The Kyrgyzstan national ice hockey team (; ) is the national men's ice hockey team of Kyrgyzstan. They are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). As of 2025, Kyrgyzstan is ranked 41st in the IIHF World Ranking and 10th in the Asian Ranking.
History Kyrgyzstan played its first game in 1962 during the Winter Spartakiad which was held in Sverdlovsk, USSR, in which they represented the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. Kyrgyzstan played seven games, winning both games against the Armenian SSR and losing five to the Ukrainian SSR, the Estonian SSR, the Latvian SSR, the Georgian SSR and the Lithuanian SSR respectively.
In 2011 Kyrgyzstan returned to international play when they competed in the Premier Division of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. In the first game of the tournament, Kyrgyzstan recorded their first-ever win, defeating Thailand 15–4. Kyrgyzstan went on to win the Premier Division after winning all six of their games and finishing on top of the table.
Kyrgyzstan made its debut in the World Championships in 2019, playing in the Division III qualification tournament held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They finished first after winning all five games. However, all their first four games were later voided and the results were counted as 5–0 forfeits due to Kyrgyzstan's player Aleksandr Titov being disqualified. Later IIHF acknowledged they had made a mistake, but the results would still stand. Tournaments in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Kyrgyzstan hosted the 2022 Division IV tournament.
Tournament record World Championships YearHostResultPld1954 through 1991 As part of the 1992 through 2018 Did not enter 2019 Abu Dhabi 52nd place 5 1 0 0 4 2020 Bishkek Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Bishkek Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Bishkek 45th place 4 4 0 0 0 2023 Sarajevo 46th place 5 5 0 0 0 2024 Bishkek 42nd place 5 4 0 0 1 2025 Istanbul 41st place 5 5 0 0 0 2026 Sofia 39th place 5 1 0 1 3 2027 Bishkek Total 29 20 0 1 8
Asian Winter Games YearHostResultPldGFGAGD 1986-2007 did not participate 2011 Astana 6th place 6 6 0 0 0 95 23 +72 2017 Sapporo 12th place 4 3 0 0 1 25 14 +11 2025 Harbin 7th place 5 2 2 0 1 55 35 +20Total 3/9 15 11 2 0 2 175 72 +103
Challenge Cup of Asia YearHostResultPld2008 through 2013 did not participate 2014 Bishkek 8th place 5 4 0 0 1 2015 Kuwait City 8th place 5 3 0 0 2 2016 Bishkek 6th place 4 4 0 0 02017 through 2020 did not participateTotal 14 11 0 0 3
All-time record against other nations Last match update: 11 February 2025 + Key Positive balance (more Wins) Negative balance (more Losses) Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) Team 2 2 0 0 44 10 3 2 0 1 25 9 3 2 0 1 18 12 1 0 0 1 4 9 4 4 0 0 42 6 2 2 0 0 31 1 1 0 0 1 4 5 6 4 0 2 46 26 2 2 0 0 12 6 3 2 0 1 15 7 5 5 0 0 82 13 1 1 0 0 9 4 1 1 0 0 13 3 1 1 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 10 5 2 2 0 0 16 2 1 0 0 1 2 18 5 4 0 1 48 11 1 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 3 1 0 2 19 18 4 2 0 2 22 18 3 3 0 0 30 8 Total 55 41 0 14 501 214
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External links IIHF profile