Armenia men's national ice hockey team

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Armenia
Armenian national ice hockey team logo.png
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)
Team colors   
IIHF codeARM
Armenia national ice hockey team Home & Away Jerseys.png
Ranking
Current IIHF NR (27 May 2024) [1]
Highest IIHF45 (2004–2007)
Lowest IIHF49 (2010)
First international
Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg Lithuanian SSR 1 - 0 Armenian SSR Flag of Armenian SSR.svg
(Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; March 1, 1962)
Biggest win
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 22 - 1 Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg
(Yerevan, Armenia; April 12, 2010) [2]
Biggest defeat
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 48 - 0 Armenia Flag of Armenia.svg
(Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005) [3]
IIHF World Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2004 )
Best result43rd (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.

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

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

Armenia will host the 2025 Diviion IV tournament, which marks Armenia's return to the international game. [4]

World Championships record

YearHostResultPldWOWOLL
2004 Flag of Iceland.svg Reykjavík 45th place
(5th in Division III)
40004
2005 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City 45th place
(5th in Division III)
40004
2006 Flag of Iceland.svg Reykjavík 43rd place
(3rd in Division III)
42002
2007 Flag of Ireland.svg Dundalk Withdrew from tournament
2008 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo Withdrew from tournament; suspended for 2 years
(Both games counted as 5–0 forfeits)
20002
2009 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dunedin Suspended
2010 Flag of Armenia.svg Yerevan Records expunged from tournament; suspended indefinitely
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
50005
2011 through 2015 Suspended
2016 through 2024 Did not participate
2025 Division IV

All-time record against other nations

As of 18 April 2010 [5]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 100105
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1100221
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 100105
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2002435
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3102838
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 21011344
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2002065
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1100150
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2101911
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21011035
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2002419
Total19601385258

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