Slovakia men's national junior ice hockey team

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

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.

World Junior Championship record

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

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