Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team explained

Mongolia U18
Badge:Mongolia Ice Hockey logo with logotype.svg
Badge Size:136px
Association:Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation
Iihf Code:MGL
First Game: 5 – 1
(Bangkok, Thailand; 25 March 2000)
Largest Win: 37 – 0
(Samarkand, Uzbekistan; 25 April 2024)
Largest Loss: 33 – 0
(Taipei, Chinese Taipei; 2 March 2009)
World Champ2 Name:IIHF World U18 Championship
World Champ2 Apps:3
World Champ2 First:2008
World Champ2 Best:42nd (2008)
Regional Name:IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
Regional Cup Apps:3
Regional Cup First:2000
Regional Cup Best:4th (2002)
Regional2 Name:IIHF U18 Asia and Oceania Championship
Regional2 Cup Apps:2
Regional2 Cup First:2023 2024
Regional2 Cup Best:3rd (2023) 3rd (2024)
Record:8–20–1

The Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Mongolia. The team is controlled by the Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History

The Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 2000 against New Zealand during the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Division II tournament being held in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] Mongolia lost the game 1–5 and finished the tournament in last place.[2] The following year the team finished first in the Division II tournament at the 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship and were set to gain promotion to Division I but due to a format change both divisions were merged for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship.[1] [3] During the tournament Mongolia achieved their largest victory in international participation when they defeated Thailand 12–1.[1] At the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Mongolia finished fourth after winning two of their five games, beating both Chinese Taipei and Thailand.[1] After a six-year absence from international competition the under-18 team returned to compete in the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III Group A being held in Mexico City, Mexico. They finished in last place after losing all five of their games.[4] The following year they again finished in last place and also suffered their largest defeat in international competition after losing to Australia 0–33.[5] In 2011 Mongolian under-18 were set to play at their fourth World Championships however the Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation had to withdraw both the under-18 team and the men's senior team from their respective tournaments due to financial reasons.[6]

International competitions

2023

All times are local (UTC+8)

2024

Semi Final

Third place game

Notes and References

  1. Book: Müller, Stephan . International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 . 2005 . Books on Demand . Germany . 3-8334-4189-5 . 390–395 .
  2. Web site: 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Div II . . 2012-01-16 .
  3. Web site: Final Ranking . . 2012-01-21 .
  4. Web site: 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Div. III Group A . . 2012-01-21 .
  5. Web site: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Div. III Group A . . 2012-01-22 .
  6. Web site: Mongolia cancels trips . 2011-03-31 . 2012-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422175042/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/5462.html . 2012-04-22 . . live.