Slovakia men's national junior ice hockey team

The Slovakia men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Slovakia. The team represents Slovakia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Junior Championship.

Slovakia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)"dvadsiatka"
AssociationSlovak Ice Hockey Federation
General managerMiroslav Šatan
Head coachIvan Feneš
AssistantsMartin Štrbák
CaptainAdam Sykora
Most gamesTomáš Kopecký (21)
Top scorerRichard Pánik (15)
Most pointsRichard Pánik (22)
Team colors     
IIHF codeSVK
First international
 Slovakia 6 – 4 Kazakhstan 
(Nové Zámky, Slovakia; November 1, 1993)
Biggest win
 Slovakia 22 – 0 Denmark 
(Esbjerg, Denmark; January 1, 1994)
Biggest defeat
 Slovakia 1 – 11 Canada 
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; August 11, 2022)
IIHF World Junior Championship
Appearances27 (first in 1994)
Best resultBronze (1999, 2015)
International record (W–L–T)
52–66–9
Medal record
IIHF World Junior Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Canada Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Canada Slovakia

World Junior Championship record

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Year GP W L T GF GA Pts Rank
1974–1993 As part of   Czechoslovakia
  1994 8 7 1 0 86 13 14 1st, Promoted to Pool B
  1995 7 5 2 0 33 16 10 2nd, Promoted to Pool A
  1996 6 2 1 3 24 23 7 7th place
  1997 6 2 4 0 23 26 4 6th place
  1998 6 3 3 0 26 18 2 9th place
  1999 6 4 1 1 17 14 7 Won bronze medal
  2000 7 2* 4 1 11 15 1 9th place
  2001 7 1 6 0 16 25 2 8th place
  2002 7 2 3+ 2 20 19 6 8th place
  2003 6 3 3 0 17 14 4 5th place
  2004 6 2 3 1 13 14 5 6th place
  2005 6 4 2 0 15 13 8 7th place
  2006 6 2 3 1 19 27 5 8th place
  2007 6 1 5 0 16 21 3 8th place
  2008 6 3 3 0 16 11 9 7th place
  2009 7 3† 4 0 22 28 5 4th place
  2010 6 2 4 0 19 29 6 8th place
  2011 6 2† 4 0 14 24 5 8th place
  2012 6 2 4 0 18 30 6 6th place
  2013 6 1† 3^ 0 19 33 6 8th place
  2014 5 1 4 0 16 22 3 8th place
  2015 7 4 3 0 15 21 6 Won bronze medal
  2016 5 1 4 0 8 20 3 7th place
  2017 5 1 4 0 9 22 3 8th place
  2018 5 2 3 0 12 17 6 7th place
  2019 5 1 4 0 18 22 3 8th place
  2020 5 1 4 0 9 28 3 8th place
  2021 5 1 3^ 0 7 18 4 8th place
  2022 4 1† 3 0 11 27 2 9th place
  2023 5 2 3^+ 0 17 16 8 6th place
  2024 5 3 1+ 0 22 20 9 6th place
  2025

† Includes one win in extra time (in the preliminary round)
^ Includes one loss in extra time (in the preliminary round)
* Includes one win in extra time (in the playoff round)
+ Includes one loss in extra time (in the playoff round)

Head coaches (WJC)

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1994 Július Šupler
1995 Dušan Žiška
1996–97 František Hossa
1998 Dušan Žiška
1999 Ján Filc
2000 Dušan Žiška
2001 Ján Selvek
2002 Július Šupler
2003 Róbert Spišák
2004 Jozef Frühauf
2005 Dušan Gregor
2006 Branislav Šajban
2007 Ján Jaško
2008–11 Štefan Mikeš
2012–18 Ernest Bokroš
2019–2021 Róbert Petrovický
2022 Ivan Feneš

References

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