The South Africa women's national ice hockey team represents South Africa at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by South African Ice Hockey Association. The South African national team is the only national women's ice hockey team on the entire African continent. As of 2012, South Africa has 52 female players.[2] The South Africa women's national team is ranked 32nd in the world.
 The flag of South Africa is the badge used on the players jerseys | |
| Association | South African Ice Hockey Association |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Jean-Michel van Doesburgh |
| Assistants | Donne van Doesburgh Ettiene Retief |
| Captain | Dalene Rhode |
| Most games | Donne van Doesburgh (63) |
| Top scorer | Dalene Rhode (36) |
| Most points | Donne van Doesburgh (58) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | RSA |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 37  (28 August 2023)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 23 (2003) |
| Lowest IIHF | 38 (2022) |
| First international | |
Hungary  6–0  South Africa(Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 19 March 1999) | |
| Biggest win | |
South Africa 11–0  Bulgaria(Taipei, Republic of China; 15 December 2016) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Slovakia  23–0 South Africa(Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 23 March 2000) | |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 20 (first in 1999) |
| Best result | 23rd (2001) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 21–63–1 | |
History
editThe South African women's national ice hockey team has participated in International Ice Hockey Federation events since the 1999 IIHF Women's World Championship. At their first World Championship in 1999, the team were unable to qualify for the B World Championship held the next year. In the following year, they were again unable to qualify for the B World Championship and were relegated several times over the following years, competing at the 2008 IIHF Women's World Championship in Division IV, the fifth World Championship level in women's ice hockey. As Divisions III to V saw no match play at the 2009 World Championship[3] and there was no IIHF World Women's Championship in 2010 because of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, South Africa played their first World Championships match in three years in 2011, competing in Division IV.
Tournament record
editOlympic games
editSouth Africa hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
World Championship
edit- 1999 – Not ranked (4th in 2000 Group B Qualification Pool A)
- 2000 – Finished in 24th place (8th in 2001 Group B Qualification)
- 2001 – Finished in 23rd place (4th in 2003 Division I Qualification Group A)
- 2003 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division III)
- 2005 – Finished in 26th place (6th in Division III)
- 2007 – Finished in 27th place (6th in Division III, Relegated to Division IV)
- 2008 – Finished in 32nd place (5th in Division IV)
- 2009 – Division IV canceled
- 2011 – Finished in 30th place (5th in Division IV)
- 2012 – Finished in 32nd place (6th in Division IIB)
- 2013 – Finished in 32nd place (6th in Division IIB, Relegated to Division IIB Qualification)
- 2014 – Finished in 34th place (2nd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2015 – Finished in 35th place (3rd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2016 – Finished in 35th place (3rd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2017 – Finished in 35th place (3rd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2018 – Finished in 36th place (3rd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2019 – Finished in 37th place (3rd in Division IIB Qualification)
- 2020 – Finished in 35th place (1st in Division III, Promoted to Division IIB)
- 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
- 2022 – Finished in 30th place (4th in Division IIB)
- 2023 – Finished in 31st place (4th in Division IIB)
- 2024 – Finished in 34rd place (6th in Division IIB, Relegated to Division IIA)
All-time record against other teams
editAs of 10 December 2015[5]
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Aga | Diff | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 43 | −41 | 0.00% |
 Austria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0.00% |
 Belgium |
7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 41 | −31 | 14.29% |
| Bulgaria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 100.00% |
 Croatia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0.00% |
 Estonia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00% |
 Great Britain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | −68 | 0.00% |
 Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 33.33% |
| Hungary |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 35 | −28 | 0.00% |
 Iceland |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 0.00% |
 Italy |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0.00% |
 Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00% |
 Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0.00% |
 New Zealand |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0.00% |
 Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0.00% |
 Romania |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 60.00% |
| Slovakia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0.00% |
 Slovenia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 0.00% |
 South Korea |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0.00% |
 Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0.00% |
 Turkey |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 50.00% |
| Total | 55 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 96 | 439 | -343 | 16.36% |
References
edit- ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/south-africa.html
- ^ 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423
- ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "South Africa All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
