Croatia national ice hockey team

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The Croatian national ice hockey team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Hockey Federation. As of 2006 the team is ranked 27th in the world by the IIHF. At the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, Croatia will compete in Division II.

First game: February 9, 1941 in Bratislava, Slovakia: Slovakia 6-1 Croatia
Largest victory: November 20, 1993 in Zagreb, Croatia: Croatia 34-1 Turkey
Largest defeat: November 7, 1992 in Zagreb, Croatia: Slovenia 15-1 Croatia; April 15, 2001 in Ljubljana, Slovenia: Slovenia 15-1 Croatia

[edit] 2008 World Championship team

Pos.	No.	Player	DoB (Age)	Team
GK	1	Sabrina Kadić	September 13, 1982 (1982-09-13) (age 26)	KHL Zagreb
GK	20	Vanja Belić	June 28, 1983 (1983-06-28) (age 25)	KHL Mladost
D	4	Miroslav Brumerčik	September 10, 1976 (1976-09-10) (age 32)	Banska Bystrica
D	6	Marko Tadić	March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03) (age 22)	KHL Mladost
D	10	Igor Jačmenjak	August 31, 1979 (1979-08-31) (age 29)	KHL Mladost
D	12	Saša Belić	February 7, 1981 (1981-02-07) (age 27)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
D	16	Luka Novosel	May 18, 1983 (1983-05-18) (age 25)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
D	17	Ivan Glavota	March 21, 1976 (1976-03-21) (age 32)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
D	19	Marko Ljubić	April 29, 1984 (1984-04-29) (age 24)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
F	2	Miro Smerdelj	October 2, 1986 (1986-10-02) (age 22)	KHL Mladost
F	3	Michael Novak	July 25, 1988 (1988-07-25) (age 20)	SC Rapperswil-Jona
F	7	Krešimir Švigir	December 20, 1979 (1979-12-20) (age 28)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
F	8	Mario Novak	May 8, 1983 (1983-05-08) (age 25)	KHL Mladost
F	9	Marko Lovrenčić	November 22, 1982 (1982-11-22) (age 25)	KHL Zagreb
F	11	Viliam Chovanec	April 4, 1973 (1973-04-04) (age 35)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
F	14	Mato Mlađenović	January 8, 1978 (1978-01-08) (age 30)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
F	15	Tomislav Cunko	February 13, 1986 (1986-02-13) (age 22)	KHL Mladost
F	18	Janko Kučera	June 13, 1987 (1987-06-13) (age 21)	KHL Mladost
F	21	Veljko Žibret	June 3, 1978 (1978-06-03) (age 30)	KHL Medvescak Zagreb
F	22	Tomislav Grozaj	August 7, 1985 (1985-08-07) (age 23)	KHL Mladost
F	23	Damir Jakovac	October 9, 1981 (1981-10-09) (age 27)	KHL Mladost
F	24	David Iveziq	May 30, 1986 (1986-05-30) (age 22)	Lokomotiva Nove Zamky