Bulgaria women's national ice hockey team explained

Bulgaria
Badge:Coat of arms of Bulgaria.svg
Badge Size:150px
Caption:The coat of arms of Bulgaria is the badge used on national team jerseys.
Association:Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation
Coach:Borislav Blagoev
Asst Coach:Vasil Piperevski
Captain:Stefani Stoyanova
Most Games:three players (36)
Top Scorer:Mirela Zareva (15)
Most Points:Mirela Zareva (29)
Iihf Code:BUL
Iihf Max:23
Iihf Max Date:2011
Iihf Min:39
Iihf Min Date:2021
First Game: 41–0
Largest Win: 6–1
Largest Loss: 82–0
World Champ2 Name:World Championships
World Champ2 Apps:12
World Champ2 First:2011
World Champ2 Best:33rd (2011)
Record:9–45–0

The Bulgarian women's national ice hockey team (Bulgarian: Женски национален отбор по хокей на лед на България|translit=Zhenski natsionalen otbor po khokeĭ na led na Bŭlgariya) represents Bulgaria in the IIHF Women's World Championship. The women's national team is controlled by Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2020, Bulgaria had 53 female players registered with the IIHF, down from 65 players in 2016.[1] [2] The Bulgarian women's national team ranked 38th in the world in 2020.

Qualification tournament for the 2010 Olympics

The Bulgaria participated in the women's qualification tournament for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. They played four games, facing Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, and Latvia. The team lost all four games in blowouts: 0–39 against Latvia, 1–30 against Croatia, 0–41 against Italy, and a record-setting 0–82 loss to Slovakia, which remains the highest goal differential ever recorded in an IIHF sanctioned match as of 2020.[3] Tallied in the game against Croatia, the only goal was scored by forward Olga Gospodinova and assisted by the defensemen Elina Milanova and Sofiya Iliycheva.[4]

World Championship record

In 2011, the Bulgarian women's national team debuted at their first IIHF Women's World Championship tournament, competing in Division V. They were scheduled to compete in the 2009 Division V tournament in Gdańsk Poland, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons.[5]

YearDivisionResultOverall rank
Division Vbgcolor=#cc9966 align=center 3rd 33rd
Division II Bbgcolor=silver align=center 2nd 34th
Division II Bbgcolor=#cc9966 align=center 3rd 35th
2015Division II Balign=center 4th 36th
Division II Balign=center 4th 36th
2017Division II Balign=center 4th 36th
Division II Balign=center 5th 38th
2019Division II Balign=center 5th 39th
2020Division IIIalign=center 4th 38th
2021Division IIIalign=center colspan=2Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2022Division IIIalign=center 3rd 34th
2023Division IIIalign=center 5th 37th
2024Division IIIalign=center 6th 40th

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/bulgaria.html
  2. Web site: IIHF Member National Association Bulgaria. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323215138/https://www.iihf.com/en/associations/332/bulgaria . 23 March 2019 . 3 February 2021. IIHF. en.
  3. Web site: 16 February 2010. No Mercy. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708065909/http://thelockerrooms.blogspot.com/ . 8 July 2011 . 3 February 2021. The Locker Room.
  4. Web site: 3 September 2008. Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament, Women – Round Robin Game 3 – Game Summary, CRO – BUL 30–1 (8–0, 13–0, 9–1). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181219043943/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/166/IHW166903_74_4_0.pdf. 19 December 2018. IIHF. 4 December 2017.
  5. Web site: 30 July 2008. 2009 IIHF Championship Program. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080730113130/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html. 30 July 2008. IIHF. 4 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Steiss. Adam. 18 November 2020. IIHF Council announces more cancellations. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118160111/https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations . 18 November 2020 . IIHF. 18 November 2020.