defeat
Romania  18–2  Kyrgyzstan
(Brasov, Romania; 13 December 2019)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2019)
Best result42nd (2024)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best result6th (2011)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances3 (first in 2014)
Best result6th (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
36–14–0

The Kyrgyzstan national ice hockey team (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстандын улуттук шайбалуу хоккей курамасы, romanized: Kyrgyzstandyn Uluttuk Shaibaluu Hokkei Kuramasy; Russian: Сборная Киргизии по хоккею с шайбой) is the national men's ice hockey team of Kyrgyzstan. They are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).[2] As of 2022, Kyrgyzstan is ranked 49th in the IIHF World Ranking.[3]

History

Kyrgyzstan played its first game in 1962 during the Winter Spartakiad which was held in Sverdlovsk, USSR, in which they represented the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. Kyrgyzstan played seven games, winning both games against the Armenian SSR and losing five to the Ukrainian SSR, the Estonian SSR, the Latvian SSR, the Georgian SSR and the Lithuanian SSR respectively.[4]

In 2011 Kyrgyzstan returned to international play, when they competed in the Premier Division of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. In the first game of the tournament, Kyrgyzstan recorded their first ever win, defeating Thailand 15–4.[4] Kyrgyzstan went on to win the Premier Division after winning all six of their games and finishing on top of the table.[5]

Kyrgyzstan made its debut in the World Championships in 2019, playing in the Division III qualification tournament held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They finished first after winning all five games. However, all their first four games were later voided and the results were counted as 5–0 forfeits due to Kyrgyzstan's player Aleksandr Titov being disqualified. Later IIHF acknowledged they had made a mistake, but the results would still stand.[6] Tournaments in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Kyrgyzstan hosted the 2022 Division IV tournament.[7]

Tournament record

World Championships

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1954 through 1991 As part of the  Soviet Union
1992 through 2018 did not enter
2019 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 52nd place[note 1]
(6th in Division III Q)		 5 1 0 0 4
2020 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2021 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
2022 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 45th place
(1st in Division IV)		 4 4 0 0 0
2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 46th place
(1st in Division IIIB)		 5 5 0 0 0
2024 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 42nd place
2nd (in Division IIIA)		 5 4 0 0 1
Total 3/3 19 14 0 0 5

Asian Winter Games

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2011 Kazakhstan Astana 6th place
(1st in Premier Division)		 6 6 0 0 0
2017 Japan Sapporo 12th place
(2nd in Division II)		 4 3 0 0 1
2025 China Harbin
Total 2/2 10 9 0 0 1

Challenge Cup of Asia

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2008 through 2013 did not participate
2014 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 8th place
(2nd in Division I)		 5 4 0 0 1
2015 Kuwait Kuwait City 8th place
(3rd in Division I)		 5 3 0 0 2
2016 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 6th place
(1st in Division I)		 4 4 0 0 0
2017 through 2020 did not participate
Total 3/13 14 11 0 0 3

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 16 March 2024[4]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 15 10
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 25 9
 Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 12 7
 Iceland 1 0 0 1 4 9
 India 4 4 0 0 42 6
 Iran 2 2 0 0 31 1
 Israel 1 0 0 1 4 5
 Kuwait 5 2 0 3 23 32
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 12 6
 Macau 3 2 0 1 15 7
 Malaysia 5 5 0 0 82 13
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 9 4
 Mongolia 1 1 0 0 13 3
 Oman 1 1 0 0 7 3
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 10 5
 Qatar 2 2 0 0 16 2
 Romania 1 0 0 1 2 18
 Singapore 4 3 0 1 37 9
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 10 1
 Thailand 3 1 0 2 19 18
 Turkmenistan 3 1 0 2 14 17
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 30 8
Total 50 36 0 14 432 193

Notes

  1. ^ After winning their first four games, a player was disqualified and all their results were counted as 5–0 forfeits.

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ Merk, Martin (14 May 2011). "Welcome Kyrgyzstan". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Kyrgyzstan Men All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Today there will be last matches in premier division". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Международная федерация хоккея попросила прощения у Кыргызстана, но оставила результат в силе" (in Russian). АКИpress. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  7. ^ Merk, Martin (5 June 2021). "U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  8. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  9. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.