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Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys
Association Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
Most games Emrah Özmen (50)
Most points Emrah Özmen (51)
IIHF code TUR
IIHF ranking 41
Highest IIHF ranking 35 (2010)
Lowest IIHF ranking 43 (first in 2003)
Team colors          
Turkey national ice hockey team Home & Away Jerseys
First international
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 15–3 Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 21 March 1992)
Biggest win
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 16–0 Greece Flag of Greece.svg
(Cape Town, South Africa; 14 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 38–0 Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 March 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 12 (first in 1992)
Best result 32nd (1992)
International record (W–L–T)
18–58–2

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The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

In 2014, the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match. Denis Legersky from Slovakia, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK, was registered in the match against Bosnian National Team as a coach–player. He, appeared in the jersey of Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in Sarajevo before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team. The officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports protested the incident.

World Championship record[]

Year Host City Country Result
1992 Johannesburg Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 6th in Group C2 (32nd)
1993 Ankara Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3rd in Group C qualifying pool 4 (NR)
1994 Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2nd in Group C2 qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1996 Metulla Flag of Israel.svg Israel 2nd in Group D qualifying pool 2 (NR)
1997 Ankara Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3rd in Group E (NR)
1998 Krugersdorp Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 7th in Group D (39th)
1999 Krugersdorp Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 7th in Group D (39th)
2000 Reykjavik Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 9th in Group D (42nd)
2002 Cape Town Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2003 Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3rd in Division III (43rd)
2004 Reykjavík Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 2nd in Division III (42nd)
2005 Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2006 Reykjavík Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 2nd in Division III (42nd)
2007 Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 6th in Division II Group A (39th)
2008 Luxembourg City Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 4th in Division III (44th)
2009 Dunedin Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2nd in Division III (42nd)
2010 Naucalpan Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 6th in Division II Group A (40th)
2011 Cape Town Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3rd in Division III (43rd)
2012 Erzurum Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1st in Division III (41st)
2013 Izmit Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 5th in Division II Group B (39th)
2014 Jaca Flag of Spain.svg Spain 6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2015 İzmir Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 2nd in Division III (42nd)
Green marks a year followed by promotion, red a year followed by relegation.

Notable players[]

Cengiz Çıplak (25) is regarded as the most talented Turkish player. He was awarded the MVP crown as best forward in Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships although skating for the team that relegated. He received the same trophy at World Championship 2004. At the World Championship Division 3 in Iceland he was the tournament's top scorer. Çıplak learned his hockey in Edmonton and played in lower North American leagues. Within the 16 years of history of Turkish national ice hockey team, 25 goals in 18 games of Cengiz Çıplak makes him the highest goalscorer of all times. Also he holds the record for the highest scorer in one game which he scored five goals in the game between Luxembourg and Turkey.

All-time record against other nations[]

As of 11 April 2014

Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 9 6 0 3 55 36
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 4 4 0 0 31 3
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 8 4 0 4 46 39
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 4 3 1 0 21 10
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 2 2 0 0 19 4
Flag of China.svg China 2 1 0 1 8 7
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 2 1 0 1 6 10
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 6 1 0 5 14 36
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 14 63
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 8 1 0 7 25 52
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 1 0 0 1 4 6
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 14
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1 0 0 1 0 24
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 3 0 0 3 5 35
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3 0 0 3 4 74
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 4 0 0 4 7 29
Flag of Australia.svg Australia 5 0 0 5 3 75
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 0 0 5 4 79
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 7 0 0 7 11 73
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 9 0 0 9 12 104

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