Turkey men's national ice hockey team

The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (, TBHF), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is currently ranked 42nd in the IIHF World Ranking.
==History==
In 2014, the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match. Denis Legersky from Slovakia, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir BB GSK, was registered in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team as a coach–player. He, appeared in the jersey of Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in Sarajevo before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team. The officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports protested the incident.
==World Championship record==
Year 	Host City 	Country 	Result
1992 	Johannesburg 	 	6th in Group C2 (32nd)
1993 	Ankara 	 	3rd in Group C qualifying pool 4 (NR)
1994 	Zagreb 	 	2nd in Group C2 qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1996 	Metulla 	 	2nd in Group D qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1997 	Ankara 	 	3rd in Group E (NR)
1998 	Krugersdorp 	 	7th in Group D (39th)
1999 	Krugersdorp 	 	7th in Group D (39th)
2000 	Reykjavik 	 	9th in Group D (42nd)
2002 	Cape Town 	 	6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2003 	Auckland 	 	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2004 	Reykjavík 	 	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2005 	Zagreb 	 	6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2006 	Reykjavík 	 	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2007 	Zagreb 	 	6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2008 	Luxembourg City 	 	4th in Division III (44th)
2009 	Dunedin 	 	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2010 	Naucalpan 	 	6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2011 	Cape Town 	 	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2012 	Erzurum 	 	1st in Division III (41st)
2013 	Izmit 	 	5th in Division II Group B (39th)
2014 	Jaca 	 	6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2015 	İzmir 	 	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2016 	Istanbul 	 	1st in Division III (41st)
2017 	Auckland 	 	6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2018 	Cape Town 	 	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2019 	Sofia 	 	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2020 	Kockelscheuer 	 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 	Kockelscheuer 	 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.	Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.	Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.	Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.
==Team==
===Roster===
From the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III.
Head coach: Deniz İnce
# 	Name	 	 	Height		
1 	 	G	L	 		Zeytinburnu BS
20	 	G	L	 		Zeytinburnu BS
2 	 	D	L	 		Erzurum BB GSK
4 	 	D	R	 		Erzurum BB GSK
5 	 	D	R	 		Zeytinburnu BS
9 	 	D	R	 		Zeytinburnu BS
14	 	D	L	 		Zeytinburnu BS
16	 	D	R	 		Izmir BB GSK
7 	 	F	L	 		Izmir BB GSK
8 	 	F	R	 		Erzurum BB GSK
10	 	F	L	 		Izmir BB GSK
12	 	F	R	 		Izmir BB GSK
13	 	F	R	 		Zeytinburnu BS
15	 	F	R	 		Zeytinburnu BS
18	 	F	R	 		Koç University
19	 	F	R	 		Izmir BB GSK
21	 	F	L	 		Erzurum BB GSK
22	 	F	R	 		Zeytinburnu BS
23	 	F	R	 		IFK Tumba
24	 	F	L	 		Zeytinburnu BS
===Notable players===
Cengiz Çıplak (25) is regarded as the most talented Turkish player. He was awarded the MVP crown as best forward in Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships although skating for the team that relegated. He received the same trophy at World Championship 2004. At the World Championship Division 3 in Iceland he was the tournament's top scorer. Çıplak learned his hockey in Edmonton and played in lower North American leagues. Within the 16 years of history of Turkish national ice hockey team, 25 goals in 18 games of Cengiz Çıplak makes him the highest goalscorer of all times. Also he holds the record for the highest scorer in one game which he scored five goals in the game between Luxembourg and Turkey.
*Anıl Uyar
==All-time record against other nations==
As of April 2016
Team 	WR	GP 	W 	T	L 	WLDiff	GF 	GA 	GDiff
 	50	4 	4 	0	0 	+4 	31 	3 	+28
 	49	9 	6 	0	3 	+3 	55 	36 	+19
 	43	10 	6 	0	4 	+2 	63 	46 	+17
 	46	2 	2 	0	0 	+2 	19 	2 	+17
 	51	2 	2 	0	0 	+2 	19 	4 	+15
 	44	2 	2 	0	0 	+2 	18 	5 	+13
 	45	2 	2 	0	0 	+2 	15 	2 	+13
 	48	4 	3 	1	0 	+2 	21 	10 	+11
 	47	1 	1 	0	0 	+1 	15 	0 	+15
 	36	2 	1 	0	1 	0 	8 	7 	+1
 	30	1 	0 	0	1 	−1 	4 	6 	−2
 	40	3 	1 	0	2 	−1 	9 	14 	−5
 	22	1 	0 	0	1 	−1 	0 	14 	−14
 	28	1 	0 	0	1 	−1 	0 	24 	−24
 	32	3 	0 	0	3 	−3 	5 	35 	−30
 	26	3 	0 	0	3 	−3 	4 	74 	−70
 	34	6 	1 	0	5 	−4 	14 	36 	−22
 	33	4 	0 	0	4 	−4 	7 	29 	−22
 	39	6 	1 	0	5 	−4 	14 	63 	−49
 	37	5 	0 	0	5 	−5 	3 	75 	−72
 	31	5 	0 	0	5 	−5 	4 	79 	−75
 	38	8 	1 	0	7 	−6 	25 	52 	−27
 	35	7 	0 	0	7 	−7 	11 	73 	−62
 	42	10 	1 	0	9 	−8 	19 	106	−87
Total	41	101	34	1	66	-33 	383	795	-412
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
Men's
Category:National ice hockey teams in Europe