Bulgaria women's national ice hockey team

Women's national ice hockey team

     IIHF codeBULRankingCurrent IIHF33 Decrease 1 (28 August 2023)[1]Highest IIHF23 (2011)Lowest IIHF39 (2021)First internationalItaly  41–0  Bulgaria
(Liepāja, Latvia; 2 September 2008)Biggest winBulgaria  6–1  Ireland
(Izmir, Turkey; 8 December 2012)Biggest defeatSlovakia  82–0  Bulgaria
(Liepāja, Latvia; 6 September 2008)World ChampionshipsAppearances12 (first in 2011)Best result33rd (2011)International record (W–L–T)9–45–0

The Bulgarian women's national ice hockey team (Bulgarian: Женски национален отбор по хокей на лед на България, romanized: Zhenski natsionalen otbor po khokeĭ na led na Bŭlgariya) represents Bulgaria in the IIHF Women's World Championship. The women's national team is controlled by Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2020, Bulgaria had 53 female players registered with the IIHF, down from 65 players in 2016.[2][3] The Bulgarian women's national team ranked 38th in the world in 2020.

Qualification tournament for the 2010 Olympics

The Bulgaria participated in the women's qualification tournament for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. They played four games, facing Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, and Latvia. The team lost all four games in blowouts: 0–39 against Latvia, 1–30 against Croatia, 0–41 against Italy, and a record-setting 0–82 loss to Slovakia, which remains the highest goal differential ever recorded in an IIHF sanctioned match as of 2020.[4] Tallied in the game against Croatia, the only goal was scored by forward Olga Gospodinova and assisted by the defensemen Elina Milanova and Sofiya Iliycheva.[5]

World Championship record

In 2011, the Bulgarian women's national team debuted at their first IIHF Women's World Championship tournament, competing in Division V. They were scheduled to compete in the 2009 Division V tournament in Gdańsk Poland, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons.[6]

Year Division Result Overall rank
Bulgaria 2011 Division V 3rd 33rd
Turkey 2013 Division II B 2nd 34th
Mexico 2014 Division II B 3rd 35th
Hong Kong 2015 Division II B 4th 36th
Bulgaria 2016 Division II B 4th 36th
Chinese Taipei 2017 Division II B 4th 36th
Bulgaria 2018 Division II B 5th 38th
South Africa 2019 Division II B 5th 39th
Bulgaria 2020 Division III 4th 38th
Lithuania 2021 Division III Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
Bulgaria 2022 Division III 3rd 34th
Romania 2023 Division III 5th 37th
Croatia 2024 Division III 6th 40th

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/bulgaria.html Archived 27 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "IIHF Member National Association Bulgaria". IIHF. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. ^ "No Mercy". The Locker Room. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament, Women – Round Robin Game 3 – Game Summary, CRO – BUL 30–1 (8–0, 13–0, 9–1)" (PDF). IIHF. 3 September 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ^ "2009 IIHF Championship Program". IIHF. 30 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ^ Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". IIHF. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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