The Armenian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Armenia. They hosted the Division III, Group B tournament of the 2010 World Championships and they will be hosting the 2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV, officially hosting Ice Hockey World Championships for the second time. They are managed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia.
History After finishing last in the 2004 and 2005 Division III tournaments (which included a 48–0 loss to Mexico), they won their first two games ever in 2006, defeating Ireland and Luxembourg.
In 2008, Armenia was forced to withdraw from a Division III qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, because Armenia's delegation refused to show their passports to IIHF officials; this incident resulted in a two-year suspension for Armenia from any IIHF tournament. The use of ineligible players was also discovered on Armenia's U20 team.
In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster six months prior to any IIHF tournaments. Armenia hosted the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III in Yerevan, Armenia. After large scale wins over South Africa and Mongolia, Armenia edged DPR Korea 7–6; Armenia later played DPR Korea in the gold medal game, but lost the final, as well as their chance to move ahead to Div II for 2011, 5–2.
Days after the tournament, IIHF officials investigated and reported that Armenia had once again used ineligible players; the team was suspended indefinitely, and their statistics and final scores were expunged from the IIHF tournaments, with all of their games marked as 5–0 forfeits against the team.
Armenia hosted the 2025 Division IV tournament, marking the nation's return to the international stage, and finished a close second.
Armenia currently holds 60th place in the IIHF World Ranking. In the all-Asian ranking published by the specialized outlet AsianIceHockey.com, the team sits 23rd.
Tournament record World Championships YearHostResult1954 through 1991 As part of the 1992 through 2003 Did not enter 2004 Reykjavík 45th place 4 0 0 0 4 2005 Mexico City 45th place 4 0 0 0 4 2006 Reykjavík 43rd place 4 2 0 0 2 2007 Dundalk Withdrew from tournament 2008 Sarajevo Withdrew from tournament; suspended for 2 years(Both games counted as 5–0 forfeits) 2 0 0 0 2 2009 Dunedin Suspended 2010 Yerevan Records expunged from tournament; suspended indefinitely(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits) 4 0 0 0 42011 through 2015 Suspended2016 through 2024 did not participate 2025 Yerevan 54th place 5 3 1 1 0 2026 Kuwait City Cancelled due to the 2026 Iran WarTotal 6 appearances 23 5 1 1 16
All-time record against other nations As of 19 April 2025 Team 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 22 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 4 35 1 1 0 0 14 1 1 1 0 0 8 0 3 1 0 2 8 38 1 0 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 13 44 1 1 0 0 24 3 2 0 0 2 0 65 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 1 38 2 0 0 2 4 19 1 1 0 0 3 2 Total (15) 24 7 0 17 105 275
Current roster Roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV. PositionShoot/CatchesNameDate of birthHeightWeight2024–25 Club3DLPetr Lebedev A Pyunik Yerevan4DLEduard Malakyan C Pyunik Yerevan5FRPavel Egiazarian Peppers Yerevan 8FLIgor Krivykh Pyunik Yerevan9DLSamvel Davtian Peppers Yerevan10DLArman Yenokyan HC Lions16DLAleksei Ivanov Pyunik Yerevan17FLArsen Ambartsumian HC Lions19FLAlbert Gevorgyan HC Lions20GKLHarutyun Baluyan Pyunik Yerevan21FLErik Mikayelyan HC Lions22FLArtem Kuznetsov HC Lions25FLMaksim Kuznetsov A HC Lions51FLValentin Kovalenko Pyunik Yerevan61FLArsen Asatrian Pyunik Yerevan66FLSergey Kuzminov Peppers Yerevan69GKLArtem Putulian Peppers Yerevan77FLSergei Khudiakov Peppers Yerevan96GKLDmitriy Mazanko Peppers Yerevan97FRTigran Manukian Pyunik Yerevan99FLSeiran Saghatelian BKMA Yerevan
Coaches PositionNameDate of birthHead coach Vadim Guskov Assistant coach David SazbandyanGoaltending Coach Mikhail Mikhailov General Manager Nikita ZbyshkoTeam Leader Aram Sargsyan Medical Officer Yaroslav Zbyshko
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See also
Armenia men's national junior ice hockey team Armenia men's national under-18 ice hockey team Armenian Hockey League Ice hockey in Armenia Karen Demirchyan Complex Micah Aivazoff Sport in Armenia Yerevan Figure Skating and Hockey Sports School Zach Bogosian
References
External links IIHF profile National Teams of ice Hockey