Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national ice hockey team

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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nickname(s)Ledeni zmajevi (The Ice Dragons)
AssociationHokejaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine
General managerAdnan Mekva
Head coachUroš Brestovać
AssistantsSamuel Le Foll-St-Amour
CaptainMirzet Hodžić
Most gamesErmin Hasović & Admir Pilav (16)
Most pointsMirzet Hodžić (4)
Home stadiumJuan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall
Team colors   
IIHF codeBIH
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Ranking
Current IIHF49 Steady (6 June 2021)[1]
Highest IIHF45 (first in 2016)
Lowest IIHF49 (2019)
First international
Greece  10–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo, BIH; 15 February 2008)
Biggest win
Kuwait  0–9  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Abu Dhabi, UAE; 4 April 2019)
Biggest defeat
North Korea  13–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(İzmir, Turkey; 3 April 2015)
Luxembourg  13–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Istanbul, Turkey; 6 April 2016)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best result44th (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
7–15–0

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Hokejaška reprezentacija BiH; Хокејашка репрезентација БиХ) is the national men's ice hockey team of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation through the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation.

Withdrawal from 2017 IIHF tournament[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to withdraw from the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, and thus all their games were count as 5–0 forfeits for the opposing teams.[2]

Tournament record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1920 through 1992 As part of Yugoslavia
1994 through 2022 Did not qualify
Total

World Championships[]

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1930 through 1992 As part of Yugoslavia
1993 through 2007 Did not enter
2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 47th place
(2nd in Division III Q)
2 1 0 0 1
2009 through 2014 Did not participate
2015 Turkey İzmir 47th place
(7th in Division III)
6 0 0 0 6
2016 Turkey Istanbul 44th place
(4th in Division III)
5 2 0 0 3
2017 Bulgaria Sofia Withdrew from tournament[2]
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 48th place
(2nd in Division III Q)
3 2 0 0 1
2019 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 50th place
(4th in Division III Q)
5 2 0 1 2
2020 South Africa Cape Town Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021 South Africa Cape Town Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
Total 5/12 21 7 0 1 13

Roster[]

Initial roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III.

Head coach: Canada

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Unknown Unknown (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 33) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukovi Stari Grad Sarajevo
3 F Unknown Unknown (1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 (age 32) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukovi Stari Grad Sarajevo
4 D 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 35) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukovi Stari Grad Sarajevo
5 D Unknown Unknown (1987-11-05) 5 November 1987 (age 34) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ajkule Ilidža 2010
6 F 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 (age 26) Bosnia and Herzegovina Blue Bulls Sarajevo
7 F 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 23) Bosnia and Herzegovina Blue Bulls Sarajevo
8 F 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989 (age 32) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukovi Stari Grad Sarajevo
9 F 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (1989-08-06) 6 August 1989 (age 32) Unknown
10 D 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 34) Bosnia and Herzegovina Medvjedi Sarajevo
11 D Unknown Unknown (1971-07-17) 17 July 1971 (age 50) Bosnia and Herzegovina Blue Bulls Sarajevo
13 D 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 28) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukovi Stari Grad Sarajevo
14 F Unknown Unknown (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 30) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukovi Stari Grad Sarajevo
15 F Unknown Unknown (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 31) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ajkule Ilidža 2010
16 F 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 27) Unknown
18 F 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 27) Bosnia and Herzegovina Medvjedi Sarajevo
19 F Unknown Unknown (1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 22) Bosnia and Herzegovina Blue Bulls Sarajevo
20 G 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1986-02-08) 8 February 1986 (age 35) Bosnia and Herzegovina Medvjedi Sarajevo
21 F Unknown Unknown Unknown Bosnia and Herzegovina Blue Bulls Sarajevo
23 F 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 28) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukovi Stari Grad Sarajevo
24 F 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1995-04-02) 2 April 1995 (age 26) Bosnia and Herzegovina Blue Bulls Sarajevo

All-time record against other nations[]

Last match update: 28 February 2018[5]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Armenia* 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Georgia* 3 1 0 2 8 18
 Greece 1 0 0 1 1 10
 Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 5 12
 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 8 1
 Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 0 18
 North Macedonia 2 1 0 1 14 14
 North Korea 1 0 0 1 0 13
 South Africa 1 0 0 1 0 10
 Turkey 5 1 0 4 11 39
 Turkmenistan 1 0 0 1 3 13
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 6
Total 22 7 0 15 63 154

Note 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Armenia in the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification tournament after Armenia forfeited the game due to player eligibility issues. The score of the game was originally an 18–1 for Armenia.

Note 2: Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Georgia in the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament after Georgia forfeited the game due to the use of ineligible players. The score of the game was originally an 8–0 for Georgia.

References[]

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Bosnia withdraws". International Ice Hockey Federation. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Bosnia Men All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

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