North Macedonia men's national ice hockey team
 | |
| Association | Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| General Manager | Nikola Tasev |
| Head coach | Gjorgi Grchev |
| Home stadium | Boris Trajkovski Hockey Arena |
| IIHF code | MKD |
| Team colors | |
| First international | |
 Macedonia 8–7 Bosnia and Herzegovina  (Sarajevo, BIH; 20 January 2018) | |
| Biggest win | |
Macedonia 9–3 Portugal  (Füssen, Germany; 21 November 2018) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–6 Macedonia (Sarajevo, BIH; 21 January 2018) | |
| Development Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2018) |
| Best result | 1st (2018) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 6–1–0 | |
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The Macedonian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the 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.[1] In December 2014 Macadonia played two exhibition games against the 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.[2]
Macedonia have still never entered in any 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.[3]
Tournament record
World Championships
| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 through 1992 | As part of  Yugoslavia
| ||||||
| 1993 through 2019 | Did not enter | ||||||
| Total | 0/0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Development Cup
| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |  Canillo |
Did not participate | |||||
| 2018 |  Füssen |
1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1/2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
All-time record against other nations
Last match update: 21 November 2018[4]
| Positive balance (more Wins) | |
| Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) | |
| Negative balance (more Losses) |
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andorra |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| Portugal |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
 Ireland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 34 |
All-time record against other clubs
Last match update: 21 December 2014[4]
| Positive balance (more Wins) | |
| Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) | |
| Negative balance (more Losses) |
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgaria U20 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Red Star Sofia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
References
- ↑ "Macedonian Hockey team opened a new page in the history". National Teams of Ice Hockey. 2011-03-29. Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/news.html. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ↑ "Exhibition Games". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/Exhibition_Games.html. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
- ↑ "Macedonia wins and loses in OT in Bosnia and Hercegovina". Eurohockey.com. 22 January 2018. http://www.eurohockey.com/article/5074-macedonia-wins-and-loses-in-ot-in-bosnia-and-hercegovina.html. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Macedonia All Time Results". National Teams of Ice Hockey. https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Macedonia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
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