Austria women's national ice hockey team

The Austrian national women's ice hockey team represents Austria at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships and is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. Austria has 644 female players in 2011.[2]

Austria
Nickname(s)The Lady Eagles
AssociationÖsterreichischer Eishockeyverband
Head coachAlexander Bröms
CaptainAnna Meixner
Most gamesEsther Väärälä (141)
Top scorerDenise Altmann (100)
Most pointsDenise Altmann (199)
IIHF codeAUT
Ranking
Current IIHF13 1 (28 August 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF10 (first in 2017)
Lowest IIHF26 (2004)
First international
Hungary  4–1  Austria
Villach, Austria; 31 March 2001
Biggest win
Austria  14–0  Romania
Graz, Austria; 19 March 2004
Biggest defeat
Switzerland  10–2  Austria
Romanshorn, Switzerland; 18 December 2009
World Championships
Appearances16 (first in 2009)
Best result10th (2015, 2017)
International record (W–L–T)
116–141–3

Tournament record

Olympic Games
Main article: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

The women's team of Austria has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

The Austrian team participated in the World championship for the first time in 2004 (in Division III). That same year, Austria was promoted to Division II. They remained there until their promotion to Division I further to the world championship 2008. Their best performance was 10th place at the World championship of 2015

YearFinishDiv rank
2004Finished in 22nd place1st in Division III and promoted to Division II
2005Finished in 19th place5th in Division II
2007Finished in 19th place4th in Division II
2008Finished in 16th place1st in division II and promoted to Division I
2009Finished in 13th place4th in Division I
2011Finished in 12th place4th in Division I
2012Finished in 12th place4th in Division IA
2013Finished in 12th place4th in Division IA
2014Finished in 13th place5th in Division IA
2015Finished in 10th place2nd in Division IA
2016Finished in 11th place3rd in Division IA
2017Finished in 10th place2nd in Division IA
2018Finished in 11th place2nd in Division IA
2019Finished in 14th place4th in Division IA
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022Finished in 14th place4th in Division IA
2023Finished in 13th place3rd in Division IA
2024Finished in 14th place4th in Division IA

Team

Current roster

Roster for the Group A tournament of the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I.[5][6]

Head coach: Alexander Bröms
Assistant coaches: Mario Bellina, Thomas Dechel, Petteri Hirvonen

Player age at beginning of tournament on 21 April 2024.

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam
3FHanna Schwarzer1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)65 kg (143 lb) (2005-12-16)16 December 2005 (aged 18) Salzburg Eagles
4FMarja Linzbichler1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)56 kg (123 lb) (2004-05-28)28 May 2004 (aged 19) Norwich Cadets
5DLaura Nagy1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)74 kg (163 lb) (2006-10-02)2 October 2006 (aged 17) SKN Sabres
7FTheresa Schafzahl1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)63 kg (139 lb) (2000-04-12)12 April 2000 (aged 24) PWHL Boston
8FKatharina Killius1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)63 kg (139 lb) (2003-06-25)25 June 2003 (aged 20) EAC Junior Captials
9DLisa Schröfl1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)60 kg (130 lb) (2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 20) LIU Sharks
10FAnna Meixner – C1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)64 kg (141 lb) (1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 29) Brynäs IF
11FEmma Hofbauer1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)60 kg (130 lb) (2004-11-30)30 November 2004 (aged 19) SKN Sabres
12DAnnika Fazokas1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)59 kg (130 lb) (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 27) EV Zug
13FTamara Grascher1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)62 kg (137 lb) (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 29) EC Graz Huskies
14FTamina Schall1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)58 kg (128 lb) (2005-03-24)24 March 2005 (aged 19) EC Graz Huskies
15DEmma Mörtl1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)61 kg (134 lb) (2003-11-22)22 November 2003 (aged 20) LIU Sharks
16FLeonie Kutzer1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)53 kg (117 lb) (2005-03-26)26 March 2005 (aged 19) EV Zug
17DCharlotte Wittich – A1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)70 kg (150 lb) (1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 30) SKN Sabres
18FLaura Lüftenegger1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)52 kg (115 lb) (2000-05-25)25 May 2000 (aged 23) EAC Junior Captials
19DKarolina Hengelmüller1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)65 kg (143 lb) (2004-05-13)13 May 2004 (aged 19) Penn State Nittany Lions
20FMagdalena Luggin1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)58 kg (128 lb) (2005-11-06)6 November 2005 (aged 18) SKN Sabres
21FLena Dauböck1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)59 kg (130 lb) (2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 20) EC Graz Huskies
22FLena Artner1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)67 kg (148 lb) (2005-06-14)14 June 2005 (aged 18) SKN Sabres
23DAntonia Matzka – A1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)70 kg (150 lb) (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 25) SKN Sabres
24FAnja Trummer1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)63 kg (139 lb) (2001-07-24)24 July 2001 (aged 22) Yale Bulldogs
25GSelma Luggin1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)67 kg (148 lb) (2002-10-05)5 October 2002 (aged 21) ECDC Memmingen

Awards and honors

References
  1. "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/austria.html
  3. "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. 7 March 2020.
  4. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Team Roster: AUT - Austria". IIHF. 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  6. "Damen Starten in Zell am See die Mission Heim-WM". Österreichischer Eishockeyverband (in German). 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  7. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group A: Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austria women's national ice hockey team.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.