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 |
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| 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  (24 April 2020)[4] |
| Highest IIHF | 26 (first in 2008) |
| Lowest IIHF | 31 (first in 2003) |
| First international | |
Slovakia  6–1 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Croatia(Bratislava, Slovakia; 9 February 1941)[5] | |
| 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 | 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 COVID-19 pandemic[7] | |||||
| China 2021 | 4 | Div II A | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8] | |||||
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.[9]
| Goaltenders | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 1 | Vilim Rosandic | L | 180 cm | 77 kg | 17 June 1996 | KHL Mladost Zagreb |
| 20 | Leon Hergesic-Adamovic | L | 177 cm | 85 kg | 14 May 1998 | KHL Zagreb |
| Defencemen | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 12 | Bruno Kegalj | L | 191 cm | 93 kg | 27 June 1996 | KHL Zagreb |
| 5 | Luka Kramaric | R | 188 cm | 87 kg | 13 March 1999 | KHL Mladost Zagreb |
| 11 | Shaone Morrisonn | L | 194 cm | 96 kg | 23 December 1982 |  Dubai Mighty Camels |
| 18 | Jan Smolec | R | 185 cm | 80 kg | 18 June 1997 | KHL Mladost Zagreb |
| 4 | Fran Srketic | L | 170 cm | 75 kg | 12 April 1992 | KHL Zagreb |
| 3 | Marko Tadić | L | 180 cm | 84 kg | 3 March 1986 | HK Celje |
| 7 | Domen Vedlin | L | 177 cm | 83 kg | 21 December 1986 | KHL Zagreb |
| Forwards | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 14 | Dominic Rene Canic | L | 175 cm | 82 kg | 12 March 2000 |  Söderhamn/Ljusne HC |
| 6 | Bruno Ficur | R | 180 cm | 82 kg | 19 January 1998 | KHL Mladost Zagreb |
| 9 | Ivan Jankovic | L | 189 cm | 93 kg | 24 January 1995 | SKHL Crvena Zvezda |
| 22 | Filip Jarcov | L | 180 cm | 81 kg | 2 March 1994 | KHL Zagreb |
| 23 | Luka Jarcov | L | 180 cm | 84 kg | 6 November 1996 | KHL Zagreb |
| 16 | Dominik Kanaet | L | 180 cm | 86 kg | 5 June 1991 | HK Dubnica |
| 13 | Luka Mikulic | L | 175 cm | 95 kg | 13 November 1993 | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| 21 | Tadija Mirić | L | 185 cm | 97 kg | 21 August 1984 | KHL Mladost Zagreb |
| 15 | Mario Novak | L | 165 cm | 71 kg | 8 May 1983 | KHL Mladost Zagreb |
| 19 | Jan Novotny | R | 179 cm | 88 kg | 30 January 1994 | KHL Zagreb |
| 17 | Sven Paulovic | R | 176 cm | 66 kg | 14 January 2000 | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| 8 | Marko Šakić | L | 180 cm | 78 kg | 13 April 1994 | KHL Mladost Zagreb |
| 10 | Tomislav Zanoški | L | 175 cm | 83 kg | 3 March 1984 |  Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák |
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.webp){kind=small} Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | +20 |
 Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 |
 Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | −17 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10 | +27 |
 Bulgaria | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 15 | +45 |
 China | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 25 | −2 |
 Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 |
 Estonia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 41 | −16 |
 France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | −26 |
 Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 28 | −24 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 33 | 156 | −123 |
 Iceland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 |
 Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 |
 Israel | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 |
 Italy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | −20 |
 Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 |
 Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 42 | −38 |
 Lithuania | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 43 | −22 |
 Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
 Netherlands | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 68 | −49 |
 Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
 Norway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | −33 |
 New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8 | +37 |
 Poland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | −26 |
 Romania | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 36 | −18 |
 Serbia | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 21 | +23 |
%253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
| Slovenia | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 100 | −89 |
 South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 |
 South Korea | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 19 | +6 |
 Spain | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 28 | +16 |
| Turkey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 4 | +94 |
 Ukraine | 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.
- "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "2019 World Championships Division 2A Team Croatia. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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