Austria women's national ice hockey team

Austria
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Lady Eagles
AssociationÖsterreichischer Eishockeyverband
Head coachAlexander Bröms
CaptainAnna Meixner
Most gamesEsther Väärälä (141)
Top scorerDenise Altmann (100)
Most pointsDenise Altmann (199)
IIHF codeAUT
Ranking
Current IIHF13 Increase 1 (28 August 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF10 (first in 2017)
Lowest IIHF26 (2004)
First international
Hungary  4–1  Austria
Villach, Austria; 31 March 2001
Biggest win
Austria  14–0  Romania
Graz, Austria; 19 March 2004
Biggest defeat
Switzerland  10–2  Austria
Romanshorn, Switzerland; 18 December 2009
World Championships
Appearances16 (first in 2009)
Best result10th (2015, 2017)
International record (W–L–T)
116–141–3

The Austrian national women's ice hockey team represents Austria at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships and is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. Austria has 644 female players in 2011.[2]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Main article: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

The women's team of Austria has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

The Austrian team participated in the World championship for the first time in 2004 (in Division III). That same year, Austria was promoted to Division II. They remained there until their promotion to Division I further to the world championship 2008. Their best performance was 10th place at the World championship of 2015

Year Finish Div rank
2004 Finished in 22nd place 1st in Division III and promoted to Division II
2005 Finished in 19th place 5th in Division II
2007 Finished in 19th place 4th in Division II
2008 Finished in 16th place 1st in division II and promoted to Division I
2009 Finished in 13th place 4th in Division I
2011 Finished in 12th place 4th in Division I
2012 Finished in 12th place 4th in Division IA
2013 Finished in 12th place 4th in Division IA
2014 Finished in 13th place 5th in Division IA
2015 Finished in 10th place 2nd in Division IA
2016 Finished in 11th place 3rd in Division IA
2017 Finished in 10th place 2nd in Division IA
2018 Finished in 11th place 2nd in Division IA
2019 Finished in 14th place 4th in Division IA
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022 Finished in 14th place 4th in Division IA
2023 Finished in 13th place 3rd in Division IA
2024 Finished in 14th place 4th in Division IA

Team

Current roster

Roster for the Group A tournament of the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I.[5][6]

Head coach: Alexander Bröms
Assistant coaches: Mario Bellina, Thomas Dechel, Petteri Hirvonen

Player age at beginning of tournament on 21 April 2024.

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
3 F Hanna Schwarzer 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) (2005-12-16)16 December 2005 (aged 18) Austria Salzburg Eagles
4 F Marja Linzbichler 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) 56 kg (123 lb) (2004-05-28)28 May 2004 (aged 19) United States Norwich Cadets
5 D Laura Nagy 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 74 kg (163 lb) (2006-10-02)2 October 2006 (aged 17) Austria SKN Sabres
7 F Theresa Schafzahl 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 63 kg (139 lb) (2000-04-12)12 April 2000 (aged 24) United States PWHL Boston
8 F Katharina Killius 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 63 kg (139 lb) (2003-06-25)25 June 2003 (aged 20) Austria EAC Junior Capitals
9 D Lisa Schröfl 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 60 kg (130 lb) (2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 20) United States LIU Sharks
10 F Anna Meixner – C 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) 64 kg (141 lb) (1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 29) Sweden Brynäs IF
11 F Emma Hofbauer 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) 60 kg (130 lb) (2004-11-30)30 November 2004 (aged 19) Austria SKN Sabres
12 D Annika Fazokas 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 59 kg (130 lb) (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 27) Switzerland EV Zug
13 F Tamara Grascher 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 62 kg (137 lb) (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 29) Austria EC Graz Huskies
14 F Tamina Schall 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 58 kg (128 lb) (2005-03-24)24 March 2005 (aged 19) Austria EC Graz Huskies
15 D Emma Mörtl 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 61 kg (134 lb) (2003-11-22)22 November 2003 (aged 20) United States LIU Sharks
16 F Leonie Kutzer 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) 53 kg (117 lb) (2005-03-26)26 March 2005 (aged 19) Switzerland EV Zug
17 D Charlotte Wittich – A 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 30) Austria SKN Sabres
18 F Laura Lüftenegger 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 52 kg (115 lb) (2000-05-25)25 May 2000 (aged 23) Austria EAC Junior Capitals
19 D Karolina Hengelmüller 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) 65 kg (143 lb) (2004-05-13)13 May 2004 (aged 19) United States Penn State Nittany Lions
20 F Magdalena Luggin 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 58 kg (128 lb) (2005-11-06)6 November 2005 (aged 18) Austria SKN Sabres
21 F Lena Dauböck 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 59 kg (130 lb) (2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 20) Austria EC Graz Huskies
22 F Lena Artner 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 67 kg (148 lb) (2005-06-14)14 June 2005 (aged 18) Austria SKN Sabres
23 D Antonia Matzka – A 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 25) Austria SKN Sabres
24 F Anja Trummer 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 63 kg (139 lb) (2001-07-24)24 July 2001 (aged 22) United States Yale Bulldogs
25 G Selma Luggin 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 67 kg (148 lb) (2002-10-05)5 October 2002 (aged 21) Germany ECDC Memmingen

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/austria.html
  3. ^ "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Team Roster: AUT - Austria". IIHF. 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  6. ^ "Damen Starten in Zell am See die Mission Heim-WM". Österreichischer Eishockeyverband (in German). 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  7. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group A: Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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