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North Macedonia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation
GM Nikola Tasev
Head coach Gjorgi Grchev
Home stadium Boris Trajkovski Hockey Arena
IIHF code MKD
IIHF ranking NR (6 June 2021)[1]
Team colours          
First international
Flag of Macedonia Macedonia 8–7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo, BIH; 20 January 2018)
Biggest win
Flag of Macedonia Macedonia 9–3 Portugal Flag of Portugal
(Füssen, Germany; 21 November 2018)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–6 Macedonia Flag of Macedonia
(Sarajevo, BIH; 21 January 2018)
Development Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2018)
Best result Gold medal with cup 1st (2018)
International record (W-L-T)
6–1–0

North Macedonia's ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of North Macedonia. They are controlled by the Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 4 October 2001.

History[]

Macedonia played its first unofficial game on 27 March 2011 against Red Star Sofia of Bulgaria in Skopje. They went on to lose the game 4–1.[2] On 20 December 2014, Macedonia played two exhibition games against the Bulgarian U20 national team in Skopje. They lost the first game 6–5 in overtime and won the second game 4–3 following a shootout, recording the team's first ever win.[3] Macedonia have still never entered in any IIHF World Championship tournaments. On 20 January 2018, Macedonia made its international debut and played two exhibition games against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo over the weekend. They won the first game 8–7 and lost the second game 7–6 in overtime a day later.[4]

Skopje Ice Skating Stadium[]

Its an outdoor Ice skating rink with two stands with capacity of 5000 spectators. It was built in 1969 for Ice Hockey World Cup Division C. Ice Hockey Clubs based in Skopje used the Stadium as a home ground . Ice skating schools were held at the venueand its used for recreational purposes. Recently there are plans for covering the stadium and transforming it in to an indoor arena.

Philip II Arena 2017

Ice Hockey Venue Down Right

Tournament record[]

World Championships[]

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1930 through 1992 Within Flag of SFR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia federal team
1993 through 2019 Did not enter
Total 0/0

Development Cup[]

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2017 Flag of Andorra Canillo Did not participate
2018 Flag of Germany Füssen Gold medal with cup 1st place 5 5 0 0 0
Total 1/2 5 5 0 0 0

All-time record against other nations[]

Last match update: 21 November 2018[5]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Andorra Andorra 2 2 0 0 15 7
Flag of Portugal Portugal 2 2 0 0 14 7
Flag of Ireland Ireland 1 1 0 0 9 6
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 0 1 14 14
Total 7 6 0 1 52 34

All-time record against other clubs[]

Last match update: 21 December 2014[5]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria U20 2 1 0 1 9 9
Flag of Bulgaria Red Star Sofia 1 0 0 1 1 4
Total 3 1 0 2 10 13

References[]

  1. IIHF Men's World Ranking (6 June 2021).
  2. Macedonian Hockey team opened a new page in the history. National Teams of Ice Hockey (29 March 2011).
  3. Exhibition Games. National Teams of Ice Hockey.
  4. Macedonia wins and loses in OT in Bosnia and Hercegovina. Eurohockey.com (22 January 2018).
  5. 5.0 5.1 Macedonia All Time Results. National Teams of Ice Hockey.

External links[]

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