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Turkey
Association	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
General manager	Eray Atalı
Head coach	Andrej Brodnik
Assistants	Burak Aktürk; Özkan Dereli; Yavuz Karakoç
Most games	Emrah Özmen (76)
Top scorer	Emrah Özmen (49)
Most points	Emrah Özmen (91)
Team colors
IIHF code	TUR
Ranking
Current IIHF	38 (27 May 2024)
Highest IIHF	35 (2010)
Lowest IIHF	43 (2003–04, 2018)
First international
	Greece 15–3 Turkey; (Johannesburg, South Africa; 21 March 1992)
Biggest win
	Turkey 16–0 Greece; (Cape Town, South Africa; 14 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Spain 38–0 Turkey; (Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 March 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	16 (first in 1992)
Best result	32nd (1992)
International record (W–L–T)
	47–80–1

The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is currently ranked 42nd in the IIHF World Ranking.

History

In 2014, the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match.^[2] Denis Legersky from Slovakia, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir BB GSK, was registered in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team as a coach–player.^[2] He, appeared in the jersey of Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in Sarajevo before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team.^[2] The officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports protested the incident.^[2]

Olympics

The Turkey men's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship record

Year	Host City	Country	Result
1992	Johannesburg	South Africa	6th in Group C2 (32nd)
1993	Ankara	Turkey	3rd in Group C qualifying pool 4 (NR)
1994	Zagreb	Croatia	2nd in Group C2 qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1996	Metulla	Israel	2nd in Group D qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1997	Ankara	Turkey	3rd in Group E (NR)
1998	Krugersdorp	South Africa	7th in Group D (39th)
1999	Krugersdorp	South Africa	7th in Group D (39th)
2000	Reykjavík	Iceland	9th in Group D (42nd)
2002	Cape Town	South Africa	6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2003	Auckland	New Zealand	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2004	Reykjavík	Iceland	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2005	Zagreb	Croatia	6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2006	Reykjavík	Iceland	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2007	Zagreb	Croatia	6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2008	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4th in Division III (44th)
2009	Dunedin	New Zealand	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2010	Naucalpan	Mexico	6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2011	Cape Town	South Africa	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2012	Erzurum	Turkey	1st in Division III (41st)
2013	İzmit	Turkey	5th in Division II Group B (39th)
2014	Jaca	Spain	6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2015	İzmir	Turkey	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2016	Istanbul	Turkey	1st in Division III (41st)
2017	Auckland	New Zealand	6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2018	Cape Town	South Africa	3rd in Division III (43rd)
2019	Sofia	Bulgaria	2nd in Division III (42nd)
2020	Kockelscheuer	Luxembourg	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2021	Kockelscheuer	Luxembourg	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
2022	Kockelscheuer	Luxembourg	2nd in Division IIIA (38th)
2023	Istanbul	Turkey	5th in Division IIB (39th)
2024	Sofia	Bulgaria	6th in Division IIB (40th)
Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.

All-time record against other nations

As of 6 April 2016^[update]

Team	WR	GP	W	T	L	WLDiff	GF	GA	GDiff
Mongolia	50	4	4	0	0	+4	31	3	+28
Greece	49	9	6	0	3	+3	55	36	+19
Luxembourg	43	10	6	0	4	+2	63	46	+17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	46	2	2	0	0	+2	19	2	+17
Armenia	51	2	2	0	0	+2	19	4	+15
Georgia	44	2	2	0	0	+2	18	5	+13
Hong Kong	45	2	2	0	0	+2	15	2	+13
Ireland	48	4	3	1	0	+2	21	10	+11
United Arab Emirates	47	1	1	0	0	+1	15	0	+15
China	36	2	1	0	1	0	8	7	+1
Serbia	30	1	0	0	1	−1	4	6	−2
North Korea	40	3	1	0	2	−1	9	14	−5
South Korea	22	1	0	0	1	−1	0	14	−14
Estonia	28	1	0	0	1	−1	0	24	−24
Belgium	32	3	0	0	3	−3	5	35	−30
Croatia	26	3	0	0	3	−3	4	74	−70
Mexico	34	6	1	0	5	−4	14	36	−22
Iceland	33	4	0	0	4	−4	7	29	−22
Bulgaria	39	6	1	0	5	−4	14	63	−49
Australia	37	5	0	0	5	−5	3	75	−72
Spain	31	5	0	0	5	−5	4	79	−75
New Zealand	38	8	1	0	7	−6	25	52	−27
Israel	35	7	0	0	7	−7	11	73	−62
South Africa	42	10	1	0	9	−8	19	106	−87
Total	41	101	34	1	66	-33	383	795	-412