The Austrian national women's ice hockey team represents Austria at the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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's
IIHF World Women's Championships
The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The offi ...
and is controlled by . Austria has 644 female players in 2011.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
The women's team of Austria has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
World Championship
The Austrian team participated in the
World championship
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for the first time in 2004 (in Division III). That same year, Austria was promoted to Division II. They remained there until their promotion to Division I further to the world championship 2008. Their best performance was 10th place at the
World championship of 2015
Team
2022 roster
Roster for the
2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A. Player age at beginning of tournament, 24 April 2022.
Head coach:
Jari Risku
Jari Risku (born 11 February 1966) is a Finnish ice hockey coach, currently serving as head coach of HPK Kiekkonaiset in the Naisten Liiga. He had a brief career as a professional ice hockey defenceman with Jokerit during 1984 to 1987, appearing ...
Assistant coaches: Florian Hajek, Pekka Hämäläinen
Awards and honors
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Charlotte Wittich, Directorate Award, Best Defender,
2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
References
External links
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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
{{National sports teams of Austria
Women's national ice hockey teams in Europe
Women's national sports teams of Austria
2001 establishments in Austria