Malaysia men's national ice hockey team

The Malaysian national ice hockey team (Malay: Pasukan hoki ais kebangsaan Malaysia) is the national men's ice hockey team of Malaysia. The team is controlled by the Malaysia Ice Hockey Federation and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 28 September 2006. Malaysia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and have not entered in any World Championship tournaments or at any Olympic Games, but have played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.

Malaysia
AssociationMalaysia Ice Hockey Federation
General managerChee Ee Laine
Head coachTan Khia Peng
AssistantsMuhammad Tengku
CaptainHariz Mohammad
Most gamesEu Jin Yap (52)
Top scorerBin Kin Loke (77)
Most pointsBin Kin Loke (131)
Team colors     
IIHF codeMAS
Ranking
Current IIHF53 (30 March 2022)[1]
First international
Malaysia  7–3  Hong Kong
(Changchun, China; 26 January 2007)
Biggest win
Malaysia  25–0  Bahrain
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 28 January 2011)
Biggest defeat
Kyrgyzstan  23–2  Malaysia
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 1 February 2011)
Kyrgyzstan  22–1  Malaysia
(Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 5 March 2022)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best result48th (2022)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances3 (first in 2007)
Best result8th (2007)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances10 (first in 2008)
Best result 2nd (2008)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best result 3rd (2017)
International record (W–L–T)
34–46–2
Medal record
2008 Hong Kong
2009 Abu Dhabi
2012 Dehradun
Southeast Asian Games
2017 Kuala LumpurTeam

Ice hockey was part of the 2017 SEA Games held in Kuala Lumpur.[2] The IIHF announced that Malaysia will make its World Championship debut in 2020.

Malaysian Invitational 3-on-3 Hockey Tournament

In the 2009 edition of this tournament, the Malaysian team defeating Hong Kong in a thrilling game by a score of 8–7 in front of a huge crowd at Sunway Pyramid. In 2010, the Malaysian team was undefeated on their way to the final against Kuwait. In the final, thanks to some great goaltending, Malaysia hung on to a 5–4 victory and their second MIHF tournament victory in as many years.

Tournament record

World Championships

Asian Winter Games

Challenge Cup of Asia

Southeast Asian Games

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 08 March 2018[5]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Bahrain1100250
 Chinese Taipei3102614
 Hong Kong3300158
 India66007815
 Indonesia55005213
 Iran2002615
 Kuwait84043434
 Kyrgyzstan40041360
 Macau98015618
 Mongolia51042539
 North Korea1001015
 Oman100178
 Philippines40041347
 Qatar110031
 Singapore113173464
 South Korea1001114
 Thailand1011822102
 Turkmenistan100129
 United Arab Emirates6006746
Total8234246399522

References
  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. "SEA Games 2017 Malaysia: Ice hockey could be part of 2017 SEA Games". seagames2017my.blogspot.com. 5 September 2014.
  3. "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  4. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. "Malaysia Men All Time Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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