Kazakhstan women's national ice hockey team

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Kazakhstan
AssociationKazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachAlexander Maltsev
AssistantsNatalya Skobelkina
Alexander Tebenkov
CaptainOlga Konysheva
Most gamesViktoriya Sazonova (81)
Most pointsNatalya Yakovchuk (42)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKAZ
Ranking
Current IIHF21 Steady (1 September 2021)[1]
Highest IIHF7 (2011)
Lowest IIHF19 (2018)
First international
Latvia  4–0  Kazakhstan
(Riga, Latvia; 21 October 1995)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan  19–0  South Korea
(Misawa, Japan; 3 February 2003)
Kazakhstan  19–0  Hong Kong
(Sapporo, Japan; 23 February 2017)
Biggest defeat
World Championships
Appearances17 (first in 2000)
Best result6th (2009)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances10 (first in 1996)
Best resultGold medal with cup.svg Gold (2003, 2007, 2011)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
International record (W–L–T)
85–76–12

The Kazakhstan women's national ice hockey team represents Kazakhstan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan has 127 female players in 2011.[2]

History[]

The Kazakhstani team's current world ranking is 7th, moving up one spot from last year. By beating the Russian national women's ice hockey team at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in the 7th place game, it was their highest ever position at a World or Olympic championship.

Tournament record[]

Olympic Games[]

  • 2002 – Finished in 8th place

World Championship[]

  • 1999 – Finished in 17th/18th place (1st in Pool B qualifying group, promoted to Pool B)
  • 2000 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Pool B, promoted to Top Division)
  • 2001 – Finished in 8th place (relegated to Division I)
  • 2003 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Division I)
  • 2004 – Finished in 10th place (1st in Division I, promoted to Top Division)
  • 2005 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 9th place[3]
  • 2008 – Finished in 10th place (1st in Division I, promoted to Top Division)
  • 2009 – Finished in 6th place
  • 2011 – Finished in 8th place (relegated to Division I)
  • 2012 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Division IA, relegated to Division IB)
  • 2013 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB)
  • 2014 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Division IB, relegated to Division IIA)
  • 2015 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Division IIA, promoted to Division IB)
  • 2016 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
  • 2017 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
  • 2018 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division IB)
  • 2019 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Division IB)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]

Asian Winter Games[]

Kazakhstan has participated in every women's ice hockey tournament contested at the Asian Winter games. The squad has claimed a medal in every tournament including three golds.

  • 1996 – 3rd 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1999 – 3rd 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2003 – 1st Gold medal with cup.svg
  • 2007 – 1st Gold medal with cup.svg
  • 2011 – 1st Gold medal with cup.svg
  • 2017 – 3rd 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

European Championship[]

  • 1996 – Finished in 13th place (7th in Pool B)

National U-18 team[]

The national under-18 team debuted in 2007 during qualification for the first ever IIHF Under 18 women's world championships (contested in 2008).

  • 2010 – Finished in 6th place (in Division I)

2015 roster[]

[6]

Goaltenders
Number Player Club
1 Aisulu Almaty
20 Aisulu Almaty
Defensemen
Number Player Club
2 Aisulu Almaty
6
12 Aisulu Almaty
14 Aisulu Almaty
15 , A Aisulu Almaty
16 Olga Konysheva Aisulu Almaty
18 Aisulu Almaty
21 Aisulu Almaty
23 Aisulu Almaty
Forwards
Number Player Club
3 Aisulu Almaty
4 Aisulu Almaty
5
8 , A Aisulu Almaty
9 Aisulu Almaty
10 Aisulu Almaty
11 , C Aisulu Almaty
12 Aisulu Almaty
17 Aisulu Almaty
19 Aisulu Almaty
24 Aisulu Almaty

References[]

  1. ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. ^ Profile
  3. ^ Demoted to "Division I: Main championships cancelled due to SARS outbreak. Did not affect Division I.
  4. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  5. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ 2015 roster

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