The Croatian women's national ice hockey team represents

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at the

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. The women's national team is controlled by

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. As of 2011, Croatia has 39 female players. Croatia is ranked 33rd in the

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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

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with clubs established in the hockey-playing countries (

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and

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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 for the Winter Olympic Games 2010 in

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. 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

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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''

References

External links

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Ice hockey teams in Croatia