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Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. 
As part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played internationally from 1954 to 1991, and made their international debut as an independent country in 1992.
Ukraine has played at the Winter Olympics once, in 2002. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in ninth place. Following the 2007 World Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.
==Tournament record==
===Olympic Games===
*2002 – Finished in 10th place
===World Championship===
*1954–1991 – Participated as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
*1993 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
*1994 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
*1995 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
*1996 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
*1997 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C)
*1998 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Pool B)
*1999 – Finished in 14th place
*2000 – Finished in 14th place
*2001 – Finished in 10th place
*2002 – Finished in 9th place
*2003 – Finished in 12th place
*2004 – Finished in 14th place
*2005 – Finished in 11th place
*2006 – Finished in 12th place
*2007 – Finished in 16th place
*2008 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
*2009 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
*2010 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group A)
*2011 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I Group B)
*2012 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
*2013 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B)
*2014 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A)
*2015 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
* 2016 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
* 2017 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A, relegated to Division I Group B)
* 2018 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I Group B)
* 2019 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
* 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 2022 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
* 2023 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
* 2024 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B, promoted to Division I Group A)
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
Category:Ice hockey teams in Ukraine
Category:National ice hockey teams in Europe
Ukraine men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Ukraine men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Ukraine. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team represents Ukraine at the IIHF World U18 Championships.
==International competitions==
===IIHF World U18 Championships===
* 1999: 8th place
* 2000: 9th place
* 2001: 10th place
* 2002: 12th place
* 2003: 6th in Division I Group B
* 2004: 1st in Division II Group B
* 2005: 3rd in Division I Group B
* 2006: 5th in Division I Group B
* 2007: 5th in Division I Group B
* 2008: 5th in Division I Group A
* 2009: 6th in Division I Group A
* 2010: 2nd in Division II Group B
* 2011: 1st in Division II Group B
* 2012: 4th in Division IB
* 2013: 5th in Division IB
* 2014: 5th in Division IB
* 2015: 4th in Division IB
* 2016: 3rd in Division IB
* 2017: 5th in Division IB
* 2018: 1st in Division IB
* 2019: 5th in Division IA
* 2020: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 2021: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 2022: 2nd in Division IB
* 2023: 5th in Division IA
==External links==
*Ukraine at IIHF.com
Category:National under-18 ice hockey teams
Ukraine women's national ice hockey team

The Ukraine women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team of Ukraine. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They made their World Championship debut in 2019 winning all four games to gain promotion to Division II B. 
==History==
Ukraine played its first game in 1992 in a qualification game against Latvia for participation in the 1993 IIHF European Women Championships. The game was held in Riga, Latvia with Ukraine finishing with a 3–0 win. The game was part of a four team qualification series against Italy, Latvia, and the Netherlands but due to the withdrawals of Italy and the Netherlands the series was reduced to three games between Ukraine and Latvia which Ukraine won two games to one. The following year Ukraine competed at the 1993 Women's European Ice Hockey Championships. They played five games in the Group B tournament which was held in Kiev, Ukraine. They finished the tournament with one win out of their four games played, managing only to beat Latvia who finished on top of the Group B table.
In 1994 Ukraine competed at the Moscow Tournament against Finland, Latvia, and Russia. They lost all three of their games with the 31–0 loss against Finland being recorded as their worst ever result. The following year Ukraine competed at the 1995 IIHF European Women Championships. They were placed in the Group B tournament being held in Denmark and went on to lose all four of their games.
==International competitions==
===World Championship===
*2019 – 35th place (1st in Division IIB Q, promoted to Division IIB)
*2020 – 34th place (6th in Division IIB, relegated to Division III)
*2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2022 – Withdrawn due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
*2023 – 34th place (2nd in Division IIIA)
*2024 – 35th place (1st in Division IIIA, promoted to Division IIB)
===Other tournaments===
*1993 IIHF European Women Championships. Finish: 5th in Group B (11th overall)
*1994 Moscow Tournament. Finish: 4th
*1995 IIHF European Women Championships. Finish: 8th in Group B (14th overall)
==References==
==External links==
*Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
Category:Women's national ice hockey teams in Europe
Ukrainian Cup

