Qatar men's national ice hockey team

The Qatari national ice hockey team (Arabic:منتخب قطر لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of Qatar. They are controlled by the Qatar Winter Sports Committee and has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 18 May 2012. Qatar is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and have not entered in any World Championship tournaments or at any Olympic Games, but have only played once in the Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament in 2016, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.
==History==
The sport was mostly unknown in Qatar, until the establishment of the first edition of the Qatar Ice Hockey Championship, with the participation of four teams to include Qatari, Canadian and English Czech's and Finnish players organized by the Sports Affairs Department of the Qatar Olympic Committee.Qatar Ice Hockey Championship at flickr.com Qatar's national team participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. The country has two ice rinks (Gondolania Ice Arena and City Centre Mall) with a two division hockey league providing official competition. The six teams for 2009–10 were the RasGas, Sandvipers, Qatar Qanucks, European Fitness Club, Sundogs, and CNAQ Breakers.
On 18 May 2012, Qatar was added as an official members by the IIHF. Qatar played its first game against Oman, which they lost 2–1. In 2014, Qatar participated in the Gulf Ice Hockey Championship. They played five games, losing four and winning one, earning the bronze medal against Oman 7–2. In 2018, Qatar was scheduled to compete in the Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but cancelled.
==Roster==
Roster for the 2016 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia – Division I.
Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders
# 	Player 	Catches 	Height 	Weight 	Date of birth	Club
6 	Ahmed Saad Al Fahad 	L 	168 cm	81 kg 	 	No Team
29 	Ahmad Al Sulaiti 	L 	173 cm	80 kg 	 	No Team
Defencemen 	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	Defencemen
# 	Player 	Shoots 	Height 	Weight 	Date of birth	Club
23 	Sharida Al Abdulla 	L 	172 cm	68 kg 	 	No Team
97 	Mohamed Al Kaabi 	L 	172 cm	56 kg 	 	No Team
8 	Mohammed Al Khalaf 	L 	180 cm	90 kg 	 	No Team
11 	Saad Al Moslamani 	R 	174 cm	69 kg 	 	No Team
55 	Abdulla Al Muhaizaa 	R 	183 cm	79 kg 	 	No Team
99 	Naif Al Rumaihi 	L 	176 cm	80 kg 	 	No Team
Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards
# 	Player 	Shoots 	Height 	Weight 	Date of birth	Club
24 	Khalifa Al Abdulrahman 	R 	175 cm	44 kg 	 	No Team
14 	Abdulrahman Al Ashqar 	R 	171 cm	63 kg 	 	No Team
15 	Jien Yang Chua 	R 	165 cm	50 kg 	 	No Team
18 	Saoud Al Kuwari 	R 	168 cm	59 kg 	 	No Team
90 	Chee Ming Lim 	R 	173 cm	74 kg 	 	No Team
10 	Thamer Al Mohannadi 	L 	165 cm	55 kg 	 	No Team
12 	Ali Al Muhaizaa 	R 	182 cm	76 kg 	 	No Team
69 	Jassim Al Sheeb 	L 	162 cm	65 kg 	 	No Team
44 	Abdulla Ibrahim Al Sulaiti	R 	178 cm	76 kg 	 	No Team
71 	Ahmad Fakhroo 	R 	168 cm	68 kg 	 	No Team
87 	Abdulaziz Fakhroo 	L 	175 cm	63 kg 	 	No Team
==Tournament record==
===GCC Gulf Championship===
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	 	
2010 through 2012	2010 through 2012	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate
2014 	Kuwait City 	3rd place 	5 	1 	0 	0 	4
2016 	Doha 	2nd place 	5 	2 	0 	0 	3
===Challenge Cup of Asia===
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	 	
2008 through 2015	2008 through 2015	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate
2016 	Bishkek 	9th place 	4 	1 	0 	0 	3
2017 through 2018	2017 through 2018	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate
===Asian Winter Games===
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	 	
1986 through 2011	1986 through 2011	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate
2017 	Sapporo 	17th place 	3 	0 	0 	0 	3
==All-time Record against other nations==
As of 6 April 2018
Team	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	10	0
 	1	1	0	0	5 	2
 	3	1	0	2	14	20
 	1	0	0	1	0 	9
 	3	1	0	2	4 	7
 	1	0	0	1	1 	3
 	4	2	0	2	16	16
 	1	0	0	1	2 	14
 	4	0	0	4	3 	28
==References==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
*Qatar national ice hockey team logo
Category:National ice hockey teams in Asia
Category:Ice hockey in Qatar
Category:National ice hockey teams in the Arab world