North Macedonia's ice hockey team ( mk, Хокејарска репрезентација на Македонија; ''Hokejarska reprezentacija na Makedonija'') is the national men's

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team of

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. They are controlled by the

Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation The Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation ( mk, Хокеј Федерација на Македонија; ''Hokej Federacija na Makedonija'') is the governing body of ice hockey in North Macedonia. References External links Official website {{II ...

and has been an associate member of the

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(IIHF) since 4 October 2001.

History

Macedonia played its first unofficial game on 27 March 2011 against Red Star Sofia of

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. They went on to lose the game 4–1. On 20 December 2014, Macedonia played two exhibition games against the Bulgarian U20 national team in Skopje. They lost the first game 6–5 in

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and won the second game 4–3 following a

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, recording the team's first ever win. Macedonia have still never entered in any IIHF World Championship tournaments. On 20 January 2018, Macedonia made its international debut and played two exhibition games against

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over the weekend. They won the first game 8–7 and lost the second game 7–6 in overtime a day later.

Tournament record

European Championship

Within , federal team 1939-(11),1964-(11),1968-(7) * after 1991 Didn't Held

Olympic Games

Within , federal team 1964-(14),1968-(9),1972-(11),1976-(10),1980- p,o(3rd),1984-(11),1988- p,o(5th) * 1996-2022 Didn't Enter

World Championships

Development Cup

All-time record against other nations

''Last match update: 21 November 2018''

All-time record against other clubs

''Last match update: 21 December 2014''

References

External links

IIHF profile

National Teams of Ice Hockey profile
2011 establishments in the Republic of Macedonia Ice hockey in North Macedonia National ice hockey teams in Europe

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