Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team
The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is ranked 16th in the world as of 2022. They have competed at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. The national team joined the IIHF in 1992 and first played internationally at the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[2] The team has frequently played at the elite division of the World Championship, often moving between there and the Division I level.
Association | Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation |
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Head coach | Galym Mambetaliyev |
Assistants | Alexandr Berezenski Yerlan Sagymbayev Alexander Shimin Alexandr Vyssotski |
Captain | Roman Starchenko |
Most games | Alexander Koreshkov (78) |
Most points | Alexander Koreshkov (83) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | KAZ |
Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 15 1 (28 May 2023)[1] |
Highest IIHF | 11 (2006) |
Lowest IIHF | 21 (2003) |
First international | |
Kazakhstan 5–1 Ukraine (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992) | |
Biggest win | |
Kazakhstan 52–1 Thailand (Changchun, China; 29 January 2007) | |
Biggest defeat | |
United States 10–0 Kazakhstan (Cologne, Germany; 15 May 2010) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 30 (first in 1993) |
Best result | 10th (2021) |
Asian Winter Games | |
Appearances | 6 (first in 1996) |
Best result | Gold (1996, 1999, 2011, 2017) |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
205–132–14 |
Medal record | ||
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Asian Winter Games | ||
1996 Harbin | Team | |
1999 Kangwon | Team | |
2011 Astana-Almaty | Team | |
2017 Sapporo | Team | |
2003 Aomori | Team | |
2007 Changchun | Team |
History
Kazakhstan joined the IIHF in 1992, applying as a separate member with six other former Soviet republics.[3] They played their first IIHF tournament at the 1993 World Championship; as a new member they had to play in Group C, the lowest level. They reached the elite division for the first time in 1998, and have played at the elite level eleven times (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023).
The national team has appeared at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. In their debut in 1998, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. They returned for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and finished ninth overall.
The team is the most successful team at the Asian Games, winning it four times, and are the current highest ranked Asian team.
Tournament record
World Championships
- 1953–1991 As part of Soviet Union / Kazakh SSR
- 1993 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
- 1994 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Pool C)
- 1995 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
- 1996 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C)
- 1997 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 1998 – Finished in 16th place
- 1999 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool B)
- 2000 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 2001 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
- 2002 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
- 2003 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
- 2004 – Finished in 13th place
- 2005 – Finished in 12th place
- 2006 – Finished in 15th place
- 2007 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
- 2008 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
- 2009 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
- 2010 – Finished in 16th place
- 2011 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group B)
- 2012 – Finished in 16th place
- 2013 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2014 – Finished in 16th place
- 2015 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2016 – Finished in 16th place
- 2017 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2018 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2019 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[4]
- 2021 – Finished in 10th place
- 2022 – Finished in 14th place
- 2023 – Finished in 11th place
Asian Winter Games
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[5][6]
Head coach: Galym Mambetaliyev
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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1 | G | Nikita Boyarkin | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 7 October 1998 | Barys Astana |
10 | F | Nikita Mikhailis – A | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 18 June 1995 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
13 | F | Dinmukhamed Kaiyrzhan | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 27 June 2003 | Barys Astana |
17 | F | Alikhan Omirbekov | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 67 kg (148 lb) | 14 June 2001 | Barys Astana |
21 | D | Kirill Polokhov | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 23 March 1998 | Barys Astana |
23 | F | Maxim Mukhametov | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 30 April 1999 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
25 | D | Danil Butenko | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 6 September 2001 | Nomad Nur-Sultan |
28 | D | Valeri Orekhov | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 17 July 1999 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
31 | D | Artyom Korolyov | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 20 September 2001 | Nomad Nur-Sultan |
43 | G | Andrei Shutov | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 4 March 1998 | Barys Astana |
48 | F | Roman Starchenko – C | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 12 May 1986 | Barys Astana |
55 | D | Tamirlan Gaitamirov | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 23 August 2000 | Barys Astana |
64 | F | Arkadiy Shestakov | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 24 March 1995 | Barys Astana |
65 | D | Samat Daniyar | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 24 January 1999 | Barys Astana |
71 | D | Madi Dikhanbek | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 71 kg (157 lb) | 11 January 2001 | Nomad Nur-Sultan |
72 | F | Maxim Musorov | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 29 May 2001 | Khimik Voskresensk |
73 | G | Maxim Pavlenko | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 4 June 2002 | Nomad Nur-Sultan |
79 | F | Mikhail Rakhmanov | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 27 May 1992 | Barys Astana |
81 | F | Batyrlan Muratov | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 1 February 1999 | Barys Astana |
84 | F | Kirill Savitski | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 9 March 1996 | Barys Astana |
86 | F | Abay Mangisbayev | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 9 January 2002 | Barys Astana |
87 | D | Adil Beketayev | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 23 April 1998 | Barys Astana |
88 | F | Evgeni Rymarev | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 9 September 1988 | AKM Novomoskovsk |
92 | F | Dmitri Grents | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 10 June 1996 | Arlan Kokshetau |
96 | F | Alikhan Asetov – A | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 26 August 1996 | Barys Astana |
List of head coaches
- Vladimir Goltze 1993–94
- Vladimir Koptsov 1994–95
- Boris Alexandrov 1996–02
- Nikolay Myshagin 2003–06
- Anatoli Kartayev 2007
- Yerlan Sagymbayev 2007–09
- Andrei Shayanov 2009–10
- Andrei Khomutov 2010–11
- Andrei Shayanov 2011–12
- Vladimir Krikunov 2012–13
- Ari-Pekka Selin 2013–14
- Andrei Nazarov 2014–2016
- Eduard Zankovets 2016–2017
- Galym Mambetaliyev 2017–2018
- Andrei Skabelka 2018–2020
- Yuri Mikhailis 2020–
Head-to-head record
Record correct as of 22 May 2023.[7]
Teams named in italics are no longer active.
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
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Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
Austria | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 34 |
Belarus | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 66 |
Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
Canada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
China | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 6 |
Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Croatia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
Denmark | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 33 |
Estonia | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 14 |
Finland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
France | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 53 |
Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 28 |
Great Britain | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 21 |
Hungary | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 20 |
Italy | 25 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 71 | 47 |
Japan | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 50 |
Latvia | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 52 |
Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 |
Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
Netherlands | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 19 |
Norway | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 |
Poland | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 42 |
Romania | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 |
Russia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 54 |
Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
Slovakia | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 50 |
Slovenia | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 45 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
South Korea | 25 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 136 | 49 |
Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
Switzerland | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 27 |
Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
Ukraine | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 50 |
United States | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
Total | 351 | 205 | 14 | 132 | 1601 | 922 |
References
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