Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team
The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world. 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. 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. 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 seven times.The national team has appeared at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. In their debut in 1998, the Kazakhs were 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.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
- 1998 – Finished in 8th place
- 2006 – Finished in 9th place
World Championships
- 1993 – Finished in 23rd place
- 1994 – Finished in 24th place
- 1995 – Finished in 22nd place
- 1996 – Finished in 21st place
- 1997 – Finished in 14th place
- 1998 – Finished in 16th place
- 1999 – Finished in 19th place
- 2000 – Finished in 18th place
- 2001 – Finished in 21st place
- 2002 – Finished in 21st place
- 2003 – Finished in 17th place
- 2004 – Finished in 13th place
- 2005 – Finished in 12th place
- 2006 – Finished in 15th place
- 2007 – Finished in 21st place
- 2008 – Finished in 20th place
- 2009 – Finished in 17th place
- 2010 – Finished in 16th place
- 2011 – Finished in 17th place
- 2012 – Finished in 16th place
- 2013 – Finished in 17th place
- 2014 – Finished in 16th place
- 2015 – Finished in 17th place
- 2016 – Finished in 16th place
- 2017 – Finished in 19th place
- 2018 – Finished in 19th place
- 2019 – Finished in 17th place
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
Asian Winter Games
- 1996 – 1st place
- 1999 – 1st place
- 2003 – 2nd place
- 2007 – 2nd place
- 2011 – 1st place
- 2017 – 1st place
Winter Universiade
- 1993 – 2nd place
- 1995 – 1st place
- 2007 – 3rd place
- 2013 – 2nd place
- 2015 – 2nd place
- 2017 – 2nd place
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division IA:Head coach: Eduard Zankovets
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
| 2 | D |  Barys Astana | ||||
| 4 | D | Barys Astana | ||||
| 5 | D | Barys Astana | ||||
| 6 | D | Barys Astana | ||||
| 7 | D | Barys Astana | ||||
| 8 | F | Saryarka Karagandy | ||||
| 9 | F |  Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | ||||
| 10 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 13 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 14 | D | Barys Astana | ||||
| 15 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 16 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 18 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 19 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 20 | GK | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | ||||
| 21 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 22 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 23 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 24 | D | Beibarys Atyrau | ||||
| 26 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 27 | F | Barys Astana | ||||
| 30 | GK | Barys Astana |
List of head coaches
- Vladimir Goltze 1993–94
- Vladimir Koptsov 1994–95
- Boris Alexandrov 1996–02
- Nikolay Myshagin 2003–06
- Anatoli Kartayev 2007
- Yerlan Sagymbayev 2007–09
- Andrei Shayanov 2009–10
- Andrei Khomutov 2010–11
- Andrei Shayanov 2011–12
- Vladimir Krikunov 2012–13
- Ari-Pekka Selin 2013–14
- Andrei Nazarov 2014–2016
- Eduard Zankovets 2016–2017
- Galym Mambetaliyev 2017–2018
- Andrei Skabelka 2018–