Kazakhstan women's national ice hockey team explained

Kazakhstan
Badge Size:	125px
Caption:	The Emblem of Kazakhstan is the badge used on the players jerseys
Association:	Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
Coach:	Alexander Tebenkov
Asst Coach:	Zhassulan Orazbayev
Captain:	Anastassiya Orazbayeva
Most Games:	Viktoriya Sazonova (102)
Top Scorer:	Zarnia Vallter (36)
Most Points:	Zarnia Vallter (58)
Iihf Code:	KAZ
Iihf Max:	7
Iihf Max Date:	2011
Iihf Min:	22
Iihf Min Date:	2023
First Game:	4–0
Largest Win:	19–0 19–0
Largest Loss:	13–0 13–0
World Champ2 Name:	World Championships
World Champ2 Apps:	20
World Champ2 First:	2000
World Champ2 Best:	6th (2009)
Regional Name:	Asian Winter Games
Regional Cup Apps:	10
Regional Cup First:	1996
Regional Cup Best:	Gold (2003, 2007, 2011)
Olympic Apps:	1
Olympic First:	2002
Record:	108–119–12

The Kazakhstan women's national ice hockey team represents Kazakhstan in top international ice hockey competition, including the International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championship. The women's national team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan had 127 female players in 2011.^[1]

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^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
• 2022 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division IB)
• 2023 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division IB, relegated to Division IIA)
• 2024 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division IIA, promoted to Division IB)

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
• 1999 – 3rd
• 2003 – 1st
• 2007 – 1st
• 2011 – 1st
• 2017 – 3rd

European Championship

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

Team

Current roster

The roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament.^[5]

Head coach: Alexander Maltsev
Assistant coach: Natalya Skobelkina

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	D		1.65m (05.41feet)	50abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
2	F	– A	1.71m (05.61feet)	86abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
3	F		1.67m (05.48feet)	67abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
4	D		1.73m (05.68feet)	78abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
5	F		1.68m (05.51feet)	70abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
6	D		1.71m (05.61feet)	65abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
7	F		1.56m (05.12feet)	53abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
9	F		1.62m (05.31feet)	55abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
10	F		1.6m (05.2feet)	56abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
11	D		1.7m (05.6feet)	70abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
12	F		1.68m (05.51feet)	62abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
13	F		1.69m (05.54feet)	60abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
14	F		1.67m (05.48feet)	54abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
15	D		1.65m (05.41feet)	57abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
16	D		1.68m (05.51feet)	59abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
17	D		1.61m (05.28feet)	55abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
20	G		1.71m (05.61feet)	70abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
21	F		1.77m (05.81feet)	70abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
23	F		1.56m (05.12feet)	63abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
24	F		1.64m (05.38feet)	57abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty
25	G		1.65m (05.41feet)	64abbr=onNaNabbr=on	April 7, 2022	Aisulu Almaty

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 12 March 2022^[6]

Key

Notes and References

1. http://www.iihf.com/de/iihf-home/countries/kazakhstan.html Profile
2. Demoted to "Division I: Main championships cancelled due to SARS outbreak. Did not affect Division I.
3. Web site: IIHF cancels March tournaments. 2 March 2020. iihf.com.
4. Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.
5. Web site: 2022-04-07 . 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group B – Team Roster: KAZ - Kazakhstan . 2022-04-12 . International Ice Hockey Federation.
6. Web site: Kazakhstan Women All Time Results. 12 March 2022. National Teams of Ice Hockey.