Belgium women's national ice hockey team explained
| Belgium |
| Association: | Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation |
| General Manager: | Hub Van Grinsven |
| Coach: | Tim Vos |
| Asst Coach: | Sven Van Buren |
| Captain: | Eline Leyen |
| Most Games: | Sibylle Morel De Westcaver (58) |
| Top Scorer: | Lotte De Guchtenaere (32) |
| Most Points: | Femke Bosmans (53) |
| Iihf Code: | BEL |
| Iihf Max: | 21 |
| Iihf Max Date: | 2003 |
| Iihf Min: | 39 |
| Iihf Min Date: | 2022 |
| First Game: | 5–2
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| Largest Win: | 14–1
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| Largest Loss: | 13–0
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| World Champ2 Name: | World Championships |
| World Champ2 Apps: | 19 |
| World Champ2 First: | 2000 |
| World Champ2 Best: | 20th (2000) |
| Record: | 41–64–3 |
The Belgian women's national ice hockey team represents Belgium at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2011, Belgium has 83 female players.[1] The Belgian women's national team is ranked 27th in the world.
World Championships record
In 2000 the Belgian team was the first time involved in the World Championship competition.
- 2000 – Finished in 20th place
- 2001 – Finished in 22nd place
- 2003 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Division III)
- 2004 – Finished in 25th place (4th in Division III)
- 2005 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Division III)
- 2007 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division III)
- 2008 – Finished in 25th place (4th in Division III)
- 2009 – Division III canceled[2]
- 2011 – Finished in 25th place (6th in Division IIA, Relegated to Division IIB)
- 2012 – Finished in 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
- 2013 – Finished in 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
- 2014 – Finished in 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
- 2015 – Finished in 32nd place (6th in Division IIB, Relegated to Division IIB Qualification)
- 2017 – Finished in 34th place (2nd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2018 – Finished in 35th place (2nd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2019 – Finished in 36th place (2nd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2020 – Finished in 36th place (2nd in Division III)
- 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
- 2022 – Finished in 32nd place (1st in Division IIIA, Promoted to Division IIB)
- 2023 – Finished in 28th place (1st in Division IIB, Promoted to Division IIA)
- 2024 – Finished in 28th place (6th in Division IIA, Relegated to Division IIB)
All-time record against other nations
As of 14 September 2011
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 62 | |
External links
Notes and References
- IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/belgium.html
- 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423
- Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.
