Turkish Ice Hockey Federation

Türkiye
Association name	Türkiye Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF Code	TUR
IIHF membership	May 1, 1991
President	Halit Albayrak
IIHF men's ranking	41st (August 2018)
IIHF women's ranking	31st (August 2018)
	http://www.tbhf.org.tr

Türkiye Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF) is the governing body of the ice hockey sport in Turkey. It was established in 1991 as the Turkish Ice Sports Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Sporları Federasyonu, TBSF). It is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since May 1, 1991. The TBHF is based in Ankara and its current chairman is Orhan Duman.^[1]^[2]

TBHF conducts seven ice hockey leagues for men's and women's. The federation organizes also the national teams for men's, men's junior, men's U-18 and women's. As of October 2012, Turkey men's national team ranks 39th and the women's 35th in the world.^[2]

History

Ice hockey playing started in Turkey in the beginning of the 1980s at Atatürk ice rink and on the frozen pool of Youth Park in Ankara and Korukent ice rink in Istanbul. The first ice hockey match dates back to January 9, 1988 played at Atatürk ice rink in Ankara between the teams of Ankara and Istanbul, which were coached by an American Glenn Brown and Sinisha Tomic from Yugoslavia respectively.

By February 1989, the "Buz Pateni Sarayı" (literally "Ice Skating Palace"), country's first Olympic size hockey rink was opened in Ankara, which initiated the ice hockey in Turkey. Founding of an ice hockey school the same year by Cüneyt Kozan and Fahri Paslı was one of the most basic and important steps in the development of this sport branch in Turkey. Some of the sportspeople, who learnt playing ice hockey at this school, are still members of the national team.

Ankara Buz Pateni Sarayı hosted the first match ever played in compliance with the international rules and regulations end of 1989 between Ankara Tarım Kredi Spor and Istanbul Paten Kulübü teams.

By January 1990, ice hockey sport was subordinated to the Turkish Ski Federation, and the first official championship ever was organized among two teams from Ankara and two from Istanbul.

With the foundation of the Turkish Ice Sports Federation in 1991, ice hockey sport separated from the Turkish Ski Federation and came along with figure skating sport under the authority of the new organization. Turkey became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF the same year, and formed the national team to participate at the 1992 World championships Group C tournaments.

The rising interest in ice hockey effected the increasing number of players and then the teams. Rino Ouellette, a Canadian diplomat in Ankara, who coached two teams consecutively, contributed much to the development of ice hockey sport in Turkey. A tournament, organized in 1992, laid the ground stone for the establishment of Turkey's first ice hockey league in 1993.

As of March 2013, the total number of ice hockey players is 790 consisting of 310 men's, 320 juniors and 160 women's. From 1992 on, the federation conducted regularly courses for referees and trainers. There are a total of 110 referees as of March 2013.^[2]

Under increasing competition pressure, the teams were forced to transfer valuable players from countries with ice hockey tradition like Canada, Russia, Ukraine etc. The presence of the foreign sportspeople contributed considerable to the enhancement of this sport resulting in Turkey's first international win in 1997 against New Zealand.^[3]

In the end of 2006, ice hockey sport detached on International Skating Union's recommendation from the Turkish Ice Sports Federation establishing its own organization.^[4]

Domestic events and teams

The TBHF conducts in the 2012-2013 season seven leagues. In the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League, eight teams compete. Turkish Ice Hockey First League comprises five teams. In the Juniors (U-20) League, there are eleven teams.^[5] The Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League debuted in February 2007 with 7 teams.^[6]^[7]^[8] As of October 2012, the total number of ice hockey players in Turkey is 790, consisting of 310 male, 160 female and 320 junior players.^[2]

There are eight Olympic-size indoor ice hockey rinks and three outdoor rinks across Turkey as of October 2012.^[2]

Turkish ice hockey competitions

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League (TBHF Erkekler Süper Ligi)
Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League (TBHF Bayanlar Ligi)
Turkish Ice Hockey First League (TBHF Erkekler 1. Ligi)
Turkish Ice Hockey Juniors (U-20) League (TBHF 20 Yaş altı Genç Erkekler Ligi)
Turkish Ice Hockey Youth (U-18) League (TBHF 18 Yaş altı Genç Erkekler Ligi,)
Turkish Ice Hockey Boys (U-14) League (TBHF Yıldızlar Ligi)
Turkish Ice Hockey U-10 League (TBHF Minikler Ligi)

