Croatian U20 national ice hockey team
Association | Croatian Ice Hockey Federation |
Trainer | Danijel Kolombo |
Most games |
Nikola Senzel Borna Silović (25) |
Most of the points | Borna Rendulić (36) |
statistics | |
First international match Latvia 10: 0 Croatia Riga , Latvia ; November 11, 1992 |
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Biggest win Croatia 22-1 Bulgaria Mexico City , Mexico ; January 16, 2000 |
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Biggest defeat Norway 11-0 Croatia Gdansk , Poland ; December 15, 2009 |
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World Championship | |
Participation | Since 1993 |
best result | 5th place, Division I ( 2010 , 2011 , 2012 ) |
(As of December 7, 2017) |
The Croatian U-20 national ice hockey team represents the Hockey Association of Croatia in Hockey in the U20 junior power level in international competitions. Their best placement so far was fifth place in the tournaments of Division I from 2010 to 2012. In 2017 , the team played in the A group of Division II.
history
The team that emerged from the former Yugoslav selection has been taking part in ice hockey world championships since 1993 . Up to and including 1998, the U20 national team covered the entire junior area at the World Championships, while the U19 national team took part in the Junior European Championships. Since the U18 World Championships were introduced in 1999 , the Slovenian U20 national team has only represented the U20 junior level at world championships.
At the Junior World Championship in 1996 , the promotion to the C group of the World Championships was achieved for the first time. After the changeover to the current division system, the move to Division I followed in 2002 , where the team from the Balkans was not able to establish itself permanently. The Croatians only played four years in a row in Division I from 2010 to 2013. Since relegation in 2013, the team has been commuting between the A and B groups of Division II.
World Cup placements
- 1993 - Qualification for the C-WM, 4th place
- 1994 - Qualification for the C-WM, 3rd place
- 1995 - C2-WM, 5th place
- 1996 - D-WM, 1st place
- 1997 - C-WM, 7th place
- 1998 - C-WM, 5th place
- 1999 - C-WM, 8th place
- 2000 - D-WM, 1st place
- 2001 - Div. II, 6th place
- 2002 - Div. II, 4th place
- 2003 - Div. I, 6th place
- 2004 - Div. II, 3rd place
- 2005 - Div. II, 3rd place
- 2006 - Div. II, 2nd place
- 2007 - Div. II, 3rd place
- 2008 - Div. II, 3rd place
- 2009 - Div. II, 1st place
- 2010 - Div. I, 5th place
- 2011 - Div. I, 5th place
- 2012 - Div. IB, 5th place
- 2013 - Div. IB, 6th place
- 2014 - Div. IIA, 6th place
- 2015 - Div. IIB, 1st place
- 2016 - Div. IIA, 4th place
- 2017 - Div. IIA, 6th place
- 2018 - Div. IIB, 3rd place
- 2019 - Div. IIB, 2nd place
Web links
- Overview of international matches of the Croatian U20 national team (PDF) on nationalteamsoficehockey.com