Greek Ice Hockey Championship

The first official Greek Championship was held in 1989 in the Peace and Friendship Stadium with five teams taking place.

In 1992, the first-ever Greece national team was formed and took place in the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Pool C2 held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

With only two weeks of serious training abroad and the support of the Greeks of South Africa, the national team won the bronze medal.

Economic help was discontinued by the Greek Undersecretary of State for Sports and all expenses to keep ice hockey alive were passed over to the players.

Unfortunately, the problems affected the players and they were unable to defend the bronze medal they had won three years ago.

Despite this, the men's national team took part in the World Championships Pool D held once again in South Africa.

Many players stopped playing and others started practicing in the only ice rink left in Greece.

After the closing of the last ice rink, the players of the national team decided to take trips to the Czech Republic for practices and games.

In 2007 Dimitrios Kalyvas convinced the IIHF that despite not having a rink, development of the sport is continuing in Greece.

The efforts paid off, since the IIHF, after investigation decided to allow the National Team to compete again in international competition.