Tunisia national ice hockey team

The Tunisian national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لهوكي الجليد‎, French: Équipe de Tunisie de hockey sur glace) is the national ice hockey team of Tunisia.[1][2][3][4][5]

Tunisia
The flag of Tunisia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
AssociationAssociation Tunisienne de Hockey sur Glace
Head coach Vesa Surenkin
Assistants Ben Amor Khalfallah
Team colors     
IIHF codeTUN
First international
None
Biggest win
None
Biggest defeat
None
International record (W–L–T)
0–0–0

History

The Tunisian Ice Hockey Association was founded in 2009, but currently not a member of the IIHF.[6] Tunisia played their first non-official game on 14 June 2014, against a French club team, Coqs de Courbevoie in Courbevoie, France. They were defeated by them 6–5.[7] Tunisia has not been active since their first non-official game, but did not play at least one official game against other nation so far.

Roster

2014

Head coach: SURENKIN Vesa

Assistant coaches: KHALFALLAH Ben-Amor, SEMEI Wissem, CORRONT Jean François

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 G BEN AMOR Axel (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 1.76 m Reims (France)
51 G KHELIL Adrien (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 1.75 m Clermont Ferrand (France)
49 G VINCENT Raphael (1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 1.73 m Toulouse (France)
14 D BELHASSEN Medhi (1986-05-28) 28 May 1986 1.85 m Dammarie (France)
34 D CLER Gael (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 1.71 m Tours (France)
94 D CORRONT Merwan (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 1.81 m Valence (France)
13 D CORRONT Nils (1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 1.83 m Valence (France)
89 D GORT Khelil (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 1.83 m Uplakers (Finland)
99 F BENZEKRI Riyad (1980-04-16) 16 April 1980 1.80 m Montréal (Canada)
27 F BERNIER Nathan (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 1.79 m Villard de Lans (France)
17 F ELBAZE Vincent (1989-09-30) 30 September 1989 1.70 m Courbevoie (France)
10 F HEDLI James (1981-08-20) 20 August 1981 1.77 m Lyon (France)
91 F KALARIS Sami (1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 1.72 m Amiens (France)
7 F LOCKNER Mikael (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 1.88 m Norsjö (Sweden)
8 F MENASRI Scander (1983-02-14) 14 February 1983 1.75 m Regensburg (Germany)
40 F REISINGER Armin (1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 1.83 m Stuggart (Germany)
11 F SEBAG Adrien (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 1.80 m Adrian College (USA)
21 F VAN DE PUTTE Amine (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 1.79 m Eeklo Yeti Bears (Belgium)
81 F ZNAKI Achraf (1992-06-07) 7 June 1992 1.77 m Montréal (Canada)

All-time record against other clubs

Last match update: 14 June 2014[8]

Team GP W T L GF GA
Coqs de Courbevoie100156

See also

References
  1. George Kariuki (2015-11-11). "Tunisian team win the first African Ice Hockey Championship - CCTV Africa - Strengthening news coverage in Africa". CCTV Africa. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  2. "Montrealer keen to represent Tunisia in first-ever African Ice Hockey Cup - Montreal - CBC News". Cbc.ca. 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  3. "Il rêve d'importer le hockey en Tunisie - le Parisien". Leparisien.fr. 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  4. Bertrand Guay (2011-04-20). "Ihab Ayed, président de l'Association tunisienne de hockey sur glace, lors d'un entraînement à Courbevoie, en banlieue parisienne, le 10 juin 2014 | Afficher la photo". Fr.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  5. "Le premier match de hockey tunisien de l'Histoire aura lieu le 14 juin". Huffpostmaghreb.com. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  6. "Un mot du président". tunisie-hockey.com. 2014-06-14.
  7. "Tunisia Shows Great Strides In First International Hockey Game". thehockeyhouse.net. 2014-06-14.
  8. "Tunisia All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
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