Thailand men's national ice hockey team

Thailand
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AssociationIce Hockey Association of Thailand
General managerPongsaya Hongswadhi
Head coachCasey Cook
AssistantsJames Speck
CaptainKen Kindborn
Most gamesTewin Chartsuwan (78)
Top scorerTewin Chartsuwan (82)
Most pointsTewin Chartsuwan (141)
Team colors       
IIHF codeTHA
Ranking
Current IIHF43 Increase 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF43 (2024)
Lowest IIHF51 (2019)
First international
Japan  39–0  Thailand
(Aomori, Japan; 2 February 2003)
Biggest win
Thailand  29–0  Bahrain
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 29 January 2011)
Thailand  29–0  India
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 25 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan  52–1  Thailand
(Changchun, China; 29 January 2007)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2019)
Best result41st (2024)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances5 (first in 2003)
Best result5th (2003, 2017)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances11 (first in 2008)
Best result 2nd (2009, 2012, 2018)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best result 1st (2019)
International record (W–L–T)
62–44–1
Medal record
Challenge Cup of Asia
Silver medal – second place 2009 Abu Dhabi
Silver medal – second place 2012 Dehradun
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pasay
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Taipei
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kuwait City
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bangkok
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Team
Members of Thailand's 2013 national ice hockey team: Teerasak Rattanachot & Tewin Chartsuwan

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. 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.[2] Currently, most of Thailand's national hockey players are playing on the BIHL with a player as young as 15 years old.

Tournament record

World Championships

  • 2019 – 49th place (3rd in Division III, Qualification)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[3]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 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 – (Division II, Group B)

Asian Winter Games

Results

# Year M W D L GF GA GD
1 Ice hockey at the 2003 Asian Winter Games 3 1 0 2 6 65 -59
2 Ice hockey at the 2007 Asian Winter Games 4 2 0 2 11 59 -48
3 Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games 6 5 0 1 70 22 +48
4 Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games 5 4 1 0 35 12 +23
Total 4 Games 18 12 1 5 122 158 -36

Challenge Cup of Asia

Southeast Asian Games

All-time record against other nations

Updated as of 10 April 2024[5]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 29 0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 3 0 0 17 11
 China 1 0 0 1 2 24
 Chinese Taipei 12 2 0 10 36 80
 Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 10
 Hong Kong 9 6 0 3 44 32
 India 2 2 0 0 43 0
 Indonesia 2 2 0 0 26 0
 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 39
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1 1 52
 Kuwait 10 10 0 0 81 16
 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 1 18 19
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 16 3
 Macau 5 5 0 0 27 6
 Malaysia 10 8 1 1 102 22
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Mongolia 10 4 0 6 37 46
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 1 23
 Philippines 3 2 0 1 21 10
 Singapore 9 8 0 1 82 4
 South Africa 4 3 0 1 18 13
 Spain 1 0 0 1 2 15
 Turkmenistan 2 1 0 1 16 9
 United Arab Emirates 13 3 0 10 39 58
Total 107 62 1 44 663 492

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ice Rinks in Thailand - Thai Ice Hockey Magazine". www.thaihockey.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Ice Hockey in Thailand". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 28 April 2023.