The Italian women's national ice hockey team, a.k.a. ''Blue Ladies'', represents

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at the

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s. The women's national team is controlled by the

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(FISG). Italy has about 490 female players in 2011.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

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– Finished in 8th place

World Championship

* 1999 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Pool B) * 2000 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Pool B) * 2001 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division II/A) * 2003 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division II) * 2004 – Finished in 17th place (2nd in Division II) * 2005 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division II) * 2007 – Finished in 17th place (2nd in Division II) * 2008 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division II) * 2009 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division II) *

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– Finished in 17th place (4th in Division II) *

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– Finished in 20th place (6th in Division IB) *

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– Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Division IIA) * 2014 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Division IIA) * 2015 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB) * 2016 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB) * 2017 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB) * 2018 – Finished in 16th place (1st in Division IB, promoted to Division IA) * 2019 – Finished in 16th place (6th in Division IA, relegated to Division IB) *

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– Cancelled due to the

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– Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic *

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– Finished in 18th place (3rd in Division IB) *

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– Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IB)

Team

Current roster

The roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament. Head coach: Massimo Fedrizzi
Assistant coaches: Stefano Daprà, Martin Pavlu

Head coaches

* Markus Sparer, –2005 * Herbert Frisch, 2006–07 * Marco Liberatore, 2007–2019 * Massimo Fedrizzi, 2021–

References

External links

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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
{{Women's national ice hockey teams Ice hockey teams in Italy Women's national ice hockey teams in Europe 1993 establishments in Italy