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Kuwait
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) الصقور (The Falcons)
Association Kuwait Ice Hockey Association
Most games Meshal al-Ajmi & 2 others tied with (42)
Most points Meshal al-Ajmi (89)
IIHF code KUW
Team colors               
First international
 Japan 44 – 1 Kuwait 
(Gangneung, South Korea; January 30, 1999)
Biggest win
 Kuwait 39 – 2 India 
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; April 26, 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 44 – 1 Kuwait 
(Gangneung, South Korea; January 30, 1999)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances 3 (first in 1999)
Best result 6th (1999)
Arab Cup of Ice Hockey
Appearances 1 (first in 2008)
Best result (2008)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances 4 (first in 2010)
Best result 4th (2011, 2012, 2013)
Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
Appearances 2 (first in 2010)
Best result (2010, 2012)
International record (W–L–T)
18–25–1

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The Kuwait national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Kuwait, and an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History[]

In 1985 Kuwait joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) but were expelled in 1992 due to a lack of activity.[1][2] In 1999 Kuwait rejoined the IIHF and played their first games at the 1999 Asian Winter Games against Japan, China, and Mongolia, losing all three.[1][3] In 2007 they returned to international play at the 2007 Asian Winter Games where they recorded their first win against Macau.[3] The following year they competed in the Arab Cup of Ice Hockey finishing second after losing to the United Arab Emirates in the final.[4] In 2010 Kuwait competed in their first IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, finishing seventh overall.[5] In May they participated in the Kuwaiti organised Gulf Ice Hockey Championship, finishing second behind the Emirati National Team.[6]

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Men's National teams
Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bosnia - Bulgaria
Canada - China - Chinese Taipei - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark
Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia - Greece - Great Britain
Hong Kong - Hungary - Ireland - Iceland - Israel - Italy
Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg
Macau - Malaysia - Mexico - Mongolia - North Korea - Norway
New Zealand - The Netherlands - Poland - Romania - Russia - Serbia
Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - South Africa - South Korea
Sweden - Switzerland - Thailand - Turkey - Ukraine - UAE
United States
Defunct teams: Bohemia - - Bohemia and Moravia - CIS National Team - Czechoslovakia - East Germany -

Serbia and Montenegro - U.S.S.R. - West Germany - Yugoslavia


Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:
Andorra - Argentina - Azerbaijan - Brazil
Kyrgyzstan - Liechtenstein - North Macedonia - Moldova - Morocco - - Oman - - Turkmenistan
Chile - India - Jamaica - Namibia - Portugal - Philippines - - Qatar
Non IIHF members: Algeria - Bahrain - Colombia - Costa Rica - Falkland Islands - Saudi Arabia - Tunisia - Uzbekistan
Other teams: Basque Country - Catalonia - - England - - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Scotland
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