Team Zagreb | |
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City | Zagreb, Croatia |
League | Slohokej League (2010–2011) |
Founded | 2010 |
Folded | 2011 |
Home arena | Dvorana Velesajam (capacity: 500) |
Colours | Blue and White |
Team Zagreb was a Croatian hockey team. It was founded in 2010, with the aim to concentrate the best hockey players in Zagreb into one team. The club replaced KHL Mladost and KHL Medveščak in the 2010–11 Slohokej League season.
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.
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