Armenia men's national ice hockey team

The Armenian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Armenia. They hosted the Division III, Group B tournament of the 2010 World Championships. They are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia.
==History==
After finishing last in the 2004 and 2005 Division III tournaments (which included a 48–0 loss to Mexico), they won their first two games ever in 2006, defeating Ireland and Luxembourg. 
In 2008, Armenia was forced to withdraw from a Division III qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina because Armenia refused to show their passports to IIHF officials; this incident resulted in a 2-year suspension for Armenia from any IIHF tournament. The use of ineligible players was also present on Armenia's U20 team.
In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under the conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster 6 months prior to any IIHF tournaments. Armenia hosted the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III in Yerevan, Armenia. After large scale wins over South Africa and Mongolia, Armenia edged DPR Korea 7-6; Armenia later played DPR Korea in the gold medal game, but lost the final, as well as their chance to move ahead to Div II for 2011, 5-2. Days after the tournament, IIHF officials investigated and reported that Armenia had once again used ineligible players; the team was suspended indefinitely, and their statistics and final scores were expunged from the IIHF tournaments with all of their games marked as 5–0 forfeits towards the team.
==World Championships record==
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	 	
2004 	Reykjavík 	45th place 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
2005 	Mexico City 	45th place 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
2006 	Reykjavík 	43rd place 	4 	2 	0 	0 	2
2007 	Dundalk 	Withdrew from tournament 	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament	Withdrew from tournament
2008 	Sarajevo 	Withdrew from tournament; suspended for 2 years(Both games counted as 5–0 forfeits) 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
2009 	Dunedin 	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended
2010 	Yerevan 	Records expunged from tournament; suspended indefinitely(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)	5 	0 	0 	0 	5
2011 through 2015	2011 through 2015	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended 	Suspended
2016 through 2022	2016 through 2022	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
==All-time record against other nations==
As of April 18, 2010
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	1 	0	0	1 	0 	5
Estonian SSR 	1 	0	0	1 	1 	31
/ Georgian SSR	2 	1	0	1 	24	12
 	1 	0	0	1 	0 	5
 	2 	0	0	2 	4 	35
 	2 	1	0	1 	15	7
Kirghiz SSR 	2 	0	0	2 	3 	11
Latvian SSR 	1 	0	0	1 	0 	35
Lithuanian SSR	1 	0	0	1 	0 	1
 	2 	1	0	1 	13	44
 	2 	0	0	2 	0 	65
 	1 	0	0	1 	0 	5
 	2 	0	0	2 	0 	10
 	2 	0	0	2 	1 	38
 	2 	0	0	2 	4 	19
Ukrainian SSR 	1 	0	0	1 	0 	26
Total 	26	3	0	23	58	380
==References==
==External links==
* National Teams of ice Hockey 
Category:National teams