Association | Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia |
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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 (29 September 2022) [1] |
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) [2] | |
Biggest defeat | |
Mexico 48 - 0 Armenia (Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005) [3] | |
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.
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.
Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OW | OL | L |
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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 2023 | Did not participate |
As of 18 April 2010 [4]
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
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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 |
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