Georgia

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Tbilisi is the capital and largest city. Georgia was part of the Soviet Union until 1991.

History of hockey in Georgia
The Georgian Ice Hockey Federation is the governing body for ice hockey in the country. Georgia joined the IIHF on May 8, 2009.

The Georgian Ice Hockey League was held during the 2007-08 season, with Rukhi Mglebi winning the championship. The league has not been held again since its inaugural season.

The Georgian national team, representing the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, first participated in an international game in 1962 at the Soviet Winter Spartakiad, held in Sverdlovsk. Their first game was an unofficial one against Leningrad, which they lost 31-0. They lost to the Lithuanian SSR 10-2 and 7-2, the Kazakh SSR 11-3, the Kirghiz SSR 1-0, the Estonian SSR 11-1, and the Latvian SSR 13-0. They beat the Armenian SSR by a score of 11-2. The national team did not play in an international game again until 2010. In April, 2010, they played friendly games against South Africa and Armenia, both in Yerevan. They lost to the South Africans 8-1, and the Armenians 22-1.