Nickname(s) | The White Lions (شیرهای سفید) |
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Association | Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation |
General manager | Kaveh Sedghi |
Head coach | Sami Karppinen |
Assistants | Farshad Moghadasi Oveis Hassanzadeh |
Captain | Farzad Houshidari |
Most games | three players (17) |
Top scorer | Jalal Keyhanfar (13) |
Most points | Jalal Keyhanfar (22) |
Home stadium | Ice Box, Tehran[1][2] |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | IRI |
Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 54 (27 May 2024)[3] |
Highest IIHF | 54 (since 2023) |
Lowest IIHF | 56 (2022) |
First international | |
Macau 7–1 Iran (Sapporo, Japan; 18 February 2017) | |
Biggest win | |
Iran 14–4 Malaysia (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 27 February 2023) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Kyrgyzstan 18–0 Iran (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 3 March 2023) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 2022) |
Best result | 46th (2022) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
7–13–0 (30 March 2024) |
The Iran national ice hockey team (Persian: تیم ملی هاکی روی یخ ایران) is the national men's ice hockey team of Iran. The team was founded in June 2016, is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation, and on 26 September 2019, became an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).[4] Iran made its debut in the IIHF World Championship in 2022. As of 2022, Iran is ranked 56th in the IIHF World Ranking.