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

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. For the FRY, please see the

Serbia and Montenegro men's national ice hockey team The Serbia and Montenegro men's national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team in Serbia and Montenegro. Originally created as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) national team, after the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republi ...

. 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

Since the breakup of

, the following successor national teams have competed: *

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national ice hockey team The Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Hokejaška reprezentacija BiH''; Serbian: Хокејашка репрезентација БиХ) is the national men's ice hockey team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is ...

Croatia men's national ice hockey team The Croatian men's national ice hockey team is the Ice hockey team that represents Croatia at International Ice Hockey Federation events. Less than a year after Croatian War of Independence, declaring independence from Yugoslavia, Croatia was adm ...

* Kosovo men's national ice hockey * Macedonia men's national ice hockey team *

Serbia national ice hockey team The Serbia men's 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 ...

(

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 May 2024, Slovenia is ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF World Ranking. The ...

References

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