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Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team

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Bulgaria
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationBulgarian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachIvaylo Velev
CaptainKonstantin Dikov
Most gamesStoyan Batchvarov (96)
Top scorerAlexei Yotov (77)
Most pointsAlexei Yotov (163)
Team colors   
IIHF codeBUL
Ranking
Current IIHF36Decrease 1 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF30 (2003, 2006)
Lowest IIHF40 (2017, 2021–21)
First international
Bulgaria  4–2Yugoslavia
(Bucharest, Romania] 17 January 1942)
Biggest win
Bulgaria  20–0 Turkey
(Pretoria, South Africa; 28 March 1998)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan  31–0 Bulgaria
(Poprad, Slovakia; 25 March 1994)
Ukraine  31–0 Bulgaria
(Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia; 26 March 1994)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in1976)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances53 (first in1963)
Best result14th (1970)
International record (W–L–T)
149–268–24

TheBulgarian national ice hockey team (Bulgarian:Национален отбор по хокей на лед на България,Natsionalen otbor po khokeĭ na led na Bŭlgariya) is the national men'sice hockey team ofBulgaria. The team is controlled by theBulgarian Ice Hockey Federation and a member of theInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). As of 2018, Bulgaria is ranked 38th in theIIHF World Ranking and competes inDivision III of theIce Hockey World Championships.

The team has participated once at theOlympic Winter Games. This happened inInnsbruck in 1976, when Bulgaria fell to theCzechoslovak team 14–1 in the first round. After a few more losses the team finished last in the tournament.

Sofia, the capital ofBulgaria, hosted the games of Division II, Group B of the2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. Bulgaria's opponents at the tournament wereBelgium,Mexico,Spain,South Africa andSouth Korea. In 2011, Bulgaria was also in Division II, withCroatia,Romania,China,Ireland andIceland.

Historically, the team has played in the second highest level four times, with their highest placement being 14th in 1970. However, the only year that they ever earned promotion (by placing 1st or 2nd in Pool C) was in 1975, which also qualified them for the 1976 Olympics. The only year that they won any games in Pool B was 1992 (at that time it was contested between nations ranked 13th to 20th), defeatingJapan, China andYugoslavia.

GoaltenderKonstantin Mihailov played in 28Ice Hockey World Championships with Bulgaria, and was inducted into theIIHF Hall of Fame in 2019, as a recipient of the Torriani Award to recognize his international hockey career.[2]

