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Croatia
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The Coat of arms of Croatia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association Croatian Ice Hockey Federation
Most games Veljko Žibret (70)[1]
Top scorer Marko Lovrenčić (31)[2]
Most points Marko Lovrenčić (62)[3]
Home stadium Dom Športova, Zagreb
IIHF code CRO
IIHF ranking 27 Increase1
Highest IIHF ranking 26 (first in 2008)
Lowest IIHF ranking 31 (first in 2003)
First international
 Slovakia 6–1 Croatia 
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 9 February 1941)[4]
Biggest win
 Croatia 34–1 Turkey 
(Zagreb, Croatia; 20 November 1993)
Biggest defeat
 Slovenia 15–1 Croatia 
(Zagreb, Croatia; 7 November 1992)
 Slovenia 15–1 Croatia 
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 April 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 20 (first in 1994)
Best result 24th (2001)
International record (W–L–T)
67–118–10

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The Croatian National Team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2015, the team was ranked 26th in the world by the IIHF.[5]

World Championship record[]

Year Division Position GP W D L
Tier Div. Ov Div.
Slovenia 1993 3 Group C NR 2 0 0 2
Spain 1994 4 Group C2 31 4 7 4 0 3
South Africa 1995 4 Group C2 30 1 7 6 1 0
Slovenia 1996 3 Group C 28 8 7 0 0 7
Andorra 1997 4 Group D 29 1 6 4 1 1
Hungary 1998 3 Group C 29 5 6 1 3 2
Netherlands 1999 3 Group C 29 5 5 2 1 2
China 2000 3 Group C 27 3 4 1 1 2
Slovenia 2001 2 Div I 24 4 5 1 3 1
Netherlands 2002 2 Div I 26 5 5 1 0 4
Croatia 2003 2 Div I 27 6 5 1 4 0
Spain 2004 3 Div II 32 2 5 4 1 0
Croatia 2005 3 Div II 29 1 5 5 0 0
Estonia 2006 2 Div I 27 6 5 0 0 5
Croatia 2007 3 Div II 29 1 5 5 0 0
Japan 2008 2 Div I 25 5 5 1 0 4
Lithuania 2009 2 Div I 26 5 5 1 0 4
Slovenia 2010 2 Div I 28 6 5 0 0 5
Croatia 2011 3 Div II 31 2 5 4 0 1
Iceland 2012 3 Div II A 31 3 5 3 0 2
Croatia 2013 4 Div II A 29 1 5 5 0 0
Lithuania 2014 3 Div I B 24 2 5 4 0 1
Netherlands 2015 3 Div I B 26 4 5 2 0 3

Division I[]

before: Group B

Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 1 0 1

Division II[]

before: Group C, Group C1

Gold Silver Bronze Total
3 2 2 7

Division III[]

before: Group D, Group C2

Gold Silver Bronze Total
2 0 0 2

All-time Record against other nations[]

As of 20 April 2013.

Biggest Wins
World Championship Qualifications
  • +33 vs. Turkey (34-1) 1994
  • +24 vs. Turkey (24-0) 1994
  • +23 vs. Turkey (25-2) 2007
  • +17 vs. Ireland (21-4) 2011
  • +15 vs. Bulgaria (17-2) 2011
  • +14 vs. New Zealand (19-5) 1995
  • +14 vs. New Zealand (14-0) 2005
  • +11 vs. Bulgaria (11-0) 2000
  • +11 vs. Luxembourg (11-0) 2004
  • +10 vs. Bulgaria (11-1) 1999
  • +10 vs. South Africa (11-1) 1995
  • +13 vs. Israel (15-2) 2014
  • +7 vs. Mexico (9-2) 2014
  • +4 vs. Serbia (5-1) 2010

Biggest Loses
World Championship Qualifications
  • -14 vs. Slovenia (1-15) 1993
  • -14 vs. Slovenia (1-15) 2001
  • -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0-12) 1996
  • -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0-12) 2002
  • -11 vs. Slovenia (2-13) 1996
  • -11 vs. Ukraine (1-11) 1996
  • -10 vs. Hungary (0-10) 1996
  • -10 vs. Hungary (3-13) 2000
  • -13 vs. Hungary (0-13) 2014
  • -7 vs. Hungary (0-7) 1998
  • -7 vs. Poland (0-7) 2006
  • -7 vs. Netherlands (3-10) 2006
  • -6 vs. Hungary (0-6) 1998
  • -6 vs. Netherlands (2-8) 2014
  • -6 vs. Ukraine (0-6) 2018

References[]

External links[]


Men's National teams
Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bosnia - Bulgaria
Canada - China - Chinese Taipei - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark
Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia - Greece - Great Britain
Hong Kong - Hungary - Ireland - Iceland - Israel - Italy
Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg
Macau - Malaysia - Mexico - Mongolia - North Korea - Norway
New Zealand - The Netherlands - Poland - Romania - Russia - Serbia
Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - South Africa - South Korea
Sweden - Switzerland - Thailand - Turkey - Ukraine - UAE
United States
Defunct teams: Bohemia - - Bohemia and Moravia - CIS National Team - Czechoslovakia - East Germany -

Serbia and Montenegro - U.S.S.R. - West Germany - Yugoslavia


Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:
Andorra - Argentina - Azerbaijan - Brazil
Kyrgyzstan - Liechtenstein - North Macedonia - Moldova - Morocco - - Oman - - Turkmenistan
Chile - India - Jamaica - Namibia - Portugal - Philippines - - Qatar
Non IIHF members: Algeria - Bahrain - Colombia - Costa Rica - Falkland Islands - Saudi Arabia - Tunisia - Uzbekistan
Other teams: Basque Country - Catalonia - - England - - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Scotland
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