South Africa women's national ice hockey team

The flag of South Africa is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association South African Ice Hockey Association
General Manager Gertruida Coetzee
Head coach Andre Marais
Assistants Callum Bremner
Ian Nel
Captain Donne Oxenham
Most games Sabrina Bundock (36)
Most points Attali Otto (17)
IIHF code RSA
IIHF ranking 32 Steady
Highest IIHF ranking 28 (first in 2004)
Lowest IIHF ranking 32 (first in 2010)
Team colors               
First international
 Hungary 6–0 South Africa 
(Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 19 March 1999)
Biggest win
 South Africa 8–1 Turkey 
(Miercurea Ciuc, Romania; 27 March 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Slovakia 23–0 South Africa 
(Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 23 March 2000)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances 6 (first in 2003)
Best result 25th (2003)
International record (W–L–T)
6–42–1

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.[1] The South Africa women's national team is ranked 32nd in the world.

History

The 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[2] 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.

Olympic record

South Africa hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship record

All-time record against other nations

As of September 14, 2011

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Turkey 1 1 0 0 8 1
 Romania 4 1 0 3 7 18
 Belgium 5 1 0 4 9 26
 Hungary 5 0 1 4 7 35
 Estonia 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 2 6
 Austria 1 0 0 1 2 7
 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 0 23
 Iceland 2 0 0 2 2 14
 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 3 16
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 1 14
 Italy 2 0 0 2 2 16
 Slovenia 2 0 0 2 3 25
 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 0 68
 Australia 4 0 0 4 3 43

2011 roster

[3]

Goaltenders
Number Player Club
1 Shaylene Swanepoel Natal Sharks
25 Marina Alldred Natal Sharks
Defensemen
Number Player Club
2 Nadine Sheffield Cape Town Eagles
5 Sabrina Bundock Natal Sharks
11 Dominique Verwey Pretoria Warriors
12 Bianca Birrell Pretoria Warriors
16 Samantha Jansen Cape Town Eagles
17 Kristyn Swanepoel Natal Sharks
19 Jadi-Leigh Wessels Cape Town Eagles
Forwards
Number player Club
6 Fyona Shannon Natal Sharks
7 Simone Van Wyk Cape Town Eagles
9 Donn Oxenham Natal Sharks
10 Robyn Adamson Cape Town Eagles
13 Laura-Ann Murphy Natal Sharks
14 Kirstin Oxenham Natal Sharks
18 Debbie McLoughlin Wildcats Johannesburg
21 Dalene Rhode Cape Town Eagles
36 Chelsea Detwiler Spitting Jalapenos

Coaching staff

References

  1. ↑ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/south-africa.html
  2. ↑ 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423
  3. ↑ IIHF World Womens Championship DIVISION IV, http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/256/IHW2560RSA_32E_1_0.pdf

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