The Kuwait national ice hockey team () is the national men's ice hockey team of Kuwait. The team is controlled by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 8 May 2009. Kuwait participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia, from 2010 to 2018. Kuwait made its World Championship debut at the 2018 Division III Qualification tournament.
As of December 2025, Kuwait is ranked 53rd in the IIHF World Ranking and 14th in the specialized ranking of Asian national teams.
History In 1985, Kuwait had joined the IIHF, but was expelled in 1992 due to a lack of ice hockey activity. In 1999, Kuwait played their first games at the 1999 Asian Winter Games against Japan, China, and Mongolia, losing all three. In 2007, Kuwait returned to international play at the 2007 Asian Winter Games where they recorded their first win against Macau. The following year they competed in the Arab Cup finishing second after losing to the United Arab Emirates in the final. In 2009, Kuwait re-admitted into the IIHF as an associate member. In 2010, Kuwait competed in their first Challenge Cup of Asia, finishing seventh overall, and in 2014, finishing 6th overall, losing all five games, and were relegated to Division I. Also, they participated in the Kuwaiti organized Gulf Championship, finishing second behind the United Arab Emirates.
Tournament record World Championships YearHostResult1930 through 1992 did not enter1993 through 2008 Expelled from IIHF2009 through 2017 did not enter 2018 Sarajevo 50th place 3 0 0 0 3 2019 Abu Dhabi 51st place 5 1 0 0 42020 and 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Bishkek 49th place 4 0 0 0 4 2023 Ulaanbaatar 54th place 3 1 0 0 2 2024 Kuwait City 54th place 3 2 0 0 1 2025 Yerevan 55th place 5 3 1 0 1 2026 Kuwait City Cancelled due to the 2026 Iran War
Asian Winter Games YearHostResult 1999 Gangneung 6th place 2 0 0 0 2 2003 Aomori did not participate 2007 Changchun 7th place 4 2 0 0 22011 Astana 11th place 6 1 0 0 52017 Sapporo 16th place 3 1 0 0 2 2025 Harbin 9th place 4 3 0 1 0
Arab Cup/GCC Gulf Championship YearHostResultArab Cup (2008) 2008 Abu Dhabi 2nd place 5 3 0 1 1GCC Gulf Championship (2010–2016) 2010 Kuwait City 2nd place 3 2 0 0 1 2012 Abu Dhabi 2nd place 5 3 0 1 1 2014 Kuwait City 2nd place 5 3 0 0 2 2016 Doha 3rd place 5 3 0 0 2GCC Games (2022) 2022 Kuwait City 3rd place 3 1 0 0 2Arab Cup (2023–) 2023 Kuwait City 2nd place 5 4 0 0 1
Asia and Oceania Championship YearHostResult2008 and 2009 did not participate 2010 Taipei City 7th place 6 2 – 1 3 2011 Kuwait City 4th place 5 2 0 0 3 2012 Dehradun 4th place 6 2 0 0 4 2013 Bangkok 4th place 7 2 0 0 5 2014 Abu Dhabi 6th place 5 0 0 0 5 2015 Kuwait City 6th place 5 5 0 0 0 2016 Abu Dhabi did not participate 2017 Kuwait City 6th place 3 3 0 0 0 2018 Pasay 5th place 4 0 0 1 3
All-time record against other national teams Last match update: 17 April 2025
Team 2 2 0 0 14 4 1 1 0 0 5 4 7 7 0 0 101 12 2 0 0 2 1 17 2 0 0 2 1 46 5 1 0 4 14 60 4 0 0 4 3 36 4 4 0 0 70 11 3 3 0 0 27 15 2 1 0 1 13 9 1 0 0 1 1 44 6 2 0 4 26 36 1 0 0 1 4 9 5 4 1 0 35 7 10 6 0 4 71 44 8 0 0 8 12 50 2 2 0 0 15 3 11 11 0 0 94 13 3 0 0 3 3 35 4 3 0 1 26 16 2 1 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 2 21 15 10 0 0 10 17 81 1 1 0 0 11 4 2 1 0 1 10 28 17 0 0 17 19 83 1 0 0 1 3 13 Total 120 52 1 67 599 706
References
External links
IIHF profile