Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national ice hockey team

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ledeni zmajevi (The Ice Dragons)
AssociationHokejaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine
Head coachRoss MacLean
AssistantsWill Richard
CaptainHaris Mrkva
Most gamesTarik Ćatović
Nermin Alić (31)
Top scorerMirza Omer (25)
Most pointsMirza Omer (52)
Home stadiumJuan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall
Team colors   
IIHF codeBIH
Ranking
Current IIHF48 Steady (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF45 (2016)
Lowest IIHF50 (2022)
First international
Greece  10–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo, BIH; 15 February 2008)
Biggest win
Bosnia and Herzegovina  15–1  Malaysia
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 5 March 2023)
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
Appearances8 (first in 2008)
Best result44th (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
18–31–0

Withdrawal from 2017 IIHF tournament

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

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1920 through 1992 As part of   Yugoslavia
1994 through 2026 did not qualify
Total

World Championships

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Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1930 through 1992 As part of   Yugoslavia
1993 through 2007 did not enter
2008   Sarajevo 47th place
(2nd in Division III Q)
2 1 0 0 1
2009 through 2014 did not participate
2015   İzmir 47th place
(7th in Division III)
6 0 0 0 6
2016   Istanbul 44th place
(4th in Division III)
5 2 0 0 3
2017   Sofia Withdrew from tournament[2]
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2018   Sarajevo 48th place
(2nd in Division III Q)
3 2 0 0 1
2019   Abu Dhabi 50th place
(4th in Division III Q)
5 2 0 1 2
2020   Cape Town Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021   Cape Town Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022   Cape Town 44th place
(3rd in Division III B)
4 0 0 0 4
2023   Sarajevo 47th place
(2nd in Division III B)
5 3 1 0 1
2024   Sarajevo 47th place
(1st in Division III B)
5 4 0 1 0
Total 8/15 35 14 1 2 18

All-time record against other nations

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Last match update: 18 March 2022[5]

Team GP W L T GF GA
  Armenia[a] 1 1 0 0 5 0
  Georgia[b] 3 1 2 0 8 18
  Greece 1 0 1 0 1 10
  Hong Kong 3 1 2 0 5 19
  Kuwait 2 2 0 0 17 1
  Kyrgyzstan[c] 1 1 0 0 5 0
  Luxembourg 2 0 2 0 0 18
  North Macedonia 2 1 1 0 14 14
  North Korea 1 0 1 0 0 13
  South Africa 3 0 3 0 5 24
  Thailand 3 1 2 0 15 13
  Turkey 5 1 4 0 11 39
  Turkmenistan 1 0 1 0 3 13
  United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 11 16
Total 31 9 22 0 96 202

Notes

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  1. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Armenia in the 2008 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.
  2. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Georgia in the 2016 World Championship 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.
  3. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Kyrgyzstan in the 2019 World Championship Division III Qualification tournament after Kyrgyzstan forfeited the game due to the use of ineligible players. The score of the game was originally an 14–3 for Kyrgyzstan.

References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Bosnia withdraws". International Ice Hockey Federation. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. 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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