Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team

Kazakhstan
AssociationKazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
General managerBoris Ivanishev
Head coachOleg Bolyakin
AssistantsLeonids Tambijevs
Georgi Vereshagin
Talgat Zhailauov
CaptainRoman Starchenko
Most gamesAlexander Koreshkov (78)
Most pointsAlexander Koreshkov (83)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKAZ
Ranking
Current IIHF13 1 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2006)
Lowest IIHF21 (2003)
First international
  5–1  Ukraine
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
  52–1  Thailand
(Changchun, China; 29 January 2007)
Biggest defeat
United States  10–0  
(Cologne, Germany; 15 May 2010)
Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances32 (first in 1993)
Best result10th (2021)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances7 (first in 1996)
Best result Gold (1996, 1999, 2011, 2017, 2025)
International record (W–L–T)
220–151–14
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
1996 Harbin Team
1999 Kangwon Team
2011 Astana-Almaty Team
2017 Sapporo Team
2025 Harbin Team
2003 Aomori Team
2007 Changchun Team

The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is ranked 16th in the world as of 2022. They have competed at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. The national team joined the IIHF in 1992 and first played internationally at the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[2] The team has frequently played at the elite division of the World Championship, often moving between there and the Division I level.

History

Kazakhstan joined the IIHF in 1992, applying as a separate member with six other former Soviet republics.[3] They played their first IIHF tournament at the 1993 World Championship; as a new member they had to play in Group C, the lowest level. They reached the elite division for the first time in 1998, and have played at the elite level twelve times (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).

The national team has appeared at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. In their debut in 1998, Kazakhstan was able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. They returned for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and finished ninth overall.

The team is the most successful team at the Asian Games, winning it four times, and are the current highest ranked Asian team. In November 2024, Kazakhstan also won the inaugural IIHF Asia Championship.[4] The team participated in the 2023 Channel One Cup, alongside Russia and Belarus.[5]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

Year City Country Result
1954 – 1991 As part of  Soviet Union / Kazakh SSR
1992 did not compete
1993 Ljubljana  Slovenia 3rd place in Group C (23rd)
1994 Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves  Slovakia 4th place in Group C1 (24th)
1995 Sofia  Bulgaria 2nd place in Group C1 (22nd)
1996 Jesenice / Kranj  Slovenia 1st place in Group C (21st)
1997 Katowice / Sosnowiec  Poland 2nd place in Group B (14th)
1998 Zürich / Basel   Switzerland 16th place
1999 Odense / Rodovre  Denmark 3rd place in Group B (19th)
2000 Katowice / Kraków  Poland 2nd place in Group B (18th)
2001 Ljubljana  Slovenia 3rd place in Division IB (21st)
2002 Eindhoven  Netherlands 3rd place in Division IA (21st)
2003 Budapest  Hungary 1st place in Division I Group A (17th)
2004 Prague / Ostrava  Czech Republic 13th place
2005 Vienna / Innsbruck  Austria 12th place
2006 Riga  Latvia 15th place
2007 Qiqihar  China 3rd place in Division IA (21st)
2008 Innsbruck  Austria 2nd place in Division IA (20th)
2009 Vilnius  Lithuania 1st place in Division IA (17th)
2010 Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen  Germany 16th place
2011 Kyiv  Ukraine 1st place in Division IB (17th)
2012 Helsinki / Stockholm  Finland /  Sweden 16th place
2013 Budapest  Hungary 1st place in Division IA (17th)
2014 Minsk  Belarus 16th place
2015 Kraków  Poland 1st place in Division IA (17th)
2016 Moscow / Saint Petersburg  Russia 16th place
2017 Kyiv  Ukraine 3rd place in Division IA (19th)
2018 Budapest  Hungary 3rd place in Division IA (19th)
2019 Astana  Kazakhstan 1st place in Division IA (17th)
2020 Zürich / Lausanne   Switzerland Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2021 Riga  Latvia 10th place
2022 Tampere / Helsinki  Finland 14th place
2023 Tampere / Riga  Finland /  Latvia 11th place
2024 Prague / Ostrava  Czech Republic 12th place
2025 Stockholm / Herning  Sweden /  Denmark 15th place
2026 - Division IA

Asian Winter Games

Year Host Result M W D L GF GA GD
1986  Japan - - - - - - - -
1990  Japan - - - - - - - -
1996  South Korea 1st 3 3 0 0 33 2 +31
1999  China 1st 4 3 1 0 65 4 +61
2003  Japan 2nd 4 3 0 1 49 10 +39
2007  China 2nd 5 4 0 1 117 6 +111
2011  Kazakhstan 1st 4 4 0 0 62 3 +59
2017  Japan 1st 3 3 0 0 19 0 +19
2025  China 1st 8 8 0 0 73 4 +69
Total - 7/9 31 28 1 2 419 29 +390

