Iran men's national ice hockey team

Iran
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The White Lions (شیرهای سفید)
AssociationIslamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation
General managerKaveh Sedghi
Head coachSami Karppinen
AssistantsFarshad Moghadasi
Oveis Hassanzadeh
CaptainFarzad Houshidari
Most gamesthree players (17)
Top scorerJalal Keyhanfar (13)
Most pointsJalal Keyhanfar (22)
Home stadiumIce Box, Tehran[1][2]
Team colors     
IIHF codeIRI
Ranking
Current IIHF54 Steady (27 May 2024)[3]
Highest IIHF54 (since 2023)
Lowest IIHF56 (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
Appearances3 (first in 2022)
Best result46th (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.

  1. ^ Ice Box at Facebook
  2. ^ Iran Mall Ice Rink (@icehox_ir) at Instagram
  3. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Iran". IIHF.com. 27 September 2019.