Greece national ice hockey team
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The Greek National Ice Hockey Team participates in international ice hockey competitions.
Since May 2003 the last ice rink in Greece closed and the national team was left without an ice rink. In the next 4 years, players of the national team traveled at their own expense in the Czech Republic in order to train themselves.
Ice hockey was slowly dying until Dimitris Kalyvas, the Captain of the Greek National Ice Hockey Team tried to convince the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) that the National Team is still active and that development of the sport is continuing in Greece despite not having a rink. He later got the support of the Hellenic Ice Sports Federation. After many emails, the IIHF decided to send 2 delegates to Athens to investigate. After a review done by the IIHF, Greece retained it's status within the IIHF, and will take part in a qualification tournament against Armenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo prior to the 2008 Division III championship in Luxembourg.
During the Semi-Annual Congress in Vancouver Canada last week, Dimitris was present to hear the IIHF announce that the Hellenic National Team will once again take part in international competition.
It's been 9 years since the National Team took part in the World Championships.
