The Turkey men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Turkey. The team is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They first played at the World Junior Championship in 1998, mainly staying at the Division III level.
History Turkey played its first game in 1997 against the Netherlands during the Pool D tournament of the 1998 IIHF World U20 Championship, losing the game 32–1. The following year, Turkey again competed in the Pool D tournament of the IIHF World U20 Championships. Turkey lost all four of their games including the one against the Netherlands which they lost 37–0, which was recorded as their worst ever defeat in international competition.
In 2003, Turkey returned from a three-year absence to compete in the Division III tournament at the 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship. They won their first game ever in their first game back, defeating Luxembourg 14–1. In 2006, Turkey recorded their largest ever win in international competition after defeating Armenia 28–3 during the 2006 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III tournament. Turkey continued to compete in Division III of the IIHF World U20 Championships until 2009, where they did not participate in that year's tournament.
In 2010, Turkey returned to the World U20 Championships and hosted the Division III tournament in Istanbul. In 2012, they finished fifth in the Division III tournament being held in Dunedin, New Zealand.
International competitions
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Year Host country Div.1998 D - A 4 0 4 0 5 67 0 8th 34th1999 D - B 4 0 4 0 1 93 0 9th 35th2003 III 4 2 0 2 26 16 4 3rd 37th2004 III 5 1 4 0 10 38 2 4th 38th2005 III 5 1 4 0 10 27 2 5th 39th2006 III 4 2 2 0 35 40 4 3rd 37th2007 III 5 1 4 – 9 31 3 5th 39th2008 III 6 1 5 – 18 62 3 6th 40th2010 III - B 5 1 4 – 20 36 3 6th 40th2011 III 6 3 3 – 36 33 9 4th 38th2012 III 4 0 4 – 1 38 0 5th 39th2013 III 5 1 4 – 19 24 3 5th 39th2014 III 5 2 3 – 10 24 7 4th 38th2015 III 4 1 3 – 7 15 3 5th 39th2016 III 6 2 4 – 20 15 6 6th 40th2017 III 5 5 0 – 25 8 9 1st 35th2018 IIB 5 1 4 – 13 30 3 6th 34th2019 III 5 3 2 – 17 20 6 3rd 37th2020 III 5 3 2 – 17 11 6 3rd 37th2022 III 5 3 2 – 22 20 9 5th 39th2023 IIIA 6 2 4 – 25 29 3 4th 38th2024 IIIA 5 2 3 – 15 19 6 4th 38th2025 IIIA 5 2 3 – 27 31 6 4th 38th2026 IIIA 5 3 2 – 34 15 8 4th 38thTotal 118 42 74 2 320 742 99
References
External links Turkish Ice Hockey Federation