The Hungarian women's national ice hockey team (Hungarian: Magyar női jégkorong-válogatott) represents Hungary at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship and other senior international women's tournaments. The women's national team is organized by the Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség (Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation). The Hungarian women's national team was ranked 12th in the world in 2020. They hosted and won the 2019 World Championship Division I Group A tournament in Budapest. The victory earned promotion to the Top Division for the first time in team history.[4]
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| Nickname(s) | Magyar |
|---|---|
| Association | Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation |
| Head coach | Pat Cortina |
| Assistants | Krisztián Budai Delaney Collins András Kis |
| Captain | Fanni Gasparics |
| Most games | Réka Dabasi (68)[1] |
| Top scorer | Alexandra Huszák (42)[1] |
| Most points | Fanni Gasparics (77)[1] |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | HUN |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 10  2 (28 August 2023)[2] |
| Highest IIHF | 12 (2020) |
| Lowest IIHF | 27 (2010) |
| First international | |
Ungarn  6–0  Südafrika(Székesfehérvár, Ungarn; 19 March 1999) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Ungarn 14–1 Südafrika Sheffield, Great Britain; 10 March 2007) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Frankreich  17–0 Ungarn(Tilburg, Niederlande; 9 February 2002) | |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 18 (first in 2000) |
| Best result | 8th (2022) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 94–88–1[3] | |
Ice hockey increased in popularity among women in Hungary during the later part of the 2010s. Hungary had 477 female players registered with the IIHF in 2016[5] and, by 2020, the number had more than doubled to 1,144.[6]
Tournament record
Olympic
The Hungarian women's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
World Championships
- 2000 – Finished in 22nd place
- 2001 – Finished in 24th place
- 2003 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division III)
- 2004 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division III)
- 2005 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division III)
- 2007 – Finished in 25th place (4th in Division III)
- 2008 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division III)
- 2009 – Division III canceled[7]
- 2011 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division III)
- 2012 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Division IIA)
- 2013 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Division IIA, Promoted to Division IB)
- 2014 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
- 2015 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB)
- 2016 – Finished in 15th place (1st in Division IB, Promoted to Division IA)
- 2017 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Division IA)
- 2018 – Finished in 12th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2019 – Finished in 11th place (1st in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division)
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
- 2021 – Finished in 9th place
- 2022 – Finished in 8th place
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship.[9]
Head coach: Pat Cortina[10]
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | Anikó Németh | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | 61 kg (134 lb) | 6 September 1996 | MAC Budapest
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| 2 | D | Bernadett Németh | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | 57 kg (126 lb) | 6 September 1996 | MAC Budapest
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| 3 | F | Hayley Williams | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 60 kg (130 lb) | 3 June 1990 | KMH Budapest
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| 4 | D | Taylor Baker | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 30 July 1997 | MAC Budapest
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| 7 | D | Adél Márton | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 26 July 2004 | Budapest JA
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| 8 | F | Petra Szamosfalvi | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 60 kg (130 lb) | 10 May 2002 | KMH Budapest
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| 10 | F | Imola Horváth | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 2 August 2002 |  Göteborg HC
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| 11 | F | Fanni Gasparics – C | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | 61 kg (134 lb) | 20 November 1994 | MAC Budapest
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| 12 | F | Lara Strobl | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | 48 kg (106 lb) | 11 May 2003 | Budapest JA
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| 13 | D | Lotti Odnoga – A | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 71 kg (157 lb) | 19 January 1999 |  Dartmouth Big Green
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| 14 | D | Franciska Kiss-Simon | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 7 November 1995 | KMH Budapest
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| 15 | F | Réka Dabasi | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 60 kg (130 lb) | 24 December 1996 | Metropolitan Riveters
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| 17 | F | Zsófia Pázmándi | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 16 December 2002 | MAC Budapest
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| 18 | F | Alexandra Huszák – A | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 18 June 1995 | KMH Budapest
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| 22 | F | Alexandra Rónai | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | 59 kg (130 lb) | 8 December 1993 | MAC Budapest
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| 25 | G | Bianka Bogáti | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 52 kg (115 lb) | 21 January 2005 | Budapest JA
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| 33 | G | Zsuzsa Révész | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 17 August 2005 | Debreceni HK
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| 71 | D | Fruzsina Mayer | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 16 July 2000 |  HTI Stars
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| 72 | F | Míra Seregély | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 64 kg (141 lb) | 27 April 2003 | Maine Black Bears
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| 77 | F | Regina Metzler | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 25 October 2005 | Budapest Stars
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| 88 | F | Emma Kreisz | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 2 September 2003 | Stanstead College
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| 96 | D | Sarah Knee | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 29 March 1996 | KMH Budapest
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| 97 | F | Kinga Jókai-Szilágyi | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 19 August 1997 |  EHV Sabres Vienna
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Head coaches
- Tibor Balogh (1997–1999)
- Bence Vadócz (1999–2001)
- Vladimir Matejov (2001–2002)
- Tibor Balogh (2002–2005)
- László Pindák (2006–2007)
- András Kis (2007–2009)
- Csaba Gömöri (2011–2014)
- Dwayne Gylywoychuk (2015)
- Tibor Marton (2015–2018)
- Jari Risku (2018–2019)[11]
- Pat Cortina (2019–2020)[12][13]
- Lisa Haley (2020–)[14]
Awards and honors
- Fanni Gasparics, Directorate Award, Best Forward, 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I[15]
References
- ^ a b c "Hungary Women Top 25 Scoring Leaders" (PDF). NationalTeamsofIceHockey.com. November 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Hungary Women Official Results" (PDF). NationalTeamsOfIceHockey.com. November 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Zavodszky, Szabolcs (14 April 2019). "Hungarian women earn historic promotion". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/hungary.html Archived 23 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "IIHF Member National Association: Hungary". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V All Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423 Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Női válogatott: látható a fejlődés, jól haladunk" (in Hungarian). jegkorongszovetseg.hu. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: Hungary" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Új szövetségi kapitánya van a női válogatottnak". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Pat Cortina a női válogatott szövetségi kapitánya". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Keresik a női válogatott új szövetségi kapitányát". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). 24 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Női jégkorong: Kanadából érkezik szövetségi kapitány a válogatott é". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group A: Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
