Kuwait Ice Hockey Association

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Kuwait
Association name	Kuwait Ice Hockey Association
IIHF Code	KUW
IIHF membership	8 May 2009
President	Faheed Hamas Al-Ajmi
IIHF men's ranking	50
IIHF women's ranking	N/A
https://www.ihfkw.com/

The Kuwait Ice Hockey Association (Arabic: الاتحاد الكويتي لهوكي الجليد) is the governing body of ice hockey in Kuwait. Kuwait had originally joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1985, but was expelled in 1992 due to a lack of ice hockey activity.^[1] Kuwait was re-admitted into the IIHF on 8 May 2009.^[2]

National teams

Participation by year

2023

Event	Division	Host nation	Date	Result
Men	Div. IV	Mongolia	23–26 March 2023	3rd place (54th overall)
Women AOC		Thailand	30 April–7 May 2023	8th place
Arab Cup		Kuwait	7–13 May 2023	2nd place

References

^ Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). "Story #42;Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
^ "Welcome, Georgia & Kuwait". International Ice Hockey Federation. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.

External links

v t e Sports governing bodies in Kuwait (KUW)
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Kuwait portal Kuwait Olympic Committee

v t e National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation
Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan ~~Belarus~~† Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Norway Philippines Poland Romania ~~Russia~~† Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States
Associate members	Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Bahrain Brazil Colombia Greece Indonesia Jamaica Kenya Lebanon Liechtenstein Macau Morocco Nepal North Macedonia Oman Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Tunisia Uzbekistan
Affiliate members	Chile
Former members	Bohemia Czechoslovakia East Germany Moldova Namibia Oxford Canadians Russian Empire Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia
† Russia and Belarus were suspended by the IIHF due to their invasion of Ukraine.

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