Poland women's national ice hockey team

The Polish women's national ice hockey team represents Poland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Polski Związek Hokeja na Lodzie. As of 2011, Poland has 374 female players.[2] The Polish women's national team is ranked 20th in the world.

Poland
The Coat of arms of Poland is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s)The Eagles
AssociationPolski Związek Hokeja na Lodzie
Head coachZbigniew Wróbel
AssistantsArkadiusz Sobecki
Sebastian Witowski
CaptainKarolina Późniewska
Most gamesEwelina Czarnecka
Karolina Późniewska (61)
Top scorerKarolina Późniewska (58)
Most pointsKarolina Pozniewska (107)
Team colors   
IIHF codePOL
Ranking
Current IIHF20 1 (30 March 2022)[1]
Highest IIHF21 (2017)
Lowest IIHF34 (2011)
First international
Poland  23–0  Ireland
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 14 March 2011)
Biggest win
Poland  23–0  Ireland
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 14 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
Poland  0–16  Czech Republic
(Chomutov, Czech Republic; 13 November 2021)
World Championships
Appearances10 (first in 2011)
Best result17th (2022)
International record (W–L–T)
52–50–0

Tournament record

Olympic Games

The Polish Women hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

In 2011 the Polish team was for the first time involved in the World Championship competition. In the Division V the team made a big surprise by winning the first place in Division V (31st place) and was promoted to the Division IV for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship.

  • 2011 – Finished in 31st place (1st in Division V, promoted to Division IIB)
  • 2012 – Finished in 27th place (1st in Division IIB, promoted to Division IIA)
  • 2013 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division IIA)
  • 2014 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2015 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2016 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Division IIA, promoted to Division IB)
  • 2017 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Division IB)
  • 2018 – Finished in 21st place (6th in Division IB)
  • 2019 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IB)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2022 – Finished in 17th place (2nd in Division IB)

Team

Current roster

The roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament.[5]

Head coach: Zbigniew Wróbel
Assistant coaches: Arkadiusz Sobecki, Sebastian Witowski

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1GMartyna Sass1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)55 kg (121 lb) (2000-12-09)9 December 2000 (aged 21) ŽHK Poprad
2DWiktoria Gogoc1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)62 kg (137 lb) (2000-08-25)25 August 2000 (aged 21) TMH Polonia Bytom
4FMagdalena Łąpieś1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)65 kg (143 lb) (2006-03-15)15 March 2006 (aged 16) GKS Stoczniowiec
5DJulia Zielińska1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)61 kg (134 lb) (2004-12-30)30 December 2004 (aged 17) Kiekko-Espoo
6DPatrycja Wójcik1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)62 kg (137 lb) (2006-02-11)11 February 2006 (aged 16) TMH Polonia Bytom
7FKarolina PóźniewskaC1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)60 kg (130 lb) (1991-11-06)6 November 1991 (aged 30) TMH Polonia Bytom
8FTetiana Onyshchenko1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)62 kg (137 lb) (1999-10-12)12 October 1999 (aged 22) GKS Stoczniowiec
9DPatrycja SforaA1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)57 kg (126 lb) (1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 28) TMH Polonia Bytom
10FSylwia Łaskawska1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)50 kg (110 lb) (1998-04-21)21 April 1998 (aged 23) GKS Tychy
11DDominika Korkuz1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)65 kg (143 lb) (1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 24) GKS Stoczniowiec
12FKamila Wieczorek1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)62 kg (137 lb) (1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (aged 25) Unia Oświęcim
13FJulia Łapińska1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)56 kg (123 lb) (2005-08-21)21 August 2005 (aged 16) GKS Stoczniowiec
14FOlivia Tomczok1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)54 kg (119 lb) (1998-12-04)4 December 1998 (aged 23) TMH Polonia Bytom
15DAlicja Wcisło1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)56 kg (123 lb) (2000-09-19)19 September 2000 (aged 21) TMH Polonia Bytom
16FEwelina CzarneckaA1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)50 kg (110 lb) (1989-09-16)16 September 1989 (aged 32) ŽHK Poprad
17FIda Talanda1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)67 kg (148 lb) (2003-07-22)22 July 2003 (aged 18) TMH Polonia Bytom
18FMaja Brzezińska1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)65 kg (143 lb) (2005-05-13)13 May 2005 (aged 16) GKS Stoczniowiec
20GAgata Kosińska1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)68 kg (150 lb) (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 33) GKS Stoczniowiec
21DKlaudia Chrapek1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)68 kg (150 lb) (1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 26) TMH Polonia Bytom
22FWiktoria Dziwok1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)54 kg (119 lb) (1999-09-28)28 September 1999 (aged 22) TMH Polonia Bytom
23DJoanna Strzelecka1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)67 kg (148 lb) (1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 24) Unia Oświęcim
24FWiktoria Sikorska1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)55 kg (121 lb) (2003-03-17)17 March 2003 (aged 19) Göteborg HC

References

  1. "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. "Poland". Iihf.com. 11 January 1926. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  4. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group B – Team Roster: POL - Poland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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