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 a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation through the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nickname(s)	Ledeni zmajevi (The Ice Dragons)
Association	Hokejaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine
General manager	Will Richard
Head coach	Ross MacLean
Assistants	Jurica Bednjanec
Captain	Haris Mrkva
Most games	Tarik Ćatović Nermin Alić (31)
Top scorer	Mirza Omer (25)
Most points	Mirza Omer (52)
Home stadium	Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall
Team colors
IIHF code	BIH
Ranking
Current IIHF	47 1 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF	45 (2016)
Lowest IIHF	50 (2022)
First international
Greece  10–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo, BIH; 15 February 2008)
Biggest win
Bosnia and Herzegovina  15–1  Malaysia (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 5 March 2023)
Biggest defeat
North Korea  13–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina (İzmir, Turkey; 3 April 2015) Luxembourg  13–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Istanbul, Turkey; 6 April 2016)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	9 (first in 2008)
Best result	44th (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
18–31–0

Withdrawal from 2017 IIHF tournament

Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to withdraw from the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, and thus all their games were counted as 5–0 forfeits for the opposing teams.^[2]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
1920 through 1992		As part of Yugoslavia
1994 through 2026		did not qualify
Total		–	–	–	–	–	–

World Championships

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
1930 through 1992		As part of Yugoslavia
1993 through 2007		did not enter
2008	Sarajevo	47th place (2nd in Division III Q)	2	1	0	0	1
2009 through 2014		did not participate
2015	İzmir	47th place (7th in Division III)	6	0	0	0	6
2016	Istanbul	44th place (4th in Division III)	5	2	0	0	3
2017	Sofia	Withdrew from tournament[2] (All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2018	Sarajevo	48th place (2nd in Division III Q)	3	2	0	0	1
2019	Abu Dhabi	50th place (4th in Division III Q)	5	2	0	1	2
2020	Cape Town	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021	Cape Town	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022	Cape Town	44th place (3rd in Division III B)	4	0	0	0	4
2023	Sarajevo	47th place (2nd in Division III B)	5	3	1	0	1
2024	Sarajevo	47th place (1st in Division III B)	5	4	0	1	0
2025	Istanbul	45th place (5th in Division III B)	5	1	0	0	4
Total		9/16	40	15	1	2	22

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 18 March 2022^[5]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Armenia[a]	1	1	0	0	5	0
Georgia[b]	3	1	2	0	8	18
Greece	1	0	1	0	1	10
Hong Kong	3	1	2	0	5	19
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	17	1
Kyrgyzstan[c]	1	1	0	0	5	0
Luxembourg	2	0	2	0	0	18
North Macedonia	2	1	1	0	14	14
North Korea	1	0	1	0	0	13
South Africa	3	0	3	0	5	24
Thailand	3	1	2	0	15	13
Turkey	5	1	4	0	11	39
Turkmenistan	1	0	1	0	3	13
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	0	11	16
Total	31	9	22	0	96	202

Notes

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Armenia in the 2008 World Championship Division III Qualification tournament after Armenia forfeited the game due to player eligibility issues. The score of the game was originally an 18–1 for Armenia.
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Georgia in the 2016 World Championship tournament after Georgia forfeited the game due to the use of ineligible players. The score of the game was originally an 8–0 for Georgia.
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded a 5–0 victory over Kyrgyzstan in the 2019 World Championship Division III Qualification tournament after Kyrgyzstan forfeited the game due to the use of ineligible players. The score of the game was originally an 14–3 for Kyrgyzstan.