The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia ( sl, Hokejska zveza Slovenije, HZS) is the governing body of

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. Slovenia was one of ten nations to join the

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...

on May 6, 1992, the largest number of nations to join in one day in the history of the organization.

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National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation Sports governing bodies in Slovenia Sports organizations established in 1946 1946 establishments in Yugoslavia