Ivan Tumbas

Ivan Tumbas
Date of birth	January 12, 1987
place of birth	Novi Sad , SFR Yugoslavia
size	184 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2010	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad
2010–2012	HK Partizan Belgrade
2012-2016	HK NS Stars
since 2016	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad

Ivan Tumbas ( Serbian - Cyrillic Иван Тумбас * 12. January 1987 in Novi Sad , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian hockey players , who since 2016 again at HK Vojvodina is under contract with the club since 2017 in the International Hockey League plays .

Career

Ivan Tumbas began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the HK Vojvodina Novi Sad , for which he has played in the Serbian Ice Hockey League since 2003 (until 2006: Serbian-Montenegrin Ice Hockey League). In 2004 he was with the club of Serbian-Montenegrin champions and in 2009 he won the Pannonian League with him . In 2010 he moved to the Serbian capital for HK Partizan Belgrade , with whom he won both the Serbian championship and the Slohokej league in 2011 and 2012 . He then returned to his hometown, where he played for the HK NS Stars for four years and has been active again for the HK Vojvodina since 2016. With Vojvodina he has been playing in the newly founded Slovene-dominated International Hockey League since 2017 .

International

For Yugoslavia Tumbas took part in the U18 World Cup of Division III in 2002 . He then played for Serbia and Montenegro in the Division II competitions of 2004 and 2005 and the U20 World Championships in 2004 and 2006 . After the split of Montenegro he took part for the all-Serbian team in the 2007 U-20 World Cup in Division II.

In the men's area, Tumbas made his international debut for the Serbian-Montenegrin selection at the 2006 World Cup in Division II. He then played for the Serbian team and played with them in Division II in 2008 , 2009 , 2011 and 2012. After the Serbs in 2009 at the home tournament In Novi Sad the promotion had been successful for the first time, Tumbas played with his team in 2010 in Division I, but had to accept the immediate relegation. He also took part in qualifying for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver 2010 for Serbia .

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Promotion to Division II at the U18 World Cup of Division III
• 2004 Serbian-Montenegrin Champion with the HK Vojvodina Novi Sad
• 2009 Promotion to Division I at the World Cup, Division II
• In 2009 he won the Pannonian League with HK Vojvodina Novi Sad
• 2011 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2011 won the Slohokej League with HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2012 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2012 won the Slohokej League with HK Partizan Belgrade

Slohokej League Statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	53	0	2	2	26th
Playoffs	2	17th	0	3	3	31

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Ivan Tumbas at eliteprospects.com (English)