The Ukrainian Cup was the national ice hockey cup competition in Ukraine. It was held in 2007, and since 2022.
==2007 tournament==
Six teams participated in the competition. They were divided into two groups, with the top team in each group qualifying for the final.
===First round===
====Group A====
*ATEK Kiev - Donbass Donetsk 10:3
*Sokol Kyiv - Donbass Donetsk 18:2
*Sokol Kyiv - ATEK Kiev 9:1
 	Club 	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF:GA	Pts
1.	HC Sokil Kyiv 	2 	2	0 	0	0 	0	27:3 	6
2.	HK ATEK Kiev 	2 	1	0 	0	0 	1	11:12	3
3.	Donbass Donetsk	2 	0	0 	0	0 	2	5:28 	0
====Group B====
*Berkut Brovary - HK Lviv 22:5
*Kompanion Kiev - HK Lviv 14:1
*Berkut Brovary - Kompanion Kiev 4:3 SO
 	Club 	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF:GA	Pts
1.	HC Berkut 	2 	1	1 	0	0 	0	26:8 	5
2.	HK Kompanion Kiev	2 	1	0 	0	1 	0	17:5 	4
3.	HK Lviv 	2 	0	0 	0	0 	2	6:36 	0
===Final===
*HC Berkut - HC Sokil Kyiv 3:7 (1:4, 0:2, 2:1)
==2022 tournament==
*1/3: HC Kremenchuk - BSFC Brovary 8:0
*1/3: Sokil Kyiv - Dnipro Kherson 11:1
*1/4: Dnipro Kherson - BSFC Brovary 7:4
*1/4: Sokil Kyiv - HC Kremenchuk 5:3
*1/5: Sokil Kyiv - BSFC Brovary 8:2
*1/5: HC Kremenchuk - Dnipro Kherson 5:1
*1/6: Sokil Kyiv - HC Kremenchuk 4:1 - final
==2023 tournament==
;Group A
*9/13: Sokil Kyiv - Dnipro Kherson 4:3 SO
*9/14: Dnipro Kherson - Tryzub Kyiv 4:2
*9/15: Sokil Kyiv - Tryzub Kyiv 9:1
;Group B
*9/13: HC Kremenchuk - Berserks Kharkiv 12:3
*9/14: Kyiv Capitals - Berserks Kharkiv 11:2
*9/15: HC Kremenchuk - Kyiv Capitals 4:1
;Final
*9/16: HC Kremenchuk - Sokil Kyiv 4:3
==2024 tournament==
;Quarterfinals
*9/26: Odesa Storm - Sokil Kyiv 4:1
*9/27: Dnipro Kherson - Berserks Patriot Vinnytsia 4:2
*9/27: Tryzub Kyiv - Kyiv Capitals 4:1
;Semifinals
*9/28: Odesa Storm - HC Kremenchuk 3:2
*9/28: Tryzub Kyiv - Dnipro Kherson 6:0
;Final
*9/29: Odesa Storm - Tryzub Kyiv 6:0
==External links==
*Sokol Kiev Forums
Category:Tournaments
Ukrainian Federation Cup

The Federation Cup was an ice hockey cup competition in Ukraine that was contested in 2008 and 2010.Champions on hockeyarchives.ru It was won by Bilyi Bars Brovary in 2008 and Sokil Kyiv in 2010.
==Champions==
*2008: Bilyi Bars Brovary2008 tournament on hockeyarchives.ru
*2010: Sokil Kyiv2010 tournament on hockeyarchives.ru
==External links== 
*Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation
==References==
Category:Tournaments
Ukrainian Hockey Championship

