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{{Infobox national hockey team
| Name                = China
| Badge               = Chinese Ice Hockey Federation Logo.png
| Badge_size          = 150px
| Nickname            = ''女龙 (Ladies Dragons)''
| Association         = [[Chinese Ice Hockey Association]]
| Most games          = Yu Baiwei (106)
| Top scorer          = Sun Rui (62)
| Most points         = Sun Rui (104)
| Home Stadium        =
| IIHF code           = CHN
| IIHF Rank           = 14
| IIHF max            = 7
| IIHF max date       = first in 2003
| IIHF min            = 20
| IIHF min date       = first in 2018
| Team_Colors         = {{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#DB000D}} {{color box|#FBEA0E}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| Jerseys             = [[File:PR China national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png|173px]]
| First game          = {{ihw-rt|CHN}} 10–0 {{ihw|JPN}}<br>{{small|([[Harbin]], China; 1 January 1991)}}
| Largest win         = {{ihw-rt|CHN}} 30–1 {{ihw|KOR}}<br>{{small|([[Misawa, Aomori|Misawa]], Japan; 31 January 2003)}}
| Largest loss        = {{ihw-rt|USA}} 16–0 {{ihw|CHN}}<br>{{small|([[San Jose, California|San Jose]], United States; 22 January 2002)}}
| Olympic apps        = 4
| Olympic first       = [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|1998]]
| Olympic medals      =
| World champ2 name   = [[IIHF World Women's Championships|World Championships]]
| World champ2 apps   = 22
| World champ2 first  = [[1992 IIHF Women's World Championship|1992]]
| World champ2 best   = 4th ([[1994 IIHF Women's World Championship|1994]], [[1997 IIHF Women's World Championship|1997]])
| Regional name       = [[Ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]
| Regional cup apps   = 5
| Regional cup first  = [[Ice hockey at the 1996 Asian Winter Games|1996]]
| Regional cup best   = {{Gold1}} ''Gold'' ([[Ice hockey at the 1996 Asian Winter Games|1996]], [[Ice hockey at the 1999 Asian Winter Games|1999]])
| Regional2 name      = [[IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|Challenge Cup of Asia]]
| Regional2 cup apps  = 4
| Regional2 cup first = [[2010 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2010]]
| Regional2 cup best  = {{Gold1}} ([[2010 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2010]], [[2014 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2014]])
| Record              = 118–147–12
}}
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.<ref>IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/china.html</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/statichub/4824/ice-times|title=Ice Times: Volume 10, No. 5|date=October 2006|editor-last=Edvinsson|editor-first=Jan-Ake|editor2-last=Leinonen|editor2-first=Kimmo|publisher=[[IIHF]]|page=8|language=en|access-date=18 March 2020|editor3-last=Szemberg|editor3-first=Szymon|editor4-last=Wiedeke|editor4-first=Jenny}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2006/10/06/former-w-hockey-coach-stone-spends-year-in-china-at-helm-of-national-team/|title=Former w. hockey coach Stone spends year in China at helm of national team|last=Marecki|first=Madeleine|date=6 October 2006|website=Brown Daily Herald|language=en-US|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref>

===2022 Winter Olympics===
In 2022, China competed in the [[Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2022 Winter Olympics]] as the host nation. Going into the tournament, they were considered huge underdogs. They lost their opening game to [[Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]], before stunning [[Denmark women's national ice hockey team|Denmark]] and [[Japan women's national ice hockey team|Japan]]. Going into their last game against [[Sweden women's national ice hockey team|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 [[Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|Winter Olympics]], they played in the [[2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I#Group B tournament|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 I#Group A tournament|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 women's national ice hockey team|Austria]] 2–0 in [[Shenzhen]]. This will be China's first appearance in the top tier since [[2009 IIHF Women's World Championship|2009]].

==Tournament record==
===Olympic Games===
*[[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] – Finished in 4th place
*[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] – Finished in 7th place
*[[2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] – Finished in 7th place
*[[2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] – Finished in 9th place

