Croatian national ice hockey team
Croatian national ice hockey team |
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| Association: | Croatian Ice Hockey Federation |
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Slovakia 6: 1 Croatia February 9, 1941 in Bratislava , Slovakia |
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| Biggest Victory: | |
| Croatia 34: 1 Turkey November 20, 1993 in Zagreb , Croatia |
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Slovenia 15: 1 Croatia November 7, 1992 in Zagreb , Croatia |
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Slovenia 15: 1 Croatia April 15, 2001 in Ljubljana , Slovenia |
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The Croatian national ice hockey team of men, after the World Cup in 2017 in the IIHF World Ranking out at No. 26 and plays in the Division I coach of the team is the Canadian-Croatian ex-pro Alan Letang .
history
The Croatian national ice hockey team has been an official member of the World Ice Hockey Federation IIHF since May 6, 1992 . According to the IIHF, a total of 609 ice hockey players are registered, including 123 men, 58 women and 486 juniors.
According to the IIHF ranking, the Croatian national ice hockey team ranks 27th and the women's 25th place. She had her first World Cup participation in 1994 , when the team competed in Group C.
successes
After seven years in the C and D groups, the team made it to the newly created Division I in 2000, in which Croatia participated for three years. Since relegating to Division II at the 2003 World Cup in their own country, the team has developed into an “ elevator team ” that commutes between Divisions I and II. In the 2005 World Cup and the 2007 World Cup succeeded each time in the Croatian capital Zagreb discharged tournament of promotion to the Division I in 2008 and 2009 succeeded then in each of the league in Division I before 2010. The descent into the Division II took place. At the 2013 World Cup , the Croatians won Group A of Division II, which was held in their own country, and thus returned to Division I.
Placements
World championships
- 1993 - Qualification for the C-WM (2. Gr. C)
- 1994 - 32nd place (4th C2 World Championship)
- 1995 - 30th place (1st C2-WM)
- 1996 - 28th place (8th C-WM)
- 1997 - 29th place (1st D-WM)
- 1998 - 29th place (5th C-WM)
- 1999 - 29th place (5th C-WM)
- 2000 - 27th place (3rd C-WM)
- 2001 - 24th place (4th Div. I, Gr. B)
- 2002 - 26th place (5th Div. I, Gr. A)
- 2003 - 27th place (6th Div. I, Gr. B)
- 2004 - 32nd place (2nd Div. II, Gr. A)
- 2005 - 29th place (1st Div. II, Gr. A)
- 2006 - 27th place (6th Div. I, Gr. B)
- 2007 - 29th place (1st Div. II, Gr. A)
- 2008 - 25th place (5th Div. I, Gr. B)
- 2009 - 26th place (5th Div. I, Gr. A)
- 2010 - 28th place (6th Div. I, Gr. B)
- 2011 - 31st place (2nd Div. II, Gr. B)
- 2012 - 31st place (3rd Div. IIA)
- 2013 - 29th place (1st Div. IIA)
- 2014 - 24th place (2nd Div. IB)
- 2015 - 26th place (4th Div. IB)
- 2016 - 26th place (4th Div. IB)
- 2017 - 27th place (5th Div. IB)
- 2018 - 28th place (6th Div. IB)
- 2019 - 30th place (2nd Div. IIA)
Qualification for the Olympic Games
- 1998 - Group C elimination round
- 2002 - no participation
- 2006 - 28th place (first qualifying round, 4th group E)
- 2010 - 26th place (first qualifying round, 3rd group C)
- 2014 - 30th place (first qualifying round, 4th group G)
- 2018 - 26th place (pre-qualification round 2, 3rd group J)
- 2022 - 30th place (pre-qualification round 3, 4th group G)
See also
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- ↑ PREHĽAD ZÁPASOV A-tímu SR od roku 1940 - international matches of the Slovak national team. In: hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved December 1, 2017 (Slovak).
Web links
- Official website of the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation (Croatian, English)
- Information on the website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (English)