The Yugoslav national ice hockey team was the national men's

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in the former republic of

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. They competed in five

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competitions. This article discusses the team that represented the

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and its predecessors, but not the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

. For the FRY, please see the Serbia and Montenegro men's national ice hockey team. The team was largely composed of players from

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: throughout its existence 91% of all players on the national team were Slovene, and the entire roster for the team at the

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, held in

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were from Slovenia.

Olympic record

Thayer Tutt Trophy record

World Championship record

*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

Former Yugoslavia Flag Map (Without Kosovo)

Since the breakup of

, the following successor national teams have competed: * Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national ice hockey team *

Croatia men's national ice hockey team The Croatian men's national ice hockey team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation The Croatian Ice Hockey Federation ( hr, Hrvatski savez hokeja na ledu, HSHL) is the governing ...

Macedonia men's national ice hockey team North Macedonia's ice hockey team ( mk, Хокејарска репрезентација на Македонија; ''Hokejarska reprezentacija na Makedonija'') is the national men's ice hockey team of North Macedonia. They are controlled by the ...

Serbia national ice hockey team The Serbian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Serbia, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 30th in the IIHF World Rankings and competes in IIHF World Championship Divis ...

( Serbia and Montenegro men's national ice hockey team from 1992 to 2006) *

Slovenia men's national ice hockey team The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Slovenia internationally. It is governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. As of September 2022, Slovenia is ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF World Rankin ...

References

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