The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia ( sl, Hokejska zveza Slovenije, HZS) is the governing body of

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. Slovenia was one of ten nations to join the

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 ...

on May 6, 1992, the largest number of nations to join in one day in the history of the organization.

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National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation Sports governing bodies in Slovenia Sports organizations established in 1946 1946 establishments in Yugoslavia