Bulgaria women's national ice hockey team
The Bulgarian women's national ice hockey team (
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.[2][3]
The Bulgarian women's national team ranked 38th in the world in 2020.
Qualification tournament for the 2010 Olympics
The Bulgaria participated in the
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.[4] 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.[5]
World Championship record
In
2009 Division V tournament in Gdańsk Poland, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons.[6]
| Year | Division | Result | Overall rank |
|---|---|---|---|
2011 |
Division V | 3rd | 33rd |
 2013 |
Division II B | 2nd | 34th |
 2014 |
Division II B | 3rd | 35th |
 2015 |
Division II B | 4th | 36th |
 2016 |
Division II B | 4th | 36th |
 2017 |
Division II B | 4th | 36th |
| 2018 |
Division II B | 5th | 38th |
 2019 |
Division II B | 5th | 39th |
| 2020 |
Division III | 4th | 38th |
 2021 |
Division III | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7] | |
| 2022 |
Division III | 3rd | 34th |
 2023 |
Division III | 5th | 37th |
 2024 |
Division III | 6th | 40th |
References
- ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/bulgaria.html Archived 27 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "IIHF Member National Association Bulgaria". IIHF. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "No Mercy". The Locker Room. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament, Women – Round Robin Game 3 – Game Summary, CRO – BUL 30–1 (8–0, 13–0, 9–1)" (PDF). IIHF. 3 September 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "2009 IIHF Championship Program". IIHF. 30 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". IIHF. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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