Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team
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| Association | Bulgaria Ice Hockey Federation |
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| General Manager | Tsvetan Mihaylov |
| Head coach | Daniel Cuomo Victor Starodubtsev |
| Assistants | Svetlin Stoev |
| Captain | Martin Boyadjiev |
| Most games | Malin Atanasov (143) |
| Most points | Stoyan Batchvarov (103) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | BUL |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 39 
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| Highest IIHF | 30 (first in 2003) |
| Lowest IIHF | 39 (first in 2014) |
| First international | |
 Bulgaria 4–2 Yugoslavia  (Bucharest, Romania; 17 January 1942) |
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| Biggest win | |
Bulgaria 20–0 Turkey  (Pretoria, South Africa; 28 March 1998) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Kazakhstan 31–0 Bulgaria (Poprad or Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia; 25 March 1994)  Ukraine 31–0 Bulgaria (Poprad or Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia; 26 March 1994) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 41 (first in 1963) |
| Best result | 14th (1970) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1976) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 135–252–23 | |
The Bulgarian men's national ice hockey team is ranked 39th as of the 2015 IIHF World Ranking and competes in Division IIB 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.
Historically, the team has played in the second highest level four times, with their highest placement being 14th in 1970. However the only year that they ever earned promotion (by placing 1st or 2nd in Pool C) was in 1975, which also qualified them for the 1976 Olympics. The only year that they won any games in Pool B was 1992 (at that time it was contested between nations ranked 13th to 20th), defeating Japan, China, and Yugoslavia.
Roster for the 2017 IIHF World Championship.
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