Tunisia national ice hockey team

Tunisia
The flag of Tunisia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association Association Tunisienne de Hockey sur Glace
Head coach Finland Vesa Surenkin
Assistants Tunisia Ben Amor Khalfallah
Team colors               
IIHF code TUN
First international
None
Biggest win
None
Biggest defeat
None
International record (W–L–T)
0–0–0

The Tunisian national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لهوكي الجليد, French: Équipe de Tunisie de hockey sur glace) is the national ice hockey team of Tunisia.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

The Tunisian Ice Hockey Association was founded in 2009, but currently not a member of the IIHF.[6] Tunisia played their first non-official game on 14 June 2014, against a French club team, Coqs de Courbevoie in Courbevoie, France. They were defeated by them 6–5.[7] Tunisia has not been active since their first non-official game, but did not play at least one official game against other nation so far.

Roster

2014

Head coach: Finland SURENKIN VesaAssistant coaches: Tunisia KHALFALLAH Ben-Amor, France SEMEI Wissem, France CORRONT Jean François

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 G BEN AMOR Axel (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 1.76 m France Reims (France)
51 G KHELIL Adrien (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 1.75 m France Clermont Ferrand (France)
49 G VINCENT Raphael (1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 1.73 m France Toulouse (France)
14 D BELHASSEN Medhi (1986-05-28) 28 May 1986 1.85 m France Dammarie (France)
34 D CLER Gael (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 1.71 m France Tours (France)
94 D CORRONT Merwan (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 1.81 m France Valence (France)
13 D CORRONT Nils (1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 1.83 m France Valence (France)
89 D GORT Khelil (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 1.83 m Finland Uplakers (Finland)
99 F BENZEKRI Riyad (1980-04-16) 16 April 1980 1.80 m Canada Montréal (Canada)
27 F BERNIER Nathan (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 1.79 m France Villard de Lans (France)
17 F ELBAZE Vincent (1989-09-30) 30 September 1989 1.70 m France Courbevoie (France)
10 F HEDLI James (1981-08-20) 20 August 1981 1.77 m France Lyon (France)
91 F KALARIS Sami (1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 1.72 m France Amiens (France)
7 F LOCKNER Mikael (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 1.88 m Sweden Norsjö (Sweden)
8 F MENASRI Scander (1983-02-14) 14 February 1983 1.75 m Germany Regensburg (Germany)
40 F REISINGER Armin (1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 1.83 m Germany Stuggart (Germany)
11 F SEBAG Adrien (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 1.80 m United States Adrian College (USA)
21 F VAN DE PUTTE Amine (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 1.79 m Belgium Eeklo Yeti Bears (Belgium)
81 F ZNAKI Achraf (1992-06-07) 7 June 1992 1.77 m Canada Montréal (Canada)

All-time record against other clubs

Last match update: 14 June 2014[8]

Team GP W T L GF GA
France Coqs de Courbevoie100156

See also

References

  1. George Kariuki (2015-11-11). "Tunisian team win the first African Ice Hockey Championship - CCTV Africa - Strengthening news coverage in Africa". CCTV Africa. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  2. "Montrealer keen to represent Tunisia in first-ever African Ice Hockey Cup - Montreal - CBC News". Cbc.ca. 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  3. "Il rêve d'importer le hockey en Tunisie - le Parisien". Leparisien.fr. 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  4. Bertrand Guay (2011-04-20). "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". Fr.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  5. "Le premier match de hockey tunisien de l'Histoire aura lieu le 14 juin". Huffpostmaghreb.com. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  6. "Un mot du président". tunisie-hockey.com. 2014-06-14.
  7. "Tunisia Shows Great Strides In First International Hockey Game". thehockeyhouse.net. 2014-06-14.
  8. "Tunisia All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
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