Bulgaria national ice hockey team

The Bulgarian national men's ice hockey team is ranked 32nd in the IIHF World Ranking (2008) 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, is to host the games of Division II, Group A of the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Bulgaria's opponents at the tournament will be Belgium, Spain, Romania, South Africa and Serbia and Montenegro.

*First match: January 17, 1942 in Bucharest, Romania: ih|BUL 4-2 ih|YUG|kingdom
*Largest victory: March 28, 1998 in Pretoria, South Africa: ih|BUL 20-0 ih|TUR
*Largest defeat: March 25, 1994 in Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia: ih|KAZ 31-0 ih|BUL; March 27, 1994 in Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia: ih|UKR 31-0 ih|BUL;
*Largest defeat (womens): September 9, 2008: 82-0 (shots 139-0)

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