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Sweden women's national ice hockey team

Sweden women's national ice hockey team

Women's national ice hockey team representing Sweden

The Swedish women's national ice hockey team (Swedish: Sveriges damlandslag i ishockey) or Damkronorna ("the Lady Crowns" in Swedish) represents Sweden at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is organized by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Sweden had 3,425 female players registered with the IIHF in 2011.[2]

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History

The Swedish team had traditionally been the fourth-best women's team in the world, behind Canada, USA and Finland. During the 1997 World Championship, Sweden qualified for the 1998 Olympic tournament in Nagano, ending up 5th.[3] However, the team has shown steady improvement since 2001, winning bronze medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On 31 August 2011, Canada was bested by Sweden for just the second time in 66 all-time international meetings. Canada suffered from a 4–1 second-period deficit and lost by a 6–4 score. On 9 April 2019, at the 2019 World Championship in Espoo, Finland, they lost to Japan 3–2. Sweden has relegated to Division I for the first time in Women's Worlds history.[4] The current head coach is Ulf Lundberg, who was hired to replace Ylva Martinsen in 2020.[5]

Records

  • Sweden is the first country in the history of the sport other than Canada and the United States to compete in the finals of any international women's hockey tournament.
  • On 7 November 2008, in Lake Placid, Sweden defeated Canada for the first time in women's ice hockey with the 2–1 win in overtime at 4 Nations Cup.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

  • 1998 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2002 – Won bronze medal
  • 2006 – Won silver medal
  • 2010 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2014 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2018 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2022 – Finished in 8th place

World Championship

  • 1990 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1992 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1994 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1997 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1999 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2000 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2001 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2004 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2005 – Won bronze medal
  • 2007 – Won bronze medal
  • 2008 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2009 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2011 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2012 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2013 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2015 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2016 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2017 – Finished in 6th place
  • 2019 – Finished in 9th place (relegated to Division IA)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
  • 2022 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2023 – Finished in 6th place
  • 2024 – Finished in 7th place

European Championship

  • 1989 – Won silver medal
  • 1991 – Won silver medal
  • 1993 – Won silver medal
  • 1995 – Won silver medal
  • 1996 – Won gold medal

3/4 Nations Cup

  • 2000 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2001 – Won bronze medal (3 Nations Cup)
  • 2002 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2003 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2004 – Won bronze medal
  • 2005 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2006 – Won bronze medal
  • 2007 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2008 – Won bronze medal
  • 2009 – Won bronze medal
  • 2010 – Finished in 4th place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship.[8][9]

Head coach: Ulf Lundberg

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Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    Profile
  3. [3]
    Andria Hunter (1998). "Women's Hockey in Sweden". Women's Hockey Web. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. [4]
    Lucas Aykroyd (9 April 2019). "Japan's sun shines – Sweden relegated!". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    "IIHF – Swedish women are back". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. 7 March 2020.
  7. [7]
    "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Damkronorna spelar VM i USA, 3–14 april - här är spelartruppen". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  9. [9]
    "Team roster: Sweden" (PDF). iihf.com. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  10. [10]
    Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p. 545, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6.
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