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Association Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia
Head coach Gorazd Drinovec
Assistants Gorazd Rekelj
Captain Gregor Koblar
Most points Anže Kopitar (21)
IIHF code SLO
Team colours               
First international
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 4 – 3 Estonia Flag of Estonia
(Riga, Latvia; 10 November 1992)
Biggest win
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 30 – 0 Greece Flag of Greece
(Riga, Latvia; 11 November 1992)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 11 – 0 Slovenia Flag of Slovenia
(Minsk, Belarus; 4 September 1994)
International record (W-L-T)
56-37-5

The Slovenia men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Slovenia. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History[]

Slovenia played its first game in 1992 against Estonia during the Pool C qualification tournament of the 1993 IIHF World U20 Championship.[1] Slovenia won the game 4–3 however failed to qualify for the Group C tournament after finishing second in their group and outside of the only next round qualification spot which went to Latvia. During the same tournament Slovenia also achieved their largest win in international participation after they beat Greece 30–1.[1] For the next two years Slovenia remained to the Pool C qualification tournament but failed to qualify in both years. However a format change for the 1995 IIHF World U20 Championship meant that Slovenia who finished last in the Pool C1 Qualification tournament moved onto the newly formed Pool C2 tournament.[2] During this tournament Slovenia had their worst defeat in international participation after being beaten by Kazakhstan 0–11.[1] After advancing to the Pool C2 tournament Slovenia finished second in the group standings behind Kazakhstan and gained promotion to the Pool C for the following year. Slovenia remained in Pool C until 2001 when the International Ice Hockey Federation changed the format of the World Championships and Slovenia was reseeded into the Division II tournament. During the first year of the Division II tournament at the 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Slovenia gained promotion to Division I after defeating Japan in the final.[2] Slovenia has continued to compete in the Division I tournament and in 2013 finished fourth in the Division I Group A tournament being held in Amiens, France.[3]

Anze Kopitar currently holds the team record for most points with 21.[4] Kopitar competed in three IIHF World U20 Championship for the Slovenian under-20 team from 2004 to 2006 with his best result in 2005 where he scored 10 goals and three assists in the Division I Group B tournament at the 2005 IIHF World U20 Championship.[5]

Team roster[]

From the 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship[6][7][8]

# Name Pos Date of Birth Club
20 Luka Gracnar G 01993-10-31 Flag of Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg
3 Nik Humar (A) F 01993-12-12 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
11 Luka Kalan F 01993-05-03 Flag of Sweden Mora IK
13 Gregor Koblar (C) F 01993-01-15 Flag of Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg II
6 Nejc Kozar D 01994-02-20 Flag of Slovenia HD Mladi Jesenice U20
7 Miha Logar D 01995-07-09 Flag of Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg
18 Luka Oberstar D 01993-08-15 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana U20
22 Nik Pem F 01995-08-30 Flag of Sweden Mora IK J20
8 Miha Pesjak (A) F 01993-07-23 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
21 Luka Petelin F 01994-02-26 Flag of Sweden Mora IK J20
23 David Planko D 01993-06-20 Flag of Slovenia HK Celje U20
14 Jaka Podrekar F 01994-04-15 Flag of Slovenia HD Mladi Jesenice U20
2 Jurij Repe D 01994-09-17 Flag of Canada Saint John Sea Dogs
4 Blaz Skrjanec D 01994-11-01 Flag of Slovenia HK Triglav Kranj
9 Jure Sotlar F 01993-07-26 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
5 Tadej Snoj F 01994-01-21 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
15 Jure Stan D 01994-04-25 Flag of Slovenia HDD Bled
25 Tomaz Trelc G 01995-11-23 Flag of the Czech Republic HC České Budějovice U20
19 Nik Truden F 01993-10-24 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
12 Aljaz Uduc F 01994-09-30 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
24 Gal Zidan D 01993-10-02 Flag of Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana U20
17 Zan Zupan F 01993-04-06 Flag of Slovenia HK Triglav Kranj U20

International competitions[]

  • 1993 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C Qualification A (26th overall)
  • 1994 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Pool C Qualification A (27th overall)
  • 1995 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C2 (26th overall)
  • 1996 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C (20th overall)
  • 1997 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C (20th overall)
  • 1998 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Pool C (21st overall)
  • 1999 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 3rd in Pool C (21st overall)
  • 2000 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Pool C (20th overall)
  • 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 1st in Division II (19th overall)
  • 2002 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 6th in Division I (16th overall)
  • 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 2nd in Division I Group B (15th overall)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Slovenia U20 All Time Results. National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand, 273–306. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5. 
  3. 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship Div. I Group A. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2012-12-27.
  4. Slovenia. National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  5. Anze Kopitar. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  6. Team Roster. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2012-12-27.
  7. NOR - SLO Line-Ups. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2011-12-27.
  8. Slovenia U20. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on 2012-12-27.

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