North Korea women's national ice hockey team

North Korea
Shirt badge/Association crest
The flag of North Korea is the badge used on the players jerseys.
AssociationIce Hockey Association of the DPR Korea
Head coachKwak Kum-sil
AssistantsJon Song-chol
Jong Song-chol
Kim Chang-son
CaptainJong Su-hyon
Most gamesO Chol-ok (53)
Top scorerO Chol-ok (24)
Most pointsRi Sol-gyong (38)
IIHF codePRK
Ranking
Current IIHF43 Decrease 12 (28 August 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF13 (2003)
Lowest IIHF43 (2023)
First international
Kazakhstan  4–3  North Korea
(Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 19 March 1999)
Biggest win
North Korea  14–0  South Africa
(Istanbul, Turkey; 4 April 2024)
Biggest defeat
Slovakia  9–0  North Korea
(Beijing, China; 9 April 2015)
World Championships
Appearances18 (first in 2001)
Best result12th (2001)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances3 (first in 2003)
Best result4th (2003, 2007, 2011)
Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2010)
International record (W–L–T)
44–67–2

The North Korean women's national ice hockey team represents North Korea at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team was created in 1999 and is controlled by Ice Hockey Association of the DPR Korea. North Korea has 920 female players.[2] The North Korean women's national team is ranked 40th in the world.[2]

Tournament record

Olympic

The North Korean women's hockey team has never qualified itself for an Olympic tournament though North Korean players were part of a Unified Korea Team which participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

World Championship

  • 1999 – NR (2nd in Pool B Qualification Group B)
  • 2000 – Finished 1st in Pool B Qualification (15th overall)
  • 2001 – Finished 4th in Division I (12th overall)
  • 2003 – Finished 6th in Division I (14th overall)
  • 2004 – Finished 6th in Division I (15th overall, relegated to Division II)
  • 2005 – Finished 4th in Division II (18th overall)
  • 2007 – Finished 3rd in Division II (18th overall)
  • 2008 – Finished 3rd in Division II (18th overall)
  • 2009 – Finished 2nd in Division II (17th overall)
  • 2011 – withdrawn.[3] Relegated to Division III for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship
  • 2012 – Finished 1st in Division IIA (21st overall, promoted to Division IB)
  • 2013 – Finished 3rd in Division IB (17th overall)
  • 2014 – Finished 5th in Division IB (19th overall)
  • 2015 – Finished 6th in Division IB (20th overall, relegated to Division IIA)
  • 2016 – Finished 4th in Division IIA (24th overall)
  • 2017 – Finished 4th in Division IIA (24th overall)
  • 2018 – Finished 3rd in Division IIA (24th overall)
  • 2019 – Finished 5th in Division IIA (27th overall)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
  • 2022 – Withdrawn due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
  • 2023 – Withdrawn
  • 2024 – Finished 1st in Division IIB (29th overall, promoted to Division IIA)

Asian Winter Games

  • 2003 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2011 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2025 –

IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 13 March 2022[7]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Australia 7 6 0 1 37 6
 Slovenia 6 5 0 1 29 12
 South Korea 7 5 0 2 35 9
 Croatia 2 2 0 0 19 3
 Austria 3 2 0 1 10 7
 New Zealand 1 1 0 0 7 1
 Spain 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Netherlands 11 5 1 5 33 26
 Great Britain 8 4 0 4 5 18
 Mexico 2 1 0 1 5 6
 Poland 1 0 0 1 4 9
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 10 17
 Norway 2 0 0 2 2 11
 Slovakia 4 1 0 3 5 16
 Denmark 4 1 0 3 7 21
 Italy 6 2 0 4 15 21
 France 5 1 0 4 4 21
 Latvia 4 0 0 4 5 18
 Czech Republic 4 0 0 4 8 22
 Japan 7 0 1 6 12 35
 Kazakhstan 10 1 0 9 13 40
 China 10 1 0 9 19 49
Total 108 39 67 2 297 375

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "DPR Korea". IIHF. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ Withdrawals from Division II: Both men’s and women’s DPR Korea teams cancel participation, "Withdrawals from Division II". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  5. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ "DPR Korea withdraws teams". IIHF.com. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ^ "North Korea Women All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 13 March 2022.