Talk:List of national ice hockey teams

Non-existing national teams
All the national ice hockey teams do not exist. These articles redirected to the national inline hockey, roller hockey (quad) or field hockey teams.


 * Men's
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra → They were an IIHF member, but no team exist.
 * → No team exist. Only roller hockey team.
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan → They were an IIHF member, but no team exist.
 * 🇨🇱 Chile → An IIHF affiliate member for only inline hockey team.
 * → Team already exist. There are also inline and roller hockey teams.
 * → No team exist. Only inline hockey team.
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt → No team exist.
 * Falkland Islands → This article has been deleted by Kurykh.
 * → No team exist. Only ball hockey team.
 * → No team exist. Only inline hockey team.
 * → No team exist.
 * → No team exist. Only ball hockey team.
 * → They were an IIHF member, but no team exist. This article has been deleted by MBisanz.
 * → No team exist. Only roller hockey team.
 * 🇳🇦 Namibia → They withdrew from an IIHF membership and they are no longer an IIHF member. Only inline hockey team.
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan → No team exist due to lack of ice hockey program. Only field hockey team.
 * → No team exist. Only bandy team.
 * → No team exist, but a fictional hockey team was featured in the movie, D2: The Mighty Ducks.
 * → No team exist. Only inline hockey team.


 * Women's
 * → Team already exist. There is also a field hockey team known as “Las Leonas”.
 * → This article has been deleted by Sarahj2107.
 * → Team already exist. There is also a field hockey team known as “Golden Girls of Hockey”.

AaronWikia (talk) 21:45, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Additionally places like Wales, England, etc. do not exist any longer, some parameters for inclusion or notation need to be examined. Perhaps sourcing the IIHF membership but noting that not all members have national team programs?  Or maybe some definition of what a national team is or a participation requirement list of some sort.18abruce (talk) 00:19, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

namibia
there is no press release that I know of, however they are no longer on the iihf member list, or in the iihf country list. They still maintain a team as they are hosting an inline championship this month with Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports.18abruce (talk) 22:25, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

chile's status
Chile is (as the sources indicate) an affiliate member of the IIHF, and are participating in an ice hockey tournament in june 2017 (2017 Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament). Is there some factual reason they do not belong on this page?18abruce (talk) 00:37, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, I get it. The IIHF Congress, they keep Chile as an affiliate member, except for Namibia, they withdrew from an IIHF membership and they are no longer an IIHF member. AaronWikia (talk) 01:27, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, they did. There really is no need to insult people on their talk pages and undertake edit wars because you don't like the result.   Ravenswing   01:59, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Lebanon
Lebanon was not recognized by IIHF or was not a memebr of the IIHF? Here it is, Lebanon was a member of the International Street and Ball Hockey Federation, are representing its first ball hockey competition, and are competing in a Ball Hockey World Championship in the Czech Republic in June 2017. Is there a dubious reason why or whynot have hockey in Lebanon? AaronWikia (talk) 01:43, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Lebanon are not associated with the IIHF, but last month played a game against Haiti in ice hockey according to eurohockey (and others). They belong (for now) on the list where they currently are I think.  It would appear, however, that both "nations" teams were made of Quebec residents though, so I am not really convinced that they are going forward with an actual national team.  Probably should stay on the list for now, dosen't matter that much really.18abruce (talk) 09:34, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Egypt
can we knock it off with adding Egypt; 1. the Egyptian pharaohs hockey team are explicit that they are a club team and do not represent their country, 2. a bunch of guys from Egypt supplemented by some who claim Egyptian ancestry, playing games in Quebec or Colorado do not make a 'National Team'. 3. You need a reliable source that explains that they represent the nation or you could have many unusual teams who play in pond hockey challenges (for example).18abruce (talk) 13:21, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Falkland Islands
No, we're not adding the Falkland Islands; 1. the Falkland Islands club hockey team, known as the "Rest of the World", made up of players from Canada, Chile, the U.K., and the U.S., and do not represent their country or territory. 2. the Falkland Islands Hockey Association is the governing body for both dek hockey and inline hockey, but does not recognize ice hockey. 3. The national team article was AfDed by Ravenswing and was deleted by Kurykh: Patently useless article that almost verges on WP:HOAX. 4. You need a reliable source that whether they represent the country or territory or not. AaronWikia (talk) 01:01, 22 April 2023 (UTC)


 * ... is there anyone claiming that there's one?   Ravenswing     03:01, 22 April 2023 (UTC)