Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national ice hockey team

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nickname(s)Ledeni zmajevi (The Ice Dragons)
AssociationHokejaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine
General managerWill Richard
Head coachRoss MacLean
AssistantsJurica Bednjanec
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 IIHF47 1 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF45 (2016)
Lowest IIHF50 (2022)
First international
Greece  10–1  
(Sarajevo, BIH; 15 February 2008)
Biggest win
  15–1  Malaysia
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 5 March 2023)
Biggest defeat
North Korea  13–0  
(İzmir, Turkey; 3 April 2015)
Luxembourg  13–0  
(Istanbul, Turkey; 6 April 2016)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances9 (first in 2008)
Best result44th (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
18–31–0

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.

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 counted 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 2026 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 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
2025 Istanbul 45th place
(5th in Division III B)
5 1 0 0 4
Total 9/16 40 15 1 2 22

All-time record against other nations

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

  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

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  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.