# 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. In 2015, the team was ranked 26th in the world by the IIHF. At the 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Croatia currently competes in 2014 Division I B.

## World Championship record

| Year | Division | Division | Position | Position | GP | W | D | L |
| Year | Tier | Div. | Ov | Div. | GP | W | D | L |
| 1939–1992 | as part of Yugoslavia | as part of Yugoslavia | as part of Yugoslavia | as part of Yugoslavia | as part of Yugoslavia | as part of Yugoslavia | as part of Yugoslavia | as part of Yugoslavia |
| Slovenia 1993 | 3 | Group C | NR | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spain 1994 | 4 | Group C2 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| South Africa 1995 | 4 | Group C2 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Slovenia 1996 | 3 | Group C | 28 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Andorra 1997 | 4 | Group D | 29 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary 1998 | 3 | Group C | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Netherlands 1999 | 3 | Group C | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| China 2000 | 3 | Group C | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovenia 2001 | 2 | Div I | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Netherlands 2002 | 2 | Div I | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Croatia 2003 | 2 | Div I | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Spain 2004 | 3 | Div II | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Croatia 2005 | 3 | Div II | 29 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Estonia 2006 | 2 | Div I | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Croatia 2007 | 3 | Div II | 29 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan 2008 | 2 | Div I | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Lithuania 2009 | 2 | Div I | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Slovenia 2010 | 2 | Div I | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Croatia 2011 | 3 | Div II | 31 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Iceland 2012 | 4 | Div II A | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Croatia 2013 | 4 | Div II A | 29 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lithuania 2014 | 3 | Div I B | 24 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands 2015 | 3 | Div I B | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Croatia 2016 | 3 | Div I B | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Great Britain 2017 | 3 | Div I B | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Lithuania 2018 | 3 | Div I B | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Serbia 2019 | 4 | Div II A | 30 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia 2020 | 4 | Div II A | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| China 2021 | 4 | Div II A | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Croatia 2022 | 4 | Div II A | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain 2023 | 4 | Div II A | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Serbia 2024 | 4 | Div II A | 29 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Estonia 2025 | 3 | Div I B | | | | | | |

## All-time record against other nations

    As of 22 April 2023.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
| Australia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 15 | +22 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 |
| Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | -17 |
| Belgium | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 13 | +29 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 16 | +56 |
| China | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 30 | +1 |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | -20 |
| Estonia | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 55 | -16 |
| France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | -26 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 |
| Great Britain | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 42 | -29 |
| Hungary | 24 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 178 | -148 |
| Iceland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 |
| Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 24 | -23 |
| Israel | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 6 | +42 |
| Japan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 | +24 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 42 | +38 |
| Lithuania | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 56 | -24 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 86 | -50 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 11 | +31 |
| Norway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 36 | -31 |
| Poland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 33 | -29 |
| Romania | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 52 | -11 |
| Serbia | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 35 | +24 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| Slovenia | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 141 | -123 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 |
| South Korea | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 28 | +1 |
| Spain | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 36 | +15 |
| Turkey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 5 | +103 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 56 | -49 |
| Total | 245 | 86 | 9 | 150 | 846 | 1 133 | -287 |

### Biggest Losses

| World Championship | Qualifications |
| -14 vs. Slovenia (1–15) 1993 -14 vs. Slovenia (1–15) 2001 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0–12) 1996 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0–12) 2002 -11 vs. Slovenia (2–13) 1996 -11 vs. Ukraine (1–11) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (0–10) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (3–13) 2000 | -13 vs. Hungary (0–13) 2014 -7 vs. Hungary (0–7) 1998 -7 vs. Poland (0–7) 2006 -7 vs. Netherlands (3–10) 2006 -6 vs. Hungary (0–6) 1998 -6 vs. Netherlands (2–8) 2014 -6 vs. Ukraine (0–6) 2018 |