Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team

Bulgaria
Association Bulgaria Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach Georgi Milanov
Assistants Atanas Dimitrov
Captain Georgi Mladenov
Most games Malin Atanasov (143)
Most points Stoyan Batchvarov (103)
IIHF code BUL
IIHF ranking 32
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)
Biggest defeat

 Kazakhstan 31 - 0 Bulgaria 
(Poprad or Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia; March 25, 1994)

 Ukraine 31 - 0 Bulgaria 
(Poprad or Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia; March 26, 1994)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 41 (first in 1963)
Best result 14th (1970)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (first in 1976)
International record (W–L–T)
115-226-21

The Bulgarian men's national ice hockey team is ranked 35th in the 2009 IIHF World Ranking 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. In 2011 Bulgaria was also in Division II, with Croatia, Romania, China, Ireland and Iceland.

World Championship Div II roster[1]

Pos. No. Player Team
GK 1 Konstantin Mihaylov Slavia Sofia
GK 20 Teodor Asenov CSKA Sofia
D 3 Vasiliy Vasilev Dynamo Sofia
D 4 Tsvetan Tsvetanov Slavia Sofia
D 5 Bogdan Stefanov Slavia Sofia
D 7 Martin Giurov Slavia Sofia
D 8 Stanislav Kanchev Slavia Sofia
D 11 Alexei Yotov Vityaz Chekhov
D 14 Stephan Georgiev Slavia Sofia
D 22 Roman Morgunov Slavia Sofia
F 6 Yavor Slavchev Slavia Sofia
F 9 Stanislav Muhachov (A) Slavia Sofia
F 10 Martin Milanov (A) Dynamo Sofia
F 12 Krasimir Chapkanov Slavia Sofia
F 13 Aleksandar Todorov Slavia Sofia
F 16 Rosen Asenov Slavia Sofia
F 18 Lachezar Giumov Slavia Sofia
F 19 Konstantin Alexandrov (C) Slavia Sofia
F 21 Dimitar Miloshev Slavia Sofia
F 24 Martin Boydajiev Slavia Sofia

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