Turkey women's national ice hockey team

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Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager Murat Ocakçı
Head coach Çağrı Karabulut
Assistants Olcay Lökbaş
Sevilay Kesteloğlu
Captain Yeliz Yüksel
Most games Elif Ulaş (14)
Nilay Gunay (14)
Most points Seda Demir (8)
IIHF code TUR
IIHF ranking 33 Steady
Highest IIHF ranking 33 (first in 2007)
Lowest IIHF ranking 35 (2012)
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First international
 Romania 27 – 0 Turkey 
(Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania; March 27, 2007)
Biggest win
 Turkey 11 – 3 Bulgaria 
(Hong Kong, China; February 18, 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Finland 32 – 0 Turkey 
(Erzurum, Turkey; January 31, 2011)
International record (W–L–T)
7–20–1

The Turkish women's national ice hockey team represents Turkey at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Women's Ice Hockey Championship Division IV. The women's national team, established in late 2006, is controlled by Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF). As of 2011, Turkey has 160 female players.[1] The Turkish women's national team is ranked 33rd in the world.

History

The Turkish women team made its first appearance at the 2007 Women's World Championships Division IV tournament held between March 26 through April 1 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.

Women's ice hockey sport in Turkey began in 2005 with the forming of women's clubs in Ankara. The first official competitions were a cup and a tournament held in 2006.[2] The first women's ice hockey league started on February 17, 2007 with the participation of 6 teams from Ankara and one team from Kocaeli.[3]

The national team was selected following national team camps. The first team coach was Canadian Clive R. Tolley from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, who has assumed the head coach duties for the Turkish senior men's, juniors' (under 20) and espoir (under 18) teams for 4 years term with a trial period of January–June 2007.[4]

Olympics

The Turkey women's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championships

2007

The Turkish squad made its international debut at the World Championship held in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania between March 26 through April 1, playing in the Division IV, which got together from the teams of Romania, Estonia, New Zealand, Iceland and Croatia besides of Turkey.

The women's team played its first match against the host team Romania and was defeated by 27-0 (7-0, 11-0, 9-0).[5] Turkish women lost their second match to Estonia with 1-14 (0-6, 0-5, 1-3),[6] while Elif Ulaş scored the national team's first ever goal in the history.[7] The third match was lost to New Zealand with 19-0 (9-0, 6-0, 4-0).[8] Turkey was defeated in its 4th match by Iceland with 1-12 (0-3, 0-3, 1-6). The only Turkish goal was scored by İrem Ayan. The women's squad lost against Croatia with 1-19. The team ranked last (6th).

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 41 6 15
 Romania 5 4 0 0 1 44 12 12
 New Zealand 5 3 0 0 2 45 9 9
 Estonia 5 1 1 0 3 21 20 5
 Iceland 5 1 0 1 3 17 23 4
 Turkey 5 0 0 0 5 3 91 0

2008

The women's national team took part at the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships - Division IV held in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania from March 23 to March 29, 2008 and ranked again last (6th) having been defeated in all its matches against Iceland (0-9), New Zealand (0-16), Romania (1-9), Estonia (1-8) and South Africa (1-8).

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Iceland 5 5 0 0 0 30 5 15
 New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 37 9 12
 Romania 5 2 0 1 2 25 16 7
 Estonia 5 2 0 0 3 11 17 6
 South Africa 5 1 1 0 3 15 24 5
 Turkey 5 0 0 0 5 3 50 0

2009

The Division III, Division IV and Division V were not played. The respective tournaments were cancelled. The reasons seem to be multiple.[9] No country wanted to assume the financial costs of the tournaments. The tournaments was scheduled for 2011. It had the effect the following change: Turkey was not promoted to the Division IV, but rest in the new division V.

2011

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Main article: 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship

For the 2011 tournament, the Division V consisted of Turkey, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain and Ireland.[10] The national team finished 4th in Division V and in 34th place overall.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Poland 4 3 1 0 0 61 4 11
 Spain 4 3 0 1 0 32 5 10
 Bulgaria 4 2 0 0 2 5 27 6
 Turkey 4 1 0 0 3 4 23 3
 Ireland 4 0 0 0 4 0 43 0

2013

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Main article: 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

The Turkish women's team won the Group B Qualification tournament for the 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II held on December 7–9, 2012 in Izmir, Turkey after defeating Bulgaria 4-3 and Ireland 7-1.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Turkey 2 2 0 0 0 11 4 6
 Bulgaria 2 1 0 0 1 9 5 3
 Ireland 2 0 0 0 2 2 13 0

2014

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Main article: 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II § Group B Tournament
Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 26 8 +18 15
 Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 24 9 +15 12
 Spain 5 3 0 0 2 22 15 +7 9
 Iceland 5 2 0 0 3 8 14 −6 6
 Belgium 5 0 1 0 4 3 21 −18 2
 Turkey 5 0 0 1 4 8 24 −16 1
Promoted to the 2015 Division II A Relegated to the 2015 Division II B Qualification

Awards: Best players selected by the directorate:

2015

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Main article: 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships § Division II B Qualification

The Division II B Qualification tournament was played in Hong Kong, from 18 to 21 February 2015.[11]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 23 8 +15 9
 Hong Kong 3 2 0 0 1 10 8 +2 6
 South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 13 12 +1 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 4 22 −18 0
Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

European Championships

The Turkish women's hockey team has never participated at the IIHF European Women Championships.

