Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation

The Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation (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]

Turkmenistan
Association nameTurkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF CodeTKM
IIHF membership15 May 2015
PresidentJora Hudayberdiyev
IIHF men's ranking49th

Leagues

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 IIIQ[3]  South Africa 5–7 February 2018 Withdrawn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.

2019
EventDivisionHost nationDateResult
Men Div. III  Bulgaria 22–28 April 2019 3rd place
(43rd overall)
2020
EventDivisionHost nationDateResult
Men Div. IIIA  Luxembourg 19–25 April 2020 To be determined

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. "27 tournaments assigned". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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