Slovenian national ice hockey team
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The Slovenian national ice hockey team is ranked 15th in the IIHF world rankings after the 2017 World Cup . Although only 0.05% of the Slovenian population play ice hockey, the national team can look back on a very successful career in the world championship and has been commuting between the top division and the second highest division in international ice hockey, Division I, since 2007 Danish Vojens will qualify for the 2014 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Sochi , where a surprising seventh place was achieved.
history
The team that emerged from the former Yugoslav team has been participating in ice hockey world championships since 1993 , but rose to the top division until 2001 , after the Slovenian team won one of the two groups in Division I. After five years at the top of the ice hockey world, the team had to go to Division I after a failed World Cup tournament in 2006 , which ended the team in last place in the relegation round. At the tournament in their own country in 2007 they were promoted again, so that Slovenia was also represented at the 2008 Ice Hockey World Cup in Canada. There the Slovenes dismounted.
The attempt to return to the top division failed in 2009 , as the team in Group A of Division I finished second behind the Asians with a 1: 2 in the last game against Kazakhstan . A year later, the team managed to return to the elite class when they took first place in Division I competitions in their own country . The Slovenian selection has since evolved into an elevator crew. Because at the competitions in 2011 the direct relegation to Division I followed. In 2012, the promotion to the World Cup of the best 16 teams in the world followed, again in 2013 - despite strong performances (including a 3: 4 after extra time against Canada) the relegation to the second performance class followed. In February 2014, the team took part in the Winter Olympics for the first time and reached the quarter-finals and thus the best placement in an international competition so far.
Olympic results
- 1994 - Did not take part
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Not qualified
- 2006 - did not qualify
- 2010 - Not qualified
- 2014 - 7th place
- 2018 - 9th place
Placements at the ice hockey world championships
- 1993 - 24th place (4th C-WM)
- 1994 - 25th place (5th C-WM)
- 1995 - 27th place (7th C-WM)
- 1996 - 23rd place (3rd C-WM)
- 1997 - 22nd place (2nd C-WM)
- 1998 - 18th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1999 - 21st place (5th B-WM)
- 2000 - 23rd place (7th B-WM)
- 2001 - 17th place (1st Division I, Gr. B)
- 2002 - 13th place
- 2003 - 15th place
- 2004 - 17th place (1st Division I, Gr. B)
- 2005 - 13th place
- 2006 - 16th place
- 2007 - 17th place (1st Division I, Gr. B)
- 2008 - 15th place
- 2009 - 19th place (2nd Division I, Gr. A)
- 2010 - 18th place (1st Division I, Gr. B)
- 2011 - 16th place
- 2012 - 17th place (1st Division IA)
- 2013 - 16th place
- 2014 - 17th place (1st Division IA)
- 2015 - 16th place
- 2016 - 17th place (1st Division IA)
- 2017 - 15th place
- 2018 - 21st place (5th Division IA)
- 2019 - 20th place (4th Division IA)
National coach since 1992
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Nik Zupančič (since 2016) -
Matjaž Kopitar (2011-2015)
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John Harrington (2009-2010) -
Mats Waltin (2008) -
Ted Sator (2007)
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František Výborný (2006) -
Kari Savolainen (2004-2005) -
Matjaž Sekelj (2001-2003)
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Rudi Hiti (2000)
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Pavle Kavčič (1997–1999)
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Vladimir Krikunow (1995–1996) -
Rudi Hiti (1992-1994)
statistics
- First international match: March 20, 1992 in Vienna : Austria 1-0 Slovenia
- Biggest win: March 15, 1993 in the Hala Tivoli : Slovenia 29-0 South Africa
- Biggest defeat: April 28, 2003 in Tampere : Finland 12-0 Slovenia
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- Top scorer: Tomaž Vnuk (171 points scorer)
- Record player: Tomaž Razingar (182 caps)