Prize money

The federation re-evaluated the prize money scheme for all the six divisions valid in the 2010–11 season.^[9]

Prize Money Scheme (in TUL)*
League	Champion	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Super League	25,000	15,000	10,000
Women's League	12,500	7,500	5,000
First League	5,000	3,000	2,000
Juniors (U-20) League	5,000	3,000	2,000
Youth (U-18) League	5,000	3,000	2,000
Boys (U-14) League	3,000	2,000	2,000	1,000	1,000

1 TUL = 0.65 US$ (approx. currency exchange rate as of March 2011)

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League

2011-12 season

Group A

Club	Home town	Arena	Founded
Kocaeli B.B. Kağıt SK	Izmit	Kocaeli	2000
B.B. Ankara SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1978
Erzurum Gençlik SK	Erzurum	Erzurum
Anka SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2004
İstanbul Paten SK	Istanbul	Silivrikapı	1987
Ankara Truva Paten SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2005

Group B

Club	Home town	Arena	Founded
Başkent Yıldızları SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1998
Ankara Üniversitesi SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1948
Boğaziçi Paten SK	Istanbul	Silivrikapı	1986
Izmir BB GSK	Bornova
Erzurum B.B. SK	Erzurum	Erzurum

^[10]

Turkish Ice Hockey First League

Club	Home town	Arena	Founded
ABBA SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2005
Ankara Emniyet SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1990
Ankara Üniversitesi SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1948
İzmit Şirintepe SK	Izmit	Kocaeli	2000
ODTÜ SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1962
Ankara Truva Paten SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2005
Yükseliş SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2007
İstanbul Üniversitesi SBK	Istanbul	Silivrikapı	2010

Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League

Group A

Club	Home town	Arena	Founded
Anka SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2004
Ankara Üniversitesi SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1948
ODTÜ SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1962
Polis Akademisi ve Koleji SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1996
Ankara Truva Paten SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2005

Group B

Club	Home town	Arena	Founded
ABBA SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2005
Boğaziçi Paten SK	Istanbul	Silivrikapı	1986
Başkent Yıldızları Buz Hokeyi SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	1998
Kocaeli B.B. Kağıt SK	Izmit	Kocaeli	2000
Milenyum Paten SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa	2002

Turkish Juniors (U20) League

Club	Home town	Arena
Anka SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa
B.B. Ankara SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa
Ankara Emniyetspor	Ankara	Bel-Pa
Ankara Truva Paten SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa
Başkent Yıldızları Buz Hokeyi SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa
İstanbul TED Kolejliler SK	Istanbul	Silivrikapı
İzmit Buz Sporları Paten KD	Kocaeli	Kocaeli
İzmit Çenesuyu SK	Kocaeli	Kocaeli
İzmit Şirintepe SK	Kocaeli	Kocaeli
Kocaeli B.B. Kağıt SK	Kocaeli	Kocaeli
Şampiyon SK	Ankara	Bel-Pa

Turkish Ice Hockey U-10 Championship

2011-12 Season

Group A

Club	Home town
Istanbul Buz Korsanları	Istanbul
Ankara Üniversitesi SK	Ankara
ABBA SK	Ankara
Erzurum Gençlik SK	Erzurum

Group B

Club	Home town
Şampiyon SK	Istanbul
Buzun Aslanları SK	Ankara
Boğaziçi Paten SK	Istanbul
Buz Kaplanları SK	Istanbul

^[11]^[12]

Results summary

As of 5 Feb 2023.

OTW and OTL Suppose Draw.

#	Team	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Turkey men's national ice hockey team	124	45	4	75	466	911	-445
2	Turkey men's national junior ice hockey team	103	35	2	66	244	677	-433
3	Turkey men's national under-18 ice hockey team	96	26	4	66	319	816	-497
4	Turkey women's national ice hockey team	60	14	3	43	159	431	-272
5	Turkey women's national under-18 ice hockey team	18	4	1	13	16	109	-93
Total	5 Team	401	124	14	263	1204	2944	-1740

International events

Turkish national ice hockey teams took part in the following events:

2002

Men's World Championship - Div. II (Gr. A) - March 31-April 6, 2002 in Cape Town, South Africa - 6th place, relegated to Division III.

