China women's national ice hockey team

China
Nickname(s)	女龙 (Ladies Dragons)
Association	Chinese Ice Hockey Association
Most games	Yu Baiwei (106)
Top scorer	Sun Rui (62)
Most points	Sun Rui (104)
IIHF code	CHN
IIHF ranking	14
Highest IIHF ranking	7 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking	20 (first in 2018)
Team colors
First international
	China 10–0 Japan; (Harbin, China; 1 January 1991)
Biggest win
	China 30–1 South Korea; (Misawa, Japan; 31 January 2003)
Biggest defeat
	United States 16–0 China; (San Jose, United States; 22 January 2002)
World Championships
Appearances	22 (first in 1992)
Best result	4th (1994, 1997)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1996)
Best result	Gold (1996, 1999)
Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances	4 (first in 2010)
Best result	(2010, 2014)
Olympics
Appearances	4 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
	118–147–12

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The Chinese women's national ice hockey team (Simplified Chinese: 中国国家女子冰球队; Traditional Chinese: 中國國家女子冰球隊; Pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójiā Nǚzǐ Bīngqiú Duì) represents China at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association.

History

The heyday of Chinese women's hockey was in the mid-90s when it was common for them to finish in 4th place mostly thanks to the "Great Wall of China" goaltender, Guo Hong, who is now retired. hina had 174 women's ice hockey players in 2011.^[1]

Motivated to gain exposure to a more challenging level of competition, the Chinese national team competed in the Naisten SM-sarja, the premier women's league in Finland, for thirteen games in the 2005–06 season and for twelve games in the 2006–07 season.^[2]^[3]

2022 Winter Olympics

In 2022, China competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics as the host nation. Going into the tournament, they were considered huge underdogs. They lost their opening game to Czech Republic, before stunning Denmark and Japan. Going into their last game against Sweden, they knew a point would be enough to secure a shock Quarter Final berth, but after taking the lead, the Chinese heartbreakingly lost 2–1 against the Swedes. Despite a small chance of progression, China was eliminated after Sweden beat Denmark in the last game of Group B. Despite the disappointment, the Chinese overachieved immensely and could hold hope of a prosperous future.

World Championships

Only two months after the Winter Olympics, they played in the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division IB in Katowice, Poland. They ended up dominating the competition, scoring 38 goals in the group to secure promotion to the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division IA. In November 2022, they were given the hosting rights to the group. Nine months later, they would end up winning the Division IA tournament and be promoted to the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship after defeating Austria 2–0 in Shenzhen. This will be China's first appearance in the top tier since 2009.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

1998 – Finished in 4th place
2002 – Finished in 7th place
2010 – Finished in 7th place
2022 – Finished in 9th place

World Championship

1992 – Finished in 5th place
1994 – Finished in 4th place
1997 – Finished in 4th place
1999 – Finished in 5th place
2000 – Finished in 6th place
2001 – Finished in 6th place
2003 – No result, the competition was cancelled due to SARS epidemic
2004 – Finished in 7th place
2005 – Finished in 6th place
2007 – Finished in 6th place
2008 – Finished in 8th place
2009 – Finished in 9th place (relegated to Division I)
2011 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Division I, relegated to Division II)
2012 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
2013 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB)
2014 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
2015 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
2016 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB)
2017 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB)
2018 – Finished in 20th place (5th in Division IB)
2019 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division IB)
2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
2022 – Finished in 16th place (1st in Division IB, promoted to Division IA)
2023 – Finished in 11th place (1st in Division IA, promoted to World Championship)
2024 – Finished in 9th place (relegated to Division I)

Asian Games

1996 – 1st
1999 - 1st
2003 – 3rd
2007 – 3rd
2011 – 3rd
2017 – 2nd

IIHF Challenge Cup of

2010 – 1st
2011 – 2nd
2012 – 2nd
2014 – 1st

Pacific Rim Championship

1995 – 3rd
1996 – 3rd

Notables

Matches

First match: 20 April 1992: 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship in Tampere, Finland. Canada 8–0 China
Largest victory: 28 January 2003: 2003 Asian Winter Games in Misawa, Japan. China 30–1 South Korea
Largest defeat: 3 April 2001: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Minnesota, United States. United States 13–0 China
Most goals for: 28 January 2003: 2003 Asian Winter Games in Misawa, Japan. China 30–1 South Korea
Most goals against: 15 April 1994: 1994 IIHF Women's World Championship in Lake Placid, United States. United States 14–3 China
First shutout for: 8 April 1995: 1995 Pacific Rim Championships in San Jose, United States. China 5–0 Japan
First shutout against: 20 April 1992: 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship in Tampere, Finland. Canada 8–0 China
First shutout tie: 5 April 2001: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Minneapolis, United States. China 0–0 Germany
First win: 23 April 1992: 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship in Tampere, Finland. China 5–2 Denmark
First loss: 20 April 1992: 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship in Tampere, Finland. Canada 8–0 China
First tie: 12 April 1994: 1994 IIHF Women's World Championship in Lake Placid, United States. China 4–4 Sweden
Highest scoring tie: 16 February 2002: 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. China 5–5 Germany
Lowest scoring tie: 5 April 2001: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Minneapolis, United States. China 0–0 Germany
Longest match