Romania women's national under-18 ice hockey team

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.

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

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]

#NamePosS/GAgeClub
4Katalin AdorjanDL23SC Miercurea Ciuc
18Voicu Ana (C)FL24Corona Brasov
6Orsolya AntalDR23SC Miercurea Ciuc
21Bianca BobuGL23CSS Triumf Bucharest
12Ana ChiurtuDL25Dunarea Galati
11Franzieska GoslerFR23Corona Brasov
20Miruna IonescuFL24CSS Triumf Bucharest
5Renata IstvanDL23SC Miercurea Ciuc
24Diana Iuga (A)FL23SC Miercurea Ciuc
9Kinga JakabFL22SC Miercurea Ciuc
14Orsolya JakabFL24SC Miercurea Ciuc
19Sabina JuguricaFR24CSS Triumf Bucharest
1Andrea KurkoGL25SC Miercurea Ciuc
13Nikolett MolnarFL23SC Miercurea Ciuc
8Nadina NiciuDR24CSS Triumf Bucharest
17Alina Oprea (A)FL25CSS Triumf Bucharest
3Vivien SimonDR24SC Miercurea Ciuc
23Kata TamasDR25SC Miercurea Ciuc
7Maria TrandafirDR23CSS Triumf Bucharest

References
  1. "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. "Tournament Progress - Preliminary Round" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. "Tournament Progress - Play-offs" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 11 January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. "Final Ranking" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 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). International Ice Hockey Federation. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. "Team Roster" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. "AUT – ROU Line-ups" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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