2003

World Junior Championship - Div. III - January 21–26, 2003 in İzmit, Turkey - 3rd place.
Men's World Championships - Div. III - April 3–6, 2003 in Auckland, New Zealand.

2004

World Junior Championship - Div. III - January 5–11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria - 4th place.
Men's World Championship - Div. III - March 16–21, 2004 in Reykjavík, Iceland - 2nd place (Promoted to Division II).

2005

World Junior Championship - Div. III - January 10–16, 2005 in Mexico City, Mexico - 5th place.
World U18 Championship Div. III Qualification - March 7–13 in Sofia, Bulgaria - 5th place
Men's World Championships - Div. II (Gr. A) - April 10–16, 2005 in Zagreb, Croatia - 6th place (Relegated to Division III).

2006

World Junior Championship - Div. III - January 3–9, 2006 in Kaunas, Lithuania - 3rd place.
World U18 Championships - Div. III - March 13–19, 2006 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania - 6th place.
Men's World Championship - Div. III - April 24–29, 2006 in Reykjavík, Iceland - 2nd place (Promoted to Division II).

2007

World Junior Championship - Div. III - January 8–14, 2007 in Ankara, Turkey - 5th place.
World U18 Championships - Div. III - March 5–11, 2007 in Beijing, China - 6th place.
Women's World Championships - Div. IV - March 26-April 1, 2007 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania - 6th place.
World Championship - Div. II (Group A) - April 11–17, 2007 in Zagreb, Croatia - 6th place (Relegated to Division III).

2008

World Junior Championship - Div. III - January 16–24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia - 6th place.
World U18 Championships - Div. III (Gr. B) - March 3–9, 2008 in Izmit, Turkey - 3rd place.
Women's World Championships - Div. IV - March 23–29, 2008 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania - 6th place.
World Championship - Div. III - March 31-April 4, 2008 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - 4th place.

2009

World U18 Championships – Div. III (Gr. B) - March 9–15 in Erzurum, Turkey - 2nd place.
World Championship - Div. III - April 10–16 in Dunedin, New Zealand - 2nd place, promoted to Division II.

2010

World Junior Championships – Div. III (Gr. B) - January 4–10, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey - 4th place.
World U18 Championships - Div. III (Gr. A) - March 14–20, 2010 in Erzurum, Turkey - 2nd place.
World Championship - Div. II (Gr. A) - April 10–17 in Lomas Verdes, Mexico - 6th place, relegated to Division III

2011

World Junior Championships – Div. III - January 9–18 in Mexico City, Mexico - 4th place.
Winter Universiade - Men's - January 27-February 6, 2011 in Erzurum, Turkey - 12th place.
Winter Universiade - Women's - January 27-February 5, 2011 in Erzurum, Turkey - 6th place.
Women's World Championships – Div. V - March 14–20 in Sofia, Bulgaria - 4th place
World U18 Championships – Div. III (Gr. A) - 4th place.
World Championship Div. III - April 11–17 in Cape Town, South Africa - 3rd place.

2012

World Junior Championships – Div. III - January 17–22 in Dunedin, New Zealand - 6th place.
World Championship - Div. III - April 15–21, 2012 in Erzurum, Turkey

2013

World Junior Championships – Div. III - January 14–20 in Sofia, Bulgaria - 5th place.
World U18 Championships - Div. III (Gr. B) - February 7–10 in İzmit, Turkey - 4th place.
World Championship - Div. II (Gr. B) - April 21–27 in İzmit, Turkey - 5th place.
Women's World Championship - Div. II (Gr. B) Qualification - December 7–9, 2012 in İzmir, Turkey - 1st place, promoted to Division II.

2014

World Junior Championships – Div. III - January 12–18 in İzmir, Turkey - 4th place.
World U18 Championship - Div. III (Gr. B) - February 13–15 in İzmit, Turkey - 5th place.
World Championship - Div. II (Gr. B) - April 5–11 in Jaca, Spain - 6th place (Relegated to the 2015 Division III).
Women's World Championship - Div. II (Gr. B) -March 24–30 in Reykjavík, Iceland - 6th place, (Relegated to the 2015 Division II B Qualification).

