Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation
# Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation

The Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň şaýbaly hokkeý federasiýasy, TŞHF) is the governing body of ice hockey in Turkmenistan.

## History

In 2014, at the IIHF congress in Minsk, Belarus, an official application was submitted for the entry of the National Hockey Center of Turkmenistan into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). On 15 May 2015, the application of Turkmenistan was approved, the National Winter Sports Center of Turkmenistan became the 74th member of the IIHF. Turkmenistan became the third former Soviet Republic from Central Asia to join the IIHF after Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

### Presidents

* Begench Patyshakulievich Rejepov (1 March 2012–30 June 2015)
* Agajan Hudayberdiyev (30 June 2015–15 January 2017)
* Jora Hudayberdiyev (15 January 2017–present)

## Leagues

The Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Championship consisting of 8 teams is held annually. The first championship was held in 2014. Competitions are held in two rounds of 28 games each. The teams that took from the first to the fourth places in the championship will compete for the Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Cup.

### Playing levels

* Turkmenistan Championship

## Ice hockey venues

In 2006, Bouygues completed the construction of the first Ice Palace in Turkmenistan. At the present moment, hockey teams from Ashgabat and the Turkmenistan national team hold games and trainings in the palace.

In 2011, a second ice facility, the Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat, was opened in Turkmenistan at a cost of 134.4 million euros. The total area of the new sports facility is 107 thousand square meters. In the center of the palace, there is an ice arena measuring 60 by 30 meters. One of the largest hockey arenas in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

## National teams

* Men's national team

### Participation by year

**2017**

Turkmenistan did not enter in any 2017 IIHF World Championship tournaments.

| Event | Host nation | Date | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Asian WG | Japan | 18–26 February 2017 | 11th place (1st in Division II) |

**2018**

| Event | Division | Host nation | Date | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | Div. IIIQ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25–28 February 2018 | 1st place (Promoted to 2019 Division III) (47th overall) |
| Men U20 | Div. IIIQ | South Africa | 5–7 February 2018 | Withdrawn |

Note: The Turkmenistan under-20 national team was supposed to make its debut at the 2018 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III Qualification tournament, but withdrew prior to the tournament starting.

**2019**

| Event | Division | Host nation | Date | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | Div. III | Bulgaria | 22–28 April 2019 | 3rd place (43rd overall) |

**2022**

| Event | Division | Host nation | Date | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | Div. IIIA | Luxembourg | 3–8 April 2022 | 3rd place (39th overall) |

**2023**

| Event | Division | Host nation | Date | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | Div. IIIA | South Africa | 17–23 April 2023 | To be determined |
