Mongolia national ice hockey team

The Mongolia national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Mongolia. They are controlled by the Mongolian Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 15 May 1999. Mongolia participated in several World Championship tournaments from late 2000s to early 2010s, but since 2013, have only played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.
Mongolia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and have not participated in the World Championships since 2013, when the IIHF enacted new "minimum participation standards", stipulating that the country must have at least one functional, full-sized indoor rink.
==History==
Mongolia made its debut at the 1999 Asian Winter Games. The national team did not participate in any IIHF tournaments until the 2007 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Ireland. They played four games, losing all four by a combined margin of three goals for to 45 goals against. In 2008, Mongolia played at the IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Luxembourg, and again they lost all of their games. Goal margin was 11 goals for and 59 against in five games. In the 2009 tournament, they chose to forfeit the games and withdrew from the tournament. All of the games were marked as 5–0 forfeits towards the team. In 2010, the team was placed in group B of Division III. They started off the tournament against North Korea, and they lost (22–1). Then they lost to South Africa (12–1) and to Armenia (15–0). Goal margin was 2 goals and 49 against. They finished the tournament with a 3rd place rematch against South Africa. Mongolia scored three times but it was not enough as South Africa won 8–3. Mongolia however finished the tournament with its first-ever podium position, finishing third overall in the group after Armenia was suspended by the IIHF.
Many players also represent the Mongolia national bandy team.
===Withdrawal from 2009 and 2011 IIHF tournaments===
The Mongolian Hockey Federation announced that their men's and U18 teams would not be participating in the 2011 IIHF tournaments due to financial trouble and lack of ice hockey equipment. Mongolia cancelled their trips to their respective tournaments. Mongolia men's team was scheduled to travel to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in Division III, while the U18 team was scheduled to participate in Division III in Taipei City, Taiwan. They had previously withdrawn from the 2009 Division III tournament as well.
==Tournament record==
===World Championships===
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	 	
1930 through 2006	1930 through 2006	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter
2007 	Dundalk 	45th place 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
2008 	Kockelscheuer 	46th place 	5 	0 	0 	0 	5
2009 	Dunedin 	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament
2010 	Yerevan 	48th place 	3 	0 	0 	0 	3
2011 	Cape Town 	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament
2012 	Erzurum 	46th place 	5 	0 	0 	0 	5
2013 	Abu Dhabi 	47th place 	3 	1 	0 	0 	2
2014 through 2020	2014 through 2020	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
Total 	Total 	5/14 	20 	1 	0 	0 	19
===Asian Winter Games===
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	 	
1986 through 1996	1986 through 1996	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter 	Did not enter
1999 	Gangneung 	5th place 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
2003 	Aomori 	6th place 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
2007 	Changchun 	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate
2011 	Astana 	9th place 	6 	3 	0 	0 	3
2017 	Sapporo 	8th place 	5 	2 	0 	0 	3
Total 	Total 	4/5 	15 	5 	0 	0 	10
===Challenge Cup of Asia===
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	 	
2008 	 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
2009 	Abu Dhabi 	5th place 	5 	3 	0 	0 	2
2010 	Taipei City 	6th place 	5 	1 	0 	0 	4
2011 through 2012	2011 through 2012	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
2013 	Bangkok 	3rd place 	7 	5 	0 	0 	2
2014 	Abu Dhabi 	3rd place 	5 	3 	0 	0 	2
2015 	Taipei City 	3rd place 	4 	2 	0 	0 	2
2016 	Abu Dhabi 	3rd place 	4 	2 	0 	0 	2
2017 	Bangkok 	2nd place 	4 	3 	0 	1 	0
2018 	Pasay 	1st place 	4 	3 	0 	0 	1
2019 	Kuala Lumpur 	1st place 	5 	4 	0 	0 	1
2020 	 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Total 	Total 	9/13 	43 	26 	0 	1 	16
==All-time record against other nations==
Last match update: 9 March 2019
 Key
    	Positive balance (more Wins)
    	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
    	Negative balance (more Losses)
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
* 	1 	1 	0	0 	5 	0
 	10	6 	0	4 	46 	37
 	7 	7 	0	0 	58 	9
 	6 	6 	0	0 	37 	10
 	5 	4 	0	1 	39 	25
 	3 	3 	0	0 	18 	3
 	2 	2 	0	0 	30 	0
 	1 	1 	0	0 	21 	1
 	1 	1 	0	0 	6 	0
 	1 	0 	0	1 	0 	5
 	1 	0 	0	1 	3 	13
 	2 	0 	0	2 	1 	15
 	2 	0 	0	2 	2 	37
 	2 	0 	0	2 	1 	65
 	3 	1 	0	2 	14 	15
 	3 	0 	0	3 	4 	24
 	3 	0 	0	3 	3 	51
 	4 	0 	0	4 	3 	31
 	5 	0 	0	5 	7 	29
 	5 	0 	0	5 	2 	34
 	5 	0 	0	5 	9 	49
 	5 	0 	0	5 	9 	51
 	6 	2 	0	4 	26 	26
 	8 	0 	0	8 	13 	38
Total	91	34	0	57	357	568
Note: Mongolia was awarded a 5–0 victory over Armenia in the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament after Armenia had their statistics and final scores expunged from the IIHF tournaments due to player eligibility issues. The score of the game was originally 15–0 for Armenia.
==References==
==External links==
*IIHF profile
*National Teams of Ice Hockey profile
Category:National teams