Tunisia men's national ice hockey team

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Tunisia
Shirt badge/Association crest
The flag of Tunisia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
AssociationAssociation Tunisienne de Hockey sur Glace
Head coachVesa Surenkin
AssistantsBen Amor Khalfallah
Team colors     
IIHF codeTUN
Ranking
Current IIHFNR (6 June 2021)[1]
International record (W–L–T)
0–0–0

The Tunisia national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لهوكي الجليد, French: Équipe de Tunisie de hockey sur glace) is the national men's ice hockey team of Tunisia and an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[2][3][4][5][6] Tunisia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and has not entered in any World Championship tournaments.

History[]

The Tunisian Ice Hockey Association was founded in 2009.[7] Tunisia played its first unofficial game on 14 June 2014, against a French club team, Coqs de Courbevoie in Courbevoie, France. They were defeated by them 6–5.[8] Tunisia has not been active since their first unofficial game, but did not play at least one official game against other nation so far. On 22 September 2021, they became an official IIHF member.[9]

Tournament record[]

World Championships[]

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1930 through 2021 Not a member of the IIHF
2022 TBD Did not enter
Total 0/0 – – – – –

African Ice Hockey Cup[]

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
Morocco Gold medal with cup.svg 1st place
Total 1/1

All-time record against other clubs[]

Last match update: 14 June 2014[10]

Team GP W T L GF GA
France Coqs de Courbevoie 1 0 0 1 5 6

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ George Kariuki (11 November 2015). "Tunisian team win the first African Ice Hockey Championship – CCTV Africa – Strengthening news coverage in Africa". CCTV Africa. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Montrealer keen to represent Tunisia in first-ever African Ice Hockey Cup – Montreal – CBC News". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Il rêve d'importer le hockey en Tunisie – le Parisien". Le Parisien. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ Bertrand Guay (20 April 2011). "Ihab Ayed, président de l'Association tunisienne de hockey sur glace, lors d'un entraînement à Courbevoie, en banlieue parisienne, le 10 juin 2014 | Afficher la photo". Yahoo! Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Le premier match de hockey tunisien de l'Histoire aura lieu le 14 juin". Huffpostmaghreb.com. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Un mot du président". tunisie-hockey.com. 14 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Tunisia Shows Great Strides in First International Hockey Game". thehockeyhouse.net. 14 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Welcome Tunisia". iihf.com. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Tunisia All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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