Ice hockey in Africa

Algeria became Associate members of the IIHF on September 26, 2019. There is currently one ice rink in Algeria. Ice hockey in Algeria is governed by Hockey Algeria. Algeria currently has one hockey club, HC Alger Corsaires in Algiers and a hockey school in Setif.

Egypt has 11 ice rinks in 6 cities in six different governorates.^{[8][non-primary source needed]}

The North western African country of Morocco has a number of ice hockey clubs like the Capitals, Ifis and Falcons who use a rink in a shopping mall in Rabat.^[9] Ice hockey is governed in Morocco by the Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation which is so far an associate member of the IIHF since 2010. The Morocco national ice hockey team represented their country in the 2008 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey, in Dubai.^[10]

Tunisia's first ice rink is at the Blue Ice complex in the Yasmine Hammamet resort.^[11] Tunisia national ice hockey team is being formed by the ice hockey player Ihab Ayed from France, and it is governed by the Tunisian Ice Hockey Association^[12] The Tunisian team 'Carthage Eagles' is the first champion of Africa.

In 2005, the Solar Ice Rink was opened in the Panari Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.^{[13][non-primary source needed]} Several Kenyan schools have shown interest in setting up ice hockey teams.^[14] Ice hockey players from Djibouti are known to participate in some ice hockey matches in other African countries.^{[15][non-primary source needed]}