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Medal record
IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship
Arab Cup
GCC Gulf Championship
GCC Games

Kuwait
	The emblem of Kuwait is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s)	Falcons (الصقور)
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 2 (27 May 2024)
Highest IIHF	50 (2018–19, 2023)
Lowest IIHF	52 (2022, 2024)
First international
	Japan 44–1 Kuwait; (Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999)
Biggest win
	Kuwait 39–2 India; (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 26 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 44–1 Kuwait; (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	2nd (2008, 2023)
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	2nd (2010, 2012, 2014)
International record (W–L–T)
	46–65–1

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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]

History

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]

Tournament record

World Championships

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
1930 through 1992		did not enter
1993 through 2008		Expelled from IIHF^[5]
2009 through 2017		did not enter
2018	Sarajevo	50th place (4th in Division III Q)	3	0	0	0	3
2019	Abu Dhabi	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	Bishkek	49th place (5th in Division IV)	4	0	0	0	4
2023	Ulaanbaatar	54th place (3rd in Division IV)	3	1	0	0	2
2024	Kuwait City	54th place (3rd in Division IV)	3	2	0	0	1

Asian Winter Games

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
1999	Gangneung	6th place	2	0	0	0	2
2003	Aomori	did not participate
2007	Changchun	7th place	4	2	0	0	2
2011	Astana	11th place (6th in Premier Division)	6	1	0	0	5
2011	Astana	Competed as Athletes from Kuwait
2017	Sapporo	16th place (6th in Division II)	3	1	0	0	2
2017	Sapporo	Competed as Independent Olympic Athletes
2025	Harbin

Arab Cup/GCC Gulf Championship

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
Arab Cup (2008)
2008	Abu Dhabi	2nd place	5	3	0	1	1
GCC Gulf Championship (2010–2016)
2010	Kuwait City	2nd place	3	2	0	0	1
2012	Abu Dhabi	2nd place	5	3	0	1	1
2014	Kuwait City	2nd place	5	3	0	0	2
2016	Doha	3rd place	5	3	0	0	2
GCC Games (2022)
2022	Kuwait City	3rd place	3	1	0	0	2
Arab Cup (2023–)
2023	Kuwait City	2nd place	5	4	0	0	1

Asia and Oceania Championship

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
2008 and 2009		did not participate
2010	Taipei City	7th place	6	2	–	1*	3
2011	Kuwait City	4th place	5	2	0	0	3
2012	Dehradun	4th place	6	2	0	0	4
2013	Bangkok	4th place	7	2	0	0	5
2014	Abu Dhabi	6th place	5	0	0	0	5
2015	Kuwait City	6th place (1st in Division I)	5	5	0	0	0
2016	Abu Dhabi	did not participate
2017	Kuwait City	6th place (1st in Division I)	3	3	0	0	0
2018	Pasay	5th place	4	0	0	1	3

All-time record against other national teams

Last match update: 22 April 2024^[6]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Algeria	2	2	0	0	14	4
Bahrain	6	6	0	0	67	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	1	17
China	2	0	0	2	1	46
Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	4	14	60
Hong Kong	4	0	0	4	3	36
India	4	4	0	0	70	11
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	12	9
Iran	1	0	0	1	2	9
Japan	1	0	0	1	1	44
Kyrgyzstan	5	2	0	3	18	37
Lebanon	1	0	0	1	4	9
Macau	5	4	1	0	35	7
Malaysia	9	5	0	4	49	35
Mongolia	8	0	0	8	12	50
Morocco	2	2	0	0	15	3
Oman	11	11	0	0	94	13
Qatar	4	3	0	1	26	16
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	15	10
Singapore	4	2	0	2	11	12
Thailand	10	0	0	10	17	81
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	11	4
Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1	2	24
United Arab Emirates	17	0	0	17	19	83
Total	112	46	1	65	516	667

References

^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait". International Ice Hockey Federation. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
^ "27 tournaments assigned". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "2018 Events". International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). "Story #42;Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kuwait-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
^ "Arab Cup victory for Emirates". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
^ "2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ Merk, Martin (8 June 2010). "UAE wins Gulf Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

External links

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-1] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[Welcome,_Georgia_&_Kuwait-2] "Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait". International Ice Hockey Federation. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.

[27_tournaments_assigned-3] "27 tournaments assigned". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[2018_Events-4] "2018 Events". International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 May 2017.

[IIHFEUROPEBREAKUP-5] Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). "Story #42;Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.

[NATIONALTEAMSOFICEHOCKEY-6] "Kuwait-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[2008UAEWIN-7] "Arab Cup victory for Emirates". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.

[2010IIHFCCOA-8] "2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

[IIHF_GULF2010-9] Merk, Martin (8 June 2010). "UAE wins Gulf Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

[10] "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.

