The New Zealand women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the women's national under-18

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. The team is controlled by

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, a member of the

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. The team entered their first World Women's U18 Championship tournaments in 2020.

History

New Zealand played their first game on 6 December 2013 against

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, tying 2–2. The game was part of a four-game series being held in Dunedin between two teams. New Zealand went on to win the remaining three games of the series, which included their largest recorded international win of 5–1 in the final game. On 30 May and 1 June 2014, New Zealand played two games against the

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under-16 representative team, losing both games 9–1 and 4–0 respectively. In December 2014, New Zealand travelled to

to compete in a five-game series against Australia at the

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. The team lost the series two games to three and also recorded their largest international loss in game four, losing 8–1 to Australia. In March 2017, New Zealand participated at the 2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia. This was the first time New Zealand had sent a team to this tournament. The team was undefeated throughout the tournament and gained their biggest win so far of 16–1 against the

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. The team were also by far the youngest team to compete with an average age of 16 years. They defeated the women's (senior) national teams of Asia including

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, and the United Arab Emirates.

International competitions

World Women's U18 Championship

* 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. Finish: 4th in Division II Group B (28th overall) *

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. Finish: 4th in Division II Group B (30th overall)

Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

* 2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia. Finish: 1st * 2018 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia. Finish: 2nd * 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia. Finish: 4th

Players and personnel

Team roster - 2014 Series with Australia

''From the 2014 International Series with Australia''

Team officials - 2014 Series with Australia

''From the 2014 International Series with Australia'' *Head coach: Brandon Contratto *Assistant coach: Alexis Debol *General Manager: Simon Thompson *Assistant manager: Jan Kolisnyk

Team roster - 2017 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

''From the 2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia''

Team officials - 2017 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

''From the 2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia'' *Head coach: Angelique Mawson *Assistant coach: Geoffroy Boehme *Assistant coach: Lyndal Heineman *General Manager: Philippa Kaisser *Physiotherapist: Suzanne Belcher *Team Staff: Jonathan Albright

Team roster - 2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

Team officials - 2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

*Head coach: Angelique Mawson *Assistant coach: Michelle Cox *General Manager: Philippa Kaisser

References

External links

New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
{{Ice hockey in New Zealand

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Women's national under-18 ice hockey teams