World Championship record

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The Bulgarian national team during a qualification match for the2006 Winter Olympics in 2004.
YearCityCountryResult
1963StockholmSweden4th place in Group C (19th)
1967ViennaAustria3rd in Group C (19th)
1969SkopjeYugoslavia5th place in Group C (19th)
1970BucharestRomania8th place in Group B (14th)
1971Several citiesthe Netherlands5th place in Group C (19th)
1972Miercurea CiucRomania4th place in Group C (17th)
1973six citiesthe Netherlands4th place in Group C (18th)
1974Grenoble,Gap,LyonFrance3rd in Group C (17th)
1975SofiaBulgaria2nd in Group C (16th)
1976Aarau andBiel/BienneSwitzerland8th place in Group B (16th)
1977Copenhagen andHørsholmDenmark3rd in Group C (20th)
1978Las PalmasSpain5th place in Group C (21st)
1979BarcelonaSpain4th place in Group C (22nd)
1981BeijingChina6th place in Group C (22nd)
1982JacaSpain6th place in Group C (22nd)
1983BudapestHungary6th place in Group C (22nd)
1985Megève,Chamonix,Saint-GervaisFrance6th place in Group C (22nd)
1986PuigcerdàSpain3rd in Group C (19th)
1987Copenhagen,Herlev,HørsholmDenmark7th place in Group C (23rd)
1989SydneyAustralia5th place in Group C (21st)
1990BudapestHungary6th place in Group C (22nd)
1991Brøndby MunicipalityDenmark4th place in Group C (20th)
1992KlagenfurtAustria5th place in Group B (17th)
1993Eindhoventhe Netherlands8th place in Group B (20th)
1994Poprad andSpišská Nová VesSlovakia7th place in Group C1 (27th)
1995SofiaBulgaria9th place in Group C1 (29th)
1996Kaunas andElektrėnaiLithuania6th place in Group D (34th)
1997CanilloAndorra7th place in Group D (35th)
1998Krugersdorp andPretoriaSouth Africa1st in Group D (33rd)
1999EindhovenTilburgSouth Africa8th place in Group C (32nd)
2000BeijingChina9th place in Group C (33rd)
2001BucharestRomania4th in Division II Group B (35th)
2002Novi SadYugoslavia4th in Division II Group B (35th)
2003SofiaBulgaria3rd in Division II Group B (34th)
2004ElektrėnaiLithuania4th in Division II Group B (36th)
2005ZagrebCroatia4th in Division II Group A (35th)
2006SofiaBulgaria2nd in Division II Group A (32nd)
2007ZagrebCroatia5th in Division II Group A (38th)
2008Miercurea CiucRomania5th in Division II Group A (38th)
2009SofiaBulgaria4th in Division II Group B (36th)
2010NaucalpanMexico4th in Division II Group A (35th)
2011ZagrebCroatia5th in Division II Group B (38th)
2012SofiaBulgaria3rd in Division II Group B (37th)
2013İzmitTurkey6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2014LuxembourgLuxembourg1st in Division III (41st)
2015Cape TownSouth Africa4th in Division II Group B (38th)
2016Mexico CityMexico6th in Division II Group B (40th)
2017SofiaBulgaria2nd in Division III (42nd)
2018Cape TownSouth Africa2nd in Division III (42nd)
2019SofiaBulgaria1st in Division III (41st)
2020ReykjavíkIcelandCancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021ReykjavíkIcelandCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022ReykjavíkIceland4th in Division II Group B (35th)
2023IstanbulTurkey3rd in Division II Group B (37th)
2024SofiaBulgaria4th in Division II Group B (38th)
2025DunedinNew Zealand4th in Division II Group B (38th)

All-time record

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As of 23 April 2023.[5]
OpponentPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGD
 Australia116236057+3
 Austria101181858-40
 Belgium21111912390+33
 Belarus1001113-12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina110050+5
 China22521569114-45
 Chinese Taipei3300214+17
 Croatia71061672-56
 Czechoslovakia1001114−13
 Denmark321121988137-49
 Estonia2002137-36
 East Germany2002421-17
 France29921889156-67
 Georgia53024320+23
 Great Britain86114736+11
 Germany1001113-12
 Hong Kong3300264+22
 Hungary4710136147253-106
 Iceland43011517-2
 Ireland2200134+9
 Israel113263650-14
 Italy101092255-33
 Japan113082966-37
 Kazakhstan2002139-38
 Lithuania3003326-23
 Luxembourg43013617+19
 Mexico116056157+4
 Netherlands17311351110-59
 New Zealand74035041+9
 North Korea1610157643-33
 Norway50141131-20
 Poland2002227-25
 Romania40423491249-158
 Serbia3003325-22
 Serbia and Montenegro112273154-23
 Slovakia1001020-20
 Slovenia2002127-26
 South Africa77005310+43
 South Korea95045348+5
 Spain158167463+11
  Switzerland5005932-23
 Turkey108027625+51
 Turkmenistan110062+4
 United Arab Emirates21011312+1
 Ukraine2002048-48
 United States1001119−18
 Yugoslavia21521467121-54
Total441149242681 6422 437-795

References

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  1. ^"IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved26 May 2025.
  2. ^Podnieks, Andrew (6 February 2019)."Hall of Fame Class of 2019 named".International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved3 March 2019.
  3. ^"Men's Division II, III cancelled".IIHF. Retrieved13 March 2020.
  4. ^"IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved18 November 2020.
  5. ^"Ice Hockey in Belgium".National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved12 May 2023.

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