What league does Slovakia U18 play in?

Slovakia U18 play in the WJC-18.

Who is the head coach of Slovakia U18?

The head coach of Slovakia U18 is Martin Dendis.

Who is the captain of Slovakia U18?

The captain of Slovakia U18 is Tomas Pobezal.

Who is the general manager of Slovakia U18?

The general manager of Slovakia U18 is Branislav Varga.

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2023-2024

2023-2024 Season

Slovakia U18 were 1-3-0 in the 2023-24 WJC-18 season with 3 points, 3rd in the A and 7th overall.

2023-2024 Slovakia U18 Club Stats

Slovakia U18 — 2023-2024 Club Stats — Skaters
Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Tomas Chrenko (C)	totals		56	28	48	76	57	38
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	44	24	44	68	57	36
	HK Nitra U18	Slovakia U18	1	2	4	6	0	5
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	5	0	0	0	0	-3
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	1	1	0	1	0	2
	HC Topolcany	Slovakia2	3	1	0	1	0	-2
	HK Nitra	Slovakia	2	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Nemec (F)	totals		54	29	29	58	30	38
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	43	28	29	57	26	42
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	4	0	0	0	2	-3
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	1	1	0	1	0	1
	HK Nitra	Slovakia	3	0	0	0	0	0
	HC Topolcany	Slovakia2	3	0	0	0	2	-2
Patryk Zubek (D)	totals		46	9	43	52	26	19
	Barani Banska Bystrica U20	Slovakia U20	45	9	42	51	24	18
	Barani Banska Bystrica U18	Slovakia U18	1	0	1	1	2	1
Michal Liscinsky (F)	totals		46	26	19	45	16	1
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	12	4	8	12	4	9
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	24	9	7	16	10	-15
	HC Kosice U20	Slovakia U20	10	13	4	17	2	7
Jan Chovan (C/RW)	totals		50	19	25	44	6	10
	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	20	12	19	31	2	-
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	30	7	6	13	4	10
Michal Svrcek (LW/RW)	totals		41	18	19	37	49	7
	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Region	15	11	9	20	37	-
	Brynäs IF J20	J20 Nationell	22	5	7	12	12	4
	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Nationell	4	2	3	5	0	3
Miroslav Satan (C/LW)	totals		36	15	20	35	20	6
	HC Slovan Bratislava U20	Slovakia U20	26	14	16	30	20	14
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	9	1	3	4	0	-9
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	1	0	1	1	0	1
Tobias Tomik (C/RW)	totals		45	15	20	35	16	-26
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	12	3	10	13	8	5
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	20	5	1	6	6	-31
	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	3	0	0	0	0	0
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	10	7	9	16	2	0
Luka Radivojevic (D)	totals		50	4	29	33	10	29
	Örebro HK J20	J20 Nationell	43	4	29	33	10	29
	Örebro HK J18	J18 Region	1	0	0	0	0	-
	Örebro HK	SHL	6	0	0	0	0	0
	Örebro HK J18	J18 Nationell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dario Lass (LW/RW)	totals		47	14	18	32	22	-5
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	12	7	3	10	8	8
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	24	2	5	7	8	-15
	Vlci Zilina	Slovakia2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Vlci Zilina U20	Slovakia U20	10	5	10	15	6	2
Adam Belusko (D)	totals		42	2	29	31	28	-5
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	11	0	13	13	6	17
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	24	1	10	11	20	-20
	HC Kosice U20	Slovakia U20	6	0	6	6	2	-3
	HC Kosice	Slovakia	1	1	0	1	0	1
Pavol Prokopovic (F)	totals		43	13	14	27	14	-7
	HK Dukla Michalovce	Slovakia	3	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	12	7	5	12	4	12
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	21	5	8	13	6	-16
	HK Michalovce U20	Slovakia U20	7	1	1	2	4	-3
Andreas Straka (LW/C)	totals		43	11	14	25	68	-16
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	11	5	5	10	4	5
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	21	2	5	7	33	-24
	HK Poprad U20	Slovakia U20	10	4	4	8	31	3
	HK Poprad	Slovakia	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Vrtiel (C)	totals		45	7	18	25	32	4
	Lidingö Vikings J18	J18 Region	39	6	18	24	32	4
	Lidingö Vikings	Division 2	6	1	0	1	0	-
Tobias Pitka (C)	Victoria Grizzlies	BCHL	46	5	14	19	12	-
Fabian Licko (D)	totals		46	2	15	17	47	3
	HC Modre Kridla Slovan	Slovakia2	14	0	2	2	4	-2
	HC Slovan Bratislava U20	Slovakia U20	22	2	12	14	39	11
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	10	0	1	1	4	-6
Ondrej Maruna (C)	Charlottetown Islanders	QMJHL	56	6	10	16	10	-17
Adam Kalman (D)	totals		47	6	9	15	22	-24
	HC Olomouc U17	Czechia U17	20	6	7	13	12	-9
	HC Olomouc U20	Czechia U20	27	0	2	2	10	-15
Samuel Huzevka (D)	totals		43	4	10	14	28	0
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	12	3	1	4	12	10
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	22	1	5	6	16	-11
	Vlci Zilina U20	Slovakia U20	9	0	4	4	0	1
Tomas Pobezal (C)	totals		37	5	6	11	31	-1
	HK Nitra	Slovakia	33	2	3	5	31	0
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	2	2	3	5	0	3
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	2	1	0	1	0	-4
Andrej Fabus (D)	totals		40	1	9	10	10	-2
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	12	0	5	5	2	10
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	24	0	3	3	6	-15
	HC Slovan Bratislava U20	Slovakia U20	2	0	1	1	2	3
	HC Modre Kridla Slovan	Slovakia2	2	1	0	1	0	0
Samuel Kupec (D)	totals		66	0	6	6	32	-12
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	8	0	3	3	12	3
	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	32	0	1	1	2	-1
	HC Topolcany	Slovakia2	15	0	0	0	6	0
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	11	0	2	2	12	-14

