# Thailand men's national ice hockey team

The Thailand national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Thailand. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Association of Thailand and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Thailand is currently ranked at fifty-first in the IIHF World Rankings and have been entered in the World Championship tournaments since 2019 but have not yet participated at any Olympic Games. They have played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.
The first official hockey league in Thailand, the Bangkok Ice Hockey league (BIHL) was founded in 2014. The majority of the practices and games for the handful of teams in the BIHL are held at the two rinks inside of Central Rama 9 and Imperial World in Samrong, two of Bangkok's popular shopping malls. Currently, most of Thailand's national hockey players are playing on the BIHL with a player as young as 15 years old.

## Tournament record
### World Championships

* 2019 – 49th place (3rd in Division III, Qualification)
* 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
* 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 2022 – 43rd place (2nd in Division III, Group B)
* 2023 – 44th place (4th in Division III, Group A)
* 2024 – 41st place (1st in Division III, Group A)
* 2025 – (Division II, Group B)

### Asian Winter Games

* 2003 Aomori – 5th place
* 2007 Changchun – 9th place
* 2011 Astana – 6th place ( 2nd in Premier Division)
* 2017 Sapporo – 5th place ( 1st in Division I)
* 2025 Harbin –

### Results

| # | Year | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Ice hockey at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 65 | -59 |
| 2 | Ice hockey at the 2007 Asian Winter Games | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 59 | -48 |
| 3 | Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 22 | +48 |
| 4 | Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | +23 |
| Total | 4 Games | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 122 | 158 | -36 |

### Challenge Cup of Asia

* 2008 Hong Kong – 4th place
* 2009 Abu Dhabi – Runners-up
* 2010 Taipei City – 3rd place
* 2011 Kuwait City – 3rd place
* 2012 Dehradun – Runners-up
* 2013 Bangkok – 5th place
* 2014 Abu Dhabi – 4th place
* 2015 Taipei City – 4th place
* 2016 Abu Dhabi – 4th place
* 2017 Bangkok – 3rd place
* 2018 Pasay – Runners-up

### Southeast Asian Games

* 2017 Kuala Lumpur – Runners-up
* 2019 Philippines – 1st

## Team
### Current roster

| No. | Pos. | Name | Team |
| 1 | GK | David Benjamin Kleineschay | Aware |
| 25 | GK | James McAlear | Norwich University |
| 20 | GK | Dominik Vollenweiderr | Team Thailand |
| 12 | D | Sarawut Danielsson | UU Hockey |
| 5 | D | Edvin Ken Kindborn | KCG |
| 14 | D | Sarawut Phasookwong | Manglerud Star Ishockey |
| 8 | D | Punn Phasukkijwatana | Team Thailand |
| 23 | D | Satira Tawon Andersson | Solna SK (SWE) |
| 16 | D | Araya Vatanapanyakul | Lexicon Lumberjack |
| 22 | D | N. Yannakornthanapunt | Magna |
| 28 | FW | Kim Aarola | Hyvinkään Jää-Ahmat |
| 11 | FW | Patrick Forstner | KCG |
| 7 | FW | Papan Hongswadhi | Team Thailand |
| 61 | FW | Mikael Jan Isaksson | Aware |
| 10 | FW | Athit Khunra | KCG |
| 13 | FW | Charles Nichols Lampson | Lexicon Lumberjack |
| 18 | FW | Chanokchon Limpinphet | Mandalay |
| 17 | FW | Nathaphat Luckanatinakorn | KCG |
| 19 | FW | Thatsanai Phuangrot | Team Thailand |
| 15 | FW | Thanachai Sakchaicharoenkul | Team Thailand |
| 4 | FW | Rakchai Sukwiboon | Ice Breakers |
| 6 | FW | Nakrit Sutivijitho | Bangkok Warriors |

## All-time record against other nations

Updated as of 10 April 2024
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 |
| China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Chinese Taipei | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 80 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 32 |
| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Kuwait | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 16 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Macau | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 22 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 46 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
| Singapore | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Turkmenistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 58 |
| Total | 107 | 62 | 1 | 44 | 663 | 492 |