South African women's national ice hockey team
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| Association | South African Ice Hockey Association |
| World ranking | 32nd place |
| Trainer | Andre Marais |
| Most games | Sabrina Bundock (36) |
| Most of the points | Attali Otto (17) |
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First international game Hungary 6-0 South Africa Székesfehérvár , Hungary ; March 19, 1999 |
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Biggest win South Africa 8: 1 Turkey Miercurea Ciuc , Romania ; March 27, 2008 |
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Biggest defeat Great Britain 27: 0 South Africa Sheffield , United Kingdom ; March 9, 2007 |
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| Participation | since 1999 |
| best result | 4th place B-WM-Quali ( 1999 ) |
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The South African national ice hockey team for women is South Africa 's national ice hockey team in women's ice hockey . In April 2015 the team was 32nd in the IIHF world rankings . The South African national team is the only women's ice hockey team on the entire African continent .
history
The South African women's national ice hockey team has been participating in the International Ice Hockey Federation's games since the 1999 World Cup. In their first World Cup participation in 1999, the team failed to qualify for the B World Cup for the following year. In the following year, South Africa could not qualify for the B-WM and rose several times in the following years, so that the team had to compete in the 2008 World Cup in Division IV, the fifth World Cup level in women's ice hockey.
Since divisions III to V were not played at the 2009 World Cup and in 2010 there was no women's World Cup anyway due to the hosting of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver , South Africa will play a World Cup again in 2011 for the first time in three years and played again in Division IV . With four defeats they were relegated to Division V, but due to the cancellation of several teams they played the following year in the higher Division II B , where they finished last without a win.
Placements
At world championships
- 1999 - 4th place, qualification for the B-WM
- 2000 - 8th place, qualification for the B-WM
- 2001 - 4th place, qualification for Division IIA
- 2003 - 5th place, Division III
- 2004 - did not participate
- 2005 - 6th place, Division III
- 2007 - 6th place, Division III
- 2008 - 5th place, Division IV
- 2011 - 5th place, Division IV (relegated to Division V)
- 2012 - 6th place, Division IIB
- 2013 - 6th place, Division IIB (relegation to qualification for Division IIB)
- 2014 - 2nd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2015 - 3rd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2016 - 3rd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2017 - 3rd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2018 - 3rd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2019 - 3rd place, qualification for Division IIB
- 2020 - 1st place, Division III (promotion to Division IIB)
Web links
- Official website of the South African Ice Hockey Association (English)
- International match overview for South Africa (PDF; 151 kB) on nationalteamsoficehockey.com