Slovakia U18 — 2023-2024 Club Stats — Goalies
Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Alan Lendak (G)	totals		36	2.41	.928	0	23-13-0	2041:57
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	20	1.95	.938	-	17-3-0	1197:03
	Philosophers Nitra	EUHL	1	3.00	.912	0	1-0-0	60:00
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	6	1.97	.935	-	5-1-0	365:52
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	9	4.01	.902	-	0-9-0	419:02
	HK Slovan Levice	Slovakia3	0	-	-	-	-	-
Patrik Brezani (G)	totals		24	3.00	.911	-	13-11-0	1419:07
	HKM Zvolen U18	Slovakia U18	11	3.14	.919	-	7-4-0	669:25
	HKM Zvolen U20	Slovakia U20	13	2.88	.903	-	6-7-0	749:42
Martin Haronik (G)	totals		25	4.31	.884	0	7-18-0	1406:52
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	2	0.50	.977	-	2-0-0	120:00
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	17	5.50	.865	-	1-16-0	927:43
	HC Slovan Bratislava U20	Slovakia U20	5	2.41	.921	-	4-1-0	299:09
	HC Modre Kridla Slovan	Slovakia2	1	3.00	.932	0	0-1-0	60:00

2023-2024 Slovakia U18 Staff

Head CoachMartin Dendis
Asst. CoachMichal Dostál
Asst. CoachAndrej Kmec
Goaltending CoachAdam Stepanovsky
General ManagerBranislav Varga
Conditioning CoachJan Munka
Equipment ManagerLubos Ondrejka
Media ManagerTomas Lengyel
Physical TherapistStefan Sykora
Team ConsultantIvan Fenes
Video CoachPavol Rybar

Team Staff History

2023-2024 Slovakia U18 Captains

"C"

Tomas Pobezal

"A"

Team Captaincy History

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Slovakia U18 Facts

Plays in: U18 World Championship
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2026: WJC-18 Silver
2025: WJC-18 Bronze game loss
2024: WJC-18 Bronze game loss

2023-2024 Slovakia U18 Roster Facts

Nationalities

25 players

Experience

Slovakia U18: 154 GP
SHL: 6 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Slovakia (WC)
Slovakia Olympics (OG)

Slovakia U18 Games

Slovakia U18 — 2023-2024 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
05/02/2026 05:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Sweden U18	2 - 4	U18 WJC
05/01/2026 01:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Latvia U18	1 - 0	U18 WJC
04/29/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Denmark U18	7 - 1	U18 WJC
04/27/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Latvia U18	Slovakia U18	2 - 5	U18 WJC
04/25/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Finland U18	4 - 5 (OT 61:50)	U18 WJC

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Slovakia U18 History and Standings

