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Association | Ice Hockey Federation of Yugoslavia |
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Most games | Edo Hafner (203) |
Most points | Zvone Šuvak (202) |
IIHF code | YUG |
First international | |
Romania 0–1 Yugoslavia (Ljubljana, Yugoslavia; January 30, 1934) Last international Austria 14–0 Yugoslavia (Klagenfurt, Austria; April 12, 1992) | |
Biggest win | |
Yugoslavia 28–1 Belgium (Copenhagen, Denmark; March 28, 1987) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Czechoslovakia 24–0 Yugoslavia (Zürich, Switzerland; February 3, 1939) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 29 (first in 1939 ) |
Best result | 8th (1974) |
IIHF European Championships and World Cup | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1939) |
Best result | 7th (1968) |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1964 ) |
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 Serbia and Montenegro men's national ice hockey team. The team was largely composed of players from Slovenia: throughout its existence 91% of all players on the national team were Slovene, and the entire roster for the team at the 1984 Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo were from Slovenia. [1]
Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank | |||
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1964 Innsbruck | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 51 | ? | ? | Consolation Round | 14th | |||
1968 Grenoble | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 20 | ? | ? | Consolation Round | 9th | |||
1972 Sapporo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 25 | ? | ? | Consolation Round | 11th | |||
1976 Innsbruck | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 27 | ? | ? | Consolation Round | 10th | |||
1980 Lake Placid | did not qualify, took part in Thayer Tutt Trophy. | ||||||||||||
1984 Sarajevo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 37 | Štefan Seme | ? | First Round | 11th | |||
1988 Calgary | did not qualify, took part in Thayer Tutt Trophy. | ||||||||||||
Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank | |||
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1980 Ljubljana | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | ? | ? | Championship Round | ||||
1984 Briançon, Gap, Grenoble, and Villard-de-Lans | did not participate, hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics. | ||||||||||||
1988 Eindhoven and Tilburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 22 | ? | ? | 5th Place Game | 5th | |||
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