The Bahrain national ice hockey team () is the national men's ice hockey team of Bahrain.
History Bahrain played its first international game in a 2010 friendly game against Kuwait in which they lost, 10–3. The following year, Bahrain competed in the Premier Division of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. In the first two games, they were beaten by Malaysia (25–0) and by Thailand (29–0). They finished the tournament losing all six of their games and placing last on the table. In 2012, Bahrain competed at the 2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship. The team finished last after losing the bronze medal game against Oman.
After ten years of inactivity, Bahrain returned to competition at the 2022 GCC Games, where they lost all three games against the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Bahrain had the longest losing streak of 18 games and had not won its first game until 7 May 2023, when they defeated Algeria 6–5 in overtime in their first game at the 2023 Arab Cup. Russian-born Bahraini forward Zakhar Zakharov, who played 49 games in the MHL with Sarmaty Orenburg, recorded his first hat-trick by scoring three goals, including the game-winning goal in overtime.
In September 2024, Bahrain was added as a full member by the IIHF. The team ranks 26th in the Asian men’s ice hockey ranking.
Tournament record Asian Winter Games YearHostResult 2011 Astana 12th place 6 0 0 0 6 2017 Sapporo withdrew 2025 Harbin 14th place 4 0 0 1 3Total 2/3 10 0 0 1 9
GCC Gulf Championship/Arab Cup YearHostResultGCC Gulf Championship (2010–2016) 2010 Kuwait City did not participate 2012 Abu Dhabi 4th place 5 0 0 0 5 2014 Kuwait City did not participate 2016 Doha did not participateGCC Games (2022) 2022 Kuwait City 4th place 3 0 0 0 3Arab Cup (2023–) 2023 Kuwait City 4th place 5 1 1 0 3Total 3/6 13 1 1 0 11
All-time record against other national teams Last match update: 14 February 2026 Team 1 1 0 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 16 8 7 0 0 7 12 101 2 0 0 2 10 44 1 0 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 25 1 0 0 1 1 21 6 0 0 6 12 33 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 20 1 0 0 1 0 29 1 1 0 0 7 2 4 0 0 4 2 60 1 0 0 1 0 17 Total 31 4 0 27 73 382
References
External links National Teams of Ice Hockey profile