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)
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)
3-23-0

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 controlled 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 refused to show their passports to IIHF officials; this incident resulted in a 2-year suspension for Armenia from any IIHF tournament. The use of ineligible players was also present on Armenia's U20 team.

In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under the conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster 6 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 towards the team.

World Championships record

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OW	OL	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
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 2020		Did not participate

All-time record against other nations

As of April 18, 2010

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	0	5
Estonian SSR	1	0	0	1	1	31
Georgia/ Georgian SSR	2	1	0	1	24	12
Greece	1	0	0	1	0	5
Iceland	2	0	0	2	4	35
Ireland	2	1	0	1	15	7
Kirghiz SSR	2	0	0	2	3	11
Latvian SSR	1	0	0	1	0	35
Lithuanian SSR	1	0	0	1	0	1
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	13	44
Mexico	2	0	0	2	0	65
Mongolia	1	0	0	1	0	5
North Korea	2	0	0	2	0	10
South Africa	2	0	0	2	1	38
Turkey	2	0	0	2	4	19
Ukrainian SSR	1	0	0	1	0	26
Total	26	3	0	23	58	380

See also

• Sport in Armenia
• Ice hockey in Armenia
• Zack Kassian
• Zach Bogosian
• Micah Aivazoff
• Irina Rodnina Figure Skating Centre
• Karen Demirchyan Complex

External links

• National Teams of ice Hockey