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The Kuwait national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب الكويت لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of Kuwait. The team is controlled by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 8 May 2009.[2] As of 28 May 2023, Kuwait is currently ranked 50th in the IIHF World Ranking. Kuwait participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia, from 2010 to 2018. Kuwait made its World Championship debut at the 2018 Division III Qualification tournament.[3][4]
![]() The emblem of Kuwait is the badge used on the players jerseys. | |
Nickname(s) | Falcons (الصقور) |
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Association | Kuwait Ice Hockey Association |
General manager | Fuhaid Al-Ajmi |
Head coach | Marko Ziđarević |
Assistants | Meshal Al-Ajmi |
Captain | Abdullah Al-Maragi |
Most games | Ahmad Al-Ajmi (107) |
Top scorer | Ahmad Al-Ajmi (71) |
Most points | Ahmad Al-Ajmi (133) |
Home stadium | Kuwait Winter Games Club Ice Skating Rink |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | KUW |
Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 52 ![]() |
Highest IIHF | 50 (2018–19, 2023) |
Lowest IIHF | 52 (2022, 2024) |
First international | |
Japan ![]() ![]() (Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999) | |
Biggest win | |
Kuwait ![]() ![]() (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 26 April 2011) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Japan ![]() ![]() (Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 2018) |
Best result | 49th (2022) |
Asian Winter Games | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1999) |
Best result | 6th (1999) |
Arab Cup | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2008) |
Best result | ![]() |
IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship | |
Appearances | 8 (first in 2010) |
Best result | 4th (2011, 2012, 2013) |
GCC Gulf Championship | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 2010) |
Best result | ![]() |
International record (W–L–T) | |
46–65–1 |
In 1985, Kuwait had joined the IIHF, but was expelled in 1992 due to a lack of ice hockey activity.[5] In 1999, Kuwait played their first games at the 1999 Asian Winter Games against Japan, China, and Mongolia, losing all three.[6] In 2007, Kuwait returned to international play at the 2007 Asian Winter Games where they recorded their first win against Macau.[6] The following year they competed in the Arab Cup finishing second after losing to the United Arab Emirates in the final.[7] In 2009, Kuwait re-admitted into the IIHF as an associate member.[2] In 2010, Kuwait competed in their first Challenge Cup of Asia, finishing seventh overall,[8] and in 2014, finishing 6th overall, losing all five games, and were relegated to Division I. Also they participated in the Kuwaiti organized Gulf Championship, finishing second behind the United Arab Emirates.[9]
Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L |
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1930 through 1992 | did not enter | ||||||
1993 through 2008 | Expelled from IIHF[5] | ||||||
2009 through 2017 | did not enter | ||||||
2018 | ![]() | 50th place (4th in Division III Q) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | ![]() | 51st place (5th in Division III Q) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2020 and 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10][11] | ||||||
2022 | ![]() | 49th place (5th in Division IV) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | ![]() | 54th place (3rd in Division IV) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | ![]() | 54th place (3rd in Division IV) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | ![]() | 6th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2003 | ![]() | did not participate | |||||
2007 | ![]() | 7th place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2011 | ![]() | 11th place (6th in Premier Division) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Competed as ![]() | |||||||
2017 | ![]() | 16th place (6th in Division II) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Competed as ![]() |
Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arab Cup (2008) | |||||||
2008 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
GCC Gulf Championship (2010–2016) | |||||||
2010 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2016 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
GCC Games (2022) | |||||||
2022 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Arab Cup (2023–) | |||||||
2023 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 and 2009 | did not participate | ||||||
2010 | ![]() | 7th place | 6 | 2 | – | 1* | 3 |
2011 | ![]() | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2012 | ![]() | 4th place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2013 | ![]() | 4th place | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2014 | ![]() | 6th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2015 | ![]() | 6th place (1st in Division I) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | ![]() | did not participate | |||||
2017 | ![]() | 6th place (1st in Division I) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | ![]() | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Last match update: 22 April 2024[6]
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 60 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 36 |
![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 11 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 37 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 |
![]() | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 35 |
![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 50 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
![]() | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 13 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 16 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
![]() | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 81 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
![]() | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 83 |
Total | 112 | 46 | 1 | 65 | 516 | 667 |
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