Kyrgyzstan men's national ice hockey team

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Kyrgyzstan
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic
General managerElzar Bolotbekov
Head coachMaxim Zhabunin
AssistantsMuratbek Dzahkypov
CaptainVladimir Tonkikh
Most gamesAmanbek Esen Uulu &
Salamat Tynaliev (24 each)
Most pointsArtyom Kolobov (36)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKGZ
Ranking
Current IIHF52 Steady (6 June 2021)[1]
Highest IIHF52 (2019)
Lowest IIHF52 (2019)
First international
Kyrgyzstan  15–4  Thailand
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 28 January 2011)
Biggest win
Kyrgyzstan  23–2  Malaysia
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 1 February 2011)
Biggest defeat
Romania  18–2  Kyrgyzstan
(Brasov, Romania; 13 December 2019)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best result52nd (2019)
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)
28–7–0

The Kyrgyzstan national ice hockey team (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстандын улуттук шайбалуу хоккей курамасы; 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 2019, Kyrgyzstan is currently ranked 52nd 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] Kyrgyzstan returned to international play in 2011 where 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 World Championships in 2019, playing in 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]

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[7]
2021 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
Total 2/2 5 1 0 0 4

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
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: 15 December 2019[4]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 India 4 4 0 0 42 6
 Kuwait 4 3 0 1 43 13
 Malaysia 3 3 0 0 38 12
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 30 8
 Macau 3 2 0 1 15 7
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2 0 0 29 6
 Thailand 2 2 0 0 21 6
 Qatar 2 2 0 0 16 2
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 15 10
 Mongolia 1 1 0 0 13 3
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 10 5
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 8 3
 Oman 1 1 0 0 7 3
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 5 3
 Singapore 2 1 0 1 7 8
 Turkmenistan 1 0 0 1 3 7
 Israel 1 0 0 1 4 5
 Iceland 1 0 0 1 4 9
 Romania 1 0 0 1 2 18
Total 35 28 0 7 312 134

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. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Today there will be last matches in premier division". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Международная федерация хоккея попросила прощения у Кыргызстана, но оставила результат в силе" (in Russian). АКИpress. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  7. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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