The Turkmenistan national ice hockey team () is the national men's ice hockey team of Turkmenistan. The team is controlled by the Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation (; TÃ ÂHF) and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Turkmenistan made its debut in the 2018 World Championship Division III Qualification tournament. The team is currently ranked 42nd in the IIHF World Ranking and 12th in the Asian Ranking.
The first national team formed in 2011 of four teams from Ashgabat: Oguzkhan, Alp Arslan, Shir and Burgut.
In 2013, Turkmenistan held its first (unofficial) match against Minsk City, which was won by a score of 7âÂÂ2.
Turkmenistan participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. They won their first match in an official tournament by defeating Malaysia 9âÂÂ2 and later went on to win their division by defeating Kyrgyzstan 7âÂÂ3 in the gold medal game.
Turkmenistan made its World Championship debut in 2018, where it played in Division III Qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They won all three games and earned promotion to Division III for 2019.
In April 2019, Turkmenistan making their debut in the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III in Sofia (Bulgaria) and took third place among six teams in group, achieving a historic result.
During visit to Ashgabat Russian retired ice hockey player Sergei Nemchinov from 30 August to 7 September 2019 conducted intensive training with the Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team. Then he entered the coaching staff of the national team of Turkmenistan and has already drawn up a plan for preparing Turkmen hockey players for the 2020 IIHF World Championship Division III Group A.
Roster for the Ice hockey at the 2025 Asian Winter Games â Men's tournament.
Head coach: Ylýas Weliýew
<small>Last match update: 10 February 2025</small>