The Italian women's national ice hockey team, a.k.a. Blue Ladies, represents Italy at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG). Italy has about 490 female players in 2011.[2]
Tournament record
Olympic Games
- 2006 – Finished in 8th place
- 2026 –
World Championship
- 1999 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Pool B)
- 2000 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Pool B)
- 2001 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division II/A)
- 2003 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division II)
- 2004 – Finished in 17th place (2nd in Division II)
- 2005 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division II)
- 2007 – Finished in 17th place (2nd in Division II)
- 2008 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division II)
- 2009 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division II)
- 2011 – Finished in 17th place (4th in Division II)
- 2012 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Division IB)
- 2013 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Division IIA)
- 2014 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Division IIA)
- 2015 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB)
- 2016 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB)
- 2017 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB)
- 2018 – Finished in 16th place (1st in Division IB, promoted to Division IA)
- 2019 – Finished in 16th place (6th in Division IA, relegated to Division IB)
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
- 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
- 2022 – Finished in 18th place (3rd in Division IB)
- 2023 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IB)
- 2024 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IB)
Team
Current roster
The roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament.[5]
Head coach: Massimo Fedrizzi
Head coaches
- Markus Sparer, c. 1999–2005
- Herbert Frisch, 2006–07
- Marco Liberatore, 2007–2019
- Massimo Fedrizzi, 2021–
References
- ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Italy". Iihf.com. 24 January 1924. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I - Group B – Team Roster: ITA - Italy". International Ice Hockey Federation. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Italy women's national ice hockey team.
- Official website
- IIHF profile
- National Teams of Ice Hockey
