United Arab Emirates men's national ice hockey team

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The national ice hockey team of the United Arab Emirates of the men is performed after the World Cup 2011 in the IIHF World Ranking at number 47. So far, she has participated in Asian Winter Games and the IIHF World Championship each twice.

History

The national ice hockey team of the United Arab Emirates was founded in 2007. In its first year this first participated at the Asian Winter Games and played on 26 January 2007 against Thailand their first official international match, which they won 4-0. Just one day later, with a 0:38 the highest-ever defeat in its history, as the Emirates against Kazakhstan played favorites. To the end of the tournament they reached a sixth place at eleven participants.

In June 2008, the United Arab Emirates at the newly founded Arab Cup of Ice Hockey participated, they won against competition from Morocco, Kuwait and Algeria. Following the tournament, the association of one of the six founding members of the Arab Ice Hockey Federation were.

2009, the team won the second time discharged IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia in their own country. In the final, Thailand was defeated 5-3.

In April 2010, the United Arab Emirates for the first time took part in a World Cup tournament of the IIHF. In Group A, Division III team in the Emirates though lost all three games, but managed to win every match at least one goal and defeated the team from Luxembourg with just under 2:3. A month later, the team took part in the inaugural tournament of the Hockey Championship of the gulf, in which also the national teams of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman participated. The United Arab Emirates able to win the tournament and won it all three games.

Placements at the Ice Hockey World Championships

  • 2010 - 4th place Division III, Group A
  • 2013 - 6th Place Division III
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