Turkish Ice Hockey Federation

Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF) is the governing body of the ice hockey sport in Turkey. It was established in 1991 as the Turkish Ice Sports Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Sporları Federasyonu, TBSF). It is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since May 1, 1991. The TBHF is based in Ankara and its current chairman is Orhan Duman.[1][2]

Turkey
Association nameTurkish Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF CodeTUR
IIHF membershipMay 1, 1991
PresidentHalit Albayrak
IIHF men's ranking41st (August 2018)
IIHF women's ranking31st (August 2018)
http://www.tbhf.org.tr

TBHF conducts seven ice hockey leagues for men's and women's. The federation organizes also the national teams for men's, men's junior, men's U-18 and women's. As of October 2012, Turkey men's national team ranks 39th and the women's 35th in the world.[2]

History

Ice hockey playing started in Turkey in the beginning of the 1980s at Atatürk ice rink and on the frozen pool of Youth Park in Ankara and Korukent ice rink in Istanbul. The first ice hockey match dates back to January 9, 1988 played at Atatürk ice rink in Ankara between the teams of Ankara and Istanbul, which were coached by an American Glenn Brown and Sinisha Tomic from Yugoslavia respectively.

By February 1989, the "Buz Pateni Sarayı" (literally "Ice Skating Palace"), country's first Olympic size hockey rink was opened in Ankara, which initiated the ice hockey in Turkey. Founding of an ice hockey school the same year by Cüneyt Kozan and Fahri Paslı was one of the most basic and important steps in the development of this sport branch in Turkey. Some of the sportspeople, who learnt playing ice hockey at this school, are still members of the national team.

Ankara Buz Pateni Sarayı hosted the first match ever played in compliance with the international rules and regulations end of 1989 between Ankara Tarım Kredi Spor and Istanbul Paten Kulübü teams.

By January 1990, ice hockey sport was subordinated to the Turkish Ski Federation, and the first official championship ever was organized among two teams from Ankara and two from Istanbul.

With the foundation of the Turkish Ice Sports Federation in 1991, ice hockey sport separated from the Turkish Ski Federation and came along with figure skating sport under the authority of the new organization. Turkey became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF the same year, and formed the national team to participate at the 1992 World championships Group C tournaments.

The rising interest in ice hockey effected the increasing number of players and then the teams. Rino Ouellette, a Canadian diplomat in Ankara, who coached two teams consecutively, contributed much to the development of ice hockey sport in Turkey. A tournament, organized in 1992, laid the ground stone for the establishment of Turkey's first ice hockey league in 1993.

As of March 2013, the total number of ice hockey players is 790 consisting of 310 men's, 320 juniors and 160 women's. From 1992 on, the federation conducted regularly courses for referees and trainers. There are a total of 110 referees as of March 2013.[2]

Under increasing competition pressure, the teams were forced to transfer valuable players from countries with ice hockey tradition like Canada, Russia, Ukraine etc. The presence of the foreign sportspeople contributed considerable to the enhancement of this sport resulting in Turkey's first international win in 1997 against New Zealand.[3]

In the end of 2006, ice hockey sport detached on International Skating Union's recommendation from the Turkish Ice Sports Federation establishing its own organization.[4]

Domestic events and teams

The TBHF conducts in the 2012-2013 season seven leagues. In the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League, eight teams compete. Turkish Ice Hockey First League comprises five teams. In the Juniors (U-20) League, there are eleven teams.[5] The Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League debuted in February 2007 with 7 teams.[6][7][8] As of October 2012, the total number of ice hockey players in Turkey is 790, consisting of 310 male, 160 female and 320 junior players.[2]

There are eight Olympic-size indoor ice hockey rinks and three outdoor rinks across Turkey as of October 2012.[2]

Turkish ice hockey competitions
  • Turkish Ice Hockey Super League (TBHF Erkekler Süper Ligi)
  • Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League (TBHF Bayanlar Ligi)
  • Turkish Ice Hockey First League (TBHF Erkekler 1. Ligi)
  • Turkish Ice Hockey Juniors (U-20) League (TBHF 20 Yaş altı Genç Erkekler Ligi)
  • Turkish Ice Hockey Youth (U-18) League (TBHF 18 Yaş altı Genç Erkekler Ligi,)
  • Turkish Ice Hockey Boys (U-14) League (TBHF Yıldızlar Ligi)
  • Turkish Ice Hockey U-10 League (TBHF Minikler Ligi)

Prize money

The federation re-evaluated the prize money scheme for all the six divisions valid in the 2010–11 season.[9]

Prize Money Scheme (in TUL)*
LeagueChampionRunner-upThirdFourthFifth
Super League25,00015,00010,000
Women's League12,5007,5005,000
First League5,0003,0002,000
Juniors (U-20) League5,0003,0002,000
Youth (U-18) League5,0003,0002,000
Boys (U-14) League3,0002,0002,0001,0001,000
  • 1 TUL = 0.65 US$ (approx. currency exchange rate as of March 2011)

