Bulgaria women's national ice hockey team
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| Association | Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Most games | three players (36) |
| Top scorer | Mirela Zareva (15) |
| Most points | Mirela Zareva (29) |
| IIHF code | BUL |
| IIHF ranking | 33 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 23 (2011) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 39 (2021) |
| Team colors | |
| First international | |
Italy  41–0  Bulgaria(Liepāja, Latvia; 2 September 2008) | |
| Biggest win | |
Bulgaria 6–1  Ireland(Izmir, Turkey; 8 December 2012) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Slovakia  82–0 Bulgaria(Liepāja, Latvia; 6 September 2008) | |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 2011) |
| Best result | 33rd (2011) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 9–45–0 | |
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The Bulgarian women's ice hockey team represents Bulgaria at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation.
Qualification tournament for the 2010 Olympics
The Bulgaria participated in the women's qualification tournament for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. They played four games, facing Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, and Latvia. The team lost all four games in blowouts: 0–39 against Latvia, 1–30 against Croatia, 0–41 against Italy, and a record-setting 0–82 loss to Slovakia, which remains the highest goal differential ever recorded in an IIHF sanctioned match as of 2020.[1] Tallied in the game against Croatia, the only goal was scored by forward Olga Gospodinova and assisted by the defensemen Elina Milanova and Sofiya Iliycheva.[2]
World Championship record
In 2011, the Bulgarian women's national team debuted at their first IIHF Women's World Championship tournament, competing in Division V. They were scheduled to compete in the 2009 Division V tournament in Gdańsk Poland, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons.[3]
| Year | Division | Result | Overall rank |
|---|---|---|---|
 2011 |
Division V | 3rd | 33rd |
 2013 |
Division II B | 2nd | 34th |
 2014 |
Division II B | 3rd | 35th |
 2015 |
Division II B | 4th | 36th |
| 2016 |
Division II B | 4th | 36th |
 2017 |
Division II B | 4th | 36th |
| 2018 |
Division II B | 5th | 38th |
 2019 |
Division II B | 5th | 39th |
| 2020 |
Division III | 4th | 38th |
 2021 |
Division III | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] | |
| 2022 |
Division III | 3rd | 34th |
 2023 |
Division III | 5th | 37th |
 2024 |
Division III | 6th | 40th |
References
- ↑ "No Mercy". 16 February 2010. http://thelockerrooms.blogspot.com/.
- ↑ "Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament, Women – Round Robin Game 3 – Game Summary, CRO – BUL 30–1 (8–0, 13–0, 9–1)". IIHF. 3 September 2008. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/166/IHW166903_74_4_0.pdf.
- ↑ "2009 IIHF Championship Program". IIHF. 30 July 2008. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html.
- ↑ Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations.
External links
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