| 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.
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]
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]
| Year | Division | Result | Overall rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division V | bgcolor=#cc9966 align=center | 3rd | 33rd | ||
| Division II B | bgcolor=silver align=center | 2nd | 34th | ||
| Division II B | bgcolor=#cc9966 align=center | 3rd | 35th | ||
 2015 | Division II B | align=center | 4th | 36th | |
| Division II B | align=center | 4th | 36th | ||
| 2017 | Division II B | align=center | 4th | 36th | |
| Division II B | align=center | 5th | 38th | ||
| 2019 | Division II B | align=center | 5th | 39th | |
| 2020 | Division III | align=center | 4th | 38th | |
 2021 | Division III | align=center colspan=2 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6] | ||
| 2022 | Division III | align=center | 3rd | 34th | |
 2023 | Division III | align=center | 5th | 37th | |
| 2024 | Division III | align=center | 6th | 40th |