The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national
ice hockey
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team of
Turkey
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, and is controlled by the
Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (, TBHF), a member of the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...
. It is currently ranked 42nd in the
IIHF World Ranking
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.
History
In 2014, the
Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match.
from
Slovakia
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, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of
Ä°zmir BB GSK, was registered in the match against
Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team (Bosnian language, Bosnian and Croatian language, Croatian: ''Hokejaška reprezentacija BiH''; Serbian language, Serbian: Хокејашка репрезентација БиХ) is the national m ...
as a coach–player.
He, appeared in the jersey of
Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in
Sarajevo
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before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team.
The officials of the
Ministry of Youth and Sports
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protested the incident.
Olympics
The Turkey men's hockey team has never qualified for an
Olympic tournament.
World Championship record
All-time record against other nations
Current squad
Technical staff
* Head coach: Andrej Brodnik
* Asst. coach: Burak Aktürk, Yavuz Karakoç
Players
* 20 Sava Voronov
* 4 Ogün Uzunali
* 7 Ahmet Kars
* 8 Ömer Kars
* 9 Emrah SavaÅŸ
* 10 Yusuf Kars
* 11 Emre Faner
* 12 Osman Çolk
* 13 Hamza Yavuz
* 14 Oğuz Karakoç
* 15 Kerem Altun
* 16 Emin İnandı
* 17 Mehmet KaradaÄŸ
* 18 Sait Bingöl
* 19 Bertan Demirdelen
* 21 Fatih Faner
* 22 Ege OdabaÅŸ
* 23 Haktan Kabay
* 24 Ferhat Bakal
* 25 Oğulcan Kızılkaya
References
External links
*
IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
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Men's
National ice hockey teams in Europe
Men's national ice hockey teams