Malaysia men's national ice hockey team
The Malaysian national ice hockey team (Malay: Pasukan hoki ais kebangsaan Malaysia) is the national men's ice hockey team of Malaysia. The team is controlled by the Malaysia Ice Hockey Federation and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 28 September 2006. Malaysia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and have not entered in any World Championship tournaments or at any Olympic Games, but have played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.
| Association | Malaysia Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Tan Khia Peng |
| Captain | Hariz Mohammad |
| Most games | Eu Jin Yap (52) |
| Top scorer | Bin Kin Loke (77) |
| Most points | Bin Kin Loke (131) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | MAS |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 53 (29 September 2022)[1] |
| First international | |
| Malaysia 7–3 Hong Kong (Changchun, China; 26 January 2007) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Malaysia 25–0 Bahrain (Astana, Kazakhstan; 28 January 2011) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Kyrgyzstan 22–0 Malaysia (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2 March 2023) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2022) |
| Best result | 48th (2022) |
| Asian Winter Games | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2007) |
| Best result | 8th (2007) |
| IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia | |
| Appearances | 10 (first in 2008) |
| Best result | 2nd (2008) |
| Southeast Asian Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) |
| Best result | 3rd (2017) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 34–51–2 | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2008 Hong Kong | ||
| 2009 Abu Dhabi | ||
| 2012 Dehradun | ||
| Southeast Asian Games | ||
| 2017 Kuala Lumpur | Team | |
Ice hockey was part of the 2017 SEA Games held in Kuala Lumpur.[2] The IIHF announced that Malaysia will make its World Championship debut in 2020.
Malaysian Invitational 3-on-3 Hockey Tournament
In the 2009 edition of this tournament, the Malaysian team defeating Hong Kong in a thrilling game by a score of 8–7 in front of a huge crowd at Sunway Pyramid. In 2010, the Malaysian team was undefeated on their way to the final against Kuwait. In the final, thanks to some great goaltending, Malaysia hung on to a 5–4 victory and their second MIHF tournament victory in as many years.
Tournament record
World Championships
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
- 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
- 2022 – 48th place
- 2023 – 52nd place
Asian Winter Games
- 2007 – 8th place
- 2011 – 10th place (5th in Premier Division)
- 2017 – 15th place (5th in Division II)
Challenge Cup of Asia
- 2008 – 2nd place
- 2009 – 3rd place
- 2010 – 4th place
- 2012 – 3rd place
- 2013 – 5th place
- 2015 – 10th place (5th in Division I)
- 2016 – 7th place ( 2nd in Division I)
- 2017 – 5th place
- 2018 – 6th place ( 1st in Division I)
- 2019 – 4th place
Southeast Asian Games
All-time record against other nations
Last match update: 08 March 2018[5]
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
| India | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 15 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13 |
| Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Kuwait | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 34 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 60 |
| Macau | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 18 |
| Mongolia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 39 |
| North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Oman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 47 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Singapore | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 64 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 102 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46 |
| Total | 82 | 34 | 2 | 46 | 399 | 522 |
References
- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "SEA Games 2017 Malaysia: Ice hockey could be part of 2017 SEA Games". seagames2017my.blogspot.com. 5 September 2014.
- ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
External links
- Official website
- IIHF profile