Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team
The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world. They have competed at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. The national team joined the IIHF in 1992 and first played internationally at the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[2] The team has frequently played at the elite division of the World Championship, often moving between there and the Division I level.
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| Association | Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Andrei Skabelka |
| Assistants | Vladimir Kopat Igor Matushkin Alexander Shimin |
| Captain | Vacant |
| Most games | Alexander Koreshkov (78) |
| Most points | Alexander Koreshkov (83) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | KAZ |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 16  3 (24 April 2020)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 11 (2006) |
| Lowest IIHF | 21 (2003) |
| First international | |
Kazakhstan  5–1  Ukraine(St. Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992) | |
| Biggest win | |
Kazakhstan  52–1  Thailand(Changchun, China; 29 January 2007) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
United States  10–0 Kazakhstan(Cologne, Germany; 15 May 2010) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 27 (first in 1993) |
| Best result | 12th (2005) |
| Asian Winter Games | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1996) |
| Best result |  Gold (1996, 1999, 2011, 2017) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 150–106–14 | |
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History
Kazakhstan joined the IIHF in 1992, applying as a separate member with six other former Soviet republics.[3] They played their first IIHF tournament at the 1993 World Championship; as a new member they had to play in Group C, the lowest level. They reached the elite division for the first time in 1998, and have played at the elite level seven times (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016).
The national team has appeared at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. In their debut in 1998, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. They returned for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and finished ninth overall.
The team is the most successful team at the Asian Games, winning it four times, and are the current highest ranked Asian team.
Tournament record
World Championships
- 1993 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
- 1994 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Pool C)
- 1995 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
- 1996 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C)
- 1997 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 1998 – Finished in 16th place
- 1999 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool B)
- 2000 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 2001 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
- 2002 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
- 2003 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
- 2004 – Finished in 13th place
- 2005 – Finished in 12th place
- 2006 – Finished in 15th place
- 2007 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
- 2008 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
- 2009 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
- 2010 – Finished in 16th place
- 2011 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group B)
- 2012 – Finished in 16th place
- 2013 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2014 – Finished in 16th place
- 2015 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2016 – Finished in 16th place
- 2017 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2018 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2019 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[4]
Asian Winter Games
List of head coaches
- Vladimir Goltze 1993–94
- Vladimir Koptsov 1994–95
- Boris Alexandrov 1996–02
- Nikolay Myshagin 2003–06
- Anatoli Kartayev 2007
- Yerlan Sagymbayev 2007–09
- Andrei Shayanov 2009–10
- Andrei Khomutov 2010–11
- Andrei Shayanov 2011–12
- Vladimir Krikunov 2012–13
- Ari-Pekka Selin 2013–14
- Andrei Nazarov 2014–2016
- Eduard Zankovets 2016–2017
- Galym Mambetaliyev 2017–2018
- Andrei Skabelka 2018–
References
- "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "KAZ – Kazakhstan". IIHF.com. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- IIHF (2008). "Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". IIHF.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
