| Association | Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| GM | Eglė Zemlickienė |
| Head coach | Bernd Haake |
| Assistants | Mauras Baltrukonis Linas Paražinskas |
| Captain | Ramune Maleckienė |
| IIHF code | LTU |
| IIHF ranking | 40  (24 April 2020)[1] |
| First international | |
Lithuania  4–1  Hong Kong(Sofia, Bulgaria; 4 December 2019) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Lithuania 4–1 Hong Kong (Sofia, Bulgaria; 4 December 2019) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Lithuania 2–4  Romania(Sofia, Bulgaria; 8 December 2019) South Africa  4–2 Lithuania(Sofia, Bulgaria; 10 December 2019) | |
| International record (W-L-T) | |
The Lithuania women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team in Lithuania. As of April 2020, they are ranked 40th in the IIHF world rankings. The team is a new addition to Division III, joining for the 2020 Women's World Championship tournament. On December 4, 2019, they won their first game against Hong Kong, China, by a score of 4-2. They subsequently defeated Belgium by a score of 4-3.[2] In their final game of the tournament, they lost to South Africa 4-2.[3]
Forward Klara Miuller is the team's scoring leader, with 9 goals and one assist in the opening tournament.[4] Ramune Maleckiené is the team captain. Bernd Haake, from Germany, is the team's head coach. He is well known in Lituania for his contribution to the development of the sport in the country. [5][6]
Lithuania has been chosen to host the 2021 Women's World Championship, Division III.[7][8]
World Championships record[]
- 2020 – Finished in 39th place (5th in Division III)
- 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
References[]
- ↑ IIHF Women's World Ranking (24 April 2020).
- ↑ IIHF - 16-year-old shines in Lithuania’s debut (en).
- ↑ IIHF - First triumph for South African women (en).
- ↑ IIHF - Lithuania (en).
- ↑ Berger, 17/07/2019Geschrieben von Franz. LTU: Bernd Haake becomes Headcoach of Lithuania’s Women’s National Team – BALTICSMEDIA (de-DE).
- ↑ IIHF - Haake back in Lithuania (en).
- ↑ Women's hockey in Lithuania (en-US) (2020-07-18).
- ↑ IIHF - Tournaments for 2021 assigned (en).
- ↑ IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. International Ice Hockey Federation.
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| Women's national ice hockey teams | |
|---|---|
| Africa | South Africa |
| Americas | Argentina* - Brazil* - Canada - Chile** - Colombia - Mexico - Puerto Rico* - United States |
| Asia and Oceania | Australia - BahrainN- China - Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong - India - Iran- Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Lebanon* - Macau* - Malaysia* - New Zealand - North Korea - Philippines* - Singapore* - South Korea - Thailand - United Arab Emirates |
| Europe | Andorra - Austria - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Great Britain - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia† - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine |
| Former teams | Czechoslovakia - England - Korea - Scotland - Wales |
| * IIHF associate members - ** IIHF affiliate members - † IIHF suspended members -N Not a member of IIHF | |