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The Japanese national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー男子日本代表 Aisuhokkē Danshi Nippon Daihyō) is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are controlled by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The Japan Ice Hockey Federation (Japanese: 日本アイスホッケー連盟) is the governing body of ice hockey in Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Japan was the first Asian nation to join the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The Japanese national ice hockey team may refer to: Japan men's national ice hockey team; Japan men's national junior ice hockey team; Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team; Japan women's national ice hockey team; Japan women's national under-18 ice hockey team
Ice hockey is a minor sport that is gaining popularity in Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Baseball and football (soccer) have dominated Japanese sports for decades, but ice hockey has been less popular in Japan since its founding in the 1920s. [ 4 ]
A two-time FISU World University Games medalist, she won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk and a silver medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York, during which she served as Japan's captain. [1] [2]
It should be considered that because of a changing pool-size of teams through the years, the number of games contested at the IIHF World Championships can range from 32 in 1979 to 64 in 2012 and beyond, therefore "attendance per game" is an equally important statistic to measure the success of a given tournament. Eleven tournaments have had ...
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The list of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Japan consisted of 90 skaters and 9 goaltenders. Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920 (it was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics , and was permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924).