Serbia men's national ice hockey team

Serbia
Nickname(s)Beli Orlovi (White Eagles)
AssociationSerbian Ice Hockey Association
Head coachFred Perowne
AssistantsStefan Ilić
CaptainNemanja Vučurević
Most gamesMarko Sretović (72)
Top scorerMarko Kovačević (39)
Most pointsMarko Sretović (72)
Team colors     
IIHF codeSRB
Home colours
Ranking
Current IIHF30 1 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF29 (2010, 2021)
Lowest IIHF32 (2009)
First international
  6–4  Turkey
(Zagreb, Croatia; 11 April 2007)
Biggest win
  17–0  New Zealand
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 18 April 2012)
Biggest defeat
Austria  13–0  
(Tilburg, Netherlands; 19 April 2010)
Ukraine  15–2  
(Tilburg, Netherlands; 22 April 2010)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances9 (first in 2007)
Best result27th (2010)
International record (W–L–T)
49–62–0

The Serbia men's 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

Olympic Games

Year Position
1924–1992 As part of Yugoslavia
1995–2006 As part of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
2010 Vancouver did not qualify
2014 Sochi
2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing
2026 Milan / Cortina

World Championships

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
2010 Division I, Group A 5 0 0 1 4 8 46 1 6th 27th
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
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
2024 Division II, Group A 5 4 0 0 1 23 11 12 2nd 30th
2025 Division II, Group A 5 4 0 0 1 12 5 12 2nd 30th

All-time record

Updated as of 16 April 2025.[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 8 3 0 5 24 25 –1
 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 7 5 0 2 22 22 0
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
 Croatia 17 5 0 12 38 60 –22
 Estonia 5 1 0 4 12 20 –8
 Great Britain 2 0 0 2 2 17 –15
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 9 –8
 Iceland 11 8 0 3 59 32 +27
 Ireland 1 1 0 0 13 1 +12
 Israel 5 5 0 0 38 10 +28
 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 5 0 0 5 6 28 –22
 Spain 9 4 0 5 33 37 –4
 Turkey 3 3 0 0 19 7 +12
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 2 29 –27
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3
Total 110 49 0 62 409 437 –28

References

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