Slovenia men's national ice hockey team

Slovenia
Nickname(s)Risi (The Lynx)
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Slovenia
General managerDejan Kontrec
Head coachEdo Terglav
AssistantsGorazd Drinovec
Andrej Tavželj
CaptainRobert Sabolič
Most gamesTomaž Razingar (212)[1]
Most pointsTomaž Vnuk (171)[2]
Team colors     
IIHF codeSLO
Ranking
Current IIHF15 2 (26 May 2025)[3]
Highest IIHF14 (2014–15)
Lowest IIHF20 (2020–21)
First international
Austria  1–0  
(Klagenfurt, Austria; 20 March 1992)
Biggest win
  29–0  South Africa
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
Biggest defeat
Finland  12–0  
(Tampere, Finland; 28 April 2003)
Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 2014)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances31 (first in 1993)
Best result13th (2002, 2005, 2025)

The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Slovenia internationally. It is governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. As of May 2025, Slovenia is ranked 15th in the world by the IIHF World Ranking. The team's biggest success is reaching the quarter-finals at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4] Their best record at the Ice Hockey World Championships is 13th place, achieved in 2002, 2005 and 2025.[5]

Seven players from Slovenia have been drafted into the National Hockey League (NHL) since 1998; Anže Kopitar and Jan Muršak have played in the league.[6]

History

Before Slovenia's independence, Slovenian hockey players played for the Yugoslavia national team. From 1939, when Yugoslavia took part in its first World Championship, to 1991, when the country disintegrated, 91% of all Yugoslav national team members were Slovenes, including the entire squad that represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.[7]

Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, and joined the International Ice Hockey Federation the following year.[8] They first played as an independent nation at the 1993 World Championship, hosting the Group C tournament, the lowest tier.[9] They played in the elite division for the first time in 2002,[10] and at their first Winter Olympics in 2014.[11]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year Round Position Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA
1964–1991 Part of Yugoslavia
1992 Did not enter
1994
1998 Did not qualify
2002
2006
2010
2014 Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 0 0 3 10 16
2018 Playoffs 9th 4 0 2 1 1 9 14
2022 Did not qualify
2026
Total 0 Titles 9 2 2 1 4 19 30

