Romania women's national under-18 ice hockey team

Shirt badge/Association crest
The Coat of arms of Romania is the badge used on the players jerseys.
AssociationRomanian Ice Hockey Federation
General managerIon Stoica
Head coachGeorge Pogacean
AssistantsCristinel Munteanu
CaptainVoicu Ana
Team colors       
IIHF codeROU
First international
 Austria 12 – 0 Romania 
(Spittal an der Drau, Austria; 7 January 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Kazakhstan 15 – 0 Romania 
(Spittal an der Drau, Austria; 8 January 2016)
IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best result22nd (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
0–4–0

The Romania women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the women's national under-18 ice hockey team of Romania. The team is controlled by the Romanian Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2016 the team debuted at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships where they competed in the Division I Qualification tournament, finishing in last place.

History

In January 2016 the Romanian women's national under-18 ice hockey team debuted at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships where they played in the 2016 Division I Qualification tournament in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria.[1] Romania was placed in Group A with Austria, China and Kazakhstan.[2] The team finished last in Group A's preliminary round after losing all three of their games, which included their largest loss on record after Kazakhstan defeated them 15–0.[2] Romania then progressed to the seventh place classification game against Australia, who had finished last in Group B.[2][3] Romania was defeated by Australia 6–7 following a shootout and finished the tournament in eighth place.[3][4] Alina Oprea was selected as the best Romanian player of the tournament.[5]

International competitions

Team roster

For the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification[6][7]

# Name Pos S/G Age Club
4 Katalin Adorjan D L 24 SC Miercurea Ciuc
18 Voicu Ana (C) F L 26 Corona Brasov
6 Orsolya Antal D R 24 SC Miercurea Ciuc
21 Bianca Bobu G L 24 CSS Triumf Bucharest
12 Ana Chiurtu D L 26 Dunarea Galati
11 Franzieska Gosler F R 24 Corona Brasov
20 Miruna Ionescu F L 25 CSS Triumf Bucharest
5 Renata Istvan D L 24 SC Miercurea Ciuc
24 Diana Iuga (A) F L 24 SC Miercurea Ciuc
9 Kinga Jakab F L 24 SC Miercurea Ciuc
14 Orsolya Jakab F L 25 SC Miercurea Ciuc
19 Sabina Jugurica F R 25 CSS Triumf Bucharest
1 Andrea Kurko G L 26 SC Miercurea Ciuc
13 Nikolett Molnar F L 24 SC Miercurea Ciuc
8 Nadina Niciu D R 25 CSS Triumf Bucharest
17 Alina Oprea (A) F L 26 CSS Triumf Bucharest
3 Vivien Simon D R 25 SC Miercurea Ciuc
23 Kata Tamas D R 26 SC Miercurea Ciuc
7 Maria Trandafir D R 24 CSS Triumf Bucharest

References

  1. ^ "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification". IIHF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Tournament Progress - Preliminary Round" (PDF). IIHF. 10 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Tournament Progress - Play-offs" (PDF). IIHF. 11 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Final Ranking" (PDF). IIHF. 11 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches" (PDF). IIHF. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Team Roster" (PDF). IIHF. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. ^ "AUT – ROU Line-ups" (PDF). IIHF. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.