The Hungarian women's national ice hockey team (Hungarian: Magyar női jégkorong-válogatott) represents Hungary at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship and other senior international women's tournaments. The women's national team is organized by the Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség (Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation). The Hungarian women's national team was ranked 12th in the world in 2020. They hosted and won the 2019 World Championship Division I Group A tournament in Budapest. The victory earned promotion to the Top Division for the first time in team history.[4]
Ice hockey increased in popularity among women in Hungary during the later part of the 2010s. Hungary had 477 female players registered with the IIHF in 2016[5] and, by 2020, the number had more than doubled to 1,144.[6]
Tournament record
Olympic
The Hungarian women's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
World Championships
- 2000 – Finished in 22nd place
- 2001 – Finished in 24th place
- 2003 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division III)
- 2004 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division III)
- 2005 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division III)
- 2007 – Finished in 25th place (4th in Division III)
- 2008 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division III)
- 2009 – Division III canceled[7]
- 2011 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division III)
- 2012 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Division IIA)
- 2013 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Division IIA, Promoted to Division IB)
- 2014 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
- 2015 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB)
- 2016 – Finished in 15th place (1st in Division IB, Promoted to Division IA)
- 2017 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Division IA)
- 2018 – Finished in 12th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2019 – Finished in 11th place (1st in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division)
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
- 2021 – Finished in 9th place
- 2022 – Finished in 8th place
- 2023 – Finished in 9th place (relegated to Division IA)
- 2024 – Finished in 12th place (2nd in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division)
Team
Current roster
Roster for the Group A tournament of the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I.[9][10]
Head coach: Pat Cortina
Player age at start of tournament on 21 April 2024.
Head coaches
- Tibor Balogh (1997–1999)
- Bence Vadócz (1999–2001)
- Vladimir Matejov (2001–2002)
- Tibor Balogh (2002–2005)
- László Pindák (2006–2007)
- András Kis (2007–2009)
- Csaba Gömöri (2011–2014)
- Dwayne Gylywoychuk (2015)
- Tibor Marton (2015–2018)
- Jari Risku (2018–2019)[11]
- Pat Cortina (2019–2020)[12][13]
- Lisa Haley (2020–2021)[14]
- Pat Cortina (2022–)
Awards and honors
References
- ^ a b c "Hungary Women Top 25 Scoring Leaders" (PDF). NationalTeamsofIceHockey.com. November 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Hungary Women Official Results" (PDF). NationalTeamsOfIceHockey.com. November 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Zavodszky, Szabolcs (14 April 2019). "Hungarian women earn historic promotion". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/hungary.html Archived 23 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "IIHF Member National Association: Hungary". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V All Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423 Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Női válogatott: jöhet a VB-főpróba". Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (Press release) (in Hungarian). 18 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Team Roster: Hungary". IIHF. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Új szövetségi kapitánya van a női válogatottnak". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Pat Cortina a női válogatott szövetségi kapitánya". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Keresik a női válogatott új szövetségi kapitányát". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). 24 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Női jégkorong: Kanadából érkezik szövetségi kapitány a válogatott é". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group A: Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
External links
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