General Manager Ilia Davidov Assistants Alexander Vasilchenko IIHF code GEO | Head coach Dmitry Afanasyev Captain Vitali Dumbadze Current IIHF 44 1 | |
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Association Georgian Ice Hockey Federation | ||
The Georgia national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Georgia, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team first played in the IIHF World Championships in 2013, though only at the Division III level and participated in Winter Olympics qualificaitons in 2015.
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History
Georgia, representing the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, played its first game in 1962 during the Winter Spartakiad which was held in Sverdlovsk, USSR. Georgia played seven games winning their matches against Kirghiz SSR and Armenian SSR, while losing the remaining games to Lithuanian SSR two times, Kazakh SSR, Estonian SSR and Latvian SSR. In 2009 Georgia joined the International Ice Hockey Federation as an associate member. Georgia returned to international play in 2010 where they played two friendly games in Yerevan, Armenia against South Africa and Armenia, losing both games 8–1 and 22–1 respectively. In 2012 Georgia made their debut in the World Championship, competing in the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification tournament being held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They lost all three games and failed to qualify for the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament. Georgia participated in an Olympic qualification tournament in 2015 for the 2018 Winter Olympics. They played the first game of the qualification against Bulgaria, losing the match 9–1. In 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III Georgia finished second in a group winning four games out of five and narrowly losing to Turkey 4–5.
World Championship record
Team
Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.
All-time record against other nations
As of 6 April 2016