Serbia men's national ice hockey team

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Serbia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Beli Orlovi (White Eagles)
AssociationSerbian Ice Hockey Association
Head coachNemanja Janković
AssistantsStefan Ilić
CaptainNemanja Vučurević
Most gamesMarko Sretović (72)
Top scorerMarko Kovačević (39)
Most pointsMarko Sretović (72)
Team colors     
IIHF codeSRB
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home colours
Ranking
Current IIHF30 Steady (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF29 (2010)
Lowest IIHF32 (2009)
First international
Serbia  6–4  Turkey
(Zagreb, Croatia; 11 April 2007)
Biggest win
Serbia  17–0  New Zealand
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 18 April 2012)
Biggest defeat
Austria  13–0  Serbia
(Tilburg, Netherlands; 19 April 2010)
Ukraine  15–2  Serbia
(Tilburg, Netherlands; 22 April 2010)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2007)
Best result27th (2010)
International record (W–L–T)
41–58–0

The Serbian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Serbia, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 30th in the IIHF World Rankings and competes in IIHF World Championship Division II.

Tournament record[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Year Position
1924–1992 As part of Yugoslavia
1995–2006 As part of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
Canada 2010 Vancouver did not qualify
Russia 2014 Sochi
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang
China 2022 Beijing

World Championships[edit]

Serbia - China at 2019 IIHF World Championship Division IIA

Key:  Division I   Division II 

Year Division GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Finish Rank Movement
1939–1992 as part of  Yugoslavia
1993–2006 as part of  Serbia and Montenegro
2007 Division II, Group A 5 2 0 0 3 18 16 6 4th 35th
2008 Division II, Group A 5 3 0 1 1 32 19 10 3rd 33rd
2009 Division II, Group A 5 4 1 0 0 40 11 14 1st 30th Increase
2010 Division I, Group A 5 0 0 1 4 8 46 1 6th 27th Decrease
2011 Division II, Group A 5 3 0 0 2 22 11 9 3rd 33rd
2012 Division II, Group A 5 1 0 0 4 27 20 3 5th 33rd
2013 Division II, Group A 5 2 0 0 3 14 21 6 5th 33rd
2014 Division II, Group A 5 2 0 1 2 19 23 7 3rd 31st
2015 Division II, Group A 5 2 1 2 1 18 22 7 3rd 31st
2016 Division II, Group A 5 2 0 1 2 16 14 7 4th 32nd
2017 Division II, Group A 5 2 0 2 1 23 15 8 3rd 31st
2018 Division II, Group A 5 3 0 1 1 16 14 10 3rd 31st
2019 Division II, Group A 5 3 1 0 1 20 14 11 1st 29th Increase
2020 Division I, Group B Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2021 Division I, Group B Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2022 Division I, Group B 4 0 0 0 4 4 29 0 4th 26th
2023 Division I, Group B 5 0 1 1 3 7 24 3 6th 28th Decrease

All-time record[edit]

Updated as of 29 April 2023.[4] Teams in italics are no longer actively competing. Overtime and game winning shot victories and losses are counted towards wins and losses. Records of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia are listed on individual pages.

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia 7 2 0 5 20 23 –3
 Austria 1 0 0 1 0 13 –3
 Belgium 10 3 0 7 33 35 –2
 Bulgaria 3 3 0 0 25 3 +22
 China 6 5 0 1 22 15 +7
 Croatia 14 3 0 11 32 56 –24
 Estonia 5 1 0 4 12 20 –8
 Great Britain 1 0 0 1 2 6 –4
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 9 –8
 Iceland 10 7 0 3 50 29 +21
 Ireland 1 1 0 0 13 1 +12
 Israel 4 4 0 0 33 9 +24
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0 8 –8
 Japan 3 0 0 3 3 21 –18
 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 6 17 –11
 Mexico 2 1 0 1 10 5 +5
 Netherlands 5 1 0 4 10 20 –10
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 23 4 +19
 North Korea 2 2 0 0 17 2 +15
 Poland 1 0 0 1 2 10 –8
 Romania 4 0 0 4 6 24 –18
 Spain 9 4 0 5 33 37 –4
 Turkey 2 2 0 0 14 7 +7
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 2 29 –27
Total 99 41 0 58 369 403 –34

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Serbia - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

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