What league does Slovenia U18 play in?

Slovenia U18 play in the WJC-18 D1A.

Who is the head coach of Slovenia U18?

The head coach of Slovenia U18 is Sabahudin Kovacevic.

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2024-2025 Slovenia U18 Club Stats

Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Bert Smukavec (C)	totals		35	29	30	59	18	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	18	11	10	21	6	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U17	IntHL U17	17	18	20	38	12	-
Jaka Rakovic (D)	totals		44	15	44	59	16	-
	Triglav Kranj	Slovenia	7	0	2	2	0	-
	Triglav Kranj U17	IntHL U17	13	8	19	27	12	-
	Triglav Kranj U19	Slovenia U19	20	7	23	30	4	-
	Triglav Kranj	IntHL	4	0	0	0	0	-
Ian Petronijevic Lepsa (F)	totals		50	19	28	47	57	6
	Södertälje SK J18	J18 Region	11	6	16	22	6	14
	Södertälje SK J20	J20 Nationell	21	0	2	2	6	-4
	Södertälje SK J18	J18 Nationell	18	13	10	23	45	-4
Nik Sturm (F)	totals		32	17	22	39	37	0
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	17	12	17	29	31	-
	HDD Jesenice	IntHL	12	5	5	10	6	-
	HDD Jesenice	AlpsHL	3	0	0	0	0	0
Luka Gruskovnjak (LW/RW)	totals		25	14	25	39	16	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	19	12	21	33	14	-
	HDD Jesenice	IntHL	6	2	4	6	2	-
Martin Rozic (F)	totals		37	21	15	36	8	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	19	5	10	15	4	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U17	IntHL U17	18	16	5	21	4	-
Martin Bizjak (C)	totals		35	12	23	35	54	-
	Strömsbro IF J18	J18 Region	32	12	22	34	54	-
	Strömsbro IF J20	J20 Region	3	0	1	1	0	-
Matevz Jost (F)	totals		33	11	23	34	6	-
	Triglav Kranj	Slovenia	7	1	0	1	0	-
	Triglav Kranj U19	Slovenia U19	17	10	19	29	2	-
	Triglav Kranj	IntHL	9	0	4	4	4	-
Nejc Golob (F)	totals		33	15	17	32	8	-3
	Okanagan Hockey Academy U18	Austria U18i	7	4	6	10	2	5
	Okanagan Hockey Academy U20	Austria U20i	26	11	11	22	6	-8
Svit Habjanic (RW/C)	totals		42	11	20	31	12	-
	KooKoo U18	U18 SM-sarja	20	6	11	17	6	-
	KooKoo U18	U18 Mestis	22	5	9	14	6	-
	Triglav Kranj U19	Slovenia U19	0	0	0	0	0	-
Joc Bukovec (F/D)	totals		16	21	7	28	22	-
	Vegas Jr. Golden Knights 16U AAA	T1EHL 16U	4	6	3	9	16	-
	Vegas Jr. Golden Knights 16U AAA	NAT1HL 16U	12	15	4	19	6	-
Oskar Rogl (F)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U17	U17-Elit	40	16	11	27	26	-
Gaber Zupan Skrlj (D)	totals		33	13	14	27	4	-
	Triglav Kranj	Slovenia	8	0	0	0	2	-
	Triglav Kranj U19	Slovenia U19	17	10	13	23	2	-
	Triglav Kranj	IntHL	8	3	1	4	0	-
Din Kovacevic (D)	totals		39	7	14	21	43	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	19	0	4	4	33	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U17	IntHL U17	15	7	9	16	10	-
	HDD Jesenice	IntHL	5	0	1	1	0	-
Filip Zagar (F)	totals		29	5	12	17	10	-
	HC Ambrì-Piotta U17	U17-Elit	21	2	8	10	6	-
	GDT Bellinzona U17	U17-Top	8	3	4	7	4	-
Enej Zugwitz (D)	totals		31	8	8	16	22	-
	HKMK Bled U17	IntHL U17	9	2	2	4	8	-
	HKMK Bled U19	Slovenia U19	10	2	2	4	4	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U17	IntHL U17	8	3	4	7	8	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	4	1	0	1	2	-
Mark Groznik (D)	totals		36	8	7	15	8	3
	HK Celje	Slovenia	6	2	1	3	0	-
	HK Celje	AlpsHL	20	0	4	4	2	3
	HK Celje U19	Slovenia U19	10	6	2	8	6	-
Nik Kobal (D)	totals		30	1	8	9	12	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	18	1	7	8	8	-
	HDD Jesenice	IntHL	12	0	1	1	4	-
Lev Lesar (D)	totals		34	3	5	8	8	-
	HK Slavija Junior	Slovenia	5	0	0	0	0	-
	HK Olimpija Ljubljana U19	Slovenia U19	16	3	3	6	6	-
	HK Slavija Junior	IntHL	13	0	2	2	2	-
Tevz Mlakar (D)	totals		22	3	4	7	4	-
	HDD Jesenice	IntHL	13	1	4	5	4	-
	HD Jesenice Mladi U19	Slovenia U19	9	2	0	2	0	-

Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Gal Hebar (G)	HK Olimpija Ljubljana U19	Slovenia U19	15	1.79	.948	1	10-5-0	872:41
Erik Cuznar (G)	totals		16	2.26	.910	2	11-2-0	850:04
	Triglav Kranj	Slovenia	0	-	-	-	-	-
	Triglav Kranj U19	Slovenia U19	13	1.96	.926	2	10-2-0	735:29
	Triglav Kranj	IntHL	3	4.19	.750	0	1-0-0	114:35
Luka Dolzan (G)	totals		20	2.85	.886	2	11-8-0	1198:26
	Rögle BK J18	J18 Region	10	2.00	.901	2	9-1-0	600:00
	Rögle BK J18	J18 Nationell	9	3.62	.878	0	2-7-0	546:45
	Rögle BK J20	J20 Nationell	1	4.64	.867	0	-	51:41

2024-2025 Slovenia U18 Staff

Head CoachSabahudin Kovacevic
Asst. CoachRok Pajič
Asst. CoachDejan Varl
Asst. CoachJure Verlic
Team ManagerBogdan Jakopic
Equipment ManagerAndraz Berlisk
Equipment ManagerAnton Prostor
Physical TherapistAnze Zakotnik

Team Staff History

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2024-2025 Slovenia U18 Demographics

Slovenia U18 Facts

Plays in: U18 World Championship Division 1 Group A
2027: WJC-18 D1A -
2026: WJC-18 D1A -
2025: WJC-18 D1A -
2024: WJC-18 D1B Promoted

2024-2025 Slovenia U18 Roster Facts

Nationalities

23 players

Experience

Slovenia U18: 132 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Slovenia U18 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
04/24/2026 10:30 AM UTC	Kazakhstan U18	Slovenia U18	3 - 2 (SO)	U18 WJC D1A
04/23/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Slovenia U18	Hungary U18	5 - 2	U18 WJC D1A
04/21/2026 05:30 PM UTC	Poland U18	Slovenia U18	4 - 3	U18 WJC D1A
04/19/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Switzerland U18	Slovenia U18	10 - 2	U18 WJC D1A
04/18/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Slovenia U18	Ukraine U18	2 - 4	U18 WJC D1A

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Slovenia U18 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	WJC-18 D1A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	WJC-18 D1A	5	1	3	-	0	1	14	23	4	0.8	5	-
2024-2025	WJC-18 D1A	5	1	3	-	1	0	8	17	5	1	4	-
2023-2024	WJC-18 D1B	5	4	1	-	0	0	29	14	12	2.4		Promoted
2022-2023	WJC-18 D1B	5	3	1	-	1	0	20	13	11	2.2		-
2021-2022	WJC-18 D1B	5	2	3	-	0	0	12	12	6	1.2	4	-
2020-2021	WJC-18 D1B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2019-2020	WJC-18 D1B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2018-2019	WJC-18 D1B	5	1	3	-	1	0	6	16	5	1	5	-
2017-2018	WJC-18 D1A	5	1	4	-	0	0	7	24	3	0.6	6	Relegated
2016-2017	WJC-18 D1B	5	4	1	-	0	0	22	8	12	2.4		Promoted
2015-2016	WJC-18 D1B	5	2	3	-	0	0	19	17	6	1.2	4	-
2014-2015	WJC-18 D1B	5	3	1	-	0	1	27	21	10	2		-
2013-2014	WJC-18 D1B	5	3	2	-	0	0	15	16	9	1.8		-
2012-2013	WJC-18 D1A	5	0	5	-	0	0	8	24	0	0	6	Relegated
2011-2012	WJC-18 D1A	5	1	3	-	1	0	12	21	5	1	5	-
2010-2011	WJC-18 D1	5	4	1	-	0	0	18	14	12	2.4		-
2009-2010	WJC-18 D2	5	5	0	-	0	0	63	4	15	3		Promoted
2008-2009	WJC-18 D2	5	4	1	-	0	0	42	5	12	2.4		-
2007-2008	WJC-18 D1	5	1	4	-	0	0	15	24	3	0.6	6	Relegated
2006-2007	WJC-18 D1	5	3	1	-	0	1	23	20	10	2		-
2005-2006	WJC-18 D1	5	4	1	0	-	-	19	12	8	1.6		-
2004-2005	WJC-18 D1	5	3	2	0	-	-	22	14	6	1.2		-
2003-2004	WJC-18 D1	5	3	1	1	-	-	20	13	7	1.4		-
2002-2003	WJC-18 D1	5	3	2	0	-	-	24	27	6	1.2		-
2001-2002	WJC-18 D1	5	2	1	1	1	0	16	13	7	1.4		-
2000-2001	WJC-18 D2	3	3	0	0	-	-	31	2	6	2		Promoted
1999-2000	EJC-18 D1	3	2	1	9	-	-	21	9	4	1.33		Bronze game win
1998-1999	EJC-18 D1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	EJC-18 C	3	2	1	0	-	-	22	6	4	1.33	4	Bronze game loss

