Turkey women's national ice hockey team explained

Turkey
Badge:Flag of Turkey.svg
Badge Size:140px
Caption:The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname:Buzun perileri[1]
("Fairies of the Ice")
Association:Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
Coach:Yücel Çıtak
Asst Coach:Yakup Arslan
Ashley Salerno
Captain:Betül Tuna
Most Games:Betül Taygar (42)
Top Scorer:Çağla Baktıroğlu (40)
Most Points:Çağla Baktıroğlu (61)
Iihf Code:TUR
Iihf Max:27
Iihf Max Date:first in 2018
Iihf Min:35
Iihf Min Date:2012
First Game: 27–0
Largest Win: 11–3
Largest Loss: 32–0
World Champ2 Name:World Championships
World Champ2 Apps:13
World Champ2 First:2007
World Champ2 Best:29th (2022)
Record:19–50–0

The Turkish women's national ice hockey team represents Turkey at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Women's Ice Hockey Championship Division IV. The women's national team, established in late 2006, is controlled by Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF). As of 2011, Turkey has 160 female players.[2] The Turkish women's national team is ranked 33rd in the world.

History

The Turkish women team made its first appearance at the 2007 Women's World Championships Division IV tournament held between 26 March through 1 April in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.

Women's ice hockey sport in Turkey began in 2005 with the forming of women's clubs in Ankara. The first official competitions were a cup and a tournament held in 2006.[3] The first women's ice hockey league started on 17 February 2007 with the participation of 6 teams from Ankara and one team from Kocaeli.[4]

The national team was selected following national team camps. The first team coach was Canadian Clive R. Tolley from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, who has assumed the head coach duties for the Turkish senior men's, juniors' (under 20) and espoir (under 18) teams for 4 years term with a trial period of January–June 2007.[5]

Tournament record

Olympics

The Turkey women's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

The Turkish squad made its international debut at the World Championship held in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania between 26 March through 1 April, playing in the Division IV, which got together from the teams of Romania, Estonia, New Zealand, Iceland and Croatia besides of Turkey.

The women's team played its first match against the host team Romania and was defeated by 27–0 (7–0, 11–0, 9–0).[6] Turkish women lost their second match to Estonia with 1–14 (0–6, 0–5, 1–3),[7] while Elif Ulaş scored the national team's first ever goal in the history.[8] The third match was lost to New Zealand with 19–0 (9–0, 6–0, 4–0).[9] Turkey was defeated in its 4th match by Iceland with 1–12 (0–3, 0–3, 1–6). The only Turkish goal was scored by İrem Ayan. The women's squad lost against Croatia with 1–19. The team ranked last (6th).

European Championships

The Turkish women's hockey team never participated in the IIHF European Women Championships.

All-time Record against other nations

[13]

Team W
align=left 34 5 4 0 0 1 +3 24 10 +14
align=left 37 2 2 0 0 0 +2 10 1 +9
align=left 36 1 1 0 0 0 +1 4 1 +3
align=left 32 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 12 −3
align=left 31 1 0 0 1 0 −1 1 2 −1
align=left 35 1 0 0 0 1 −1 1 6 −5
align=left 29 1 0 0 0 1 −1 0 12 −12
align=left 22 1 0 0 0 1 −1 0 14 −14
align=left 39 2 0 0 0 2 −2 2 22 −20
align=left 25 2 0 0 0 2 −2 2 24 −22
align=left 38 2 0 0 0 2 −2 1 36 −35
align=left 26 3 0 0 0 3 −3 4 21 −17
align=left 28 3 0 0 0 3 −34 42 −38
align=left 30 4 0 0 0 4 −4 5 31 −26
align=left 24 4 0 0 0 4 −4 3 31 −28
Total 33 34 8 0 1 25 -18 70 265 -195

Notable former players

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Buzun perileri' elemeleri geçip, 2022 Pekin Kış Olimpiyatları'na katılmayı hedefliyor. Anadolu Agency. Yunus Hocaoğlu. 2021-10-01. 2024-02-01. tr.
  2. IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/turkey.html
  3. http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?id=5560389&tarih=2006-12-06 Newspaper Hürriyet 6 December 2006
  4. http://www.sendeyolla.com/medyadetay.aspx?&tid=2&cid=35&id=42016 Newspaper Hürriyet 18 February 2007
  5. http://www.ajansspor.com/haber/164278 AjansSpor
  6. http://www.haberler.com/bayan-buz-hokeyi-milli-takimi-yenildi-haberi/ News 27 March 2007
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828153226/http://www.ajansspor.com/haber/174979 AjansSpor 27 March 2007
  8. Web site: Ice Hockey Federation 2007 Championship. IIHF.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828185234/http://www.ajansspor.com/haber/175338 AjansSpor 29 March 2007
  10. 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423
  11. Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. IIHF. 18 November 2020.
  12. Web site: Türkiye withdraws from WWIIB. IIHF. 15 February 2022.
  13. Web site: Ice Hockey - Turkey Women : Palmares, results and name.