Joa Elfsberg

Joa Elfsberg
Date of birth	July 30, 1979
place of birth	Valbo , Sweden
size	177 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	center
number	# 21
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 1995	Valbo AIF
1995-1996	Brynäs IF
1996-1998	Nacka HK
1999-2011	Brynäs IF

Joa Anna Elisabeth Elfsberg (born July 30, 1979 in Valbo ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played for Brynäs IF in the Riksserien for many years . With the Swedish women's national team , she won a total of four medals at the Olympic Winter Games, World and European Championships.

Career

Joa Elfsberg grew up in Lund (Valbo) and began her career at Valbo AIF . Around 1995 she moved to Brynäs IF , where she played for the first time in the then highest women's division, Division 1.

At the European Championships in 1996 she won the gold medal with the national team - alongside Erika Holst and Åsa Elfving . With 5 goals she was the top scorer of the Swedish national team.

After this success, Elfsberg moved within Division 1 to Nacka HK . In the late 1990s she moved to the United States for about a year and played ice hockey for Assabet Vally High School. In 1999 she returned to Sweden and then returned to Brynäs IF.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , she won with the Swedish national team the bronze medal four years later at the Winter Olympics in Turin , the silver medal. In the latter, she did not appear as a striker, but as a defender.

When she last participated in the World Cup in 2007 , she won the bronze medal. In total, Elfsberg completed 155 international matches for Sweden, in which she scored 20 goals. In 2011 she ended her career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1996 gold medal at the European Championship
• 2002 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 2006 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 2007 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Club competitions

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
1995/96	Brynäs IF	Division 1
1996/97	Nacka HK	Division 1
1997/98	Nacka HK	Division 1
1998/99	Assabet Vally High School
2001/02	Brynäs IF	Division 1									5	6th	3	9	8th	+4
2002/03	Brynäs IF	Division 1									2	2	0	2	50	-1
2003/04	Brynäs IF	Division 1									3	3	2	5	6th	+5
2004/05	Brynäs IF	Division 1									5	2	1	3	6th	+3
2005/06	Brynäs IF	Division 1									5	3	2	5	8th	−2
2006/07	Brynäs IF	Division 1									2	0	3	3	0	+3
2007/08	Brynäs IF	Rick series		14th	3	6th	9	30th	+7		4th	6th	6th	12	6th	+11
2008/09	Brynäs IF	Rick series		20th	7th	4th	11	32	-8th		6th	2	2	4th	12	+3
2009/10	Brynäs IF	Rick series		21st	9	8th	17th	69	+8		2	0	0	0	2	0
2010/11	Brynäs IF	Rick series		28	7th	6th	13	34	+14		3	1	0	1	2	+ 1

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		result
1996	Sweden	EM		5	5	0	5	0			gold medal
1997	Sweden	WM		3	0	0	0	8th			5th place
1998	Sweden	Olympia		5	0	1	1	10	-4		5th place
1999	Sweden	WM		5	0	3	3	6th	-5		4th place
2000	Sweden	WM		5	0	0	0	25th	-3		4th place
2001	Sweden	WM		5	1	0	1	8th	-4		7th place
2002	Sweden	Olympia		5	0	0	0	6th	-1		Bronze medal
2006	Sweden	Olympia		5	0	0	0	6th	0		Silver medal
2007	Sweden	WM		5	2	1	3	6th	+2		Bronze medal

Web links

• Joa Elfsberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Joa Elfsberg at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Joa Elfsberg at eurohockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swehockey.se, Media Guide - Olympic Games 2006 , p. 2 (PDF file)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Joa Elfsberg - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. In: sok.se. Retrieved January 23, 2018 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ swehockey.se, 1996 IIHF European Women's Championship (PDF file)