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.
Croatia is ranked 33rd in the
IIHF World Ranking.
History
Seeing that in Croatia (by status since January 2008) there is only one women's ice hockey club
Grič its players are also the only members of the national team. From season 2006/2007 Grič players have been participating in the Slovenian league, along with one Slovenian and one Austrian club.
For several years they have also been participating in an
Elite Women's Hockey League
The European Women's Hockey League, abbreviated EWHL, is an international ice hockey league. Created as the Elite Women's Hockey League in 2004 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the EWHL comprises clubs from several countries in ...
with clubs established in the hockey-playing countries (
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
Germany,
Austria and
Slovenia).
Tournament record
Olympic Games
The women's team of Croatia has never qualified for an Olympic tournament. In 2008 the team participated in the
qualifying tournament
Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to:
* Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...
for the
Winter Olympic Games 2010
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
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.
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.
All-time Record against other nations
''As of 14 September 2011''
Team
2022 World Championship roster
References
External links
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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
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