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Saudi Arabia men's national ice hockey team

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Saudi Arabia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationSaudi Winter Sports Federation
Head coachPetr Večko
CaptainMohamad Bahamdin
Top scorerFaisal Salama (3)
Most pointsFaisal Salama &
Badr Alhazmi
Home stadiumAl-Shallal Ice Rink
Team colorsGreen / White
IIHF codeKSA
First international
 Kuwait 10–3 Saudi Arabia 
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 25 May 2010)
Biggest win
 Saudi Arabia 5–2 Bahrain 
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 25 May 2022)
Biggest defeat
 UAE 14–1 Saudi Arabia 
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 27 May 2010)
Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best result (2010)
GCC Games
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best result (2022)
International record (W–L–T)
3–3–0
Medal record
GCC Gulf Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuwait City
GCC Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Kuwait City

The Saudi Arabia national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب المملكة العربية السعودية لهوكي الجليد) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is not a member of the IIHF and therefore not eligible to enter any IIHF World Championship events.

History

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The Saudi Arabian Nationals first played ice hockey in the early 1990s. Ice hockey was played in Riyadh at the Fal Shopping Centre Ice Rink, a rink 1/3 the size of a standard North American-sized ice rink. In 1994, five Saudis were part of a team consisting of mostly ex-pats from Canada and Finland. This particular team was the winner of the Canuck Cup held in Dubai. A member of the team was Prince Ahmed Al-Saud, a fan of hockey after watching it played in New York. Saudi Arabia played its first game in 2010 during the Gulf Ice Hockey Championship which was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait.[1] Saudi Arabia played three games losing its opener against Kuwait 10–3.[2] In their second game in the tournament, Saudi Arabia was beaten by a larger margin then the first, losing to the United Arab Emirates 14–1.[2] In their final game of the tournament, they won their first ever international game after they defeated Oman 3–1.[1] Saudi Arabia finished third in the four team tournament with the UAE winning gold.[2] Saudi Arabia has not been active until the 2022 GCC Games, but at the 2023 Arab Cup, Saudi Arabia was unofficially represented at the tournament by the Jeddah Eagles club team.[3]

Tournament record

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GCC Gulf Championship

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Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2010 Kuwait Kuwait City 3rd place 3 1 0 0 2
Total 1/1 3 1 0 0 2

GCC Games

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Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2022 Kuwait Kuwait City 2nd place 3 2 0 0 1
Total 1/1 3 2 0 0 1

All-time record against other national teams

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Last match update: 26 May 2022

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 5 2
 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 10 15
 Oman 1 1 0 0 3 1
 United Arab Emirates 2 0 0 2 2 19
Total 6 3 0 3 20 37

References

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  1. ^ a b "Saudia-Arabia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2017-12-18.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b c Merk, Martin (2010-06-08). "UAE wins Gulf Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  3. ^ "Arab Cup - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-05-12.