Head coach Bayram Allayarov Captain Ahmet Gurbanov Appearances 1 (first in 2017) | Assistants Vladimir Bunyatov IIHF code TKM | |
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Home ground Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat | ||
The Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkmenistan. The team is controlled by the National Center of Turkmenistan for Winter Sports, an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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History
The first national team formed in 2011 of four teams from Ashgabat - Oguzkhan, Alp Arslan, Shir and Burgut.
In 2013, the national team of Turkmenistan held its first international match against Minsk city, which was won by 7:2.
Turkmenistan participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. They won their first match in an official tournament by beating Malaysia 9-2 and later went on to win their division by defeating Kyrgyzstan 7-3 in the gold medal game.
Ice hockey in Turkmenistan
The sport is not so popular in Turkmenistan is ice hockey, until the President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov ordered the construction of an ice palace in the desert foothills of the Kopet Dag. In 2006, the company Bouygues has completed a construction of the first ice palace. In 2011, the country had opened the second ice palace worth €134.4 million. The total area of the new sports palace is 107,000 square meters in the center of the palace housed the ice arena measuring 60 by 30 meters. One of the biggest ice hockey arenas in the CIS.
Managers
Roster
The following players were selected for the 2017 Asian Winter Games.
Legend: +A, Assistant captain, +C Captain
All-time record against other nations
Last match update: 24 February 2017