Croatia men's national ice hockey team

Croatia
Association	Croatian Ice Hockey Federation
General manager	Danijel Kolombo
Head coach	Enio Sacilotto
Assistants	Bruno Bregant; Miro Smerdelj
Captain	Domen Vedlin
Most games	Igor Jačmenjak (81)
Top scorer	Marko Lovrenčić (36)
Most points	Marko Lovrenčić (74)
Home stadium	Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb ; Ledena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Team colors
IIHF code	CRO
Ranking
Current IIHF	31 (28 May 2023)
Highest IIHF	26 (first in 2008)
Lowest IIHF	31 (first in 2003)
First international
	Slovakia 6–1 Croatia; (Bratislava, Slovakia; 9 February 1941)
Biggest win
	Croatia 34–1 Turkey ; (Zagreb, Croatia; 20 November 1993)
Biggest defeat
	Slovenia 15–1 Croatia ; (Zagreb. Croatia; 7 November 1992); Slovenia 15–1 Croatia ; (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 April 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	30 (first in 1994 )
Best result	24th (2001)
International record (W–L–T)
	86–150–9

Last updated April 22, 2024

The Croatian men's national ice hockey team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2015, the team was ranked 26th in the world by the IIHF.^[6] At the 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Croatia currently competes in 2014 Division I B.

World Championship record

Year	Division		Position		GP	W	D	L
Year	Tier	Div.	Ov	Div.	GP	W	D	L
Slovenia 1993	3	Group C	NR	–	2	0	0	2
Spain 1994	4	Group C2	31	4	7	4	0	3
South Africa 1995	4	Group C2	30	1	7	6	1	0
Slovenia 1996	3	Group C	28	8	7	0	0	7
Andorra 1997	4	Group D	29	1	6	4	1	1
Hungary 1998	3	Group C	29	5	6	1	3	2
Netherlands 1999	3	Group C	29	5	5	2	1	2
China 2000	3	Group C	27	3	4	1	1	2
Slovenia 2001	2	Div I	24	4	5	1	3	1
Netherlands 2002	2	Div I	26	5	5	1	0	4
Croatia 2003	2	Div I	27	6	5	1	4	0
Spain 2004	3	Div II	32	2	5	4	1	0
Croatia 2005	3	Div II	29	1	5	5	0	0
Estonia 2006	2	Div I	27	6	5	0	0	5
Croatia 2007	3	Div II	29	1	5	5	0	0
Japan 2008	2	Div I	25	5	5	1	0	4
Lithuania 2009	2	Div I	26	5	5	1	0	4
Slovenia 2010	2	Div I	28	6	5	0	0	5
Croatia 2011	3	Div II	31	2	5	4	0	1
Iceland 2012	4	Div II A	31	3	5	3	0	2
Croatia 2013	4	Div II A	29	1	5	5	0	0
Lithuania 2014	3	Div I B	24	2	5	4	0	1
Netherlands 2015	3	Div I B	26	4	5	2	0	3
Croatia 2016	3	Div I B	26	4	5	3	0	2
Great Britain 2017	3	Div I B	27	5	5	1	0	4
Lithuania 2018	3	Div I B	28	6	5	1	0	4
Serbia 2019	4	Div II A	30	2	5	4	0	1
Croatia 2020	4	Div II A	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[7]
China 2021	4	Div II A	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[8]
Croatia 2022	4	Div II A	29	3	4	1	1	2
Spain 2023	4	Div II A	31	3	5	3	0	2
Serbia 2024	4	Div II A

Division I

before: Group B

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	1	0	1

Division II

before: Group C, Group C1

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3	3	3	9

Division III

before: Group D, Group C2

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	0	0	2

All-time record against other nations

As of 22 April 2023.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	8	8	0	0	37	15	+22
Austria	2	0	0	2	2	11	-9
Belarus	3	0	0	3	3	20	-17
Belgium	7	5	0	2	42	13	+29
Bulgaria	7	6	0	1	72	16	+56
China	9	4	0	5	31	30	+1
Denmark	3	0	0	3	4	24	-20
Estonia	11	4	1	6	39	55	-16
France	4	0	0	4	3	29	-26
Georgia	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6
Great Britain	9	1	0	8	13	42	-29
Hungary	24	0	1	23	30	178	-148
Iceland	4	4	0	0	26	4	+22
Ireland	1	1	0	0	21	4	+17
Italy	5	0	0	5	1	24	-23
Israel	6	6	0	0	48	6	+42
Japan	6	0	0	6	6	30	+24
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	4	42	+38
Lithuania	15	3	1	11	32	56	-24
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11
Mexico	1	1	0	0	9	2	+7
Netherlands	17	2	1	14	36	86	-50
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	42	11	+31
Norway	4	0	0	4	5	36	-31
Poland	5	0	0	5	4	33	-29
Romania	13	5	1	7	41	52	-11
Serbia	16	11	2	3	59	35	+24
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	1	6	-5
Slovenia	18	0	0	18	18	141	-123
South Africa	1	1	0	0	11	1	+10
South Korea	9	5	1	3	29	28	+1
Spain	13	9	1	3	51	36	+15
Turkey	5	5	0	0	108	5	+103
Ukraine	9	1	0	8	7	56	-49
Total	245	86	9	150	846	1 133	-287

Biggest Losses

World Championship	Qualifications
-14 vs. Slovenia (1–15) 1993 -14 vs. Slovenia (1–15) 2001 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0–12) 1996 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0–12) 2002 -11 vs. Slovenia (2–13) 1996 -11 vs. Ukraine (1–11) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (0–10) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (3–13) 2000	-13 vs. Hungary (0–13) 2014 -7 vs. Hungary (0–7) 1998 -7 vs. Poland (0–7) 2006 -7 vs. Netherlands (3–10) 2006 -6 vs. Hungary (0–6) 1998 -6 vs. Netherlands (2–8) 2014 -6 vs. Ukraine (0–6) 2018

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References

↑ "Franchise All-Time GP" . Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "Franchise All-Time Goals" . Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "Franchise All-Time Points" . Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
↑ "PREHĽAD ZÁPASOV A-tímu SR od roku 1940". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
↑ "2012 Men's World Ranking". iihf.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
↑ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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[1] "Franchise All-Time GP" . Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[2] "Franchise All-Time Goals" . Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[3] "Franchise All-Time Points" . Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-4] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[hockeyslovakia-5] "PREHĽAD ZÁPASOV A-tímu SR od roku 1940". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

[6] "2012 Men's World Ranking". iihf.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

[7] "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF . Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[8] "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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