Saudi Arabia men's national ice hockey team explained

Saudi Arabia
Badge:Emblem of Saudi Arabia.svg
Badge Size:160px
Association:Saudi Winter Sports Federation
Coach:Petr Večko
Captain:Mohamad Bahamdin
Top Scorer:Faisal Salama (3)
Most Points:Faisal Salama &<b> Badr Alhazmi
Home Stadium:Al-Shallal Ice Rink
Iihf Code:KSA
Team Colors:Green / White
First Game: 10–3
Largest Win: 5–2
Largest Loss: 14–1
Regional Name:Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
Regional Cup Apps:1
Regional Cup First:2010
Regional Cup Best: (2010)
Regional2 Name:GCC Games
Regional2 Cup Apps:1
Regional2 Cup First:2022
Regional2 Cup Best: (2022)
Record:3–3–0

The Saudi Arabia national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب المملكة العربية السعودية لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is not a member of the IIHF and therefore not eligible to enter any IIHF World Championship events.

History

The Saudi Arabian Nationals first played ice hockey in the early 1990s. Ice hockey was played in Riyadh at the Fal Shopping Centre Ice Rink, a rink 1/3 the size of a standard North American-sized ice rink. In 1994, five Saudis were part of a team consisting of mostly ex-pats from Canada and Finland. This particular team was the winner of the Canuck Cup held in Dubai. A member of the team was Prince Ahmed Al-Saud, a fan of hockey after watching it played in New York. Saudi Arabia played its first game in 2010 during the Gulf Ice Hockey Championship which was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait.[1] Saudi Arabia played three games losing its opener against Kuwait 10–3.[2] In their second game in the tournament, Saudi Arabia was beaten by a larger margin then the first, losing to the United Arab Emirates 14–1.[2] In their final game of the tournament, they won their first ever international game after they defeated Oman 3–1.[1] Saudi Arabia finished third in the four team tournament with the UAE winning gold.[2] Saudi Arabia has not been active until the 2022 GCC Games, but at the 2023 Arab Cup, Saudi Arabia was unofficially represented at the tournament by the Jeddah Eagles club team.[3]

Tournament record

GCC Gulf Championship

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3rd place 3 1 0 0 2
Total 1/1 3 1 0 0 2

GCC Games

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2nd place 3 2 0 0 1
Total 1/1 3 2 0 0 1

All-time record against other national teams

Last match update: 26 May 2022

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
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1 1 0 0 5 2
2 1 0 1 10 15
1 1 0 0 3 1
2 0 0 2 2 19
Total 6 3 0 3 20 37

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saudia-Arabia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf . National Teams of Ice Hockey . 2017-12-18 .
  2. Web site: UAE wins Gulf Championship . Martin . Merk . . 2010-06-08 . 2010-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100611082859/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/uae-wins-gulf-championship.html . 2010-06-11 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2023-02-02 . Arab Cup - National Teams of Ice Hockey . 2023-05-12 . nationalteamsoficehockey.com . en-US.