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Bulgaria
Association Bulgaria Ice Hockey Federation
GM Flag of Bulgaria Krasimir Krastev
Head coach Flag of Bulgaria Georgi Milanov
Assistants Flag of Bulgaria Atanas Dimitrov
Captain Rosen Stefanov
Most games Malin Atanasov (143)
Most points Stoyan Batchvarov (103)
IIHF code BUL
IIHF ranking 31
Highest IIHF ranking 30 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking 35 (2009)
Team colours               
First international
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 4 - 2 Yugoslavia Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Bucharest, Romania; January 17, 1942)
Biggest win
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 20 - 0 Turkey Flag of Turkey
(Pretoria, South Africa; March 28, 1998)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (first in 1976)
International record (W-L-T)
115-226-21

The Bulgarian men's national ice hockey team is ranked 32nd in the IIHF World Ranking (2008) and competes in Division II at the Ice Hockey World Championships.

The team has participated once at the Olympic Games. This happened in Innsbruck in 1976, when Bulgaria lost to the Czechoslovak team 1-14 in the first round. After a few more losses the team finished last in the tournament.

Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, hosted the games of Division II, Group B of the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Bulgaria's opponents at the tournament were Belgium, Mexico, Spain, South Africa and South Korea.


World Championship Div II roster[]

Pos. No. Player Team
GK 1 Konstantin Mihaylov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
GK 20 Kiril Vajarov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
D 3 Vasiliy Vasilev Flag of Turkey Istanbul Paten
D 4 Tsvetan Tsvetanov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
D 5 Bogdan Stefanov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
D 6 Alexander Panev Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
D 7 Martin Giurov Flag of Bulgaria Levski Sofia
D 11 Alexi Yotov Flag of Russia Vityaz Chekhov
D 12 Rosen Stefanov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
D 22 Roman Morgunov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 2 Yavor Slavchev Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 8 Stoyan Bachvarov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 9 Stanislav Muhachov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 10 Martin Milanov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 13 Svetlin Stoev Flag of Bulgaria Spartak Sofia
F 14 Rosen Hristov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 15 Petar Hadzhitonev Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 16 Rosen Asenov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 19 Georgi Mladenov Flag of Bulgaria Academica Sofia
F 21 Plamen Veselinov Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
F 24 Martin Boydajiev Flag of Bulgaria Slavia Sofia

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