===World Championship===
*[[1992 IIHF Women's World Championship|1992]] – Finished in 5th place
*[[1994 IIHF Women's World Championship|1994]] – Finished in 4th place
*[[1997 IIHF Women's World Championship|1997]] – Finished in 4th place
*[[1999 IIHF Women's World Championship|1999]] – Finished in 5th place
*[[2000 IIHF Women's World Championship|2000]] – Finished in 6th place
*[[2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2001]] – Finished in 6th place
*[[2003 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003]] – No result, the competition was cancelled due to SARS epidemic
*[[2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2004]] – Finished in 7th place
*[[2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2005]] – Finished in 6th place
*[[2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]] – Finished in 6th place
*[[2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2008]] – Finished in 8th place
*[[2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2009]] – Finished in 9th place (relegated to Division I)
*[[2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2011]] – Finished in 13th place (5th in Division I, relegated to Division II)
*[[2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I#Group B|2012]] – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
*[[2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I#Group B|2013]] – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB)
*[[2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I#Group B|2014]] – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
*[[2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I#Group B|2015]] – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
*[[2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I#Group B|2016]] – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB)
*[[2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I|2017]] – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB)
*[[2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I|2018]] – Finished in 20th place (5th in Division IB)
*[[2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I|2019]] – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division IB)
*[[2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I|2020]] – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18277/iihf-cancels-march-tournaments|title=IIHF cancels March tournaments|date=2 March 2020|work=iihf.com}}</ref>
*[[2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I|2021]] – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>{{Cite web|title=IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations|access-date=18 November 2020|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation}}</ref>
*[[2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I|2022]] – Finished in 16th place (1st in Division IB, promoted to Division IA)
*[[2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I|2023]] – Finished in 11th place (1st in Division IA, promoted to World Championship)
*[[2024 IIHF Women's World Championship|2024]] – Finished in 9th place (relegated to Division I)

===Asian Games===
*[[1996 Asian Winter Games|1996]] – '''1st''' 
*[[1999 Asian Winter Games|1999]] - '''1st'''
*[[2003 Asian Winter Games|2003]] – '''3rd''' 
*[[2007 Asian Winter Games|2007]] – '''3rd''' 
*[[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011]] – '''3rd''' 
*[[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017]] – '''2nd''' 

===IIHF Challenge Cup of===
* [[2010 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2010]] – '''1st'''  
* [[2011 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2011]] – '''2nd'''  
* [[2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2012]] – '''2nd''' 
*[[2014 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2014]] – '''1st'''
===Pacific Rim Championship===
*[[1995 Women's Pacific Rim Championship|1995]] – '''3rd''' 
*[[1996 Women's Pacific Rim Championship|1996]] – '''3rd'''


==Notables==
===Matches===
;First match:
:20 April 1992: [[1992 IIHF Women's World Championship]] in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. {{ihw|CAN}} 8–0 {{ihw|CHN}}
;Largest victory:
:28 January 2003: 2003 Asian Winter Games in [[Misawa, Aomori|Misawa]], [[Japan]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 30–1 {{ihw|KOR}}
;Largest defeat:
:3 April 2001: [[2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships]] in [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]. {{ihw|USA}} 13–0 {{ihw|CHN}}
;Most goals for:
:28 January 2003: 2003 Asian Winter Games in [[Misawa, Aomori|Misawa]], [[Japan]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 30–1 {{ihw|KOR}}
;Most goals against:
:15 April 1994: [[1994 IIHF Women's World Championship]] in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], [[United States]]. {{ihw|USA}} 14–3 {{ihw|CHN}}
;First shutout for:
:8 April 1995: [[1995 Pacific Rim Championships]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[United States]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 5–0 {{ihw|JPN}}
;First shutout against:
:20 April 1992: 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. {{ihw|CAN}} 8–0 {{ihw|CHN}}
;First shutout tie:
:5 April 2001: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in [[Minneapolis]], [[United States]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 0–0 {{ihw|GER}}
;First win:
:23 April 1992: 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 5–2 {{ihw|DEN}}
;First loss:
:20 April 1992: 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. {{ihw|CAN}} 8–0 {{ihw|CHN}}
;First tie:
:12 April 1994: 1994 IIHF Women's World Championship in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], [[United States]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 4–4 {{ihw|SWE}}
;Highest scoring tie:
:16 February 2002: 2002 Winter Olympics in [[Salt Lake City]], [[United States]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 5–5 {{ihw|GER}}
;Lowest scoring tie:
:5 April 2001: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in [[Minneapolis]], [[United States]]. {{ihw|CHN}} 0–0 {{ihw|GER}}
;Longest match:

===Rankings===
;First IIHF World Ranking:
:7th ([[2003 IIHF World Ranking|2003]])
;Highest IIHF World Ranking:
:7th (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010)
;Lowest world ranking:
:13th (2012)
;First Olympic qualification attempt:
:[[1998 Winter Olympics]]
;First Olympic qualification:
:1998 Winter Olympics
;Best Olympic finish:
:4th (1998 Winter Olympics)
;Worst Olympic finish:
:Did Not Qualify ([[2006 Winter Olympics]])
;First world championship competition:
:1992
;Highest world championship competition finish:
:4th (1994, 1997)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Women's national teams}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:Women's national ice hockey teams in Asia]]