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Mongolia men's national ice hockey team

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Mongolia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationMongolian Hockey Federation
Head coachMergen Arslan
AssistantsMunkhnasan Otgonbayar
CaptainMishigsuren Namjil
Most gamesMishigsuren Namjil (67)
Top scorerMishigsuren Namjil (40)
Most pointsMishigsuren Namjil (94)
Home stadiumSteppe Arena
Team colors     
IIHF codeMGL
Ranking
Current IIHF57 Steady (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF45 (2008–10)
Lowest IIHF57 (2023–24)
First international
South Korea  14–1  Mongolia
(Gangneung, South Korea; 31 January 1999)
Biggest win
Mongolia  21–1  Bahrain
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 1 February 2011)
Mongolia  20–0  India
(Bangkok, Thailand; 16 March 2013)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan  40–0  Mongolia
(Gangneung, South Korea; 2 February 1999)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2007)
Best result45th (2007)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances4 (first in 1999)
Best result5th (1999)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances9 (first in 2009)
Best result 1st (2018, 2019)
International record (W–L–T)
38–59–0
Medal record
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pasay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bangkok
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Abu Dhabi
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Taipei City
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Abu Dhabi

The Mongolia national ice hockey team (Mongolian: Монголын хоккейн үндэсний шигшээ баг) is the national ice hockey team of Mongolia. They are controlled by the Mongolian Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 15 May 1999. Mongolia participated in several World Championship tournaments from late 2000s to early 2010s, but since 2013, have only played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.

Mongolia is currently ranked 57th in the IIHF World Ranking.

History

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Mongolia made its debut at the 1999 Asian Winter Games. The national team did not participate in any IIHF tournaments until the 2007 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Ireland. They played four games, losing all four by a combined margin of three goals for to 45 goals against. In 2008, Mongolia played in the IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Luxembourg, and again they lost all of their games. Goal margin was 11 goals for and 59 against in five games. In the 2009 tournament, they chose to forfeit the games and withdrew from the tournament. All of the games were marked as 5–0 forfeits towards the team. In 2010, the team was placed in group B of Division III. They started off the tournament against North Korea, and they lost (22–1). Then they lost to South Africa (12–1) and to Armenia (15–0). Goal margin was 2 goals and 49 against. They finished the tournament with a 3rd place rematch against South Africa. Mongolia scored three times, but it was not enough as South Africa won 8–3. Mongolia however finished the tournament with its first-ever podium position, finishing third overall in the group after Armenia was suspended by the IIHF.

Many players also represent the Mongolia national bandy team.

Withdrawal from 2009 and 2011 IIHF tournaments

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The Mongolian Hockey Federation announced that their men's and U18 teams would not be participating in the 2011 IIHF tournaments due to financial trouble and lack of ice hockey equipment. Mongolia cancelled their trips to their respective tournaments. Mongolia men's team was scheduled to travel to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in Division III, while the U18 team was scheduled to participate in Division III in Taipei City, Taiwan. They had previously withdrawn from the 2009 Division III tournament as well.

Tournament record

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World Championships

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Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1930 through 1998 Not an IIHF member
1999 through 2006 did not enter
2007 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 45th place
(5th in Division III)
4 0 0 0 4
2008 Luxembourg Kockelscheuer 46th place
(6th in Division III)
5 0 0 0 5
2009 New Zealand Dunedin Withdrew from tournament
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2010 Armenia Yerevan 48th place
(4th in Division III B)
3 0 0 0 3
2011 South Africa Cape Town Withdrew from tournament
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2012 Turkey Erzurum 46th place
(6th in Division III)
5 0 0 0 5
2013 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 47th place
(3rd in Division III Q)
3 0 0 0 2
2014 through 2022 did not participate
(Due to lack of indoor ice rink in Mongolia)
2023 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 53rd place
(2nd in Division IV)
3 2 0 1 0
2024 Kuwait Kuwait City 53rd place 1st in (Division IV) 3 3 0 0 0
2025 Mexico Metepec to be determined (Division III B) 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6/16 24 4 0 1 19

