Romania played its first game in 1983 against Australia during the Pool C tournament of the 1983 IIHF World U20 Championship.

Romania also gained promotion to Pool B for 1984 after winning all six of their games and finishing first in the standings.

[1] Romania competed in the Pool C tournament of the World Championships for the next four years but at the 1998 IIHF World U20 Championship they finished last in the Pool C tournament after losing to Great Britain and were relegated to Pool D.[1] In 2001 after the a change in the format of the World Championships Romania was reseeded into the newly formed Division III tournament.

The team finished third and retained their spot in Division II Group A for the following year.

[4] Gliga competed at five World Championships for the Romanian under-20 team from 2009 to 2013 with his best result in 2012, when he scored 17 points in the Division II Group B tournament at the 2012 IIHF World U20 Championship.