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League
2011-12 season

Group A
ClubHome townArenaFounded
Kocaeli B.B. Kağıt SKIzmitKocaeli2000
B.B. Ankara SKAnkaraBel-Pa1978
Erzurum Gençlik SKErzurumErzurum
Anka SKAnkaraBel-Pa2004
İstanbul Paten SKIstanbulSilivrikapı1987
Ankara Truva Paten SKAnkaraBel-Pa2005

Group B
ClubHome townArenaFounded
Başkent Yıldızları SKAnkaraBel-Pa1998
Ankara Üniversitesi SKAnkaraBel-Pa1948
Boğaziçi Paten SKIstanbulSilivrikapı1986
Izmir BB GSKBornova
Erzurum B.B. SKErzurumErzurum

[10]

Turkish Ice Hockey First League
ClubHome townArenaFounded
ABBA SKAnkaraBel-Pa2005
Ankara Emniyet SKAnkaraBel-Pa1990
Ankara Üniversitesi SKAnkaraBel-Pa1948
İzmit Şirintepe SKIzmitKocaeli2000
ODTÜ SKAnkaraBel-Pa1962
Ankara Truva Paten SKAnkaraBel-Pa2005
Yükseliş SKAnkaraBel-Pa2007
İstanbul Üniversitesi SBKİstanbulSilivrikapı2010

Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League

Group A
ClubHome townArenaFounded
Anka SKAnkaraBel-Pa2004
Ankara Üniversitesi SKAnkaraBel-Pa1948
ODTÜ SKAnkaraBel-Pa1962
Polis Akademisi ve Koleji SKAnkaraBel-Pa1996
Ankara Truva Paten SKAnkaraBel-Pa2005

Group B
ClubHome townArenaFounded
ABBA SKAnkaraBel-Pa2005
Boğaziçi Paten SKIstanbulSilivrikapı1986
Başkent Yıldızları Buz Hokeyi SKAnkaraBel-Pa1998
Kocaeli B.B. Kağıt SKIzmitKocaeli2000
Milenyum Paten SKAnkaraBel-Pa2002

Turkish Juniors (U20) League
ClubHome townArena
Anka SKAnkaraBel-Pa
B.B. Ankara SKAnkaraBel-Pa
Ankara EmniyetsporAnkaraBel-Pa
Ankara Truva Paten SKAnkaraBel-Pa
Başkent Yıldızları Buz Hokeyi SKAnkaraBel-Pa
İstanbul TED Kolejliler SKIstanbulSilivrikapı
İzmit Buz Sporları Paten KDKocaeliKocaeli
İzmit Çenesuyu SKKocaeliKocaeli
İzmit Şirintepe SKKocaeliKocaeli
Kocaeli B.B. Kağıt SKKocaeliKocaeli
Şampiyon SKAnkaraBel-Pa

Turkish Ice Hockey U-10 Championship
2011-12 Season

Group A
ClubHome town
Istanbul Buz KorsanlarıIstanbul
Ankara Üniversitesi SKAnkara
ABBA SKAnkara
Erzurum Gençlik SKErzurum

Group B
ClubHome town
Şampiyon SKIstanbul
Buzun Aslanları SKAnkara
Boğaziçi Paten SKIstanbul
Buz Kaplanları SKIstanbul

[11][12]

International events

Turkish national ice hockey teams took part in the following events:

2002
  • Men's World Championship - Div. II (Gr. A) - March 31-April 6, 2002 in Cape Town, South Africa - 6th place, relegated to Division III.
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
  • World Junior Championship - Div. III - January 16–24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia - 6th place.
  • World U18 Championships - Div. III (Gr. B) - March 3–9, 2008 in Izmit, Turkey - 3rd place.
  • Women's World Championships - Div. IV - March 23–29, 2008 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania - 6th place.
  • World Championship - Div. III - March 31-April 4, 2008 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - 4th place.
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Coach

The national team's head coach is Jim MacEachern form Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada. Jim coached the four Turkish national teams for the 2007-2008 season and is currently negotiating an extension of his contract.

See also

References
  1. "International Ice Hockey Federation official website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
  2. "Turkey". IIHF. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  3. Whats the problem Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  4. Ajans Spor (in Turkish)
  5. TBHF Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  6. Super Spor Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  7. IIHF.com
  8. "Genel Hükümler" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  9. "Buz hokeyinde primler değişti". Sporda Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2011-03-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  10. "TBHF 2011-2012 Sezonu Süper Lig Fikstürü" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  11. "TBHF 2011-2012 Sezonu Minikler Türkiye Şampiyonası Programı" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  12. "Buz Hokeyi Turnuvasında Madalyalar Sahiplerini Buldu". Aktif Haber (in Turkish). 2012-06-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
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