Július Šupler (born 27 October 1950 in

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) is a Slovak ice-hockey coach. Šupler has been coach of

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and Riga 2000 and was the first coach of Slovakia national team.

Playing career

Šupler began playing ice hockey in his hometown of

and later played in

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. In 1970–1972 he played for Slovan Bratislava and in 1972–1976 for VSŽ Košice.

Coaching career

He started coaching as the assistant coach in Poprad 1979–1985, as the head coach in 1985–1987. In 1991–92 season he won Czechoslovakia title with

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. Since 1993 he was the head coach of Slovakia national team. He led Slovakia to the A-category of

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in the least possible time, by winning the C-category in

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and B-category in

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. He led the Slovakian team also to sixth place at the 1994 Olympic Tournament in

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. After the 1996 World Championships in

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, where Slovakia obtained 10th place, his contract with the Slovak national team was not extended. In 1996–2006 he was coaching various teams—the

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in WHL, Slovan Bratislava, and

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(

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). In 2006 he again became the coach of the Slovak national team. He chose

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and Miroslav Miklošovič for his assistants, replacing Cíger with Peter Oremus in June 2007. Under his coaching, Slovakia obtained sixth spot at

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World Championships and 13th place at

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. After the 2008 championship, he was replaced by Ján Filc. He was the head coach of

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References

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