Kuwait men's national ice hockey team

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Kuwait
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)الصقور (The Falcons)
AssociationKuwait Ice Hockey Association
General managerFuhaid Al-Ajmi
Head coachPavel Arnost
AssistantsBojan Zidarević
CaptainMohamad Al-Ajmi
Most gamesAhmad Al-Ajmi (81)
Most pointsAhmad Al-Ajmi (124)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKUW
Ranking
Current IIHF51 Steady (6 June 2021)[1]
Highest IIHF50 (2018)
First international
Japan  44–1  Kuwait
(Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999)
Biggest win
Kuwait  39–2  India
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 26 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
Japan  44–1  Kuwait
(Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best result50th (2018)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances4 (first in 1999)
Best result6th (1999)
Arab Cup of Ice Hockey
Appearances1 (first in 2008)
Best resultSilver medal with cup.svg 2nd (2008)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances8 (first in 2010)
Best result4th (2011, 2012, 2013)
Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2010)
Best resultSilver medal with cup.svg 2nd (2010, 2012, 2014)
International record (W–L–T)
35–41–1

The Kuwaiti national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب الكويت لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of Kuwait. The team is controlled by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).[2] Kuwait is not ranked in the IIHF World Rankings and have not entered in any World Championships; the team has played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia. They made their debut at the 2018 World Championship Division III Qualification tournament.[3][4]

History[]

In 1985, Kuwait joined the IIHF, and were expelled in 1992 due to lack of activity.[5] In 1999, Kuwait rejoined the IIHF and played their first games at the 1999 Asian Winter Games against Japan, China, and Mongolia, losing all three.[2][6] In 2007, they returned to international play at the 2007 Asian Winter Games where they recorded their first win against Macau.[6] The following year they competed in the Arab Cup finishing second after losing to the United Arab Emirates in the final.[7] In 2010, Kuwait competed in their first Challenge Cup of Asia, finishing seventh overall,[8] and in 2014, finishing 6th overall, losing all five games, and were relegated to Division I. Also they participated in the Kuwaiti organized Gulf Championship, finishing second behind the United Arab Emirates.[9]

Tournament record[]

World Championships[]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
1999 through 2017 Did not participate
2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 50th place
(4th in Division IIIQ)		 3 0 0 0 3
2019 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 51st place
(5th in Division IIIQ)		 5 1 0 0 4
2020 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10]
2021 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[11]

Asian Winter Games[]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
1999 South Korea Gangneung 6th place 2 0 0 0 2
2003 Japan Aomori Did not participate
2007 China Changchun 7th place 4 2 0 0 2
2011 Kazakhstan Astana 11th place
(6th in Premier Division)		 6 1 0 0 5
Competed as International Olympic Committee Athletes from Kuwait
2017 Japan Sapporo 16th place
(6th in Division II)		 3 1 0 0 2
Competed as International Olympic Committee Independent Olympic Athletes

Arab Cup/GCC Gulf Championship[]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
Arab Cup (2008)
2008 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd place 5 3 0 1 1
GCC Gulf Championship (2010–present)
2010 Kuwait Kuwait City Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd place 3 2 0 0 1
2012 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd place 5 3 0 1 1
2014 Kuwait Kuwait City Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd place 5 3 0 0 2
2016 Qatar Doha Bronze medal with cup.svg 3rd place 5 3 0 0 2

Challenge Cup of Asia[]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2008 through 2009 Did not participate
2010 Chinese Taipei Taipei City 7th place 6 2 – 1* 3
2011 Kuwait Kuwait City 4th place 5 2 0 0 3
2012 India Dehradun 4th place 6 2 0 0 4
2013 Thailand Bangkok 4th place 7 2 0 0 5
2014 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 6th place 5 0 0 0 5
2015 Kuwait Kuwait City 6th place
(1st in Division I)		 5 5 0 0 0
2016 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Did not participate
2017 Kuwait Kuwait City 6th place
(1st in Division I)		 3 3 0 0 0
2018 Philippines Pasay 5th place 4 0 0 1 3

All-time record against other nations[]

As of 25 April 2017[6]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 8 2
 Bahrain 3 3 0 0 46 5
 China 2 0 0 2 2 46
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 0 3 14 52
 Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 1 12
 India 4 4 0 0 70 11
 Japan 1 0 0 1 1 44
 Kyrgyzstan 3 1 0 2 13 29
 Macau 5 4 1 0 35 7
 Malaysia 6 3 0 3 32 29
 Mongolia 5 0 0 5 8 26
 Morocco 2 2 0 0 15 3
 Oman 9 9 0 0 77 8
 Philippines 1 0 0 1 3 8
 Qatar 4 3 0 1 26 16
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 10 3
 Singapore 2 2 0 0 9 5
 Thailand 7 0 0 7 14 49
 United Arab Emirates 4 0 0 4 6 17
Total 77 35 1 41 397 410

References[]

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  3. ^ "27 tournaments assigned". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 Events". International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 May 2017.
  5. ^ Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). "Story #42;Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "Kuwait-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Arab Cup victory for Emirates". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  8. ^ "2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  9. ^ Merk, Martin (8 June 2010). "UAE wins Gulf Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  10. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  11. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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