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Filip Zagar (F)	2026-2027	HC Ambrì-Piotta U21	Swiss U21-Elit	5	5	5	10	6
2.	Luka Vincec (F)	2026-2027	HDK Maribor	ÖEL	14	1	8	9	4
3.	Benjamin Topalovic (F)	2026-2027	Villacher SV U20	Austria U20i	2	4	3	7	0
4.	Ian Fingust (F)	2026-2027	HDK Maribor	ÖEL	9	5	1	6	4
5.	Lev Berc (F)	2026-2027	HKMK Bled U20	Austria U20i	2	3	2	5	0
6.	Oskar Rogl (F)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	Swiss U21-Elit	4	3	2	5	2
7.	Luka Maver (F)	2026-2027	Odense Bulldogs	Metal Ligaen	3	1	2	3	0
8.	Svit Habjanic (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	0	3	3	0
9.	Bert Smukavec (F)	2026-2027	HD Jesenice Mladi U20	Austria U20i	1	2	0	2	0
10.	Aljaz Hrobat Plemelj (F)	2026-2027	HD Jesenice Mladi U20	Austria U20i	2	0	2	2	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	176 lbs	17.30
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	181 lbs	17.17
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	185 lbs	17.57
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.41
2021-2022	View Roster	6'1"	192 lbs	17.27

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rok Leber (F)	9	12	16	28
2.	Ziga Pesut (F)	10	11	16	27
3.	Jan Drozg (F)	15	12	14	26
4.	Gal Koren (F)	9	9	15	24
5.	Anze Kopitar (F)	15	14	8	22

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	David Rodman (F)	8	16	3	19
2.	Anze Kopitar (F)	15	14	8	22
3.	Zan Jezovsek (F)	15	14	4	18
4.	Tomaz Razingar (F)	9	14	3	17
5.	Rok Leber (F)	9	12	16	28

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rok Leber (F)	9	12	16	28
2.	Ziga Pesut (F)	10	11	16	27
3.	Gal Koren (F)	9	9	15	24
4.	Jan Drozg (F)	15	12	14	26
5.	Luka Kalan (F)	10	7	13	20

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Denis Kadic (F)	8	3	15	51
2.	Martin Markoja (D)	8	2	6	47
3.	Ales Kranjc (D)	13	2	10	43
4.	Damjan Dervaric (D)	8	2	6	41
5.	Uros Vidmar (D)	9	0	0	40

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jan Drozg (F)	15	12	14	26
2.	Anze Kopitar (F)	15	14	8	22
3.	Zan Jezovsek (F)	15	14	4	18
4.	Zan Spari Leben (F)	15	8	7	15
5.	Nik Simsic (F)	15	4	9	13

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Matic Kralj (F)	4	7	15	3.75
2.	Rok Leber (F)	9	12	28	3.11
3.	Jaka Avgustincic (F)	5	9	15	3.00
4.	Dejan Vogl (F)	5	5	14	2.80
5.	Ziga Pesut (F)	10	11	27	2.70

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Rok Leber (F)	2009-2010	5	10	23
2.	Ziga Pesut (F)	2009-2010	5	10	23
3.	Gal Koren (F)	2009-2010	5	9	23
4.	Ken Ograjensek (F)	2008-2009	5	7	16
5.	Jaka Avgustincic (F)	1993-1994	5	9	15

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Rok Leber (F)	2009-2010	5	10	23
2.	Ziga Pesut (F)	2009-2010	5	10	23
3.	Gal Koren (F)	2009-2010	5	9	23
4.	Jaka Avgustincic (F)	1993-1994	5	9	15
5.	Tomaz Razingar (F)	1995-1996	4	9	11

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Gal Koren (F)	2009-2010	5	14	23
2.	Rok Leber (F)	2009-2010	5	13	23
3.	Ziga Pesut (F)	2009-2010	5	13	23
4.	Ken Ograjensek (F)	2008-2009	5	9	16
5.	Dejan Vogl (F)	2008-2009	5	9	14

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Denis Kadic (F)	1999-2000	4	6	37
2.	Marjan Manfreda (F)	1999-2000	4	3	37
3.	Martin Markoja (D)	1999-2000	4	3	37
4.	Ziga Mirtic (D)	1995-1996	4	0	36
5.	Ziga Petac (F)	1997-1998	4	6	33