Turkey women's national ice hockey team

Turkey
	; The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
Most games	Betül Taygar (42)
Top scorer	Çağla Baktıroğlu (40)
Most points	Çağla Baktıroğlu (61)
IIHF code	TUR
IIHF ranking	28
Highest IIHF ranking	27 (first in 2018)
Lowest IIHF ranking	35 (2012)
First international
	Romania 27–0 Turkey; (Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania; 27 March 2007)
Biggest win
	Turkey 11–3 Bulgaria; (Hong Kong; 18 February 2015)
Biggest defeat
	Finland 32–0 Turkey; (Erzurum, Turkey; 31 January 2011)
World Championships
Appearances	13 (first in 2007)
Best result	29th (2022)
International record (W–L–T)
	19–50–0

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The Turkish women's national ice hockey team represents Turkey at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Women's Ice Hockey Championship Division IV. The women's national team, established in late 2006, is controlled by Turkish Ice Hockey Federation.

History

The Turkish women team made its first appearance at the Women's World Championships Division IV tournament held between March 26 through April 1 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.

Women's ice hockey sport in Turkey began in 2005 with the forming of women's clubs in Ankara. The first official competitions were a cup and a tournament held in 2006.^[1] The first women's ice hockey league started on February 17, 2007 with the participation of 6 teams from Ankara and one team from Kocaeli.^[2]

The national team was selected following national team camps. The first team coach was Canadian Clive R. Tolley from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, who has assumed the head coach duties for the Turkish senior men's, juniors' (under 20) and espoir (under 18) teams for 4 years term with a trial period of January–June 2007.^[3]

Tournament record

World Championship

2007 – 33rd place (6th in Division IV)
2008 – 33rd place (6th in Division IV)
2009 – The Division III, Division IV and Division V were not played, as the respective tournaments were cancelled.^[4]
2011 – 34th place (5th in Division V)
2013 – 33rd place (1st in Division IIB qualification, promoted to Division IIB)
2014 – 33rd place (6th in Division IIB, relegated to Division IIB qualification)
2015 – 33rd place (1st in Division IIB qualification, promoted to Division IIB)
2016 – 32nd place (6th in Division IIB)
2017 – 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
2018 – 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
2019 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIB)
2020 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIB)
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
2022 – 29th place (3rd in Division IIB)
2023 – Withdrawn due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake^[6]
2024 – 33rd place (5th in Division IIB)

All-time Record against other nations

As of March 6, 2015

Team	WR	GP	W	OTL	L	WLDiff	GF	GA	GDiff
Bulgaria	34	5	4	0	1	+3	24	10	+14
Ireland	37	2	2	0	0	+2	10	1	+9
Hong Kong	36	1	1	0	0	+1	4	1	+3
South Africa	32	2	1	0	1	0	9	12	−3
Belgium	31	1	0	1	0	-1	1	2	−1
Mexico	35	1	0	0	1	-1	1	6	−5
Australia	29	1	0	0	1	-1	0	12	−12
Poland	22	1	0	0	1	-1	0	14	−14
Estonia	39	2	0	0	2	-2	2	22	−20
Croatia	25	2	0	0	2	-2	2	24	−22
Romania	38	2	0	0	2	-2	1	36	−35
Spain	26	3	0	0	3	-3	4	21	−17
New Zealand	28	3	0	0	3	-3	4	42	−38
Iceland	30	4	0	0	4	-4	5	31	−26
Slovenia	24	4	0	0	4	-4	3	31	−28
Total	33	34	8	1	25	-18	70	265	-195