Bulgaria national ice hockey team
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The Bulgarian national men's ice hockey team is ranked 33rd in the IIHF World Ranking (January 2006) 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: Bucharest, Romania. Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 4-2 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia
- Largest victory: March 4, 1975: Sofia, Bulgaria. Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 20-3 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium; March 29, 1998: Pretoria, South Africa. Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 19-2 Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
- Largest defeat: March 25, 1994: Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia. Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 31-0 Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria; March 27, 1994: Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia. Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 31-0 Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria;
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