The Romania women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the women's national under-18 ice hockey team of Romania. The team is controlled by the Romanian Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2016 the team debuted at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships where they competed in the Division I Qualification tournament, finishing in last place.
 The Coat of arms of Romania is the badge used on the players jerseys. | |
| Association | Romanian Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| General manager | Ion Stoica |
| Head coach | George Pogacean |
| Assistants | Cristinel Munteanu |
| Captain | Voicu Ana |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | ROU |
| First international | |
 Austria 12 – 0 Romania  (Spittal an der Drau, Austria; 7 January 2016) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Kazakhstan 15 – 0 Romania (Spittal an der Drau, Austria; 8 January 2016) | |
| IIHF World Women's U18 Championships | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | 22nd (2016) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 0–4–0 | |
History
editIn January 2016 the Romanian women's national under-18 ice hockey team debuted at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships where they played in the 2016 Division I Qualification tournament in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria.[1] Romania was placed in Group A with Austria, China and Kazakhstan.[2] The team finished last in Group A's preliminary round after losing all three of their games, which included their largest loss on record after Kazakhstan defeated them 15–0.[2] Romania then progressed to the seventh place classification game against Australia, who had finished last in Group B.[2][3] Romania was defeated by Australia 6–7 following a shootout and finished the tournament in eighth place.[3][4] Alina Oprea was selected as the best Romanian player of the tournament.[5]
International competitions
edit- 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. Finish: 8th in Division I Qualification (22nd overall)
- 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. Finish: 4th in Division I B Qualification (24th overall)
Team roster
editFor the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification[6][7]
| # | Name | Pos | S/G | Age | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Katalin Adorjan | D | L | 24 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 18 | Voicu Ana (C) | F | L | 25 | Corona Brasov |
| 6 | Orsolya Antal | D | R | 24 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 21 | Bianca Bobu | G | L | 24 | CSS Triumf Bucharest |
| 12 | Ana Chiurtu | D | L | 26 | Dunarea Galati |
| 11 | Franzieska Gosler | F | R | 24 | Corona Brasov |
| 20 | Miruna Ionescu | F | L | 25 | CSS Triumf Bucharest |
| 5 | Renata Istvan | D | L | 24 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 24 | Diana Iuga (A) | F | L | 24 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 9 | Kinga Jakab | F | L | 24 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 14 | Orsolya Jakab | F | L | 25 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 19 | Sabina Jugurica | F | R | 25 | CSS Triumf Bucharest |
| 1 | Andrea Kurko | G | L | 26 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 13 | Nikolett Molnar | F | L | 24 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 8 | Nadina Niciu | D | R | 25 | CSS Triumf Bucharest |
| 17 | Alina Oprea (A) | F | L | 26 | CSS Triumf Bucharest |
| 3 | Vivien Simon | D | R | 25 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 23 | Kata Tamas | D | R | 26 | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| 7 | Maria Trandafir | D | R | 24 | CSS Triumf Bucharest |
References
edit- ^ "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification". IIHF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Tournament Progress - Preliminary Round" (PDF). IIHF. 10 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Tournament Progress - Play-offs" (PDF). IIHF. 11 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Final Ranking" (PDF). IIHF. 11 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches" (PDF). IIHF. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Team Roster" (PDF). IIHF. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "AUT – ROU Line-ups" (PDF). IIHF. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
External links
edit- Romanian Ice Hockey Federation website (in Romanian)