The Mongolia national ice hockey team () is the national ice hockey team of Mongolia. They are controlled by the Mongolian Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 15 May 1999. Mongolia competed in several World Championship tournaments in the late 2000s and early 2010s before withdrawing from the program after 2013. During that period, the team only took part in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia. Mongolia returned to the World Championship in 2023 and currently plays in Division IIIB.
Mongolia is currently ranked 53rd in the IIHF World Ranking and 19th in the specialized Asian ranking.
History Mongolia made its debut at the 1999 Asian Winter Games. The national team did not participate in any IIHF tournaments until the 2007 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Ireland. They played four games, losing all four by a combined margin of three goals for to 45 goals against. In 2008, Mongolia played in the IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Luxembourg, and again they lost all of their games. Goal margin was 11 goals for and 59 against in five games. In the 2009 tournament, they chose to forfeit the games and withdrew from the tournament. All of the games were marked as 5–0 forfeits towards the team. In 2010, the team was placed in group B of Division III. They started off the tournament against North Korea, and they lost (22–1). Then they lost to South Africa (12–1) and to Armenia (15–0). Goal margin was 2 goals and 49 against. They finished the tournament with a 3rd place rematch against South Africa. Mongolia scored three times, but it was not enough as South Africa won 8–3. Mongolia however finished the tournament with its first-ever podium position, finishing third overall in the group after Armenia was suspended by the IIHF.
Many players also represent the Mongolia national bandy team.
Withdrawal from 2009 and 2011 IIHF tournaments The Mongolian Hockey Federation announced that their men's and U18 teams would not be participating in the 2011 IIHF tournaments due to financial trouble and lack of ice hockey equipment. Mongolia cancelled their trips to their respective tournaments. Mongolia men's team was scheduled to travel to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in Division III, while the U18 team was scheduled to participate in Division III in Taipei City, Taiwan. They had previously withdrawn from the 2009 Division III tournament as well.
Tournament record World Championships YearHostResult1930 through 1998 Not an IIHF member1999 through 2006 did not enter 2007 Dundalk 45th place 4 0 0 0 4 2008 Kockelscheuer 46th place 5 0 0 0 5 2009 Dunedin Withdrew from tournament 2010 Yerevan 48th place 3 0 0 0 3 2011 Cape Town Withdrew from tournament 2012 Erzurum 46th place 5 0 0 0 5 2013 Abu Dhabi 47th place 3 1 0 0 22014 through 2022 did not participate 2023 Ulaanbaatar 54th place 3 2 0 1 0 2024 Kuwait City 53rd place 3 3 0 0 0 2025 Queretaro 50th place 5 2 0 0 3 2026 Hong Kong 51st place 5 1 0 0 4 2027 Division III B to be determinedTotal 6/16 36 9 0 1 26
Asian Winter Games YearHostResultGFGAGD1986 through 1996 did not enter 1999 Gangneung 5th place 3 0 1 0 2 6 58 -52 2003 Aomori 6th place 3 0 0 0 3 4 52 -48 2007 Changchun did not participate 2011 Astana 9th place 6 3 0 0 3 35 37 -2 2017 Sapporo 8th place 5 2 0 0 3 25 23 +2 2025 Harbin did not participateTotal 4/9 17 5 1 0 11 70 170 -100
Challenge Cup of Asia YearHostResult 2008 did not participate 2009 Abu Dhabi 5th place 5 3 0 0 2 2010 Taipei City 6th place 5 1 0 0 42011 through 2012 did not participate 2013 Bangkok 3rd place 7 5 0 0 2 2014 Abu Dhabi 3rd place 5 3 0 0 2 2015 Taipei City 3rd place 4 2 0 0 2 2016 Abu Dhabi 3rd place 4 2 0 0 2 2017 Bangkok 2nd place 4 3 0 1 0 2018 Pasay 1st place 4 3 0 0 1 2019 Kuala Lumpur 1st place 5 4 0 0 1 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicTotal 9/13 43 26 0 1 16
Fixture and results 2026 All times are local (UTC+8).
All-time record against other national teams Last match update: 19 April 2026 + Key Positive balance (more Wins) Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) Negative balance (more Losses) Team 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 21 1 5 0 0 5 9 49 1 1 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 5 7 29 7 2 0 5 28 37 2 2 0 0 30 0 2 2 0 0 14 4 3 0 0 3 4 24 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 1 65 8 8 0 0 50 12 1 0 0 1 3 13 6 0 0 6 7 39 3 3 0 0 18 3 6 5 0 1 53 27 1 0 0 1 6 7 2 0 0 2 1 15 4 0 0 4 9 59 5 2 0 3 33 26 7 7 0 0 58 9 5 0 0 5 9 51 2 0 0 2 2 37 10 6 0 4 46 37 4 0 0 4 3 31 1 0 0 1 1 26 8 0 0 8 13 38 Total 97 39 0 58 404 583
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References
External links IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey profile