Russia women's national ice hockey team

Russia
Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Russia
Head coach	Valentin Gureev
Assistants	Aleksey Chistyakov
Captain	Ekaterina Smolentseva
IIHF code	RUS
IIHF ranking	6
Highest IIHF ranking	5 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking	6 (first in 2005)
Team colours
First international
	Switzerland 2 - 1 Russia ; (Brampton, Canada; April 1, 1994)
Biggest win
	Russia 15 - 0 France ; (Esbjerg, Denmark; March 28, 1995); Russia 16 - 1 Denmark ; (Lyss, Switzerland; December 29, 1997)
Biggest defeat
	United States of America 15 - 0 Russia ; (Mississauga, Canada; April 4, 2000)
IIHF European Women Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 1995)
Best result	Silver (1996)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
International record (W-L-T)

The Russian women's national ice hockey team is controlled by Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. On April 1, 1994, Russia played its first game in Brampton, Canada, lost by 1-2 to Switzerland.^[1] Russia is currently ranked 6th in the world in women's ice hockey. It has been very difficult for the Russians to move higher than this position, except for in the 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, where they surprised many by upsetting Finland in the bronze medal final 2-1. Russia has 278 female players at 2009.^[2] The head coach is Valentin Gureev.^[3]

European Championship record[]

1989-1993 - Did not participate
1995 - Finished in 7th place (Won "Pool B")
1996 - Won Silver Medal

World Championship record[]

1990-1994 - Did not participate
1997 - Finished in 6th place
1999 - Finished in 6th place
2000 - Finished in 5th place
2001 - Won Bronze Medal
2004 - Finished in 5th place
2005 - Finished in 8th place
2007 - Finished in 7th place
2008 - Finished in 6th place
2009 - Finished in 5th place^[4]

Olympic record[]

1998 - Did not participate
2002 - Finished in 5th place
2006 - Finished in 6th place
2010 - Finished in 6th place

2010 Olympic team roster[]

The Russian women warming up before the game against China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The following is the Russian roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[5]

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
G	Gashennikova, IrinaIrina Gashennikova	162	70	01975-05-11 11 May 1975		Tornado Dmitrov
G	Onolbayeva, MariyaMariya Onolbayeva	177	80	01978-12-25 25 December 1978	Murmansk	Fakel Chelyabinsk
G	Prugova, AnnaAnna Prugova	174	56	01993-11-20 20 November 1993	Khabarovsk	Tornado Dmitrov
D	Dyubanok, InnaInna Dyubanok	170	70	01990-02-20 20 February 1990	Moscow Oblast	Tornado Dmitrov
D	Kapustina, AlexandraAlexandra Kapustina	166	74	01978-12-25 25 December 1978	Polevskoy	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
D	Khomich, AlenaAlena Khomich	168	55	01981-02-26 26 February 1981	Pervouralsk	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
D	Permyakova, OlgaOlga Permyakova	171	64	01982-04-12 12 April 1982	Chelyabinsk	Tornado Dmitrov
D	Petrovskaya, KristinaKristina Petrovskaya	170	62	01980-06-03 3 June 1980	Moscow	Tornado Dmitrov
D	Shchukina, AnnaAnna Shchukina	171	76	01987-11-05 5 November 1987		SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
D	Tkacheva, SvetlanaSvetlana Tkacheva	168	72	01984-11-03 3 November 1984	Moscow	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
F	Ananina, YekaterinaYekaterina Ananina	172	62	01991-06-13 13 June 1991	Yekaterinburg	Spartak-Merkury Yekaterinburg
F	Burina, TatianaTatiana Burina	163	70	01980-03-20 20 March 1980	Novosibirsk	Tornado Dmitrov
F	Deulina, YuliaYulia Deulina	173	62	01984-04-14 14 April 1984	Krasnogorsk	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
F	Gavrilova, IyaIya Gavrilova	173	61	01987-09-03 3 September 1987	Krasnoyarsk	Tornado Dmitrov
F	Lebedeva, EkaterinaEkaterina Lebedeva	165	75	01989-09-14 14 September 1989	Sverdlovsk	Dinamo Yekaterinburg
F	Sergina, MarinaMarina Sergina	168	68	01986-03-02 2 March 1986	Polyarnye Zori	Tornado Dmitrov
F	Smolentseva, YekaterinaYekaterina Smolentseva	176	65	01981-09-15 15 September 1981	Pervouralsk	Tornado Dmitrov
F	Sosina, OlgaOlga Sosina	160	66	01992-07-27 27 July 1992	Almetyevsk	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
F	Sotnikova, TatianaTatiana Sotnikova	166	59	01981-01-20 20 January 1981	Moscow	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
F	Terenteva, SvetlanaSvetlana Terenteva	163	69	01983-09-25 25 September 1983	Pervouralsk	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
F	Vafina, AlexandraAlexandra Vafina	168	57	01990-07-28 28 July 1990	Almaty, Kazakh SSR	Fakel Chelyabinsk

References[]

↑ Women's international matches 1993/94 (French). HockeyArchives. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.
↑ Russia. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.
↑ Russia women's national ice hockey team (Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.
↑ Final Ranking As of SUN 12 APR 2009 (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.
↑ Team Roster. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.

[1] Women's international matches 1993/94 (French). HockeyArchives. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.

[2] Russia. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.

[ihfr-3] Russia women's national ice hockey team (Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.

[4] Final Ranking As of SUN 12 APR 2009 (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-30.

[5] Team Roster. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.

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