Armenia men's national ice hockey team

Armenia

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia
Head coach	Doug De Cesare
Assistants	Karo Blikian Aram Abrahamian Aram Vartanian
Captain	Raffi Kajberouni
Most games	Raffi Kajberouni, Artak Martirosyan & 1 Other (12)
Most points	Gevork Kandakharyan (14)
Team colors
IIHF code	ARM
Ranking
Current IIHF	NR (27 May 2024)
Highest IIHF	45 (2004–2007)
Lowest IIHF	49 (2010)
First international
Lithuanian SSR 1 - 0 Armenian SSR (Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; March 1, 1962)
Biggest win
Armenia 22 - 1 Georgia (Yerevan, Armenia; April 12, 2010)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 48 - 0 Armenia (Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	43rd (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
6-13-0

The Armenian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Armenia. They hosted the Division III, Group B tournament of the 2010 World Championships. They are managed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia.

History

After finishing last in the 2004 and 2005 Division III tournaments (which included a 48–0 loss to Mexico), they won their first two games ever in 2006, defeating Ireland and Luxembourg.

In 2008, Armenia was forced to withdraw from a Division III qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, because Armenia's delegation refused to show their passports to IIHF officials; this incident resulted in a two-year suspension for Armenia from any IIHF tournament. The use of ineligible players was also discovered on Armenia's U20 team.

In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster six months prior to any IIHF tournaments. Armenia hosted the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III in Yerevan, Armenia. After large scale wins over South Africa and Mongolia, Armenia edged DPR Korea 7-6; Armenia later played DPR Korea in the gold medal game, but lost the final, as well as their chance to move ahead to Div II for 2011, 5-2.

Days after the tournament, IIHF officials investigated and reported that Armenia had once again used ineligible players; the team was suspended indefinitely, and their statistics and final scores were expunged from the IIHF tournaments, with all of their games marked as 5–0 forfeits against the team.

Armenia will host the 2025 Diviion IV tournament, which marks Armenia's return to the international game.

Tournament record

World Championships

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
2004	Reykjavík	45th place (5th in Division III)	4	0	0	0	4
2005	Mexico City	45th place (5th in Division III)	4	0	0	0	4
2006	Reykjavík	43rd place (3rd in Division III)	4	2	0	0	2
2007	Dundalk	Withdrew from tournament (All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2008	Sarajevo	Withdrew from tournament; suspended for 2 years (Both games counted as 5–0 forfeits)	2	0	0	0	2
2009	Dunedin	Suspended
2010	Yerevan	Records expunged from tournament; suspended indefinitely (All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)	5	0	0	0	5
2011 through 2015		Suspended
2016 through 2024		did not participate
2025	Yerevan	To be determined (Division IV)
Total		6/22	19	2	0	0	17

All-time record against other nations

As of 18 April 2010

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	0	5
Georgia	1	1	0	0	22	1
Greece	1	0	0	1	0	5
Iceland	2	0	0	2	4	35
Ireland	3	1	0	2	8	38
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	13	44
Mexico	2	0	0	2	0	65
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	15	0
North Korea	2	1	0	1	9	11
South Africa	2	1	0	1	10	35
Turkey	2	0	0	2	4	19
Total	19	6	0	13	85	258

See also

• Armenia men's national junior ice hockey team
• Armenia men's national under-18 ice hockey team
• Armenian Hockey League
• Ice hockey in Armenia
• Karen Demirchyan Complex
• Micah Aivazoff
• Sport in Armenia
• Yerevan Figure Skating and Hockey Sports School
• Zach Bogosian
• Zack Kassian

External links

• National Teams of ice Hockey