Kyrgyzstan men's national ice hockey team

The Kyrgyzstan national ice hockey team (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстандын улуттук шайбалуу хоккей курамасы; Kyrgyzstandyn Uluttuk Shaibaluu Hokkei Kuramasy; Russian: Сборная Киргизии по хоккею с шайбой) is the national men's ice hockey team of Kyrgyzstan. They are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
==History==
Kyrgyzstan played its first game in 1962 during the Soviet Winter Spartakiad which was held in Sverdlovsk, USSR in which they represented the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. In the preliminary round, they defeated the Armenian SSR 6-3, but lost to the Russian SFSR 14-1 and the Ukrainian SSR 13-1. In the placement round for 7th-12th place, the Kyrgyz team recorded another win over the Armenians, 5-0, but lost the other four games. 
Kyrgyzstan returned to international play in 2011 where they competed in the Premier Division of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. In the first game of the tournament Kyrgyzstan recorded their first ever win, defeating Thailand 15-4. Kyrgyzstan went on to win the Premier Division after winning all six of their games and finishing on top of the table.
Kyrgyzstan made its debut in the World Championships in 2019, playing in the Division III qualification tournament held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They finished first after winning all five games. However, all their first four games were later voided and the results were counted as 5–0 forfeits due to Kyrgyzstan's player Aleksandr Titov being disqualified. Later IIHF acknowledged they had made a mistake, but the results would still stand. Tournaments in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Kyrgyzstan hosted the 2022 Division IV tournament.
==Tournament record==
===World Championships===
Year 	Host 	Result 	Pld 	 	 	 	
1954 through 1991	1954 through 1991	As part of the 	As part of the 	As part of the 	As part of the 	As part of the 	As part of the
1992 through 2018	1992 through 2018	did not enter 	did not enter 	did not enter 	did not enter 	did not enter 	did not enter
2019 	Abu Dhabi 	52nd place1 	5 	1 	0 	0 	4
2020 	Bishkek 	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
2021 	Bishkek 	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
2022 	Bishkek 	45th place 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
2023 	Sarajevo 	46th place 	5 	5 	0 	0 	0
2024 	Bishkek 	42nd place 	5 	4 	0 	0 	1
Total 	Total 	3/3 	19 	14 	0 	0 	5
===Asian Winter Games===
Year 	Host 	Result 	Pld	 	 	 	
2011 	Astana 	6th place 	6 	6	0	0	0
2017 	Sapporo	12th place	4 	3	0	0	1
Total	Total 	2/2 	10 	9	0	0	1
===Challenge Cup of Asia===
Year 	Host 	Result 	Pld 	 	 	 	
2008 through 2013	2008 through 2013	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate
2014 	Bishkek 	8th place 	5 	4 	0 	0 	1
2015 	Kuwait City 	8th place 	5 	3 	0 	0 	2
2016 	Bishkek 	6th place 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
2017 through 2020	2017 through 2020	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate
Total 	Total 	3/13 	14 	11 	0 	0 	3
==All-time record against other nations==
Last match update: 16 March 2024
 Key
    	Positive balance (more Wins)
    	Negative balance (more Losses)
    	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	1 	1 	0	0 	15 	10
 	3 	2 	0	1 	25 	9
 	2 	1 	0	1 	12 	7
 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	9
 	4 	4 	0	0 	42 	6
 	2 	2 	0	0 	31 	1
 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	5
 	5 	2 	0	3 	23 	32
 	2 	2 	0	0 	12 	6
 	3 	2 	0	1 	15 	7
 	5 	5 	0	0 	82 	13
 	1 	1 	0	0 	9 	4
 	1 	1 	0	0 	13 	3
 	1 	1 	0	0 	7 	3
 	1 	1 	0	0 	10 	5
 	2 	2 	0	0 	16 	2
 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	18
 	4 	3 	0	1 	37 	9
 	1 	1 	0	0 	10 	1
 	3 	1 	0	2 	19 	18
 	3 	1 	0	2 	14 	17
 	3 	3 	0	0 	30 	8
Total	50	36	0	14	432	193
==Notes==
1.After winning their first four games, a player was disqualified and all their results were counted as 5–0 forfeits.
==References==
==External links==
*Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic
Category:National ice hockey teams in Asia