All-time Record against other nations

As of 21 February 2015

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDiff
 Bulgaria 5 4 0 0 1 24 10 +14
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 0 10 1 +9
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 +3
 Belgium 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1
 South Africa 2 1 0 0 1 9 12 -3
 Spain 2 0 0 0 2 3 13 -10
 Poland 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 -14
 Estonia 2 0 0 0 2 2 22 -20
 Iceland 3 0 0 0 3 3 24 -21
 Croatia 2 0 0 0 2 2 24 -22
 Slovenia 4 0 0 0 4 3 31 -28
 Romania 2 0 0 0 2 1 36 -35
 New Zealand 2 0 0 0 2 0 35 -35
Total 29 8 0 1 20 62 225 -163

Current roster

As of 13 February 2015[12]

Goaltenders
No. Player Catches Height Weight Birth date and age Club
1 Didem Deniz L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 50 kg (110 lb) (1986-01-01) January 1, 1986 (age 38) Turkey Genç Ankara
25 Sera Doğramacı L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 55 kg (121 lb) (1983-06-04) June 4, 1983 (age 40) Australia Sydney Sirens
Defensemen
No. Player Catches Height Weight Birth date and age Club
4 Refika Yılmaz L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 55 kg (121 lb) (1990-06-19) June 19, 1990 (age 33) TurkeyMilenyum Paten
5 Nil Eryılmaz L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 65 kg (143 lb) (1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 (age 29) Turkey Narmanspor
6 Alara Lokbaş R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 59 kg (130 lb) (1998-01-13) January 13, 1998 (age 26) Turkey Genç Ankara
7 Ceren Alkan L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 46 kg (101 lb) (1990-04-08) April 8, 1990 (age 34) Turkey Milenyum Paten
8 Pınar Eser L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 58 kg (128 lb) (1999-08-21) August 21, 1999 (age 24) Turkey Narmanspor
15 İlkim Uygun L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 60 kg (130 lb) (1995-01-04) January 4, 1995 (age 29) Turkey Milenyum Paten
17 Yeliz Yüksel R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 55 kg (121 lb) (1984-05-22) May 22, 1984 (age 39) Turkey Narmanspor
Forwards
No. Player Catches Height Weight Birth date and age Club
3 Betül Taygar R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 54 kg (119 lb) (1997-08-24) August 24, 1997 (age 26) Turkey Narmanspor
9 Çağla Baktıroğlu R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 65 kg (143 lb) (1988-09-01) September 1, 1988 (age 35) Turkey Narmanspor
10 Gizem Öztaşdelen R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 55 kg (121 lb) (1992-03-23) March 23, 1992 (age 32) Turkey Milenyum Paten
11 Başak Demirkol R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 55 kg (121 lb) (1994-11-04) November 4, 1994 (age 29) Turkey Milenyum Paten
12 Seda Demir R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 60 kg (130 lb) (1994-06-21) June 21, 1994 (age 29) Slovakia HK Poprad
13 Fulya Yurt R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 54 kg (119 lb) (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 29) Turkey Narmanspor
14 Betül Kahraman R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 58 kg (128 lb) (1995-01-07) January 7, 1995 (age 29) Turkey Ankara University
16 Çağla Çelik R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 57 kg (126 lb) (1988-12-10) December 10, 1988 (age 35) Turkey Buz Korsanları
18 Diiara Lokbaş R Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 62 kg (137 lb) (1999-09-09) September 9, 1999 (age 24) Turkey Genç Ankara
19 Selin Yılmaz L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 50 kg (110 lb) (1993-11-20) November 20, 1993 (age 30) Turkey Milenyum Paten
21 Simge Özer Sevilmiş L Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 58 kg (128 lb) (1987-08-09) August 9, 1987 (age 36) Turkey Ankara University
Legend
  • A: Assistant captain
  • C: Captain

Coaching staff

  • General Manager: Murat Ocakçı
  • Head Coach: Çağrı Karabulut
  • Assistant Coach: Olcay Lökbaş
  • Assistant Coach: Sevilay Kesteloğlu
  • Team Doctor: Emine Saygılı
  • Physiotherapist: Pınar Balcı

Notable former players

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See also

References

  1. ↑ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/turkey.html
  2. ↑ Newspaper Hürriyet December 6, 2006 (Turkish)
  3. ↑ Newspaper Hürriyet February 18, 2007 (Turkish)
  4. ↑ AjansSpor (Turkish)
  5. ↑ News March 27, 2007 (Turkish)
  6. ↑ AjansSpor March 27, 2007 (Turkish)
  7. ↑ Ice Hockey Federation 2007 Championship
  8. ↑ AjansSpor March 29, 2007 (Turkish)
  9. ↑ 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423
  10. ↑ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/ww-v
  11. ↑ Division II B Q statistics
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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