The Ukrainian Hockey Championship (Ukrainian:Чемпіонат Україні з Хокею, Chempionat Ukrayini z Khokeiu) is an annual ice hockey award and national title, bestowed to the ice hockey organization judged to have the best performing team in Ukraine, founded in 1992. Prior to the formation of the Professional Hockey League (PHL), the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) administered and handed out the award, allowing both amateur and professional teams to compete in an annual regular season, then playoff for the title. On July 25, 2011, the FHU transferred the rights of the event to the PHL. The championship was awarded to the PHL champion in 2011-12 and 2012-13. 
The FHU re-assumed control of the championship for the 2013-14 season, following the Professional Hockey League's demise. In the 2015-16 season, the Ukrainian Hockey Championship was awarded to the winner of the Ukrainian Hockey Extra League. In 2016, the new Ukrainian Hockey League was created to replace the Extra League. 
==Teams==
===Current teams===
Team 	Home city 	Founded	Arena 	Capacity
Bilyi Bars Bila Tserkva	Bila Tserkva 	2008 	Ice Arena Bila Tserkva 	500
Donbass 	Druzhkivka 	2005 	Altair Arena 	400
Dynamo Kharkiv 	Kharkiv 	2017 	Saltivskyi Lid Ice Arena	500
Halytsky Levy 	Novoiavorivsk	2011 	Novoiavorivsk Ice Palace	600
Kremenchuk 	Kremenchuk 	2010 	Aisberg Arena 	300
Vovky Brovary 	Brovary 	2017 	Ice Arena Terminal 	1,500
==Past champions==
*1992–93: Sokil Kyiv
*1993–94: ShVSM Kyiv
*1994–95: Sokil Kyiv
*1995–96: not contested
*1996–97: Sokil Kyiv
*1997–98: Sokil Kyiv
*1998–99: Sokil Kyiv
*1999–00: HC Berkut-Kyiv
*2000–01: HC Berkut-Kyiv
*2001–02: HC Berkut-Kyiv
*2002–03: Sokil Kyiv
*2003–04: Sokil Kyiv
*2004–05: Sokil Kyiv
*2005–06: Sokil Kyiv
*2006–07: ATEK Kyiv
*2007–08: Sokil Kyiv
*2008–09: Sokil Kyiv
*2009–10: Sokil Kyiv
*2010–11: HC Donbass
*2011–12: HC Donbass-2
*2012–13: HC Donbass-2
*2013–14: HC Kompanion-Naftogaz
*2014–15: ATEK Kyiv
*2015–16: HC Donbass
*2016–17: HC Donbass
*2017–18: HC Donbass
*2018–19: HC Donbass
* 2019–20: HC Kremenchuk 
* 2020–21: HC Donbass
* 2021–22: no winner
* 2022–23: Sokil Kyiv
* 2023–24: Sokil Kyiv
===Statistics by club===
Club 	Winners	Winning years
Sokil Kiev 	14 	1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, 2024
HC Donbass 	8 	2011, 2012, 2013 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Berkut-Kiev 	3 	2000, 2001, 2002
ATEK Kiev 	2 	2007, 2015
HC Kompanion-Naftogaz	1 	2014
ShVSM Kyiv 	1 	1994
HC Kremenchuk 	1 	2020
==See also==
* Ukrainian Hockey Extra League
* Ukrainian Hockey League
* Professional Hockey League 
==References==
== External links ==
* Official Website 
* Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Ukrainian Hockey League (2016)

The Ukrainian Hockey League is the name of the highest ice hockey league in Ukraine since the 2016–17 season, playing for the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. The league was created in June 2016 and folded in 2021.
==Seasons==
* 2016–17 (winner: HC Donbass)
* 2017–18 (winner: HC Donbass)
* 2018–19 (winner: HC Donbass)
* 2019–20 (winner: Kremenchuk)
* 2020–21 (winner: Donbas)
==References==
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Ukrainian Ice Hockey First League