Slovakia U18 — Season History
season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	WJC-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	WJC-18	4	3	0	-	0	1	17	9	10	2.5	1	Final loss
2024-2025	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	1	0	17	10	8	2	2	Bronze game loss
2023-2024	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	14	19	3	0.75	3	Bronze game loss
2022-2023	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	1	0	15	15	5	1.25	3	Bronze game loss
2021-2022	WJC-18 D1A	5	5	0	-	0	0	27	11	15	3		Promoted
2020-2021	WJC-18 D1A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2019-2020	WJC-18 D1A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2018-2019	WJC-18	4	0	4	-	0	0	9	25	0	0	5	Relegated
2017-2018	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	0	1	19	14	7	1.75	3	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	0	1	13	10	7	1.75	3	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	WJC-18	4	2	2	-	0	0	12	14	6	1.5	3	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	1	0	9	18	5	1.25	3	Quarterfinal loss
2013-2014	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	0	1	9	12	4	1	4	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	WJC-18	4	0	4	-	0	0	7	19	0	0	5	Saved in relegation
2011-2012	WJC-18 D1A	5	5	0	-	0	0	30	6	15	3		Promoted
2010-2011	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	9	19	3	0.75	5	Relegated
2009-2010	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	10	15	3	0.75	4	Saved in relegation
2008-2009	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	7	28	3	0.75	4	Saved in relegation
2007-2008	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	0	0	13	19	4	1	4	Saved in relegation
2006-2007	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	0	1	9	10	7	1.75	2	Quarterfinal loss
2005-2006	WJC-18	4	1	3	0	-	-	11	16	2	0.5	4	Saved in relegation
2004-2005	WJC-18	4	2	2	0	-	-	6	9	4	1	3	Quarterfinal loss
2003-2004	WJC-18	4	1	0	3	-	-	13	7	5	1.25	3	Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003	WJC-18	4	3	1	0	-	-	18	9	6	1.5	2	Final loss
2001-2002	WJC-18	5	3	2	0	-	-	15	11	6	1.2	8	Saved in relegation
	WJC-18	5	1	4	0	-	-	10	19	2	0.4	5	-
2000-2001	WJC-18	4	1	3	0	-	-	14	15	2	0.5	4	-
1999-2000	WJC-18	4	2	2	0	-	-	12	10	4	1	3	Quarterfinal loss
1998-1999	WJC-18	5	3	2	0	-	-	13	12	6	1.2		-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Slovakia U18 — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Stanislav Horanský (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	10	6	12	18	2
2.	Libor Hudáček (F)	2026-2027	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	12	4	12	16	6
3.	Mislav Rosandic (D)	2026-2027	HC Kosice	Extraliga	12	1	15	16	6
4.	Filip Vasko (F)	2026-2027	UTE	Erste Liga	10	5	10	15	4
5.	Tomas Pobezal (F)	2026-2027	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	11	4	11	15	14
6.	Adam Nemec (F)	2026-2027	Sudbury Wolves	OHL	7	3	12	15	6
7.	Marek Slovák (F)	2026-2027	HK Levice	1. liga	11	3	12	15	2
8.	Adam Pauliny (F)	2026-2027	Rytieri Martin	1. liga	10	9	5	14	2
9.	Alex Misiak (F)	2026-2027	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	11	7	7	14	13
10.	Peter Bjaloncik (F)	2026-2027	HK Poprad	Extraliga	12	7	6	13	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	187 lbs	17.60
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	17.68
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	192 lbs	17.52
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	17.87
2021-2022	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	17.64

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	19	35
2.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	11	16	16	32
3.	Richard Zedník (F)	10	16	14	30
4.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	6	17	7	24
5.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	10	14	10	24

Franchise All-Time Goals

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	6	17	7	24
2.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	19	35
3.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	11	16	16	32
4.	Richard Zedník (F)	10	16	14	30
5.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	10	14	10	24

Franchise All-Time Assists

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	19	35
2.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	11	16	16	32
3.	Richard Zedník (F)	10	16	14	30
4.	Peter Slamiar (F)	9	6	12	18
5.	Dalibor Dvorský (F)	12	13	11	24

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Boris Valábik (D)	13	1	4	60
2.	Maxim Cajkovic (F)	12	7	18	37
3.	Michal Valjent (D)	5	0	1	37
4.	Pavol Rieciciar (F)	5	1	2	32
5.	Tomas Troliga (F)	8	1	3	31

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Marián Gáborík (F)	19	11	11	22
2.	Stefan Ruzicka (F)	15	8	3	11
3.	Andrej Meszaros (D)	15	2	3	5
4.	Tomas Chrenko (F)	14	7	6	13
5.	Jan Chovan (F)	14	7	4	11

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	6	17	24	4.00
2.	Rastislav Palov (F)	2	5	8	4.00
3.	Róbert Döme (F)	5	7	17	3.40
4.	Ivan Salon (F)	4	7	13	3.25
5.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	35	3.18

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	17	7	24	4.00	4
2.	Richard Zedník (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	12	20	3.33	10
3.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	11	19	3.17	6
4.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	7	18	3.00	22
5.	Ronald Petrovicky (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	6	17	2.83	4

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	17	7	24	4.00	4
2.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	7	18	3.00	22
3.	Ronald Petrovicky (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	6	17	2.83	4
4.	Robert Tomik (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	10	7	17	2.83	4
5.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	10	6	16	2.67	20

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Richard Zedník (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	12	20	3.33	10
2.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	11	19	3.17	6
3.	Juraj Faith (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	6	11	17	2.83	2
4.	Róbert Döme (F)	1994-1995	EJC-18 B	5	7	10	17	3.40	2
5.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	1994-1995	EJC-18 B	5	6	10	16	3.20	4

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Michal Valjent (D)	2011-2012	WJC-18 D1A	5	0	1	1	0.20	37
2.	Boris Valábik (D)	2002-2003	WJC-18	7	1	0	1	0.14	34
3.	Pavol Rieciciar (F)	1995-1996	EJC-18	5	1	1	2	0.40	32
4.	Maxim Cajkovic (F)	2018-2019	WJC-18	7	3	4	7	1.00	31
5.	Tomas Troliga (F)	2001-2002	WJC-18	8	1	2	3	0.38	31

Player Nationalities Throughout History

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