The Turkish women's national ice hockey team represents

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at the

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's World Women's Ice Hockey Championship Division IV. The women's national team, established in late 2006, is controlled by

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( tr, Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF). As of 2011, Turkey has 160 female players. The Turkish women's national team is ranked 33rd in the world.

History

The Turkish women team made its first appearance at the 2007 Women's World Championships Division IV tournament held between 26 March through 1 April in

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. Women's ice hockey sport in Turkey began in 2005 with the forming of women's clubs in

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. The first official competitions were a cup and a tournament held in 2006. The first women's ice hockey league started on 17 February 2007 with the participation of 6 teams from Ankara and one team from Kocaeli. The national team was selected following national team camps. The first team coach was

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Clive R. Tolley from

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, who has assumed the head coach duties for the Turkish senior men's, juniors' (under 20) and espoir (under 18) teams for 4 years term with a trial period of January–June 2007.

Olympics

The Turkey women's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

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Qualification Results

OTW and OTL Suppose Draw.

World Championship

The Turkish squad made its international debut at the

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held in

between 26 March through 1 April, playing in the Division IV, which got together from the teams of

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and

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besides of Turkey. The women's team played its first match against the host team

and was defeated by 27–0 (7–0, 11–0, 9–0). Turkish women lost their second match to

with 1–14 (0–6, 0–5, 1–3), while

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scored the national team's first ever goal in the history. The third match was lost to

with 19–0 (9–0, 6–0, 4–0). Turkey was defeated in its 4th match by

with 1–12 (0–3, 0–3, 1–6). The only Turkish goal was scored by İrem Ayan. The women's squad lost against

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with 1–19. The team ranked last (6th). * 2007 – 33rd place (6th in Division IV) *

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– 33rd place (6th in Division IV) *

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– The Division III, Division IV and Division V were not played, as the respective tournaments were cancelled. *

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– 34th place (5th in Division V) *

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– 33rd place (1st in Division IIB qualification, promoted to Division IIB) *

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– 33rd place (6th in Division IIB, relegated to Division IIB qualification) *

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– 33rd place (1st in Division IIB qualification, promoted to Division IIB) *

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– 32nd place (6th in Division IIB) *

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– 31st place (5th in Division IIB) *

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– 31st place (5th in Division IIB) *

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– 32nd place (4th in Division IIB) *

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– 32nd place (4th in Division IIB) *

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– Cancelled due to the

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– 29th place (3rd in Division IIB) *

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– Withdrawn due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake

Results

OTW and OTL Suppose Draw.

European Championships

The Turkish women's hockey team never participated in the

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Friendly

2017: Ukraine 5 - 1 Turkey 2016: Germany 22 - 0 Turkey

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- 6 Lose (0-98 / -98)

Results Summary

As of 1 Jan 2023. OTW and OTL Suppose Draw.

All-time Record against other nations

Current roster

;Legend: * A: Assistant captain * C: Captain

Notable former players

* Mine Güngör * Ceren Alkan *

Sinem Doğu Sinem is a Turkish feminine given name. * Sinem Barut (born 1986), Turkish volleyball player * Sinem Balık (born 1974), Turkish opera singer * Sinem Banna (born 1968), Turkish-American artist * Sinem Doğu (born 1987), Turkish female ice hockey ...

* Merve Arıncı * Simge Ozer-Sevilmiş * Huriye Yeliz Yüksel * Maria Jasmina Decu * Selin Erenoğlu * İrem Ayan * Teksin Öztekin * Tanay Günay * Çisel Ann Otts * Tuba Dokur * Burcu Turanal

References

External links

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