The Ukrainian Ice Hockey First League (also known as the Persha Liha and the Division B of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship) was the second-level ice hockey league in Ukraine from 2001-2006.
The league was divided into two groups (Group A and Group B) with the top teams from each group qualifying for the final playoffs. The playoff winner then qualified for the play-in round of the top-level Ukrainian Hockey Championship's playoffs.
There were plans to stage the Persha Liha again during the 2008-09 season, but it was instead decided to expand the number of teams in the top-level league. There were 24 teams slated to participate. West: HC L'viv, VIM-Berkut L'viv, Gladiator L'viv, HC Luts'k ,HC Rivne, Patriot Vinnytsya, Vatra Ivano-Frankivs'k. East: Piraty Dnipropetrovs'k, Prydniprovs'k Dnipropetrovs'k, Donbas Donets'k, SDYuSShOR Kharkiv, Zaporiz'ki Morzhi Zaporizhzhya, Dnipro Kherson, HC Sumy. North: Syrius Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, Kyivs'ki Lavry Kyiv, HC Bakhmach, HC Smila, HC Konotop, HC Chernihiv, Zaire Kyiv, Kryla Stolytsi Kyiv, Merkuriy Kyiv.2008-09 details
==Champions==
*2005-06: HK Donetsk
*2004-05: HC Berkut-Kyiv
*2003-04: Meteor Dnipropetrovsk
*2002-03: Khimik Severdonetsk
*2001-02: Barvinok Kharkov
==References==
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Ukrainian SSR Championship

The Ukrainian SSR Championship was a competition staged in Ukraine when the country was part of the Soviet Union, and known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The first edition was contested in 1941, and won by Spartak Lviv.
==History==
After the annexation of the Western Ukrainian lands and the Baltic states by the USSR in 1939, hockey competitions were organized in the territories during the winter of 1940. A USSR Championship was set to take place, with the participation of Baltic and Ukrainian teams (teams of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Lviv, Drohobych, and Ternopil). Several matches were played involving the Baltic teams, with the Estonians defeating the Lithuanians 2-1 and 2-0, and the Latvians beating the Estonians 4-0 and 2-1. The Ukrainians also nominated their representative for the final of the championship - Lviv. However, warm weather in March prevented the final between Lviv and Latvia from taking place.
In 1941, the idea of staging a USSR Championship was abandoned, and the Ukrainian SSR Championship was set up. No competitions were staged from 1942-1947, but they resumed in 1948. The early years were dominated by Lokomotiv Kharkiv, who won four consecutive titles from 1948-1952.
==Champions==
 
Season 	Champion 	Runner-up 	Third place
1941 	Spartak Lviv 	? 	?
1942-1947	Not played 	Not played 	Not played
1948 	CSKA Kiev 	Dynamo Kiev 	?
1949 	Lokomotiv Kharkiv 	Dynamo Kiev 	Spartak LvivSpartak Drohobych
1950 	Lokomotiv Kharkiv 	Dynamo Kiev 	Spartak Drohobych
1951 	Lokomotiv Kharkiv 	Dynamo Kiev 	Spartak Drohobych
1952 	Lokomotiv Kharkiv 	Arsenal Kiev 	CSKA Kiev
1953 	Dynamo Kiev 	Dynamo Lviv 	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1954 	Arsenal Kiev 	? 	?
1955 	OBO (CSKA) Kiev 	? 	?
1956 	OBO (CSKA) Kiev 	? 	?
1957 	Championship did not take place due to adverse weather conditions	Championship did not take place due to adverse weather conditions	Championship did not take place due to adverse weather conditions
1958 	Avangard Kharkiv 	? 	Dynamo Kiev
1959 	Dynamo Kiev 	Avangard Kharkiv 	?
1960 	Red Excavator Kiev 	? 	?
1961 	Arsenal Kiev 	Lokomotiv Kharkiv 	?
1962 	Arsenal Kiev 	Spartak Lviv 	?
1963 	? 	? 	?
1964 	Arsenal Kiev 	? 	?
1965 	Kiev (Dynamo Kiev) 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	
1966 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1967 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1968 	Dynamo Kiev 	Arsenal Kiev 	Burevisnyk Lviv
1969 	Dnipropetrovsk Region (Khimik Kamiansk) 	Kiev 	Kharkiv Region
1970 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	Vinnytsia Region 	Chernivtsi Region
1971 	Dynamo Kiev 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	?
1972 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1973 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1974 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1975 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1976 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1977 	? 	? 	?
1978 	Kiev (Red Excavator) 	? 	?
1979 	? 	? 	?
1980 	? 	? 	?
1981 	Kiev City Team 	Dnipropetrovsk Regional Team 	?
1982 	? 	? 	?
1983 	? 	? 	?
1984 	? 	? 	?
1985 	? 	? 	?
1986 	? 	? 	?
1987 	? 	? 	?
1988 	? 	? 	?
1989 	Torpedo-HTZ Kharkiv 	? 	?
1990 	Torpedo-HTZ Kharkiv 	? 	?
1991 	Torpedo-HTZ Kharkiv 	? 	?
==Sources==
*Ice-Hockey-Stat
*Ukrainian Wikipedia
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Ukrainian SSR Cup

