Yugoslavia national ice hockey team
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The Yugoslav national ice hockey team was the national men's ice hockey
in the former republic of Yugoslavia
. They competed in five Olympic Games
competitions. This article discusses the team that represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
and its predecessors, but not the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. For the FRY, please see the Serbian national ice hockey team.
, the following successor national teams have competed:
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
in the former republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. They competed in five Olympic Games
Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games programme in 1924. The women's tournament was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics...
competitions. This article discusses the team that represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
and its predecessors, but not the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. For the FRY, please see the Serbian national ice hockey team.
- First game: January 30, 1934. LjubljanaLjubljanaLjubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, Kingdom of YugoslaviaKingdom of YugoslaviaThe Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
. 0-1 - Last game: April 12, 1992. KlagenfurtKlagenfurt-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
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. 0-14 - Largest victory: March 28, 1987. CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
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. 28-1 - Largest defeat: February 3, 1939. ZurichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. 0-24 - Most points: Zvone ŠuvakZvone ŠuvakZvone Suvak is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.-Club career:Suvak began his career in the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League with HK Kranjska Gora in 1976. The following year, he joined HK Acroni Jesenice...
, 202 - Most games: Edo HafnerEdo HafnerEdo Hafner is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.-Club career:Hafner began is career with HK Kranjska Gora in the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League in 1969. In 1972, he joined HK Jesenice. Hafner also played with HC Alleghe in the Serie A...
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Olympic record
- 1964 - 14th place
- 1968 - 9th place
- 1972 - 11th place
- 1976 - 10th place
- 1980 - 11th place
World Championship record
- 1939 - 13th place
- 1951 - 6th place in Pool B
- 1955 - 5th place in Pool B
- 1961 - 3rd place in Pool C
- 1963 - 5th place in Pool B
- 1965 - 7th place in Pool B
- 1966 - 3rd place in Pool B
- 1967 - 4th place in Pool B
- 1969 - 3rd place in Pool B
- 1970 - 4th place in Pool B
- 1971 - 5th place in Pool B
- 1972 - 6th place in Pool B
- 1973 - 3rd place in Pool B
- 1974 - 2nd place in Pool B
- 1975 - 4th place in Pool B
- 1976 - 5th place in Pool B
- 1977 - 7th place in Pool B
- 1978 - 8th place in Pool B
- 1979 - 1st place in Pool C
- 1981 - 7th place in Pool B
- 1982 - 2nd place in Pool C
- 1983 - 8th place in Pool B
- 1985 - 2nd place in Pool C
- 1986 - 7th place in Pool B
- 1987 - 4th place in Pool C
- 1989 - 2nd place in Pool C
- 1990 - 1st place in Pool C
- 1991 - 6th place in Pool B
- 1992 - 8th place in Pool B
Successor teams
Since the breakup of YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, the following successor national teams have competed:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey teamBosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey teamThe Bosnia and Herzegovinan national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation through the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation.-Roster:...
- Croatia national ice hockey teamCroatia national ice hockey teamThe Croatian men's national ice hockey team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. the team is ranked 26th in the world by the IIHF...
- Republic of Macedonia national ice hockey teamRepublic of Macedonia national ice hockey teamThe Macedonian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Republic of Macedonia. The team is controlled by the Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.-History:...
- Serbia national ice hockey teamSerbia national ice hockey teamThe Serbian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Serbia, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 32nd in the IIHF World Rankings and competes in IIHF World Championship Division I....
- Slovenia national ice hockey team