China men's national ice hockey team
China People's Republic of China
The Chinese national ice hockey team is currently ranked 38th in the IIHF World Ranking (as of May 2012) and plays at the World Championships in Division II is organized by the China National Hockey Association.
History
In 1972, the team first participated in an Ice Hockey World Championship, a medal, the team could win but so far not. 1975 renounced the team on his participation in the C- Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1978, you should participate again. As host of the Chinese Hockey Association provided, however, there for a political scandal, as the country for the first time participating South Koreans refused entry visas. The visa dispute led to serious diplomatic tensions between the two countries. As a result, the C- Cup hosts China was withdrawn and awarded as the previous year to Spain 's stated in the short term for the discharge prepared. Moreover, in order to prevent a potentially fraught with significant complications direct encounter between China and South Korea, it was decided to send up China as a C- group Fourth and Denmark as a C- group third party in the B group, so it this year four climbers were in the now spiked to ten teams B group. At the World Championships in 1992 for the first time took a Chinese woman national team at a World Cup.
In addition to the IIHF World Championships China regularly takes part in the Asian Winter Games, which are each able to win a medal in the first five editions 1986-2003 ( two gold and three bronze medals ). Only in 2007 did the team without winning a medal.
In the 2010 World Cup, the team finished fifth in the group B of Division II and thus missed the rise again in the Division I.
World Championships
Africa: Algeria | Morocco | South Africa
Americas: Argentina | Brazil | Canada ( U20) | Colombia | Mexico | United States ( U20)
Asia and Oceania: Australia | Bahrain | Republic of China | China | Hong Kong | India | Japan | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Kuwait | Macau | Malaysia | Mongolia | New Zealand | North Korea | Oman | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | South Korea | Thailand | Uzbekistan | United Arab Emirates
Europe: Armenia | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Denmark | Germany ( U20) | Estonia | Finland ( U20) | France | Georgia | Greece | United Kingdom | Ireland | Iceland | Israel | Italy | Croatia | Latvia | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Norway | Austria | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia ( U20) | Sweden (U20 ) | Switzerland ( U20) | Serbia | Slovakia (U20 ) | Slovenia | Spain | Switzerland (U20 ) | Turkey | Ukraine | Hungary (U20 ) | Belarus
Previous teams: Bohemia | Bohemia and Moravia | DDR | CIS | Yugoslavia | Serbia and Montenegro | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia
Selected teams: Basque Country | England | Catalonia | Scotland
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