Asian Winter Games

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Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1986 through 1996 did not enter
1999 South Korea Gangneung 5th place 2 0 0 0 2
2003 Japan Aomori 6th place 2 0 0 0 2
2007 China Changchun did not participate
2011 Kazakhstan Astana 9th place
(4th in Premier Division)
6 3 0 0 3
2017 Japan Sapporo 8th place
(4th in Division I)
5 2 0 0 3
Total 4/5 15 5 0 0 10

Challenge Cup of Asia

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Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2008  Hong Kong did not participate
2009 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 5th place 5 3 0 0 2
2010 Chinese Taipei Taipei City 6th place 5 1 0 0 4
2011 through 2012 did not participate
2013 Thailand Bangkok 3rd place 7 5 0 0 2
2014 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 3rd place 5 3 0 0 2
2015 Chinese Taipei Taipei City 3rd place 4 2 0 0 2
2016 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 3rd place 4 2 0 0 2
2017 Thailand Bangkok 2nd place 4 3 0 1 0
2018 Philippines Pasay 1st place 4 3 0 0 1
2019 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1st place 5 4 0 0 1
2020  Singapore Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Total 9/13 43 26 0 1 16

Current roster

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Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV.[2]

Head coach: Mergen Arslan

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Club
1 G Baatarkhuu Sodbileg 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (2007-02-24)24 February 2007 (aged 17) Mongolia Mergen Hockey Academy
2 D Ariunbileg Erdenebat 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (2005-10-19)19 October 2005 (aged 18) Mongolia Mergen Hockey Academy
4 D Batgerel Zorigt 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 36) Mongolia ZandT
5 F Munkhzaya Enkhtur 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1989-04-22)22 April 1989 (aged 34) Mongolia ZandT
6 F Gerelt Ider 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (1997-04-17)17 April 1997 (aged 26) Mongolia Khangarid
8 F Urtnasan Nyamdavaa 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (2001-11-25)25 November 2001 (aged 22) Mongolia Otgon Od
9 F Ganbaatar Munkhtulga 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2000-10-28)28 October 2000 (aged 23) Mongolia Sharingol
14 F Gendunov Batu BatorovichA 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (240 lb) (1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 25) Mongolia Darkhan
11 F Chinzolboo Mishigsuren 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb) (2006-08-06)6 August 2006 (aged 17) Mongolia Khangarid
12 D Enkusukh Erdenetogtokh 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 29) Mongolia Khangarid
15 F Bilguun Boldbaatar 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 69 kg (152 lb) (2005-02-08)8 February 2005 (aged 19) Mongolia Khangarid
16 D Batbayasgalan Baatar 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1998-08-30)30 August 1998 (aged 25) Mongolia Sharingol
17 F Tsengel Undarmaa 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (2006-07-06)6 July 2006 (aged 17) Mongolia Mergen Hockey Academy
18 F Mishigsuren NamjilC 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 71 kg (157 lb) (1983-03-29)29 March 1983 (aged 41) Mongolia Khangarid
19 F Lkhagvadorj Davaanyam 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2006-01-04)4 January 2006 (aged 18) Mongolia Mergen Hockey Academy
20 F Tsogtoo Shinebayar 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 66 kg (146 lb) (1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 30) Mongolia Otgon Od
23 F Purevdorj Munkhmend 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (2004-06-25)25 June 2004 (aged 19) Mongolia Otgon Od
24 F Tserenbaljir Baatarkhuu 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 30) Mongolia Khangarid
30 G Baatarkhuu Bazarvaani 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (1990-11-08)8 November 1990 (aged 33) Mongolia Khangarid

Fixture and results

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2024

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All times are local (UTC+3).

