The Thailand national ice hockey team is the national men's

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team of

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. The team is controlled by the

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and a member of the

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. Thailand is currently ranked at fifty-first in the

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s and have been entered in the

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tournaments since

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but have not yet participated at any

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. They have played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in

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. The first official hockey league in Thailand, the Bangkok Ice Hockey league (BIHL) was founded in 2014. The majority of the practices and games for the handful of teams in the BIHL are held at the two rinks inside of Central Rama 9 and Imperial World in Samrong, two of Bangkok's popular shopping malls. Currently, most of Thailand's national hockey players are playing on the BIHL with a player as young as 15 years old.

Tournament record

World Championships

* 2019 United Arab Emirates – 49th place *

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– Cancelled due to the

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– Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic *

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– 43rd place

Asian Winter Games

* 2003 Aomori – 5th place * 2007 Changchun – 9th place * 2011 Astana – 6th place ( Silver medal with cup

2nd in Premier Division) * 2017 Sapporo – 5th place ( Gold medal with cup

1st in Division I)

Challenge Cup of Asia

* 2008 Hong Kong – 4th place * 2009 Abu Dhabi – Silver medal with cup

Runners-up * 2010 Taipei City – Bronze medal with cup

3rd place * 2011 Kuwait City – Bronze medal with cup

3rd place * 2012 Dehradun – Silver medal with cup

Runners-up * 2013 Bangkok – 5th place * 2014 Abu Dhabi – 4th place * 2015 Taipei City – 4th place * 2016 Abu Dhabi – 4th place * 2017 Bangkok – Bronze medal with cup

3rd place * 2018 Pasay – Silver medal with cup

Runners-up

Southeast Asian Games

* 2017 Kuala Lumpur – Silver medal with cup

Runners-up * 2019 Philippines – Gold medal with cup

1st

All-time record against other nations

''Last match update: 24 August 2017''

References

External links

IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
{{Men's national ice hockey teams Ice hockey in Thailand National ice hockey teams in Asia

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2003 establishments in Thailand