Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox national hockey team Template:MedalBox The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world. In their first Olympic Games in 1998, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. Their head coach is Andrei Nazarov. Unlike most European countries, the national team officially began competing against other nations as a member of the IIHF in the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, one year after being admitted into the federation.

Since the country's independence in 1992, a total of 27 players have been drafted into the NHL. (note: link does not include Evgeni Nabokov, Anton Khudobin, Maxim Kuznetsov, Maxim Birbraer, Konstantin Barulin, Alexander Perezhogin, Dimitri Pätzold and Pavel Vorobiev. These players play internationally elsewhere). However Vitali Kolesnik, who was never drafted, had a brief stint with the Colorado Avalanche.

The national team has played at the Championship level 7 times (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016).

The hockey system of Kazakhstan is ranked 12th best in Europe.

The team is the most successful team at the Asian Games, winning it four times, and are the current highest ranked Asian team.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

• 1998 – Finished in 8th place
• 2006 – Finished in 9th place

World Championships

• 1993 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1994 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Pool C)
• 1995 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1996 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Pool C)
• 1997 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1998 – Finished in 16th place
• 1999 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 2000 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 2001 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
• 2002 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2003 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
• 2004 – Finished in 13th place
• 2005 – Finished in 12th place
• 2006 – Finished in 15th place
• 2007 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2008 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
• 2009 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
• 2010 – Finished in 16th place
• 2011 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group B)
• 2012 – Finished in 16th place
• 2013 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group A)
• 2014 – Finished in 16th place
• 2015 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group A)
• 2016 – Finished in 16th place
• 2017 –

Asian Winter Games

• 1996 – Template:Goca 1st place
• 1999 – Template:Goca 1st place
• 2003 – Template:Sica 2nd place
• 2007 – Template:Sica 2nd place
• 2011 – Template:Goca 1st place
• 2017 – Template:Goca 1st place

Winter Universiade

• 1993 – Template:Sica 2nd place
• 1995 – Template:Goca 1st place
• 2007 – Template:Brca 3rd place
• 2013 – Template:Sica 2nd place
• 2015 – Template:Sica 2nd place
• 2017 – Template:Sica 2nd place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship:

Head coach: Andrei Nazarov

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
2	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
3	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
5	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Toros Neftekamsk
7	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
9	F	Template:Sortname – A	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
15	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
17	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
20	G	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
22	F	Template:Sortname – C	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
27	F	Template:Sortname – A	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
29	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
32	G	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
41	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
46	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
49	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Kazzinc-Torpedo
52	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
53	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Arlan Kokshetau
62	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
69	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
81	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
87	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana
88	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Kazzinc-Torpedo
91	F	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Saryarka Karagandy
94	D	Template:Sortname	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Flagicon Barys Astana

List of head coaches

• Vladimir Goltze 1993–94
• Vladimir Koptsov 1994–95
• Boris Alexandrov 1996–02
• Nikolay Myshagin 2003–06
• Anatoli Kartayev 2007
• Yerlan Sagymbayev 2007–09
• Andrei Shayanov 2009–10
• Andrei Khomutov 2010–11
• Andrei Shayanov 2011–12
• Vladimir Krikunov 2012–13
• Ari-Pekka Selin 2013–14
• Andrei Nazarov 2014–present

External links

• Template:Official website
• IIHF profile

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