Slovakia men's national junior ice hockey team
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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.
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| Nickname | "dvadsiatka" |
|---|---|
| Association | Slovak Ice Hockey Federation |
| General manager | Miroslav Šatan |
| Head coach | Peter Frühauf |
| Assistants | Andrew Boschetto Jan Simko Ivan Švarný |
| Captain | Adam Sykora |
| Most games | Tomáš Kopecký (21) |
| Top scorer | Richard Pánik (15) |
| Most points | Richard Pánik (22) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | SVK |
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| 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 0 – 16 Sweden  (Rovaniemi, Finland; April 17, 2025) | |
| IIHF World Junior Championship | |
| Appearances | 33 (first in 1994) |
| Best result |  (1999, 2015) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 53–70–9 | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| IIHF World Junior Championship | ||
 | 1999 Canada | Slovakia |
| 2015 Canada | Slovakia |
World Junior Championship record
| Year | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–1993 | As part of  Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 13 | 14 | 1st, Promoted to Pool B | |||||
 1995 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 2nd, Promoted to Pool A | |||||
 1996 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7th place | |||||
 1997 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 6th place | |||||
 1998 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 9th place | |||||
 1999 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 7 | Won bronze medal | |||||
| 2000 | 7 | 2* | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 9th place | |||||
 2001 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 8th place | |||||
| 2002 | 7 | 2 | 3+ | 2 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 8th place | |||||
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5th place | |||||
| 2004 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6th place | |||||
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7th place | |||||
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 8th place | |||||
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 8th place | |||||
| 2008 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7th place | |||||
| 2009 | 7 | 3† | 4 | 0 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 4th place | |||||
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 8th place | |||||
| 2011 | 6 | 2† | 4 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 8th place | |||||
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 6th place | |||||
| 2013 | 6 | 1† | 3^ | 0 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 8th place | |||||
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 8th place | |||||
| 2015 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 6 | Won bronze medal | |||||
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 7th place | |||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 8th place | |||||
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 7th place | |||||
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 8th place | |||||
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 8th place | |||||
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 3^ | 0 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 8th place | |||||
| 2022 | 4 | 1† | 3 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 9th place | |||||
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 3^+ | 0 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 6th place | |||||
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 1+ | 0 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 6th place | |||||
| 2025 | 5 | 2† | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 6th place | |||||
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 8th place | |||||
† 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
- 2019–21 – Róbert Petrovický
- 2022–25 – Ivan Feneš[1][2][3]
- 2026 – Peter Frühauf[4]