Croatia women's national ice hockey team

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Croatia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Croatian Ice Hockey Federation
Most games Ana Širanović (41)
Most points Diana Krušelj Posavec (71)
IIHF code CRO
IIHF ranking 25
Highest IIHF ranking 20 (first in 2010)
Lowest IIHF ranking 31 (2007)
First international
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 3–2 Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia
(Budapest, Hungary; 24 February 2007)
Biggest win
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 30–1 Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png
(Liepāja, Latvia; 3 September 2008)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 20–1 Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg.png
(Barcelona, Spain; 14 October 2012)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances 5 (first in 2007)
Best result 24th (2008, 2011)
International record (W–L–T)
19–48–0

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The Croatian women's national ice hockey team represents Croatia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2011, Croatia has 39 female players.[1] Croatia is ranked 20th in the IIHF World Ranking.

Tournament record

World Championships

In 2007 the Croatian team was the first time involved in the World Championship competition. In the Division IV the team achieved a big surprise by winning the first place in Division IV and was promoted in the Division III.[2]

Records
Year World Championship
2007 Finished 28th (1st in Division IV and promoted to Division III)
2008 Finished 24th (3rd in Division III)
2009 Division III Cancelled[3]
2011 Finished 24th (5th in Division III)
2012 Finished 26th (6th in Division IIA and relegated to Division IIB)
2013 Finished 29th (3rd in Division IIB)
2014 Finished 27th (1st in Division IIB and promoted to Division IIA)
2015 Finished 25th (5th in Division IIA)
2016 Finished 26th (6th in Division IIA and relegated to Division IIB)

Olympic Games

The women's team of Croatia has never qualified for an Olympic tournament. In 2008 the team participated in the qualifying tournament for the Winter Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver. They lost to Slovakia, Latvia and Italy and beat Bulgaria. They won 4th place. At the 2014 qualifying tournament they lost to Spain, Hungary and Denmark and failed to qualify for the next round.

References

  1. "Croatia". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/croatia.html. Retrieved March 12, 2011. 
  2. "Ako niste znali ženski hokej se igra i u Hrvatskoj". http://www.javno.com/hr/sport/clanak.php?id=32873. Retrieved December 25, 2008. 
  3. 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423

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