The Ukrainian SSR Cup was first played in 1970. It is known to have been held until 1973.
==Champions==
 
Season	Champion 	Runner-up
1970 	Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk 	Kiev Region
1971 	Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk 	?
1972 	Dnipropetstal Zaporozhye	?
1973 	Red Excavator Kiev 	Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk
==External links==
*Ukrainian Wikipedia
Category:Tournaments
Ukrainian Women's Hockey League

The Ukrainian Women's Hockey League is the national women's ice hockey competition in Ukraine. It was founded in 2016.
After a long hiatus, women's hockey was revived in Ukraine when Ukrainochka Kiev beat Dniprovsky Vilki 8:7 on December 9, 2015. On February 26 and 27, 2016, Dniprovsky defeated Ukrainochka 12:5 and 9:2.
==Champions==
*2023-24: Panteri Kharkiv
*2021-22: Panteri Kharkiv
*2020-21: Panteri Kharkiv
*2019-20: not completed due to COVID-19 pandemic
*2018-19: Ukrainochka Kiev
*2017-18: Panteri Kharkiv
*2016-17: Korolevi Dnipra
Category:Women's ice hockey leagues
Ulli Lederer

Ulrich "Ulli" Lederer (August 18, 1897 - June 1969) was an Austrian hockey player. He played for the Austrian National Team at seven major tournaments between 1925 and 1931.
Lederer was a top Austrian player during the 1920s. At the club level, he spent most of his career with Wiener EV, but started off playing bandy hockey with Cottage EV in 1914-15. Lederer also played briefly for several other Austrian teams.
He coached the Italian National Team in 1934 and also served in this capacity with HC Bolzano and SG Cortina. Lederer played in a few games while coaching the club teams. 
He spent the 1935-36 season in Romania with Dragos Voda Cernauti. This was due to him being in the country to coach the Romanian National Team.
==Statistics==
 	Years 	#	GP	Goals	Assists	Pts
Olympic Games 	1928 	1	2 	2 	1 	3
European Championships	1925-1929	4	21	18 	12 	30
World Championships 	1930-1931	2	11	1 	3 	4
Category:Austrian players
Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir

Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir, commonly known as Fjölnir, is a multi-sport club from Iceland. The club is located in Grafarvogur, Reykjavík. The club was founded in 1988 under the original name Ungmennafélagið Grafarvogur; however, because another team already had the abbreviation UMFG, the name was changed to Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir, commonly referred to as Fjölnir. 
On 28 September 2018, Skautafélagið Björninn folded with Fjölnir overtaking all its departments, assets and debts. On 2 March 2024, Fjölnir women's team won its first national championship after beating SA Ásynjur, three games to one, in the championship finals.
==Women's ice hockey==
===Trophies and achievements===
*Icelandic Women's Hockey League:
**2023–24
==References==
Category:Ice hockey teams in Iceland
Unified Team of Germany

The Unified Team of Germany competed at the Olympic Games hockey tournaments in 1956, 1960, and 1964.
During this time period, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) only permitted a "united" German team to participate at the Olympics. The East and West German hockey federations could not agree on the composition of the teams, so the Olympic representative was determined by a qualification series between the two countries. West Germany won all three of the series and thus their players competed at the Olympics. 
By 1968, both East and West Germany were allowed to field separate teams again.
Category:National ice hockey teams in Europe
Union Riga

