The United Arab Emirates men's national junior ice hockey team is the men's national under-20

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team of the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. The team is controlled by the

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, a member of the

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(IIHF). Since debuting in 2013 the United Arab Emirates have competed in a series of exhibition games and competed in the 2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia where they finished third.

History

The United Arab Emirates men's national junior ice hockey team played its first game in 2013 during the 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III tournament in

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, Bulgaria. Prior to the start of the tournament the United Arab Emirates were disqualified and all of their games were declared forfeit for failing to register the minimum of 15 skaters and two goaltenders. The team was allowed to play exhibition games during the tournament, however the results of the games did not count towards the standings with the scores being officially record as 5–0 wins to all the opposing teams. The United Arab Emirates lost all five of their exhibition games against the other teams in the tournament. The largest loss was against

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who won the game 23–1. The United Arab Emirates returned to international competition in December 2017 at the 2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the tournament the United Arab Emirates took on hosts Malaysia, India, Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines in a single round robin schedule. They finished in third place on the standings after winning two of their four games. Goaltender Abdulrahman Al Hosani was named the best goalkeeper of the tournament by the IIHF Directorate and forward Mohamed Al Mehairbi was selected as best Emirati player of the tournament.

International competitions

2013 IIHF World U20 Championship The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship (commonly known as the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC). It was hosted in Ufa, Russia. It began on December 26, 2012, and ende ...

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, Bulgaria. Finish: 6th in Division III (not ranked, officially disqualified) * 2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finish: 3rd *

2019 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia The 2019 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia was an international men's under-20 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament took place between 5 December and 8 December 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and ...

; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finish: 4th

References

External links

United Arab Emirates Ice Hockey Association
{{National sports teams of the United Arab Emirates Ice hockey in the United Arab Emirates Junior national ice hockey teams Ice hockey 2013 establishments in the United Arab Emirates Ice hockey clubs established in 2013