National Center of Turkmenistan for Winter Sports

Turkmenistan
Association name Ice Hockey Federation of Turkmenistan
IIHF Code TKM
IIHF membership 15 May 2015
President Jora Hudayberdiyev

The Ice Hockey Federation of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň şaýbaly hokkeý federasiýasy, TŞHF) is the governing body of ice hockey in Turkmenistan.[1] Turkmenistan is the third former Soviet republic from Central Asia after Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to join the IIHF.[2]

National teams

Participation by year

2017

Turkmenistan did not enter in any 2017 IIHF World Championship tournaments.

EventHost nationDateResult
Asian WG  Japan 18–26 February 2017 11th place
(1st in Division II)
2018
EventDivisionHost nationDateResult
Men Div. IIIQ[3]  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25–28 February 2018 1st place
(Promoted to
2019 Division III)
(47th overall)
Men U20 Div. IIIQ[3]  South Africa 5–7 February 2018 Withdrawn

Note: The Turkmenistan under-20 national team was supposed to make their debut at the 2018 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III Qualification tournament, but they withdrew prior to the tournament starting.

References

  1. ↑ "Golden Age". Turkmenistan.gov.tm. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  2. ↑ "Welcome Turkmenistan". Iihf.com. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  3. 1 2 "27 tournaments assigned". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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