| Kuwait | |
| Badge: | Emblem of Kuwait.svg |
| Badge Size: | 170px |
| Caption: | The emblem of Kuwait is the badge used on the players jerseys. |
| Association: | Kuwait Ice Hockey Association |
| Nickname: | Falcons (الصقور) |
| General Manager: | Fuhaid Al-Ajmi |
| Coach: | Marko Ziđarević |
| Asst Coach: | Meshal Al-Ajmi |
| Captain: | Abdullah Al-Maragi |
| Most Games: | Ahmad Al-Ajmi (107) |
| Top Scorer: | Ahmad Al-Ajmi (71) |
| Most Points: | Ahmad Al-Ajmi (133) |
| Home Stadium: | Kuwait Winter Games Club Ice Skating Rink |
| Iihf Code: | KUW |
| Iihf Max: | 50 |
| Iihf Max Date: | 2018–19, 2023 |
| Iihf Min: | 52 |
| Iihf Min Date: | 2022, 2024 |
| First Game: | 44–1 (Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999) |
| Largest Win: | 39–2 (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 26 April 2011) |
| Largest Loss: | 44–1 (Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999) |
| World Champ Apps: | 4 |
| World Champ First: | 2018 |
| World Champ Best: | 49th (2022) |
| World Champ2 Name: | Asian Winter Games |
| World Champ2 Apps: | 4 |
| World Champ2 First: | 1999 |
| World Champ2 Best: | 6th (1999) |
| Regional Name: | Arab Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 2 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2008 |
| Regional Cup Best: | 2nd (2008, 2023) |
| Regional2 Name: | IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship |
| Regional2 Cup Apps: | 8 |
| Regional2 Cup First: | 2010 |
| Regional2 Cup Best: | 4th (2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Regional3 Name: | GCC Gulf Championship |
| Regional3 Cup Apps: | 4 |
| Regional3 Cup First: | 2010 |
| Regional3 Cup Best: | 2nd (2010, 2012, 2014) |
| Record: | 46–65–1 |
The Kuwait national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب الكويت لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of Kuwait. The team is controlled by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 8 May 2009.[1] As of 28 May 2023, Kuwait is currently ranked 50th in the IIHF World Ranking. Kuwait participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia, from 2010 to 2018. Kuwait made its World Championship debut at the 2018 Division III Qualification tournament.[2] [3]
In 1985, Kuwait had joined the IIHF, but was expelled in 1992 due to a lack of ice hockey activity.[4] In 1999, Kuwait played their first games at the 1999 Asian Winter Games against Japan, China, and Mongolia, losing all three.[5] In 2007, Kuwait returned to international play at the 2007 Asian Winter Games where they recorded their first win against Macau.[5] The following year they competed in the Arab Cup finishing second after losing to the United Arab Emirates in the final.[6] In 2009, Kuwait re-admitted into the IIHF as an associate member. In 2010, Kuwait competed in their first Challenge Cup of Asia, finishing seventh overall,[7] and in 2014, finishing 6th overall, losing all five games, and were relegated to Division I. Also they participated in the Kuwaiti organized Gulf Championship, finishing second behind the United Arab Emirates.[8]
| width=30 | Year | width=150 | Host | width=120 | Result | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| Expelled from IIHF | |||||||||||||||
| did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| 50th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 51st place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2020 and 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9] [10] | ||||||||||||||
| 49th place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 54th place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 54th place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| width=30 | Year | width=150 | Host | width=120 | Result | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| did not participate | |||||||||||||||
| 7th place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11th place | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 16th place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| width=30 | Year | width=150 | Host | width=120 | Result | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab Cup (2008) | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| GCC Gulf Championship (2010–2016) | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2nd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2nd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| GCC Games (2022) | |||||||||||||||
| 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Arab Cup (2023–) | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| width=30 | Year | width=150 | Host | width=120 | Result | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| did not participate | |||||||||||||||
| 7th place | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4th place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4th place | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6th place | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| did not participate | |||||||||||||||
| 6th place | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5th place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Last match update: 22 April 2024[5]
| width=180 | Team | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 60 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 37 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 | ||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 35 | ||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 50 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 13 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 16 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 81 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 83 | ||||||||
| Total | 112 | 46 | 1 | 65 | 516 | 667 |