Founded 1935/1949 (1935/1949) | Headquarters Ljubljana | |
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Replaced Ice Hockey department of Winter Sports Federation | ||
The Ice Hockey Federation of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Savez hokeja na ledu Jugoslavije, Slovene: Hokejska Zveza Jugoslavije) was the governing body of ice hockey in Yugoslavia.
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History
In 1911 Kingdom of Serbia joined the International Ice Hockey Federation at the fourth LIHG Congress in Berlin. After the World War I and the formation of Yugoslavia Winter Sports Federation of Yugoslavia was formed in Ljubljana with its ice hockey department. Yugoslav Skating Federation (Jugoslavenski klizački savez) was then formed in Zagreb in 1935 and joined the LIHG in 1939. After the World War II Skating and Ice Hockey Federation of Yugoslavia was formed in 1949. It was transformed to Ice and Roller Skating Federation in 1956 and finally split to Skating Federation and Ice Hockey Federation in 1974. It was dissolved with the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Since 1939 it organized Yugoslav Ice Hockey Championship.