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{{Infobox national hockey team
| Name               = India
| Badge              = Ice Hockey Association of India logo.png
| Badge_size         = 250px
| Association        = [[Ice Hockey Association of India]]
| Nickname           = 
| General Manager    = 
| Most games         = Tashi Dolkar<br/>Stanzin Dolkar (26 each)
| Top scorer         = Tsewang Chuskit (12)
| Most points        = Tsewang Chuskit (19)<ref name="NATIONALTEAMS">{{cite web | url=https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/india/ |title=India | publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey | access-date=2022-01-18 }}</ref>
| Home stadium       = 
| IIHF code          = IND
| IIHF rank          = 
| IIHF max           = 
| IIHF max date      = 
| IIHF min           = 
| IIHF min date      = 
| Team_Colors        = {{color box|#00008B|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#FF8C00|border=darkgray}} {{color box|white|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#138808|border=darkgray}}
| Jerseys            = 
| First game         = {{ihw|SIN}} 8–1 {{ihw-rt|IND}}<br><small>([[Taipei]], [[Taiwan|Republic of China]]; 22 March 2016)</small>
| Largest win        = {{ihw|IND}} 11–0 {{ihw-rt|KUW}}<br><small>([[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]]; 18 April 2019)</small>
| Largest loss       = {{ihw|THA}} 20–1 {{ihw-rt|IND}}<br><small>([[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]; 12 March 2017)</small>
| World champ2 name  = 
| World champ2 apps  = 
| World champ2 first = 
| World champ2 best  = 
| Regional name      = [[IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia]]
| Regional cup apps  = 5
| Regional cup first = [[2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I|2016]]
| Regional cup best  = 4th ([[2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2017]], [[2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship|2023]])
| Record             = 7–19–0
}}
The '''India women's national ice hockey team''' is the [[ice hockey]] team representing [[India]] internationally in women's competition. The team is controlled by the [[Ice Hockey Association of India]], and a member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). The team was formed in 2016 and currently competes in the [[IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I]] tournament.

==History==
The India women's national ice hockey team played its first game in March 2016 at the [[2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I]] tournament.<ref name="2016TOURNAMENTARTICLE">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/news-singleview-championchips/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10497&cHash=fd09bfd44ceef1f2e90d7708383f5abc | title=Taipei women defend title | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | first=Martin | last=Merk | date=2016-03-26 | access-date=2016-03-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409034717/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/news-singleview-championchips/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10497&cHash=fd09bfd44ceef1f2e90d7708383f5abc | archive-date=2016-04-09 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2016WCCOAD1">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels1516/wccoai/statistics/ |title=2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=2016-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329200029/http://www.iihf.com/channels1516/wccoai/statistics/ |archive-date=2016-03-29 |url-status=live }}</ref> In their opening game of the tournament India lost 1–8 to [[Singapore women's national ice hockey team|Singapore]].<ref name="2016WCCOAD1"/> India went on to lose their other three games of the tournament to [[Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team|Chinese Taipei]], [[Malaysia women's national ice hockey team|Malaysia]] and [[Thailand women's national ice hockey team|Thailand]], finishing in last place with zero points.<ref name="2016STANDINGS">{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/asia/29/IHW029200_76_11_0.pdf |title=Tournament Progress |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |date=2016-03-26 |access-date=2016-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409034102/http://stats.iihf.com/asia/29/IHW029200_76_11_0.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-09 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their 0–13 loss to Chinese Taipei at the tournament was their biggest defeat in international competition at the time.<ref name="NATIONALTEAMS"/> At the end of the tournament Noor Jahan was named best goaltender by the media.<ref name="AWARDS">{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/asia/29/IHW029000_98_1_0.pdf |title=Media All Stars |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |date=2016-03-26 |access-date=2016-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409041941/http://stats.iihf.com/asia/29/IHW029000_98_1_0.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

They competed in the [[2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2017 Asia Challenge Cup]], where the team finished fourth in round robin stage. It was in this tournament where India won their first ever match as they defeated [[Philippines women's national ice hockey team|Philippines]] by the score of 4–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dt.andaman.gov.in/DetailNews.aspx?newsid=8zTk1BTppo2rtKKWE9pV9IndyU7brpvzhZsU8P+vNPY=|title=Indian Women's Ice Hockey team beats Philippines 4-3 to register first ever international win|access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> But the team also suffered their worst defeat against [[Thailand women's national ice hockey team|Thailand]] by the score-line of 1–20.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/635/IHW635915_74_4_0.pdf|title=Thailand v India 2017}}</ref> India finished the [[2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I|2019 Asia Challenge Cup Division I]] in the third position ahead of [[Kuwait women's national ice hockey team|Kuwait]] whom they defeated 11–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/coawi/gamecenter/statistics/9674/5-ind-vs-kuw|title=India 11-0 Kuwait|access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> In the [[2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship|2023 Asia and Oceania Championship]] the team reached the semifinals but lost to Thailand and in the bronze medal match lost to [[Singapore women's national ice hockey team|Singapore]] 1–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/ice-hockey/indian-womens-ice-hockey-team-reaches-semi-final-in-asia-oceania-cship-41615#:~:text=The%20Indian%20women's%20ice%20hockey,to%20achieve%20the%20historic%20feat.|title=Indian women's ice hockey team reaches semi-final in Asia & Oceania C'ship}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43990/19-sgp-vs-ind|title= Singapore 3-1 India|access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>

==International competitions==
* [[2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I]] – 5th
* [[2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia]] – 4th
* [[2018 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I]] – 4th 
* [[2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I]] – {{bronze03}}
* [[2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship]] – 4th
* [[2024 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Cup]] – 4th

==Results==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!#||Year||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||GD
|-
|1||align=left|[[2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I|2016 Asia Cup Div I]]||4||0||0||4||5||39||-34
|-
|2||align=left|[[2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2017 Asia Cup]]||6||2||0||4||16||52||-36
|-
|3||align=left|[[2018 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I|2018 Asia Cup Div I]]||3||0||0||3||3||17||-14
|-
|4||align=left|[[2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I|2019 Asia Cup Div I]]||3||1||0||2||13||9||+4
|-
|5||align=left|[[2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship|2023 Asia Cup]]||6||3||0||3||14||35||-21
|-
|6||align=left|[[2024 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Cup|2024 Asia Cup]]||4||1||0||3||7||22||-15
|-
!Total||6 Games||26||7||0||19||58||174||-116
|}

* 2017:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/india/|title=India Results|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> New Zealand U18 10-1 India (''unofficial match'')


==All-time record against other nations==
<small>''Last match update: 30 March 2024''</small><ref name=results>{{cite web|url=https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/india/|title=India Women All Time Results|access-date=15 March 2022|publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%"
|+ Key
|- 
| style="background:#ccffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || {{nowrap|'''Positive balance''' {{small|(more Wins)}}}}
|- 
| style="background:#ffffcc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || {{nowrap|'''Neutral balance''' {{small|(<nowiki>Wins = Losses</nowiki>)}}}}
|- 
| style="background:#ffcccc;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || {{nowrap|'''Negative balance''' {{small|(more Losses)}}}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
|-
!width=192|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|SGP}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 20
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|THA}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 45
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|TPE}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 13
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|MAS}} || 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 11 || 17
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|UAE}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 8 || 18
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|PHI}} || 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 6 || 21
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|KUW}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 0
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|AUS}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|IRN}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 27
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|KGZ}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 3
|-
! Total !! 26 !! 7 !! 0 !! 19 !! 58 !! 170
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Women's national teams}}
[[Category:Women's national ice hockey teams in Asia]]

{{Wikipedia}}