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{{ Infobox national hockey team
| Name            = Greece
| Badge           = Greek hockey.jpg
| Badge_size      = 140px
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| Association     = [[Greek Ice Hockey]]
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| IIHF code       = GRE
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| First game      = {{ihj|YUG}} 33 - 1 {{ihj-rt|GRE}} <br> ([[Belgrade]], [[Yugoslavia]]; December 27, 1990)
| Largest win     = 
| Largest loss    = {{ihj|LAT}} 47 - 1 {{ihj-rt|GRE}} <br> ([[Riga]], [[Latvia]]; November 10, 1992)
| World champ2 name  = [[IIHF World U20 Championship]]
| World champ2 apps  = 2
| World champ2 first = [[1991 IIHF World U20 Championship|1991]]
| World champ2 best  = 24th (''1991'')
| Record          = 0-11-0
}}
The '''Greek men's national under 20 ice hockey team''' is the national under-20 [[ice hockey]] team in [[Greece]]. They played in two [[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Championships]] in 1991 and 1992, as well as the qualification tournament for 1993. They have not officially participated since 1993 then.

==History==
The junior national team of Greece was formed in 1990 and played its first international competition in the World Junior Championships held in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.icehockey.gr/historyEN.htm|title=History of Ice hockey in Greece|publisher=icehockey.gr|access-date=6 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612075415/http://www.icehockey.gr/historyEN.htm|archive-date=12 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> They lost their first game 33&ndash;1 against [[Yugoslavia men's national junior ice hockey team|Yugoslavia]] on December 27, 1990.<ref name="losses">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/Junior.html |title=Junior U20 |publisher=www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com |access-date=7 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531081333/http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/Junior.html |archive-date=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> They continued their losing streak with a 22&ndash;1 loss to [[Bulgaria men's national junior ice hockey team|Bulgaria]]. Throughout the rest of the [[1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]], the Greeks lost five more games including a 22&ndash;0 shutout against [[Great Britain men's national junior ice hockey team|Great Britain]] by a combined score of 103&ndash;2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1991.htm|title=IIHF U20 1991|publisher=www.passionhockey.com|access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> 

The opening of the [[1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] was much more promising.  Their first game was a 7-0 loss to [[South Korea men's national junior ice hockey team|South Korea]].  However, following their second loss of the tournament it was discovered that they had used an ineligible player, and they were forced to forfeit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1992.htm|title=IIHF U20 1992|publisher=www.passionhockey.com|access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> 

Their worst defeat came in the qualification tournament, for Pool C, of the [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]].  Against [[Latvia men's national junior ice hockey team|Latvia]], in their first game, they lost 47&ndash;1.  The 46 goal difference was the largest in their history.  Greece went on to be outscored 85&ndash;3 in their final three games of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1993.htm|title=IIHF U20 1993|publisher=www.passionhockey.com|access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> 

Following the [[Greece men's national ice hockey team|Greek national team's]] [[bronze medal]] at the World Championships in the 1992 Pool C2 in South Africa, the sport suffered a decline in support from the people of Greece. Despite this, they fielded an under-18 junior team that ended up winning one game and losing four at the European Championships in [[Bulgaria]], in 1996.<ref name="history" />  This team is not officially recognized as participating at that tournament because they did not have the required minimum number of players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1996.htm|title=IIHF U18 1996|publisher=www.passionhockey.com|access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> 

As of 2010, there are currently 76 players playing junior hockey in Greece.<ref name="IIHF">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/greece.html|title=Greece|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> In IIHF competitions, Greece has a current record of 0&ndash;11&ndash;0.<ref name="losses" />

==International competitions==
* [[1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
* [[1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] – Disqualified
* [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] – 32nd place (9th in Pool C Qualification)

==References==
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{{National sports teams of Greece}}
{{Men's national junior ice hockey teams}}

[[Category:Greece national ice hockey team|Junior]]
[[Category:Junior national ice hockey teams]]