Georgia men's national ice hockey team
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| Association | Georgian Ice Hockey Federation |
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| General Manager | Ilia Davidov |
| Head coach | Dmitry Afanasyev |
| Assistants | Alexander Vasilchenko |
| Captain | Vitali Dumbadze |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | GEO |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 44  1 |
| Highest IIHF | 44 (2016) |
| Lowest IIHF | 48 (first in 2013) |
| First international | |
 South Africa 8–1 Georgia  (Yerevan, Armenia; 12 April 2010) |
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| Biggest win | |
Georgia 14–3 Hong Kong  (Istanbul, Turkey; 6 April 2016) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Armenia 22–1 Georgia (Yerevan, Armenia; 12 April 2010)  North Korea 22–1 Georgia (Luxembourg, Luxembourg; 6 April 2014) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2013) |
| Best result | 45th (2015) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 6–16–0 | |
The Georgia national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Georgia, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team first played in the IIHF World Championships in 2013, though only at the Division III level and participated in Winter Olympics qualificaitons in 2015.
Georgia, representing the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, played its first game in 1962 during the Winter Spartakiad which was held in Sverdlovsk, USSR. Georgia played seven games winning their matches against Kirghiz SSR and Armenian SSR, while losing the remaining games to Lithuanian SSR two times, Kazakh SSR, Estonian SSR and Latvian SSR. In 2009 Georgia joined the International Ice Hockey Federation as an associate member. Georgia returned to international play in 2010 where they played two friendly games in Yerevan, Armenia against South Africa and Armenia, losing both games 8–1 and 22–1 respectively. In 2012 Georgia made their debut in the World Championship, competing in the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification tournament being held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They lost all three games and failed to qualify for the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament. Georgia participated in an Olympic qualification tournament in 2015 for the 2018 Winter Olympics. They played the first game of the qualification against Bulgaria, losing the match 9–1. In 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III Georgia finished second in a group winning four games out of five and narrowly losing to Turkey 4–5.
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