2015

World Junior Championships – Div. III - January 20–25 in Saint Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand - 4th place.
World U18 Championship - Div. III (Gr. B) - March 17–19 in Auckland, New Zealand - 5th place.
World Championship - Div. IIi - April 3–12 in İzmir, Turkey .
Women's World Championship - Div. II (Gr. B Qualification) - February 18–21 in Hong Kong, China - 1st place.

Coach

The national team's head coach is Jim MacEachern form Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada. Jim coached the four Turkish national teams for the 2007-2008 season and is currently negotiating an extension of his contract.

References

^ "International Ice Hockey Federation official website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Turkey". IIHF. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
^ Whats the problem Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
^ Ajans Spor ^{[permanent dead link]} (in Turkish)
^ TBHF Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
^ Super Spor Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
^ IIHF.com
^ "Genel Hükümler" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
^ "Buz hokeyinde primler değişti". Sporda Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2011-03-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
^ "TBHF 2011-2012 Sezonu Süper Lig Fikstürü" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
^ "TBHF 2011-2012 Sezonu Minikler Türkiye Şampiyonası Programı" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Retrieved 2012-10-21.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Buz Hokeyi Turnuvasında Madalyalar Sahiplerini Buldu". Aktif Haber (in Turkish). 2012-06-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

External links

Turkey at IIHF.com
(in Turkish) Turkish Ice Hockey Federation website
(in Turkish)Turkish Ice Hockey Information and Fans Website

[1] "International Ice Hockey Federation official website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2007-02-25.

[iihf-2] "Turkey". IIHF. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

[3] Whats the problem Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

[4] Ajans Spor ^{[permanent dead link]} (in Turkish)

[5] TBHF Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

[6] Super Spor Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

[7] IIHF.com

[8] "Genel Hükümler" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

[9] "Buz hokeyinde primler değişti". Sporda Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2011-03-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

[10] "TBHF 2011-2012 Sezonu Süper Lig Fikstürü" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

[11] "TBHF 2011-2012 Sezonu Minikler Türkiye Şampiyonası Programı" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBHF. Retrieved 2012-10-21.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "Buz Hokeyi Turnuvasında Madalyalar Sahiplerini Buldu". Aktif Haber (in Turkish). 2012-06-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

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v t e Ice hockey in Turkey
Leagues	Men's Super League Men's First League Men's Junior League Boys' Youth League Women's League
Teams	ABBA SK Anka SK Ankara University SK BB Ankara SK Başkent Yıldızları Istanbul Buz Korsanları SK Erzurum Gençlik SK Erzurum BB GSK Genç Ankaralılar SK Gümüş Patenler SK Istanbul Paten K İzmir BB GSK Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK Koç Üniversitesi SK Milenyum Paten SK Narmanspor Pars Buz Sporları K Polis Akademisi ve Koleji SK Truva Paten SK Zeytinburnu BS
National teams	Men's Men's junior (U20) Boys' youth (U18) Women's Girls' youth (U18)
Miscellaneous	IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup
Turkish Ice Hockey Federation IIHF

v t e Sports governing bodies in Turkey (TUR)
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchro Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo-Kurash Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby union Sailing Shooting and Hunting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball/Beach volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Bobsleigh-Luge Curling Ice hockey Ice skating Skiing
Other sports	Air sports Auto racing Baseball/softball Bocce-Bowling-Dart Bodybuilding, Fitness and Armwrestling Bridge Chess Cricket^[a] Cue sports Dancesport Folk dances Gridiron football Karate Kick Boxing Korfball Motorcycle racing Mountaineering Muay Thai Orienteering Rugby league^[a] Scouting and Guiding Traditional sport branches Underwater sports University sports Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled sports	Blind sports Deaf sports Disabled sports Sport for Athletes with Intellectual Disability
[a] = Not an MYS-sanctioned official governing body Turkish National Olympic Committee Turkish National Paralympic Committee Ministry of Youth and Sports Turkish Council of Fair Play Turkey Anti-Doping Agency Turkey Special Olympics Turkish Disabled Sports Foundation

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.

History

Domestic events and teams

Prize money

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League

Group A

Group B

Turkish Ice Hockey First League

Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League

Group A

Group B

Turkish Juniors (U20) League

Turkish Ice Hockey U-10 Championship

Group A

Group B

Results summary

International events

Coach

See also

References

External links