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Armenia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Armenia
Head coachUnited States Doug De Cesare
AssistantsKaro Blikian
Aram Abrahamian
Aram Vartanian
CaptainRaffi Kajberouni
Most gamesRaffi Kajberouni,
Artak Martirosyan
& 1 Other (12)
Most pointsGevork Kandakharyan (14)
IIHF codeARM
Ranking
Current IIHFunranked
Highest IIHF45 (2004–2007)
Lowest IIHF49 (2010)
First international
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian SSR 1 - 0 Armenian SSR Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; March 1, 1962)
Biggest win
Armenia Armenia 22 - 1 Georgia 
(Yerevan, Armenia; April 12, 2010)[1]
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 48 - 0 Armenia Armenia
(Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005)[2]
IIHF World Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2004)
Best result43rd (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 Iceland Reykjavík 45th place
(5th in Division III)		 4 0 0 0 4
2005 Mexico Mexico City 45th place
(5th in Division III)		 4 0 0 0 4
2006 Iceland Reykjavík 43rd place
(3rd in Division III)		 4 2 0 0 2
2007 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Withdrew from tournament
2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Withdrew from tournament; suspended for 2 years
(Both games counted as 5–0 forfeits)		 2 0 0 0 2
2009 New Zealand Dunedin Suspended
2010 Armenia 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 2018 Did not participate

All-time record against other nations

As of April 18, 2010[3]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0 1 0 5
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian SSR 1 0 0 1 1 31
 Georgia/
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic 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 Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz SSR 2 0 0 2 3 11
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian SSR 1 0 0 1 0 35
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 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 Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR 1 0 0 1 0 26
Total 26 3 0 23 58 380

See also

References

  1. ^ "Armenian ice hockey team celebrates smashing 22:1 victory in a friendly against Georgia". PanArmenian.net. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  2. ^ "Game Summary: As of 12.03.2005". IIHF. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  3. ^ "Armenia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2017-12-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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