Hong Kong men's national ice hockey team

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Hong Kong
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AssociationHong Kong Ice Hockey Association
General managerKan Yeung Kit
Head coachNikita Smirnov
AssistantsWong Ka Ho
CaptainTony Leung
Most gamesBernard Fung (64)
Top scorerJustin Cheng (37)
Most pointsJasper Tang (73)
Team colors   
IIHF codeHKG
Ranking
Current IIHF47 Steady (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF44 (first in 2016)
Lowest IIHF48 (2014)
First international
Hong Kong  2–2  Chinese Taipei
(Perth, Australia; 3 March 1987)
Biggest win
Hong Kong  30–1  Macau
(Harbin, China; 6 January 2003)
Biggest defeat
South Korea  44–0  Hong Kong
(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances9 (first in 1987)
Best result28th (1987)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances2 (first in 2007)
Best result9th (2017)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best result (2011)
International record (W–L–T)
49–53–6
Hong Kong men's national ice hockey team
Traditional Chinese香港國家冰球隊
Simplified Chinese香港国家冰球队

The Hong Kong national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Hong Kong and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Hong Kong is currently ranked 47th in the IIHF World Rankings and competes in Division III of the IIHF World Championships.

History[edit]

Hong Kong and Turkey during the 2016 World Championship Division III. Turkey won the match 5–1.

The Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association (HKIHA) was founded on 8 August 1980. Hong Kong joined the IIHF on 31 March 1983, and made its debut in the world championship at Pool D in Perth, Australia in 1987. Hong Kong tied Chinese Taipei, 2–2 in its first international game on 13 March 1987 and went on to win the Fair Play Cup at the world tournament. After their one appearance in the World Championship, Hong Kong took a hiatus from participation in international tournaments.

Although there was plenty of ice hockey activity in Hong Kong, local teams (usually stocked with Canadian and American players) did not compete for the national championship until 1995–96. The first title was won by a team sponsored by Planet Hollywood.

In 2014, Hong Kong returned to the World Championships, and participated in the Division III level, the sixth and lowest tier. Since then they have participated every year at the Division III level, with their highest finish being fourth in the tournament twice (44th overall).

Tournament record[edit]

World Championships[edit]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
1987 Australia Perth 28th place
(4th in Pool D)
6 0 0 0 6
1988 through 2013 did not participate
2014 Luxembourg Kockelscheuer 44th place
(4th in Division III)
5 1 1 0 3
2015 Turkey İzmir 44th place
(4th in Division III)
6 3 0 0 3
2016 Turkey Istanbul 45th place
(5th in Division III)
5 1 0 0 4
2017 Bulgaria Sofia 44th place
(4th in Division III)
4 1 0 0 3
2018 South Africa Cape Town 46th place
6th in (Division III)
5 0 0 0 5
2019 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 48th place
2nd in (Division IIIQ)
5 4 0 0 1
2020 South Africa Cape Town Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2021 South Africa Cape Town Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2022 South Africa Cape Town Withdrawn due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 48th place
3rd in (Division III B)
5 2 1 1 1
2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 49th place
3rd in (Division III B)
5 3 1 0 1

Asian Winter Games[edit]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2007 China Changchun 10th place 3 0 0 0 3
2011 Kazakhstan Astana did not participate
2017 Japan Sapporo 9th place
(5th in Division I)
5 1 0 1 3

Challenge Cup of Asia[edit]

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2008  Hong Kong 3rd place 5 3 2
2009 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 4th place 5 1 1* 3
2010 Chinese Taipei Taipei City 5th place 5 3 1* 1
2011 Kuwait Kuwait City 1st place 5 5 0 0 0
2012 India Dehradun did not participate
2013 Thailand Bangkok 2nd place 7 6 0 0 1
2014 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 5th place 5 1 0 1 3

All-time record against other nations[edit]

As of 21 April 2023[5]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Australia 2 0 0 2 0 79
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 3 0 2 29 11
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 4 26
 Chinese Taipei 10 3 1 6 29 38
 Georgia 5 3 0 2 32 28
 India 2 2 0 0 36 0
 Iran 1 1 0 0 11 1
 Kyrgyzstan 2 1 0 1 7 12
 Kuwait 4 4 0 0 36 3
 Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 4 28
 Macau 21 13 3 5 141 57
 Malaysia 4 1 0 3 24 15
 Mongolia 6 4 0 2 26 26
 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 0 38
 North Korea 2 0 0 2 2 21
 Singapore 5 4 1 0 31 8
 South Africa 2 0 0 2 1 15
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 79
 Thailand 9 3 0 6 32 44
 Turkey 3 0 0 3 3 21
 United Arab Emirates 9 4 1 4 27 37
Total 104 46 6 52 476 587

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Championship updates". IIHF.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Ice Hockey in Hong Kong". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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