Croatia men's national ice hockey team
The Croatian men's national ice hockey 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.[6] At the 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Croatia currently competes in 2014 Division I B.
 The Coat of arms of Croatia is the badge used on the players jerseys. | |
| Association | Croatian Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Enio Sacilotto |
| Assistants | Bruno Bregant Danijel Kolomboa |
| Captain | Marko Tadić |
| 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 |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 29  |
| Highest IIHF | 26 (first in 2008) |
| Lowest IIHF | 31 (first in 2003) |
| First international | |
Slovakia  .svg.png){kind=small} (Bratislava, Slovakia; 9 February 1941)[5] | |
| Biggest win | |
Croatia   (Zagreb, Croatia; 20 November 1993) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Slovenia  (Zagreb, Croatia; 7 November 1992) Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 April 2001) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 27 (first in 1994) |
| Best result | 24th (2001) |
The Croatian under-20 team, who won the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II Group B
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 | 4 | 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 |
| Croatia 2016 | 3 | Div I B | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Great Britain 2017 | 3 | Div I B | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Lithuania 2018 | 3 | Div I B | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Serbia 2019 | 4 | Div II A | 30 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia 2020 | 4 | Div II A | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[7] | |||||
Division Ibefore: Group B
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Division IIbefore: Group C, Group C1
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Division IIIbefore: Group D, Group C2
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Team
Roster
Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[8]
| Goaltenders | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 1 | Vilim Rosandic | L | 180 cm | 77 kg | 17 June 1996 |  |
| 20 | Leon Hergesic-Adamovic | L | 177 cm | 85 kg | 14 May 1998 | |
| Defencemen | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 12 | Bruno Kegalj | L | 191 cm | 93 kg | 27 June 1996 | |
| 5 | Luka Kramaric | R | 188 cm | 87 kg | 13 March 1999 | |
| 11 | Shaone Morrisonn | L | 194 cm | 96 kg | 23 December 1982 |  |
| 18 | Jan Smolec | R | 185 cm | 80 kg | 18 June 1997 | |
| 4 | Fran Srketic | L | 170 cm | 75 kg | 12 April 1992 |  |
| 3 | Marko Tadić | L | 180 cm | 84 kg | 3 March 1986 | |
| 7 | Domen Vedlin | L | 177 cm | 83 kg | 21 December 1986 | |
| Forwards | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 14 | Dominic Rene Canic | L | 175 cm | 82 kg | 12 March 2000 |  |
| 6 | Bruno Ficur | R | 180 cm | 82 kg | 19 January 1998 | |
| 9 | Ivan Jankovic | L | 189 cm | 93 kg | 24 January 1995 | |
| 22 | Filip Jarcov | L | 180 cm | 81 kg | 2 March 1994 | |
| 23 | Luka Jarcov | L | 180 cm | 84 kg | 6 November 1996 | |
| 16 | Dominik Kanaet | L | 180 cm | 86 kg | 5 June 1991 | |
| 13 | Luka Mikulic | L | 175 cm | 95 kg | 13 November 1993 | |
| 21 | Tadija Mirić | L | 185 cm | 97 kg | 21 August 1984 | |
| 15 | Mario Novak | L | 165 cm | 71 kg | 8 May 1983 | |
| 19 | Jan Novotny | R | 179 cm | 88 kg | 30 January 1994 | |
| 17 | Sven Paulovic | R | 176 cm | 66 kg | 14 January 2000 | |
| 8 | Marko Šakić | L | 180 cm | 78 kg | 13 April 1994 | |
| 10 | Tomislav Zanoški | L | 175 cm | 83 kg | 3 March 1984 |  |
Player statistics
Most appearances
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Top scorers
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All-time Record against other nations
As of 20 April 2013.
| Croatia all-time record (9 February 1941 – present) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | +20 |
 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 |
 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | −17 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10 | +27 |
 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 15 | +45 |
 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 25 | −2 |
 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 |
 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 41 | −16 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | −26 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 28 | −24 |
 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 33 | 156 | −123 |
 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 |
 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | −20 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 42 | −38 |
 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 43 | −22 |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 68 | −49 |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | −33 |
 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8 | +37 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | −26 |
 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 36 | −18 |
 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 21 | +23 |
%3B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png){kind=small} | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 100 | −89 |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 |
 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 19 | +6 |
 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 28 | +16 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 4 | +94 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | −29 |
| Total | 185 | 61 | 9 | 115 | 670 | 885 | −215 |
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References
- "Franchise All-Time GP". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- "Franchise All-Time Goals". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- "Franchise All-Time Points". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "PREHĽAD ZÁPASOV A-tímu SR od roku 1940". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- "2012 Men's World Ranking". iihf.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "2019 World Championships Division 2A Team Croatia. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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