Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team

Kazakhstan

Association	Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Galym Mambetaliyev
Assistants	Yerlan Sagymbayev Alexander Shimin Alexandr Vyssotski
Captain	Roman Starchenko
Most games	Alexander Koreshkov (78)
Most points	Alexander Koreshkov (83)
Team colors
IIHF code	KAZ
Ranking
Current IIHF	15 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF	11 (2006)
Lowest IIHF	21 (2003)
First international
Kazakhstan  5–1  Ukraine (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan  52–1  Thailand (Changchun, China; 29 January 2007)
Biggest defeat
United States  10–0  Kazakhstan (Cologne, Germany; 15 May 2010)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	31 (first in 1993)
Best result	10th (2021)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	Gold (1996, 1999, 2011, 2017)
Olympics
Appearances	2 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
205–132–14

Medal record
Asian Winter Games
	1996 Harbin	Team
	1999 Kangwon	Team
	2011 Astana-Almaty	Team
	2017 Sapporo	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.