Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ledeni zmajevi (The Ice Dragons)
AssociationHokejaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine
General managerAdnan Mrkva
Head coachUroš Brestovac
AssistantsSergej Nikolaev
Will Richard
CaptainErmin Hasović
Most gamesErmin Hasović (28)
Top scorerMirza Omer (22)
Most pointsMirza Omer (46)
Home stadiumJuan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall
Team colors   
IIHF codeBIH
Ranking
Current IIHF48 Increase 2 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF45 (first in 2016)
Lowest IIHF49 (2019)
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
Appearances7 (first in 2008)
Best result44th (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
14–30–0

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 1992As part of Yugoslavia
1994 through 2022did not qualify
Total

World Championships

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1930 through 1992As part of Yugoslavia
1993 through 2007did not enter
2008Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo47th place
(2nd in Division III Q)
21001
2009 through 2014did not participate
2015Turkey İzmir47th place
(7th in Division III)
60006
2016Turkey Istanbul44th place
(4th in Division III)
52003
2017Bulgaria SofiaWithdrew from tournament[2]
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2018Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo48th place
(2nd in Division III Q)
32001
2019United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi50th place
(4th in Division III Q)
52012
2020South Africa Cape TownCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021South Africa Cape TownCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022South Africa Cape Town44th place
(3rd in Division III B)
40004
2023Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo47th place
(2nd in Division III B)
53101
Total7/1430101118

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 18 March 2022[5]

Team GP W L T GF GA
 Armenia[lower-alpha 1]110050
 Georgia[lower-alpha 2]3120818
 Greece1010110
 Hong Kong3120519
 Kuwait2200171
 Kyrgyzstan[lower-alpha 3]110050
 Luxembourg2020018
 North Macedonia21101414
 North Korea1010013
 South Africa3030524
 Thailand31201513
 Turkey51401139
 Turkmenistan1010313
 United Arab Emirates31201116
Total31922096202

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. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "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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