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

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team of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

, and is controlled by the

Turkish Ice Hockey Federation Turkish Ice Hockey Federation ( tr, Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF) is the governing body of the ice hockey sport in Turkey. It was established in 1991 as the Turkish Ice Sports Federation ( tr, Türkiye Buz Sporları Federasyonu, TBSF). It ...

( tr, Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF), a member of the

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. It is currently ranked 42nd in the

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History

In 2014, the

caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match.

Denis Legersky Denis Legersky (born March 25, 1987 in Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player and coach. Currently, he is a coach of the Hockey Club Davos, Switzerland. Before, he coached at Banská Bystrica and Liptovsky Mikulas (Slo ...

from

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, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir BB GSK, was registered in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team 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

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before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team. The officials of the

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protested the incident.

Olympics

The Turkey men's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament. Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification#Group_M

World Championship record

All-time record against other nations

References

External links

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