Asia Championship

Winter Universiade

  • 1993 – 2nd place
  • 1995 – 1st place
  • 2007 – 3rd place
  • 2009 – 4th place
  • 2011 – 4th place
  • 2013 – 2nd place
  • 2015 – 2nd place
  • 2017 – 2nd place
  • 2019 – 4th place
  • 2023 – 3rd place
  • 2025 – 6th place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship.[7]

Head coach: Oleg Bolyakin[8]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Jelal-ad-Din Amirbekov 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
7 D Leonid Metalnikov 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 Admiral Vladivostok
10 F Nikita Mikhailis – A 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
13 F Dinmukhamed Kaiyrzhan 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 Barys Astana
17 F Alikhan Omirbekov 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb) (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 Barys Astana
18 F Vladimir Volkov 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 Arlan Kokshetau
20 G Maxim Pavlenko 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (2002-06-04) 4 June 2002 HC Ryazan
22 F Kirill Panyukov 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1997-05-22) 22 May 1997 Barys Astana
23 F Maxim Mukhametov 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 Barys Astana
24 D Dmitri Breus 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
27 F Artyom Likhotnikov 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 100 kg (220 lb) (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 Humo Tashkent
28 D Valeri Orekhov 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
31 D Artyom Korolyov 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 74 kg (163 lb) (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 Nomad Astana
32 G Sergei Kudryavtsev 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 Arlan Kokshetau
33 D Eduard Mikhailov 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 Arlan Kokshetau
34 F Vyacheslav Kolesnikov 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 Nomad Astana
48 F Roman Starchenko – C 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 Barys Astana
58 D Tamirlan Gaitamirov 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (2000-08-23) 23 August 2000 Barys Astana
64 F Arkadiy Shestakov 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 Admiral Vladivostok
71 D Samat Daniyar 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 Barys Astana
81 F Batyrlan Muratov 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 Barys Astana
84 F Kirill Savitsky 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 Barys Astana
87 D Adil Beketayev 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 Barys Astana
88 F Yevgeni Rymarev 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1988-09-09) 9 September 1988 HC Chelny
96 F Alikhan Asetov – A 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 Barys Astana

List of head coaches

Head-to-head record

Record correct as of 20 May 2025.[9]
Teams named in italics are no longer active.

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Australia 2 2 0 0 36 3
 Austria 13 8 1 4 41 35
 Belarus 23 4 1 18 48 88
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 39 1
 Canada 5 0 0 5 7 27
 China 14 14 0 0 153 9
 Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 52 0
 Croatia 4 4 0 0 42 4
 Czech Republic 6 0 0 6 5 32
 Denmark 10 4 0 6 24 38
 Estonia 9 8 0 1 48 14
 Finland 5 1 0 4 8 21
 France 19 8 1 10 51 54
 Germany 12 5 0 7 27 40
 Great Britain 11 7 1 3 35 23
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 24 0
 Hungary 15 13 0 2 70 25
 Italy 25 17 1 7 71 47
 Japan 23 17 3 3 101 52
 Latvia 15 5 0 10 31 54
 Lithuania 5 5 0 0 41 6
 Mongolia 2 2 0 0 65 1
 Netherlands 8 8 0 0 45 19
 Norway 8 4 1 3 21 21
 Poland 22 18 1 3 82 45
 Romania 6 4 0 2 30 11
 Russia 10 0 0 10 19 59
 Serbia 1 1 0 0 11 2
 Slovakia 13 1 1 11 24 59
 Slovenia 20 13 0 7 67 48
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 32 0
 South Korea 27 20 0 7 139 54
 Spain 2 2 0 0 31 0
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 6 17
  Switzerland 9 3 0 6 18 31
 Thailand 2 2 0 0 64 1
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 38 0
 Ukraine 22 13 3 6 75 50
 United States 8 0 0 8 8 43
Total 385 220 14 151 1 728 1 034

See also

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  2. ^ "KAZ – Kazakhstan". IIHF.com. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ IIHF (2008). "Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". IIHF.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. ^ "IIHF Asia Championship 2025 in Ice Hockey: the Inaugural Edition". AsianIceHockey.com. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Официальный сайт Кубка Первого канала по хоккею 2022" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 December 2022.
  6. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Қазақстан құрамасының әлем чемпионат ойындарына қатысатын құрамы". KazahkstanHockey (in Kazakh). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Team roster: Kazakhstan" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Ice Hockey in Kazakhstan". National Teams of Ice Hockey. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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