Union Riga was an ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. The club played in the 1930-31 Latvian Tournament, which they won by defeating ASK Liepaja 1-0 in the final.
Union joined the Latvian Championship for its inaugural season in 1931-32. After a first place finish in the Riga Group, they claimed the championship with a 14-1 victory over Olimpija Liepaja in the final.
They finished tied for first with ASK Riga in the Riga Group in 1933. Union won the tiebreaker game 3-1 and advanced to the final, again meeting Olimpija Liepaja. In a much closer contest than the previous year, Union won 1-0 to claim their second straight Latvian Championship.
The club participated in the Latvian Championship through the 1938-39 season, but never again repeated their earlier success, never finishing higher than third place during their last six years in the competition.
==Season-by-season records==
===Latvian Championship (1931-1939)===
Season 	Games	Won	Tied	Lost	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing 	Playoffs 	
1931-32	5 	4 	1 	0 	9 	14 	6 	1st Riga Group 	Won final	
1932-33	4 	3 	0 	1 	6 	7 	3 	T-1st Riga Group, won tiebreaker	Won final	
1933-34	10 	3 	2 	5 	8 	24 	14 	5th 	None 	
1934-35	4 	2 	0 	2 	4 	12 	11 	3rd 	None 	
1935-36	4 	0 	1 	3 	1 	5 	12 	5th 	None 	
1936-37	6 	1 	0 	5 	2 	7 	19 	4th 	None 	
1937-38	6 	0 	0 	6 	0 	7 	23 	4th 	None 	
1938-39	3 	0 	1 	2 	1 	5 	12 	4th 	None 	
==Gallery==
Union 1931.jpg|A club photo from 1931.
Union Riga 1933.jpg|A club photo from 1933.
Union Riga 1933 (2).png|Another photo of Union Riga from 1933.
Category:Ice hockey teams in Latvia
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a country in Western Asia. Abu Dhabi is the capital, and Dubai is the largest city.
==Overview==
===National Teams===
===Domestic Teams===
See :Category:Ice hockey teams in the United Arab Emirates
===Arenas===
See :Category:Arenas in the United Arab Emirates
===Competitions===
Competition 	Founded	Folded	Notes
Emirates Ice Hockey League 	2009 	- 	Top-level national competition
Dubai League 	2002 	- 	Amateur competition
Emirati Championship 	1979 	2002 	Defunct national championship
Emirates Women's Ice Hockey League	2023 	- 	National women's competition
==History of hockey in the UAE==
The UAE Ice Hockey Association, which was founded in 1998, is the governing body of ice hockey in the country. The United Arab Emirates became IIHF members on May 10, 2001.IIHF.com - United Arab Emirates
The first games of ice hockey were played in the country in the 1970s. The first national championship was held in 1979, but the development of hockey soon slowed down, and the championships were not held regularly until the early 1990s. The Dubai League was formed by expats in 2002. The Emirates Ice Hockey League was founded as a national competition in 2009, and currently has five teams participating in it. The top players from the Dubai League play in the EIHL as the Dubai Mighty Camels.
The UAE won the the 1999 Asian Hong Kong International Ice Hockey Cup. It was their first time playing in an international competition. The national team made its official debut at the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun, China. They defeated Kuwait 6-2 at the tournament for their first international victory.National Teams of Ice Hockey - United Arab Emirates 
In 2008, they won the Arab Cup of Ice Hockey, which was held in Abu Dhabi. They have participated at the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia every year since 2009, finishing first in 2009 and 2012, and second in 2010 and 2011. The UAE has won gold at all four Gulf Ice Hockey Championships staged since 2010. They finished in third place in the Premier Division at the 2011 Asian Winter Games.
The team became the first from an Arab nation to play in the World Championships when they participated in the 2010 Division III World Championship. Although the team was not ranked in the world rankings, they played against Ireland, Luxembourg, and Greece, and finished last in the group with a record of four losses. They returned to compete in Division III for three straight years from 2013-2015, notching their first WC win over Georgia in 2014, 6-1. 
UAE decided to withdraw from the 2011 Division III tournament in Cape Town, South Africa because the national team refused to compete against Israel, who was also in the tournament. They also withdrew from the 2016 Division III tournament as well, with no reason cited.
The U18 national team played its first game at the 2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia, hosted by Abu Dhabi. They took second place after going 3-1 at the tournament.
==References==
Category:Countries