Turkey men's national ice hockey team explained

Turkey
Badge:Flag of Turkey.svg
Badge Size:170px
Association:Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager:Eray Atalı
Coach:Andrej Brodnik
Asst Coach:Burak Aktürk
Özkan Dereli
Yavuz Karakoç
Most Games:Emrah Özmen (76)
Top Scorer:Emrah Özmen (49)
Most Points:Emrah Özmen (91)
Iihf Code:TUR
Iihf Max:35
Iihf Max Date:2010
Iihf Min:43
Iihf Min Date:2003–04, 2018
First Game: 15–3
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 21 March 1992)
Largest Win: 16–0
(Cape Town, South Africa; 14 April 2011)
Largest Loss: 38–0
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 March 1992)
World Champ Apps:16
World Champ First:1992
World Champ Best:32nd (1992)
Record:47–80–1

The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is currently ranked 42nd in the IIHF World Ranking.

History

In 2014, the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match.[1] Denis Legersky from Slovakia, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir BB GSK, was registered in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team as a coach–player.[1] He, appeared in the jersey of Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in Sarajevo before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team.[1] The officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports protested the incident.[1]

Olympics

The Turkey men's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship record

Year Host City Country Result
6th in Group C2 (32nd)
3rd in Group C qualifying pool 4 (NR)
2nd in Group C2 qualifying pool 2 (NR)
2nd in Group D qualifying pool 2 (NR)
3rd in Group E (NR)
7th in Group D (39th)
7th in Group D (39th)
9th in Group D (42nd)
6th in Division II Group A (39th)
3rd in Division III (43rd)
2nd in Division III (42nd)
6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2nd in Division III (42nd)
6th in Division II Group A (39th)
4th in Division III (44th)
2nd in Division III (42nd)
6th in Division II Group A (40th)
3rd in Division III (43rd)
1st in Division III (41st)
5th in Division II Group B (39th)
6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2nd in Division III (42nd)
1st in Division III (41st)
6th in Division II Group B (40th)
3rd in Division III (43rd)
2nd in Division III (42nd)
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2nd in Division IIIA (38th)
5th in Division IIB (39th)
6th in Division IIB (40th)
Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.

All-time record against other nations

Team GP W T L WLDiff GF GAGDiff
align=left 50 4 4 0 0 +4 31 3 +28
align=left 49 9 6 0 3 +3 55 36 +19
align=left 43 10 6 0 4 +2 63 46 +17
align=left 46 2 2 0 0 +2 19 2 +17
align=left 51 2 2 0 0 +2 19 4 +15
align=left 44 2 2 0 0 +2 18 5 +13
align=left 45 2 2 0 0 +2 15 2 +13
align=left 48 4 3 1 0 +2 21 10 +11
align=left 47 1 1 0 0 +1 15 0 +15
align=left 36 2 1 0 1 0 8 7 +1
align=left 30 1 0 0 1 −1 4 6 −2
align=left 40 3 1 0 2 −1 9 14 −5
align=left 22 1 0 0 1 −1 0 14 −14
align=left 28 1 0 0 1 −1 0 24 −24
align=left 32 3 0 0 3 −3 5 35 −30
align=left 26 3 0 0 3 −3 4 74 −70
align=left 34 6 1 0 5 −4 14 36 −22
align=left 33 4 0 0 4 −4 7 29 −22
align=left 39 6 1 0 5 −4 14 63 −49
align=left 37 5 0 0 5 −5 3 75 −72
align=left 31 5 0 0 5 −5 4 79 −75
align=left 38 8 1 0 7 −6 25 52 −27
align=left 35 7 0 0 7 −7 11 73 −62
align=left 42 10 1 0 9 −8 19 106 −87
Total 41 101 34 1 66 -33 383 795 -412

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Milli Takım'da kaçak hokeyci . . Demirbilek, Celal . 19 February 2014 . tr . 24 February 2014 .
  2. Web site: Men's Division II, III cancelled. IIHF. 13 March 2020.
  3. Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.