[11] "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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 | Asst Coach          = Meshal Al-Ajmi
 | Captain             = Abdullah Al-Maragi
-| Most games          = Ahmad Al-Ajmi (102)
+| Most games          = Ahmad Al-Ajmi (107)
-| Top scorer          = Ahmad Al-Ajmi (70)
+| Top scorer          = Ahmad Al-Ajmi (71)
-| Most points         = Ahmad Al-Ajmi (130)
+| Most points         = Ahmad Al-Ajmi (133)
 | Home Stadium        = Kuwait Winter Games Club Ice Skating Rink
 | IIHF code           = KUW
 | IIHF Rank           = {{IIHF World Ranking|KUW}}
 | IIHF max            = 50
-| IIHF max date       = 2018
+| IIHF max date       = 2018–19, 2023
 | IIHF min            = 52
-| IIHF min date       = 2022
+| IIHF min date       = 2022, 2024
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 | Regional3 cup first = [[2010 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2010]]
 | Regional3 cup best  = [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] 2nd ([[2010 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2010]], [[2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2012]], [[2014 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship|2014]])
-| Record              = 44–64–1
+| Record              = 46–65–1
 }}
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-The '''Kuwait national ice hockey team''' ({{lang-ar|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.<ref name="Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/welcome-georgia-kuwait.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2912&cHash=397959c9ce |title=Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait |date=13 May 2009 |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=9 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228102759/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/welcome-georgia-kuwait.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2912&cHash=397959c9ce |archive-date=28 December 2010 }}</ref> As of 28 May 2023, Kuwait is currently ranked 50th in the [[IIHF World Ranking]]. Kuwait participated in the [[IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship|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 IIHF World Championship Division III#Division III qualification tournament|2018 Division III Qualification tournament]].<ref name="27 tournaments assigned">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816&cHash=db78f275879bc212c311fcefb5fd3fd5|title=27 tournaments assigned|access-date=19 May 2017|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]}}</ref><ref name="2018 Events">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships/2018-events/|title=2018 Events|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|date=22 May 2017}}</ref>
+The '''Kuwait national ice hockey team''' ({{langx|ar|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.<ref name="Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/welcome-georgia-kuwait.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2912&cHash=397959c9ce |title=Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait |date=13 May 2009 |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=9 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228102759/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/welcome-georgia-kuwait.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2912&cHash=397959c9ce |archive-date=28 December 2010 }}</ref> As of 28 May 2023, Kuwait is currently ranked 50th in the [[IIHF World Ranking]]. Kuwait participated in the [[IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship|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 IIHF World Championship Division III#Division III qualification tournament|2018 Division III Qualification tournament]].<ref name="27 tournaments assigned">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816&cHash=db78f275879bc212c311fcefb5fd3fd5|title=27 tournaments assigned|access-date=19 May 2017|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]}}</ref><ref name="2018 Events">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships/2018-events/|title=2018 Events|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|date=22 May 2017}}</ref>
 ==History==
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 | [[2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2023]] || {{flagicon|MGL}} [[Ulaanbaatar]] || 54th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(3rd in [[2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV|Division IV]])}}}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2
 |-
-| [[2024 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2024]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]] || <br>{{nowrap|{{small|(in [[2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV|Division IV]])}}}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
+| [[2024 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2024]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]] || 54th place<br>{{nowrap|{{small|(3rd in [[2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV|Division IV]])}}}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1
 |}
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 | colspan=6|{{small|''Competed as {{flagicon|IOC}} [[Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|Independent Olympic Athletes]]''}}
+|-
+| [[Ice hockey at the 2025 Asian Winter Games|2025]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Harbin]] || || || || || ||
 |}
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 ==All-time record against other national teams==
-<small>''Last match update: 13 May 2023''<ref name="NATIONALTEAMSOFICEHOCKEY"/></small>
+<small>''Last match update: 22 April 2024''<ref name="NATIONALTEAMSOFICEHOCKEY"/></small>
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 [[Category:National ice hockey teams in the Arab world]]
 [[Category:National sports teams of Kuwait|Ice hockey]]
+[[Category:Men's national ice hockey teams]]

v t e Men's national ice hockey teams
Africa	Algeria* Egypt^N Kenya* Morocco* South Africa Tunisia*
Americas	Argentina* Brazil* Canada Chile** Colombia* Haiti^N Jamaica* Mexico Puerto Rico* United States Venezuela^N
Asia and Oceania	Australia Bahrain China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia* Iran* Israel Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon* Macau* Malaysia Mongolia New Zealand North Korea Oman* Philippines Qatar* Saudi Arabia^N Singapore South Korea Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan*
Europe	Andorra* Armenia* Azerbaijan* Austria Belarus† Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece* Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein* Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands North Macedonia* Norway Poland Portugal* Romania Russia† Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Former teams	Basque Country Bohemia Catalonia Commonwealth of Independent States Czechoslovakia East Germany England Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia Team Europe Team North America
* IIHF associate members ** IIHF affiliate members † IIHF suspended members ^N Not an IIHF member