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{{Infobox national hockey team
| Name               = Bulgaria
| Badge              = Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team Logo.png
| Badge_size         = 125px
| Nickname           =
| Association        = [[Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation]]
| Most games         = ''three players'' (36)
| Top scorer         = Mirela Zareva (15)
| Most points        = Mirela Zareva (29)
| Home Stadium       =
| IIHF code          = BUL
| IIHF Rank          = 33
| IIHF max           = 23
| IIHF max date      = 2011
| IIHF min           = 39
| IIHF min date      = 2021
| Team_Colors        = {{color box|#E8000D|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#059033|border=darkgray}}
| Jerseys            = 
| First game         = {{ihw-rt|ITA}} 41–0 {{ihw|BUL}}<br>{{small|([[Liepāja]], Latvia; 2 September 2008)}}
| Largest win        = {{ihw-rt|BUL}} 6–1 {{ihw|IRL}}<br>{{small|([[Izmir]], Turkey; 8 December 2012)}}
| Largest loss       = {{ihw-rt|SVK}} [[Slovakia 82–0 Bulgaria|82–0]] {{ihw|BUL}}<br>{{small|(Liepāja, Latvia; 6 September 2008)}}
| World champ2 name  = [[IIHF World Women's Championships|World Championships]]
| World champ2 apps  = 12
| World champ2 first = [[2011 IIHF Women's World Championship|2011]]
| World champ2 best  = 33rd ([[2011 IIHF Women's World Championship|2011]])
| Record             = 9–45–0
}}
[[File:Bulwomen.jpg|thumb|250px|The national team at the 2017 World Championships.]]
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 [[2010 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification|women's qualification tournament]] for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]]. They played four games, facing [[Slovakia women's national ice hockey team|Slovakia]], [[Croatia national women's ice hockey team|Croatia]], [[Italy national women's ice hockey team|Italy]], and [[Latvia national ice hockey team|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 [[Slovakia 82–0 Bulgaria|0–82 loss]] to Slovakia, which remains the highest [[Goal difference|goal differential]] ever recorded in an IIHF sanctioned match as of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 February 2010|title=No Mercy|url=http://thelockerrooms.blogspot.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708065909/http://thelockerrooms.blogspot.com/ |archive-date=8 July 2011 |access-date=3 February 2021|website=The Locker Room}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 September 2008|title=Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament, Women – Round Robin Game 3 – Game Summary, CRO – BUL 30–1 (8–0, 13–0, 9–1)|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/166/IHW166903_74_4_0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219043943/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/166/IHW166903_74_4_0.pdf|archive-date=19 December 2018|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref>

==World Championship record==
In [[2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships – Division V|2011]], the Bulgarian women's national team debuted at their first [[IIHF World Women's Championships|IIHF Women's World Championship]] tournament, competing in Division V. They were scheduled to compete in the [[2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2009 Division V tournament]] in [[Gdańsk]] [[Poland]], but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 July 2008|title=2009 IIHF Championship Program|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730113130/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html|archive-date=30 July 2008|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|- style="color:white;"
!  style="width:90px; background:#00966E;"|Year
!  style="width:100px; background:#00966E;"|Division
!  style="width:75px; background:#00966E;"|Result
!  style="width:75px; background:#00966E;"|Overall rank
|-
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|BUL}}  [[2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships - Division V|2011]] ||Division V|| bgcolor=#cc9966 align=center | '''3rd''' || 33rd
|-
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2013]] ||Division II B|| bgcolor=silver align=center |  '''2nd''' || 34th
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}}  [[2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2014]] ||Division II B|| bgcolor=#cc9966 align=center | '''3rd''' || 35th
|-
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2015]]||Division II B|| align=center | '''4th''' || 36th
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|BUL}}  [[2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2016]] ||Division II B|| align=center | '''4th''' || 36th
|-
|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2017]]||Division II B|| align=center | '''4th''' || 36th
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|BUL}}  [[2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2018]] ||Division II B|| align=center | '''5th''' || 38th
|-
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2019]]||Division II B|| align=center | '''5th''' || 39th
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III|2020]]||Division III|| align=center | '''4th''' || 38th
|-
|{{flagicon|LTU}} [[2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III|2021]]||Division III|| align=center colspan=2|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>{{Cite web|last=Steiss|first=Adam|date=18 November 2020|title=IIHF Council announces more cancellations|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118160111/https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations |archive-date=18 November 2020 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III|2022]]||Division III|| align=center | '''3rd''' || 34th
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III|2023]]||Division III|| align=center | '''5th''' || 37th
|-
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III|2024]]||Division III|| align=center | '''6th''' || 40th
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bghockey.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.iihf.com/sk/iihf-home/countries/bulgaria/ IIHF profile]

{{Women's national teams}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Women's national ice hockey teams in Europe]]