The Thailand national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Thailand. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Association of Thailand and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Thailand is currently ranked at fifty-first in the IIHF World Rankings and have been entered in the World Championship tournaments since 2019 but have not yet participated at any Olympic Games. Currently they sit in 7th place of Asian Ice Hockey Ranking. They have played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.
The first official hockey league in Thailand, the Bangkok Ice Hockey league (BIHL) was founded in 2014. The majority of the practices and games for the handful of teams in the BIHL are held at the two rinks inside of Central Rama 9 and Imperial World in Samrong, two of Bangkok's popular shopping malls. Currently, most of Thailand's national hockey players are playing on the BIHL with a player as young as 15 years old.
Queen Suthida of Thailand is known as a big ice hockey enthusiast and supporter of Thailand ice hockey team.
Tournament record World Championships 2019 – 49th place (3rd in Division III, Qualification) 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 – 43rd place (2nd in Division III, Group B) 2023 – 44th place (4th in Division III, Group A) 2024 – 41st place (1st in Division III, Group A) 2025 – 40th place (6th in Division II, Group B) 2026 – 45th place (5th in Division III, Group A)
Asian Winter Games YearHostResult 2003 Aomori 5th 3 1 0 2 6 65 -59 2007 Changchun 9th 4 2 0 2 11 59 -48 2011 Astana 7th 6 5 0 1 70 22 +48 2017 Sapporo 5th 5 5 0 0 35 12 +23 2025 Harbin 6th 6 0 0 6 4 56 -52 Total 24 13 0 11 126 214 -88
Challenge Cup of Asia 2008 Hong Kong – 4th place 2009 Abu Dhabi – Runners-up 2010 Taipei City – 3rd place 2011 Kuwait City – 3rd place 2012 Dehradun – Runners-up 2013 Bangkok – 5th place 2014 Abu Dhabi – 4th place 2015 Taipei City – 4th place 2016 Abu Dhabi – 4th place 2017 Bangkok – 3rd place 2018 Pasay – Runners-up
Ice hockey at the SEA Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur – Runners-up 2019 Philippines – 1st Ice hockey at the 2025 SEA Games – 2nd place
Team Current roster No.Pos.NameTeam 1 GK David Benjamin Kleineschay Aware 25 GK James McAlear Norwich University 20 GK Dominik Vollenweiderr Team Thailand 12 D Sarawut Danielsson UU Hockey 5 D Edvin Ken Kindborn KCG 14 D Sarawut Phasookwong Manglerud Star Ishockey 8 D Punn Phasukkijwatana Team Thailand 23 D Satira Tawon Andersson Solna SK (SWE) 16 D Araya Vatanapanyakul Lexicon Lumberjack 22 D N. Yannakornthanapunt Magna 28 FW Kim Aarola Hyvinkään Jää-Ahmat 11 FW Patrick Forstner KCG 83 FW Masato Kitayama Team Thailand 61 FW Mikael Jan Isaksson Aware 10 FW Athit Khunra KCG 13 FW Charles Nichols Lampson Lexicon Lumberjack 18 FW Chanokchon Limpinphet Mandalay 17 FW Nathaphat Luckanatinakorn KCG 96 FW Hideki Nagayama Team Thailand 15 FW Thanachai Sakchaicharoenkul Team Thailand 4 FW Rakchai Sukwiboon Ice Breakers 6 FW Nakrit Sutivijitho Bangkok Warriors
All-time record against other nations Updated as of 11 February 2025
Team GP W T L GF GA 1 1 0 0 29 0 3 3 0 0 17 11 2 0 0 2 2 32 13 2 0 11 37 83 1 0 0 1 0 10 9 6 0 3 44 32 2 2 0 0 43 0 2 2 0 0 26 0 3 0 0 3 3 62 2 0 0 2 1 64 10 10 0 0 81 16 3 2 0 1 18 19 2 2 0 0 16 3 5 5 0 0 27 6 10 8 1 1 102 22 1 1 0 0 5 0 10 4 0 6 37 46 1 0 0 1 1 23 3 2 0 1 21 10 9 8 0 1 82 4 4 3 0 1 18 13 1 0 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 2 15 2 1 0 1 16 9 13 3 0 10 39 58 Total 113 62 1 50 667 548
References
External links
IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey