Croatia women's national ice hockey team
The Croatian women's national ice hockey team represents Croatia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2011, Croatia has 39 female players.[2] Croatia is ranked 33rd in the IIHF World Ranking.
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| Association | Croatian Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Miro Smerdelj |
| Assistants | Duško Janjatović Luka Sabolić |
| Captain | Martina Smolec |
| Most games | Ana Širanović (41) |
| Most points | Diana Krušelj Posavec (71) |
| IIHF code | CRO |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 35  1 (24 April 2020)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 20 (first in 2010) |
| Lowest IIHF | 36 (2018) |
| First international | |
Hungary  3–2  Croatia(Budapest, Hungary; 24 February 2007) | |
| Biggest win | |
Croatia 30–1  Bulgaria(Liepāja, Latvia; 3 September 2008) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Denmark  20–1 Croatia(Barcelona, Spain; 14 October 2012) | |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 11 (first in 2007) |
| Best result | 24th (2008, 2011) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 19–48–0 | |
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 Elite Women's Hockey League with clubs established in the hockey-playing countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria and Slovenia).[3]
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 Vancouver. 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 World Championship 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.[4]
| Year | World Championship |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Finished 28th (1st in Division IV and promoted to Division III) |
| 2008 | Finished 24th (3rd in Division III) |
| 2009 | Division III Cancelled[5] |
| 2011 | Finished 24th (5th in Division III) |
| 2012 | Finished 26th (6th in Division IIA and relegated to Division IIB) |
| 2013 | Finished 29th (3rd in Division IIB) |
| 2014 | Finished 27th (1st in Division IIB and promoted to Division IIA) |
| 2015 | Finished 25th (5th in Division IIA) |
| 2016 | Finished 26th (6th in Division IIA and relegated to Division IIB) |
| 2017 | Did not participate |
| 2018 | Finished 34th (1st in Division IIBQ and promoted to Division IIB) |
| 2019 | Finished 33rd (5th in Division IIB) |
| 2020 | Finished 33rd (5th in Division IIB) |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6] |
All-time Record against other nations
As of 14 September 2011
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
 Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
 Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
 Iceland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
 Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
 Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
 Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
 Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
 Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Team
2011 roster
| Number | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Lana Belic | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 1 | Petra Belobrk | Croatia KHL Grič |
| Number | Nom | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Katja Bednjanec | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 8 | Ela Filipec – A | Croatia HK Celeia |
| 5 | Diana Kruselj-Posavec – Captain | Croatia HK Celeia |
| 14 | Ivana Pintar | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 6 | Martina Smolec | Croatia HK Celeia |
| Number | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Tijana Delic | Croatia HK Celeia |
| 22 | Anja Kadijevic | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 18 | Ivana Kecerin | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 9 | Matea Klanac | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 19 | Nadja Matic |  Germany SERC Lady Wings |
| 13 | Sonja Meke | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 12 | Iva Mondecar – A | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 24 | Danijela Prokopec | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 23 | Zelkja Prokopec | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 10 | Marija Radonic | Croatia KHL Grič |
| 11 | Ana Siranovic | Croatia KHL Grič |
References
- "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Croatia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- "EWHL TEAMS". Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- "Ako niste znali ženski hokej se igra i u Hrvatskoj". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423 Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "CRO-Croatia, Team roster as of February 1, 2011" (pdf). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
