The Lebanese national ball hockey team () is the national

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team of

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. The team is controlled by the Lebanese Hockey Association and a member of the

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(ISBHF).

History

The Lebanese Hockey Association () has been created to advance ice, inline and ball hockey initiatives of Lebanese hockey players on a worldwide basis in addition to enabling international development and representation of the country in the sport of hockey. Lebanon will make its

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(BHWC) debut at the

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. The team played its first game on 2 June 2017, but a narrow 2–1 loss against

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, then later lost 3–2 to

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in their second game on 3 June 2017.

World Championship

Roster

The following 25 players have been selected for the

All-time World Championship record

References

External links

* {{National ball hockey teams Ball hockey