Yugoslavia men's national ice hockey team

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Yugoslavia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Most gamesEdo Hafner (203)
Most pointsZvone Šuvak (202)
IIHF codeYUG
First international
Netherlands  2 – 4  Yugoslavia
(Bucharest, Romania; 1939)
Biggest win
 Yugoslavia 28 – 1 Belgium 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; March 28, 1987)
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 24 – 0  Yugoslavia
(Zürich, Switzerland; February 3, 1939)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances29 (first in 1939)
Best result8th (1974)
IIHF European Championships and World Cup
Appearances3
Best result7th (1968)
Olympics
Appearances5 (first in 1964)

The Yugoslav national ice hockey team was the national men's ice hockey in the former republic of Yugoslavia. They competed in five Olympic Games competitions. This article discusses the team that represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its predecessors, but not the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. For the FRY, please see the Serbia and Montenegro men's national ice hockey team.

Olympic record

  • 1964 - 14th place
  • 1968 - 9th place
  • 1972 - 11th place
  • 1976 - 10th place
  • 1984 - 11th place

World Championship record

Netherlands vs Yugoslavia at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships
  • 1939 - 13th place
  • 1951 - 6th place in Pool B
  • 1955 - 5th place in Pool B
  • 1961 - 3rd place in Pool C
  • 1963 - 5th place in Pool B
  • 1965 - 7th place in Pool B
  • 1966 - 3rd place in Pool B
  • 1967 - 4th place in Pool B
  • 1969 - 3rd place in Pool B
  • 1970 - 4th place in Pool B
  • 1971 - 5th place in Pool B
  • 1972 - 6th place in Pool B
  • 1973 - 3rd place in Pool B
  • 1974 - 2nd place in Pool B
  • 1975 - 4th place in Pool B
  • 1976 - 5th place in Pool B
  • 1977 - 7th place in Pool B
  • 1978 - 8th place in Pool B
  • 1979 - 1st place in Pool C
  • 1981 - 7th place in Pool B
  • 1982 - 2nd place in Pool C
  • 1983 - 8th place in Pool B
  • 1985 - 2nd place in Pool C
  • 1986 - 7th place in Pool B
  • 1987 - 4th place in Pool C
  • 1989 - 2nd place in Pool C
  • 1990 - 1st place in Pool C
  • 1991 - 6th place in Pool B
  • 1992 - 8th place in Pool B

European Championship record

  • 1939 - 11th place
  • 1964 - 11th place
  • 1968 - 7th place

Successor teams

Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, the following successor national teams have competed:

References