The
Turkish women's national ice hockey team
represents
Turkey
at the
International Ice Hockey Federation
's
World Women's Ice Hockey Championship Division IV
. The women's national team, established in late 2006, is controlled by
Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
(
Turkish
:
Turkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu
, TBHF). As of 2011, Turkey has 160 female players.
[3]
The Turkish women's national team is ranked 33rd in the world.
History
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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
Miercurea Ciuc
,
Romania
.
Women's ice hockey sport in Turkey began in 2005 with the forming of women's clubs in
Ankara
. The first official competitions were a cup and a tournament held in 2006.
[4]
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
.
[5]
The national team was selected following national team camps. The first team coach was
Canadian
Clive R. Tolley
from
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
, 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.
[6]
Tournament record
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Olympics
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The Turkey women's hockey team has never qualified for an
Olympic tournament
.
World Championship
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The Turkish squad made its international debut at the
World Championship
held in
Miercurea Ciuc
,
Romania
between 26 March through 1 April, playing in the Division IV, which got together from the teams of
Romania
,
Estonia
,
New Zealand
,
Iceland
and
Croatia
besides of Turkey.
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citation needed
]
The women's team played its first match against the host team
Romania
and was defeated by 27?0 (7?0, 11?0, 9?0).
[7]
Turkish women lost their second match to
Estonia
with 1?14 (0?6, 0?5, 1?3),
[8]
while
Elif Ula?
scored the national team's first ever goal in the history.
[9]
The third match was lost to
New Zealand
with 19?0 (9?0, 6?0, 4?0).
[10]
Turkey was defeated in its 4th match by
Iceland
with 1?12 (0?3, 0?3, 1?6). The only Turkish goal was scored by ?rem Ayan. The women's squad lost against
Croatia
with 1?19. The team ranked last (6th).
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citation needed
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- 2007
? 33rd place (6th in Division IV)
- 2008
? 33rd place (6th in Division IV)
- 2009
? The Division III, Division IV and Division V were not played, as the respective tournaments were cancelled.
[11]
- 2011
? 34th place (5th in Division V)
- 2013
? 33rd place (1st in Division IIB qualification, promoted to Division IIB)
- 2014
? 33rd place (6th in Division IIB, relegated to Division IIB qualification)
- 2015
? 33rd place (1st in Division IIB qualification, promoted to Division IIB)
- 2016
? 32nd place (6th in Division IIB)
- 2017
? 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
- 2018
? 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
- 2019
? 32nd place (4th in Division IIB)
- 2020
? 32nd place (4th in Division IIB)
- 2021
? Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
[12]
- 2022
? 29th place (3rd in Division IIB)
- 2023
? Withdrawn due to the
2023 Turkey?Syria earthquake
[13]
- 2024
? 33rd place (5th in Division IIB)
European Championships
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The Turkish women's hockey team never participated in the
IIHF European Women Championships
.
All-time Record against other nations
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As of 6 March 2015
[update]
[14]
Notable former players
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References
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External links
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