Russia women's national ice hockey team
The Russian women's national ice hockey team represents Russia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia had 2,376 female players in 2018.[2]
Nickname(s) | Большая красная машина (The Big Red Machine) |
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Association | Ice Hockey Federation of Russia |
Head coach | Yevgeni Bobariko |
Assistants | Denis Afinogenov Sergei Kostyukhin Alexander Verdernikov |
Captain | Olga Sosina |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | RUS |
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Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 4 ![]() |
Highest IIHF | 4 (first in 2013) |
Lowest IIHF | 6 (first in 2005) |
First international | |
Switzerland ![]() ![]() (Brampton, Canada; 1 April 1994) | |
Biggest win | |
Russia ![]() ![]() (Esbjerg, Denmark; 28 March 1995) Russia ![]() ![]() (Lyss, Switzerland; 29 December 1997) | |
Biggest defeat | |
United States ![]() ![]() (Mississauga, Canada; 4 April 2000) | |
World Championships | |
Appearances | 16 (first in 1997) |
Best result | ![]() |
European Championships | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 1995) |
Best result | ![]() |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 2002) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
103–130–7 |
Medal record | ||
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World Championships | ||
![]() | 2001 United States | |
![]() | 2013 Canada | |
![]() | 2016 Canada |
History
On 1 April 1994, Russia played its first game in Brampton, Canada, losing 1–2 to Switzerland.[3] Russia is currently ranked 4th in the world in women's ice hockey. This is also the highest rank in team's history. Three times – at 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship and the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Russia reached 3rd place by upsetting Finland in the bronze medal game.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
World Championship
- 1997 – Finished in 6th place
- 1999 – Finished in 6th place
- 2000 – Finished in 5th place
- 2001 –
Won bronze medal - 2004 – Finished in 5th place
- 2005 – Finished in 8th place
- 2007 – Finished in 7th place
- 2008 – Finished in 6th place
- 2009 – Finished in 5th place[5]
- 2011 – Finished in 4th place
- 2012 – Finished in 6th place
- 2013 –
Won bronze medal - 2015 – Finished in 4th place
- 2016 –
Won bronze medal - 2017 – Finished in 5th place
- 2019 – Finished in 4th place
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[6]
European Championship
- 1995 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B)
- 1996 –
Won silver medal
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.[7][8]
Head Coach: Alexei Chistyakov
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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7 | F | Diana Kanayeva | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 27 March 1997 | ![]() |
11 | D | Liana Ganeyeva | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 20 December 1997 | ![]() |
13 | D | Nina Pirogova | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 26 January 1999 | ![]() |
15 | F | Valeria Pavlova – A | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 15 April 1995 | ![]() |
17 | F | Fanuza Kadirova | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 6 April 1998 | ![]() |
18 | F | Olga Sosina – A | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 27 July 1992 | ![]() |
22 | D | Maria Batalova | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 3 May 1996 | ![]() |
23 | F | Anna Timofeyeva | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 30 November 1996 | ![]() |
27 | D | Anastasia Chistyakova | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 11 February 1997 | ![]() |
30 | G | Valeria Merkusheva | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 66 kg (146 lb) | 30 September 1999 | ![]() |
31 | G | Anna Prugova | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 3 January 1986 | ![]() |
33 | D | Daria Teryoshkina | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 11 January 1998 | ![]() |
42 | F | Oxana Bratisheva | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | 53 kg (117 lb) | 5 June 2000 | ![]() |
59 | F | Yelena Dergachyova | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | 55 kg (121 lb) | 8 November 1995 | ![]() |
68 | F | Alevtina Shtaryova | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 9 February 1997 | ![]() |
70 | D | Anna Shibanova – C | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 10 November 1994 | ![]() |
72 | D | Anna Savonina | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | 64 kg (141 lb) | 5 December 2001 | ![]() |
73 | F | Viktoria Kulishova | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | 58 kg (128 lb) | 12 August 1999 | ![]() |
76 | D | Yekaterina Nikolayeva | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | 66 kg (146 lb) | 5 October 1995 | ![]() |
88 | F | Yekaterina Smolina | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | 58 kg (128 lb) | 8 October 1988 | ![]() |
90 | F | Alexandra Vafina | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | 57 kg (126 lb) | 28 July 1990 | ![]() |
92 | G | Nadezhda Morozova | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 29 November 1996 | ![]() |
97 | F | Anna Shokhina | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 23 June 1997 | ![]() |
Notable players
References
- "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- Profile
- "Women's international matches 1993/94" (in French). HockeyArchives. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- "IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission findingsdate=December 12, 2017". olympic.org. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- "Final Ranking As of SUN 12 APR 2009" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. 7 March 2020.
- "Состав женской национальной сборной России для участия в чемпионате мира". fhr.ru. 31 March 2019.
- 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster