Association | Bulgaria Ice Hockey Federation |
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GM | Krasimir Krastev |
Head coach | Georgi Milanov |
Assistants | Atanas Dimitrov |
Captain | Rosen Stefanov |
Most games | Malin Atanasov (143) |
Most points | Stoyan Batchvarov (103) |
IIHF code | BUL |
IIHF ranking | 31 |
Highest IIHF ranking | 30 (first in 2003) |
Lowest IIHF ranking | 35 (2009) |
Team colours | |
First international | |
Bulgaria 4 - 2 Yugoslavia (Bucharest, Romania; January 17, 1942) | |
Biggest win | |
Bulgaria 20 - 0 Turkey (Pretoria, South Africa; March 28, 1998) | |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 1976) |
International record (W-L-T) | |
115-226-21 |
The Bulgarian men's national ice hockey team is ranked 32nd in the IIHF World Ranking (2008) and competes in Division II at the Ice Hockey World Championships.
The team has participated once at the Olympic Games. This happened in Innsbruck in 1976, when Bulgaria lost to the Czechoslovak team 1-14 in the first round. After a few more losses the team finished last in the tournament.
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, hosted the games of Division II, Group B of the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Bulgaria's opponents at the tournament were Belgium, Mexico, Spain, South Africa and South Korea.
World Championship Div II roster[]
- Head coach: Georgi Milanov
Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
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GK | 1 | Konstantin Mihaylov | Slavia Sofia |
GK | 20 | Kiril Vajarov | Slavia Sofia |
D | 3 | Vasiliy Vasilev | Istanbul Paten |
D | 4 | Tsvetan Tsvetanov | Slavia Sofia |
D | 5 | Bogdan Stefanov | Slavia Sofia |
D | 6 | Alexander Panev | Slavia Sofia |
D | 7 | Martin Giurov | Levski Sofia |
D | 11 | Alexi Yotov | Vityaz Chekhov |
D | 12 | Rosen Stefanov | Slavia Sofia |
D | 22 | Roman Morgunov | Slavia Sofia |
F | 2 | Yavor Slavchev | Slavia Sofia |
F | 8 | Stoyan Bachvarov | Slavia Sofia |
F | 9 | Stanislav Muhachov | Slavia Sofia |
F | 10 | Martin Milanov | Slavia Sofia |
F | 13 | Svetlin Stoev | Spartak Sofia |
F | 14 | Rosen Hristov | Slavia Sofia |
F | 15 | Petar Hadzhitonev | Slavia Sofia |
F | 16 | Rosen Asenov | Slavia Sofia |
F | 19 | Georgi Mladenov | Academica Sofia |
F | 21 | Plamen Veselinov | Slavia Sofia |
F | 24 | Martin Boydajiev | Slavia Sofia |
External links[]
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