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 9 S2 = 3 GT1 = 55:05 - Gerelt (SH) GT2 = 52:59 - Jufino

16 April 2024
14:00
Mongolia 9-3
(2–0, 2–1, 5–2)
 IndonesiaKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Referee:
South Korea Kang Tae-woo
Linesmen:
United Arab Emirates Abdallah Al-Hammadi
Malaysia Chua Jien Yang
09:53 - Batu1–0
18:37 - Enkhsukh2–0
21:43 – Batu (PP)3–0
28:14 -(Enkh-Amgalan)4–0
4–137:15 - Abraham
44:39 - Nyamdavaa5–1
5–246:44 - Nathaniel
47:10 - Nyamdavaa6–2
48:12 - Namjil7–2
51:23 - Tsengel8–2
55:05 - Gerelt (SH)9–352:59 - Jufino
34 minPenalties4 min
8Shots6
18 April 2024
18:00
Mongolia 5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 KuwaitKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 260
Game reference
Referee:
New Zealand Ryan Cairns
Linesmen:
Malaysia Chua Jien Yang
Italy Marco Tomasello
162 minPenalties194 min
30Shots9

19 April 2024
14:00
Malaysia 2–14
(1–7, 0–2, 1–5)
 MongoliaKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 76
Game reference
Muhammad Haikal
Muhammad Tengku
GoaliesBazarvaani Baatarkhuu
Baatarkhuu Sodbileg
Referee:
South Korea Kang Tae-woo
Linesmen:
Singapore Benjamin Huang
Italy Marco Tomasello
0–105:11 – Lkhagvadorj (Mishigsuren, Enkhsukh)
Lim (Versluis, Mohammad) – 06:451–1
1–207:49 – Munkhtulga (Enkh-Amgalan)
1–308:36 – Batorovich
1–412:12 – Batorovich (Nyamdavaa) (PP)
1–518:00 – Ariunbileg
1–618:45 – Batorovich (Bilguun, Namjil)
1–719:38 – Munkhtuvshin (Shinebayar)
1–823:29 – Enkhsukh (Tserenbaljir)
1–929:16 – Lkhagvadorj
1–1044:51 – Nyamdavaa
1–1145:25 – Ariunbileg (Batorovich)
1–1251:26 – Namjil (Batorovich, Tsengel)
Raja (Versluis) (PP) – 52:162–12
2–1358:09 – Tserenbaljir (Gerelt, Tsengel)
2–1458:54 – Mishigsuren (Tsengel)
8 minPenalties17 min
9Shots26

All-time record against other national teams

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Last match update: 19 April 2024[3]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Armenia 1 0 0 1 0 15
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 21 1
 Chinese Taipei 5 0 0 5 9 49
 Georgia 1 1 0 0 6 0
 Greece 5 0 0 5 7 29
 Hong Kong 6 2 0 4 26 26
 India 2 2 0 0 30 0
 Indonesia 2 2 0 0 14 4
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 4 24
 Israel 1 0 0 1 0 5
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 1 65
 Kuwait 8 8 0 0 50 12
 Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 1 3 13
 Luxembourg 5 0 0 5 2 34
 Macau 3 3 0 0 18 3
 Malaysia 6 5 0 1 53 27
 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 1 15
 North Korea 3 0 0 3 3 51
 Philippines 4 1 0 3 20 22
 Singapore 7 7 0 0 58 9
 South Africa 5 0 0 5 9 51
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 2 37
 Thailand 10 6 0 4 46 37
 Turkey 4 0 0 4 3 31
 United Arab Emirates 8 0 0 8 13 38
Total 94 35 0 59 371 591

Mongolia was awarded a 5–0 victory over Armenia in the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament after Armenia had their statistics and final scores expunged from the IIHF tournaments due to player eligibility issues. The score of the game was originally 15–0 for Armenia.

References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Mongolia". IIHF.com. 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Mongolia-Men-Official-Results-1.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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