Romania women's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Romania women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the women's national under-18 ice hockey team of Romania. The team is controlled by the Romanian Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2016 the team debuted at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships where they competed in the Division I Qualification tournament, finishing in last place.

The Coat of arms of Romania is the badge used on the players jerseys.
AssociationRomanian Ice Hockey Federation
General ManagerIon Stoica
Head coachGeorge Pogacean
AssistantsCristinel Munteanu
CaptainVoicu Ana
Team colors       
IIHF codeROU
First international
 Austria 12 – 0 Romania 
(Spittal an der Drau, Austria; 7 January 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Kazakhstan 15 – 0 Romania 
(Spittal an der Drau, Austria; 8 January 2016)
IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best result22nd (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
0–4–0

History

In January 2016 the Romanian women's national under-18 ice hockey team debuted at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships where they played in the 2016 Division I Qualification tournament in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria.[1] Romania was placed in Group A with Austria, China and Kazakhstan.[2] The team finished last in Group A's preliminary round after losing all three of their games, which included their largest loss on record after Kazakhstan defeated them 15–0.[2] Romania then progressed to the seventh place classification game against Australia, who had finished last in Group B.[2][3] Romania was defeated by Australia 6–7 following a shootout and finished the tournament in eighth place.[3][4] Alina Oprea was selected as the best Romanian player of the tournament.[5]

International competitions

Team roster

For the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification[6][7]

#NamePosS/GAgeClub
4Katalin AdorjanDL21SC Miercurea Ciuc
18Voicu Ana (C)FL22Corona Brasov
6Orsolya AntalDR20SC Miercurea Ciuc
21Bianca BobuGL20CSS Triumf Bucharest
12Ana ChiurtuDL22Dunarea Galati
11Franzieska GoslerFR20Corona Brasov
20Miruna IonescuFL21CSS Triumf Bucharest
5Renata IstvanDL20SC Miercurea Ciuc
24Diana Iuga (A)FL20SC Miercurea Ciuc
9Kinga JakabFL20SC Miercurea Ciuc
14Orsolya JakabFL22SC Miercurea Ciuc
19Sabina JuguricaFR21CSS Triumf Bucharest
1Andrea KurkoGL23SC Miercurea Ciuc
13Nikolett MolnarFL20SC Miercurea Ciuc
8Nadina NiciuDR22CSS Triumf Bucharest
17Alina Oprea (A)FL22CSS Triumf Bucharest
3Vivien SimonDR21SC Miercurea Ciuc
23Kata TamasDR22SC Miercurea Ciuc
7Maria TrandafirDR20CSS Triumf Bucharest

References
  1. "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. "Tournament Progress - Preliminary Round" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. "Tournament Progress - Play-offs" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 11 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. "Final Ranking" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 11 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  5. "Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. "Team Roster" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. "AUT – ROU Line-ups" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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