Croatian National Team

Croatia

The Coat of arms of Croatia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association	Croatian Ice Hockey Federation
Most games	Veljko Žibret (70)
Top scorer	Marko Lovrenčić (31)
Most points	Marko Lovrenčić (62)
Home stadium	Dom Športova, Zagreb
IIHF code	CRO
IIHF ranking	27 1
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)
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.

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.

Croatia all-time record (9 February 1941 – present)
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	6	0	0	30	10	+20
Austria	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9
Belarus	3	0	0	3	3	20	−17
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
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

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

External links

• Official website
• Croatian Hockey Portal
• IIHF profile

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 - Chile - Egypt - Haiti

Kyrgyzstan - Indonesia - Liechtenstein - Macedonia - Moldova - Morocco - - Oman

India - Jamaica - Namibia - Portugal - Philippines - - Qatar - Turkmenistan

Non IIHF members: Algeria - Bahrain - Colombia - Costa Rica - Falkland Islands - Iran

Lebanon - Saudi Arabia - Tunisia - Venezuela - Uzbekistan

Other teams: Basque Country - Catalonia - - England - Northern Ireland - - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Scotland

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