World Championship

Key
Promoted to higher division
Relegated to lower division
Championship Pld W OTW T OTL L GF GA Coach Captain Position
1920 – 1992 Part of Yugoslavia
1993 Bled and Ljubljana, Pool C 7 5 0 0 0 2 78 16 Rudi Hiti Drago Mlinarec 4th in Pool C
1994 Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Pool C 6 2 0 0 0 4 26 27 Rudi Hiti Marjan Gorenc 5th in Pool C
1995 Sofia, Pool C 4 2 0 0 0 2 28 15 Rudi Hiti Tomaž Vnuk 7th in Pool C
1996 Jesenice and Kranj, Pool C 7 5 0 0 0 2 41 19 Vladimir Krikunov Nik Zupančič 3rd in Pool C
1997 Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve, Pool C 5 3 0 1 0 1 25 8 Pavle Kavčič Tomaž Vnuk 2nd in Pool C
1998 Ljubljana and Jesenice, Pool B 7 5 0 1 0 1 28 15 Pavle Kavčič Bojan Zajc 2nd in Pool B
1999 Odense and Rodovre, Pool B 7 2 0 1 0 4 14 17 Pavle Kavčič Tomaž Vnuk 5th in Pool B
2000 Katowice, Pool B 7 0 0 2 0 5 16 31 Rudi Hiti Nik Zupančič 7th in Pool B
2001 Ljubljana, Division IB 5 4 0 1 0 0 44 6 Matjaž Sekelj Tomaž Vnuk 1st in Division IB
2002 Gothenburg, Karlstad, Jönköping 6 3 0 0 0 3 18 26 Matjaž Sekelj Tomaž Vnuk 13th
2003 Helsinki, Tampere, Turku 6 0 0 1 0 5 12 37 Matjaž Sekelj Tomaž Vnuk 15th
2004 Gdańsk, Division IB 5 5 0 0 0 0 33 5 Kari Savolainen Tomaž Vnuk 1st in Division IB
2005 Vienna, Innsbruck 6 2 0 0 0 4 12 32 Kari Savolainen Robert Ciglenečki 13th
2006 Riga 6 0 0 2 0 4 14 26 František Výborný Dejan Varl 16th
2007 Ljubljana, Division IB 5 5 0 — 0 0 29 5 Ted Sator Marcel Rodman 1st in Division IB
2008 Quebec City, Halifax 5 0 0 — 1 4 6 22 Mats Waltin Marcel Rodman 15th
2009 Vilnius, Division IA 5 4 0 — 0 1 21 7 John Harrington Tomaž Razingar 2nd in Division IA
2010 Ljubljana, Division IB 5 4 1 — 0 0 29 10 John Harrington Tomaž Razingar 1st in Division IB
2011 Bratislava, Košice 6 1 0 — 1 4 15 24 Matjaž Kopitar Tomaž Razingar 16th
2012 Ljubljana, Division IA 5 5 0 — 0 0 17 9 Matjaž Kopitar Tomaž Razingar 1st in Division IA
2013 Stockholm, Helsinki 7 0 0 — 2 5 12 27 Matjaž Kopitar Tomaž Razingar 16th
2014 Goyang, Division IA 5 4 0 — 0 1 15 6 Matjaž Kopitar Tomaž Razingar 1st in Division IA
2015 Prague, Ostrava 7 1 0 — 0 6 9 22 Matjaž Kopitar Tomaž Razingar 16th
2016 Katowice, Division IA 5 4 0 — 0 1 18 8 Nik Zupančič Jan Urbas 1st in Division IA
2017 Cologne, Paris 7 0 0 — 1 6 13 36 Nik Zupančič Jan Muršak 15th
2018 Budapest, Division IA 5 2 0 — 0 3 15 15 Kari Savolainen Jan Urbas 5th in Division IA
2019 Nur-Sultan, Division IA 5 2 0 — 0 3 21 12 Ivo Jan Anže Kopitar 4th in Division IA
2020 Ljubljana, Division IA Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[12]
2021 Ljubljana, Division IA Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[13]
2022 Ljubljana, Division IA 4 4 0 — 0 0 22 5 Matjaž Kopitar Mitja Robar 1st in Division IA
2023 Tampere, Riga 7 0 0 — 0 7 9 27 Matjaž Kopitar Jan Urbas 16th
2024 Bolzano, Division IA 5 3 0 — 0 2 14 8 Edo Terglav Robert Sabolič 2nd in Division IA
2025 Stockholm, Herning 7 1 0 — 1 5 9 29 Edo Terglav Robert Sabolič 13th
2026 Zürich, Fribourg —

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship.[14][15]

Head coach: Edo Terglav

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
4 D Aleksandar Magovac 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 Gothiques d'Amiens
6 D Miha Štebih 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 Horacka Slavia Trebic
8 F Marcel Mahkovec 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 HK Olimpija
10 F Miha Beričič 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 HK Olimpija
12 F Nik Simšič 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 HK Olimpija
13 F Nace Langus 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 Augustana Vikings
14 D Matic Podlipnik – A 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 Kitzbüheler EC
15 D Blaž Gregorc 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 HK Olimpija
17 D Jan Goličič 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 Gatineau Olympiques
18 F Ken Ograjenšek 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 Black Wings Linz
21 F Jan Drozg 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 Kunlun Red Star
23 F Jaka Sodja 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 HK Olimpija
33 G Žan Us 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 HDD Jesenice
41 D Jan Ćosić 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 HK Olimpija
43 D Urban Podrekar 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 Flint Firebirds
46 F Matic Török – A 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 Kookoo
47 F Rok Macuh 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 HC Olomouc
49 F Filip Sitar 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 Connecticut Huskies
55 F Robert Sabolič – C 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 HK Olimpija
61 G Lukaš Horak 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993 HK Olimpija
69 G Matija Pintarič 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 Brûleurs de Loups
70 F Rok Kapel 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 HK Olimpija
91 F Žan Jezovšek 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 EV Lindau Islanders
92 F Anže Žeželj 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (2005-03-24) 24 March 2005 Fehérvár AV19
96 D Bine Mašič 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 HK Olimpija

Coaching history

NHL Entry Draft

Players from Slovenia selected in the NHL Entry Draft.

Year Name Overall Team
1998 Edo Terglav 249th overall Buffalo Sabres
2000 Jure Penko 203rd overall Nashville Predators
2001 Marcel Rodman 282nd overall Boston Bruins
2005 Anže Kopitar 11th overall Los Angeles Kings
2006 Jan Muršak 182nd overall Detroit Red Wings
2017 Jan Drozg 152nd overall Pittsburgh Penguins
2024 Jan Goličič 118th overall Tampa Bay Lightning

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