Turkey men's national junior ice hockey team
Introduction The '''Turkey men's national under 20 ice hockey team''' is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Turkey. The team is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They first played at the World Junior Championship in 1998, mainly staying at the Division III level.
History Turkey played its first game in 1997 against the Netherlands during the Pool D tournament of the 1998 IIHF World U20 Championship. Turkey lost the game 32–1.The following year Turkey again competed in the Pool D tournament of the IIHF World U20 Championships. Turkey lost all four of their games including the one against the Netherlands which they lost 37–0.The loss to the Netherlands was recorded as their worst ever defeat in international competition. In 2003 Turkey returned from a three-year absence to compete in the Division III tournament at the 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship. They won their first game ever in their first game back, defeating Luxembourg 14–1.In 2006 Turkey recorded their largest ever win in international competition after defeating Armenia 28–3 during the 2006 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III tournament. Turkey continued to compete in Division III of the IIHF World U20 Championships until 2009 where they did not participate in that year's tournament. In 2010 Turkey returned to the World U20 Championships and hosted the Division III tournament in Istanbul. In 2012 they finished fifth in the Division III tournament being held in Dunedin, New Zealand.
International competitions ===World Junior Ice Hockey Championships===Year Host Country Div.1998  D - A  4  0  4  0  5  67  0  8th  34th1999  D - B  4  0  4  0  1  93  0  9th   35th2003  III  4  2  0  2  26  16  4  3rd   37th2004  III  5  1  4  0  10  38  2  4th   38th2005  III  5  1  4  0  10  27  2  5th   39th2006  III  4  2  2  0  35  40  4  3rd   37th2007  III  5  1  4  –  9  31  3  5th   39th2008  III  6  1  5  –  18  62  3  6th   40th2010  III - B  5  1  4  –  20  36  3  6th   40th2011  III  6  3  3  –  36  33  9  4th   38th2012  III  4  0  4  –  1  38  0  5th   39th2013  III  5  1  4  –  19  24  3  5th   39th2014  III  5  2  3  –  10  24  7  4th   38th2015  III  4  1  3  –  7  15  3  5th   39th2016  III  6  2  4  –  20  15  6  6th   40th2017  III  5  5  0  –  25  8  9  1st   35th2018  IIB  5  1  4  –  13  30  3  6th   34th2019  III  5  3  2  –  17  20  6  3rd   37th2020  III  5  3  2  –  17  11  6  3rd   37th2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III    5  3  2  –  22  20  +2    2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III    6  2  4  –  25  29  -4    Total  103  35  66  2  244  677  –433
References
External links * Turkish Ice Hockey Federation