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{{ Infobox_national_hockey_team
| Name               = Macedonia
| Badge              = Macedonia Ice Hockey Team Logo.png
| Badge_size         = 148px
| caption            = 
| Association        = [[Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation]]
| Nickname           =  
| General Manager    = Nikola Tasev
| Coach              = Gjorgi Grchev
| Asst Coach         = 
| Captain            = 
| Most games         = 
| Top scorer         = 
| Most points        = 
| Home Stadium       = [[Boris Trajkovski Sports Center|Boris Trajkovski Hockey Arena]]
| IIHF code          = MKD
| IIHF Rank          = 
| IIHF max           = 
| IIHF max date      = 
| IIHF min           = 
| IIHF min date      = 
| Team_Colors        = {{color box|#D20000|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#FFE600|border=darkgray}}
| First game         = {{nowrap|{{small|{{ih|MKD|name=Macedonia}} 8–7 {{ih-rt|BIH}}<br>([[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|BIH]]; 20 January 2018)}}}}
| Largest win        = {{ih|MKD|name=Macedonia}} 9–3 {{ih-rt|POR}}<br>{{small|([[Füssen]], [[Germany]]; 21 November 2018)}}
| Largest loss       = {{nowrap|{{small|{{ih|BIH}} 7–6 {{ih-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}<br>([[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|BIH]]; 21 January 2018)}}}}
| World champ apps   = 
| World champ first  = 
| World champ best   = 
| Olympic apps       = 
| Olympic first      = 
| Olympic medals     = 
| Regional name      = [[IIHF Development Cup|Development Cup]]
| Regional cup apps  = 1
| Regional cup first = 2018
| Regional cup best  = 1st (2018)
| Record             = 6–1–0
}}

The '''Macedonian national ice hockey team''' is the national ice hockey team of the [[Macedonia|Republic of Macedonia]]. The team is controlled by the Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]].

==History==
Macedonia played their first game on 27 March 2011 against [[Red Star Sofia]] of [[Bulgaria]] in [[Skopje]]. Macedonia went on to lose the game 1–4.<ref name="NTOIH NEWS">{{cite web | url = http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/news.html | title = Macedonian Hockey team opened a new page in the history | publisher = National Teams of Ice Hockey | date =2011-03-29 | accessdate = 2011-04-04 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5xfw9AbQj |archivedate=2011-04-04 |deadurl=no}}</ref> In December 2014 Macadonia played two exhibition games against the [[Bulgarian Junior National Team|Bulgarian under-20 national ice hockey team]] in Skopje. They lost the first game 5-6 in overtime and won the second 4-3 following a shootout, recording the teams first ever win.<ref name="2014MACVBUL">{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/Exhibition_Games.html | title=Exhibition Games | publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey | date= | accessdate=2014-12-24 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6V3sBE1uJ |archivedate=2014-12-24 |deadurl=no}}</ref>

Macedonia have still never entered in any [[Ice Hockey World Championships|IIHF World Championship]] tournaments. On 20 January 2018, Macedonia made its international debut and played two exhibition games against [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in [[Sarajevo]] over the weekend. They won the first game 8–7 and lost the second game 7–6 in overtime a day later.<ref name="Eurohockey.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohockey.com/article/5074-macedonia-wins-and-loses-in-ot-in-bosnia-and-hercegovina.html|title=Macedonia wins and loses in OT in Bosnia and Hercegovina|publisher=Eurohockey.com|date=22 January 2018|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref>

==Tournament record==
===World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Year
!width=150|Host
!width=120|Result
!width=30|{{tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
| colspan=2|[[1930 World Ice Hockey Championships|1930]] ''through'' [[1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1992]] || colspan=6|''As part of {{ih|Yugoslavia}}''
|-
| colspan=2|[[1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1993]] ''through'' [[2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2019]] || colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|-
! colspan=2|Total !! 0/0 !! – !! – !! – !! – !! –
|}

===Development Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=30|Year
!width=150|Host
!width=120|Result
!width=30|{{tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|L|Losses}}
|-
| 2017 || {{flagicon|AND}} [[Canillo]] || colspan=6|''Did not participate''
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Füssen]] || bgcolor="#ffd700"| 1st place || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! colspan=2|Total !! 1/2 !! 5 !! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0
|}

==All-time record against other nations==
<small>''Last match update: 21 November 2018''</small><ref name="NTOIH ALLTIMERECORD">{{cite web | url = https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Macedonia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf | title = Macedonia All Time Results | publisher = National Teams of Ice Hockey | date = | accessdate = 2018-01-21 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%"
|+ Key
|- 
| style="background:#ccffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || '''Positive balance''' <small>(more Wins)</small>
|- 
| style="background:#ffffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || '''Neutral balance''' <small>(Wins = Losses)</small>
|- 
| style="background:#ffcccc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || '''Negative balance''' <small>(more Losses)</small>
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
|-
!width=192|Team
!width=40|{{tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|AND}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 7
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|POR}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 7
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|IRL}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 6
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|BIH}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 14 || 14
|-
! Total !! 7 !! 6 !! 0 !! 1 !! 52 !! 34
|}

==All-time record against other clubs==
<small>''Last match update: 21 December 2014''</small><ref name="NTOIH ALLTIMERECORD" />

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%"
|+ Key
|- 
| style="background:#ccffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || '''Positive balance''' <small>(more Wins)</small>
|- 
| style="background:#ffffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || '''Neutral balance''' <small>(Wins = Losses)</small>
|- 
| style="background:#ffcccc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || '''Negative balance''' <small>(more Losses)</small>
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
|-
!width=192|Team
!width=40|{{tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Bulgaria|Bulgaria U20]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 9
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Chervena Zvezda Sofia|Red Star Sofia]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
! Total !! 3 !! 1 !! 0 !! 2 !! 10 !! 13
|}

==References== 
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.iihf.com IIHF Official Site]

{{Men's national teams}}
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[[Category:National ice hockey teams in Europe]]