Slovenian Junior National Team

The Slovenia men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Slovenia. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History
Slovenia played its first game in 1992 against Estonia during the Pool C qualification tournament of the 1993 IIHF World U20 Championship. Slovenia won the game 4–3 however failed to qualify for the Group C tournament after finishing second in their group and outside of the only next round qualification spot which went to Latvia. During the same tournament Slovenia also achieved their largest win in international participation after they beat Greece 30–1. For the next two years Slovenia remained to the Pool C qualification tournament but failed to qualify in both years. However a format change for the 1995 IIHF World U20 Championship meant that Slovenia who finished last in the Pool C1 Qualification tournament moved on to the newly formed Pool C2 tournament. During this tournament Slovenia had their worst defeat in international participation after being beaten by Kazakhstan 0–11. After advancing to the Pool C2 tournament Slovenia finished second in the group standings behind Kazakhstan and gained promotion to the Pool C for the following year. Slovenia remained in Pool C until 2001 when the International Ice Hockey Federation changed the format of the World Championships and Slovenia was reseeded into the Division II tournament. During the first year of the Division II tournament at the 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Slovenia gained promotion to Division I after defeating Japan in the final. Slovenia has continued to compete in the Division I tournament and in 2013 finished fourth in the Division I Group A tournament being held in Amiens, France.

Anze Kopitar currently holds the team record for most points with 21. Kopitar competed in three IIHF World U20 Championship for the Slovenian under-20 team from 2004 to 2006 with his best result in 2005 where he scored 10 goals and three assists in the Division I Group B tournament at the 2005 IIHF World U20 Championship.

International competitions

 * 1993 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C Qualification A (26th overall)
 * 1994 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Pool C Qualification A (27th overall)
 * 1995 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C2 (26th overall)
 * 1996 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C (20th overall)
 * 1997 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C (20th overall)
 * 1998 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Pool C (21st overall)
 * 1999 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Pool C (21st overall)
 * 2000 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C (20th overall)
 * 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 1st in Division II (19th overall)
 * 2002 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 6th in Division I (16th overall)
 * 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Division I Group B (15th overall)


 * 2004 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Division I Group A (16th overall)
 * 2005 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Division I Group B (14th overall)
 * 2006 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Division I Group A (15th overall)
 * 2007 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 5th in Division I Group A (20th overall)
 * 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Division I Group B (15th overall)
 * 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 4th in Division I Group A (18th overall)
 * 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Division I Group A (16th overall)
 * 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Division I Group B (13th overall)
 * 2012 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 4th in Division I Group A (14th overall)
 * 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 4th in Division I Group A (14th overall)
 * 2014 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 5th in Division I Group A (15th overall)
 * 2015 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 6th in Division I Group A (16th overall)
 * 2015 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 6th in Division I Group A (16th overall)
 * 2016 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 5th in Division I Group B (21th overall)

U18 Team
The Slovenia men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Slovenia. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team represents Slovenia at the IIHF World U18 Championships.

International competitions

 * IIHF World U18 Championships


 * 1999: 2nd in Division I Europe
 * 2000: 3rd in Division I Europe
 * 2001: 1st in Division II
 * 2002: 2nd in Division I
 * 2003: 3rd in Division I Group A
 * 2004: 2nd in Division I Group A
 * 2005: 2nd in Division I Group A


 * 2006: 2nd in Division I Group A
 * 2007: 2nd in Division I Group A
 * 2008: 6th in Division I Group A
 * 2009: 2nd in Division II Group A
 * 2010: 1st in Division II Group B
 * 2011: 2nd in Division I Group B
 * 2012: 5th in Division I Group A