Iran women's national ice hockey team
| Nickname | The White Lioness (شیرهای سفید) |
|---|---|
| Association | Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation |
| Most games | Several players (6) |
| Top scorer | Fatemeh Esmaili (17) |
| Most points | Fatemeh Esmaili (26) |
| Home stadium | Ice Box, Tehran[1][2] |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | IRI |
| First international | |
 Iran 4–1 United Arab Emirates  (Kazan, Russia; 15 January 2023) | |
| Biggest win | |
Iran 26–0 Kyrgyzstan  (Bangkok, Thailand; 3 May 2023) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Russia 25–0 Iran (Novogorsk, Russia; 6 December 2024) | |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 13–5–1 | |
The Iran women's national ice hockey team (Persian: تیم ملی هاکی روی یخ بانوان ایران) is the national women's ice hockey team of Iran.
History
[edit]The team began practicing in 2019 at the Iran Mall[3] and played its first game in December 2021.[4] The team competed in its first International Ice Hockey Federation championship in 2023.[3]
Tournament record
[edit]Events
[edit]- 2021 Dubai Cup
- 2023 Kazan Cup
- 2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship
- 2023 Al Ain Cup (As Ice Box with young players)
- 2023 IIHF Development Cup
- 2024 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Cup
World Championship
[edit]- 1990-2021 - did not enter
- 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III - Withdraw
- 2023-2024 - did not enter
IIHF Asia Cup
[edit]| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 through 2019 | did not enter | |||||||||
| 2023 |  Bangkok | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 4 | +77 |
| 2024 | Bishkek | Champion | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | +36 |
| 2025 | Al Ain | Runners-up[a] | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | +17 |
| Total | 3/10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 10 | +130 | |
IIHF Women's Development Cup
[edit]| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  Kuwait City | did not enter | ||||||||
| 2023 |  Krynica-Zdrój | Third Place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Total | 1/2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
Friendly Cup
[edit]- 2021 Dubai Cup –
Silver medal - 2023 Kazan Cup – Silver medal
- 2023 Al Ain Cup – Silver medal
Rosters
[edit]Players
[edit]Official Games
[edit]Friendly Games
[edit]- 2021 Dubai Cup: 1-Faizeh Modbar 2-Azam Al-Sadat Sanai 3-Elham Moderi Dehghan 4-Fateme Esmaili 5-Negar Khorram 6-Helia Sohani 7-Asal Heydari 8-Maral Rasakh 9-Negar Arjamand 10-Azin Qaroni 11-Diba Farzamnia 12-Diana Farzamnia 13-Saba Mazaheri 14-Marzieh Sadat Seyed Qandi 15-Fatemeh Shahsund 16-Hadith Porhashmi 17-Zahra Rezaei 18-Zohra Hosni 19-Shabnam Arab 20-Sogol Javadian 21-Metin Sayad 22-Arzoo Izadi 23-Mahshid Mohammadi 24-Maleeha Khorram Bagheri 25-Atieh Rezaei.
- 2023 Kazan Cup: 1-Azam Al-Sadat Sanai 2-Negar Arjamand 3-Elham Madir Dehghan 4-Shabnam Arab 5-Negar Khorram 6-Fateme Esmaili 7-Zahra Rezaei 8-Helia Sohani 9-Saba Mazaheri 10-Azin Qaroni 11-Hadithapour Hashemi 12-Diba Farzam Niya 13-Asal Heydari 14-Fatemeh Shahsund 15-Zohra Hosni 16-Diana Farzam Niya 17-Hadith Khalaj 18-Zahra Ghasemi 19-Mahdieh Nowrozi 20-Haniye Aghamohammadi.
- 2023 Al Ain Cup: 1-Negar Khorram 2-Sogul Javadian 3-Shabnam Arab 4-Yeganeh Bahrami 5-Parinaz Malekpour 6-Darsa Rahmani 7-Sogand Aghaei 8-Nahal Miraj 9-Nagin Miraj 10-Elena Khorminia 11-Hediha Aghaei 12-Fateme Esmaili 13-Sarina Khosravi 14-Hasti Suri 15-Saba Ahmadi 16-Charmin Tabatabai 17-Elham Dehghan 18-Melika Mahabadi 19-Sara Eslami.[10][11]
Most Played
[edit]Most Scorer
[edit]Current staff
[edit]Managerial history
[edit]Captains history
[edit]All-time record
[edit]Last match update: 30 March 2024[12]
- Only official matches.
| Positive balance (more Wins) | |
| Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) | |
| Negative balance (more Losses) |
| Team | M | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
 Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
 Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
 Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | +32 |
 Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
 Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
 Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Total (12) | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 145 | 20 | +125 |
Results
[edit]| Number | Year | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Cup (Amateur World Cup) | |||
| 1 | 19 Oct 2021 | United Arab Emirates (All Stars League) | 3-0 W |
| 2 | 19 Oct 2021 | Russia (Red Racket Club Team) | 4-2 W |
| 3 | 20 Oct 2021 | Russia (Red Racket Club Team) | 1-4 L |
| 4 | 21 Oct 2021 | United Arab Emirates (All Stars League) | 4-0 W |
| 5 | 21 Oct 2021 | Russia (Red Racket Club Team) | ? L |
| Kazan Cup (Islamic Cup) | |||
| 6 | Jan 15, 2023 | Russia (Tatarstan) | 1-4 L |
| 7 | Jan 16, 2023 | United Arab Emirates | 4-1 W |
| 8 | Jan 16, 2023 | Bahrain | 10-1 W |
| 9 | Jan 17, 2023 | Saudi Arabia | 3-3 D (3-1 Win in Penalty) |
| 10 | Jan 19, 2023 | Russia (Tatarstan) | 5-5 D (? Lose in Penalty) |
| 2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship | |||
| 11 | 30 April 2023 | India | 17-1 W |
| 12 | 1 May 2023 | Kuwait | 20-0 W |
| 13 | 3 May 2023 | Kyrgyzstan | 26-0 W |
| 14 | 4 May 2023 | United Arab Emirates | 14-0 W |
| 15 | 6 May 2023 | Singapore | 3-0 W |
| 16 | 7 May 2023 | Thailand | 1-3 L |
| 2023 Al Ain Cup | |||
| 17 | 7 Sep 2023 | Philippines (Eagles) | 7-2 W |
| 18 | 7 Sep 2023 |  Mexico (Panthers) | 6-0 W |
| 19 | 8 Sep 2023 | United Arab Emirates (Falcons) | 14-0 W |
| 20 | 9 Sep 2023 | United Arab Emirates (Yas) | 9-0 W |
| 21 | 9 Sep 2023 | United Arab Emirates (Al Zahabi) | 2-4 L |
| 2023 IIHF Development Cup | |||
| 22 | 6 Nov 2023 | Colombia | 0-1 L |
| 23 | 7 Nov 2023 | Argentina | 1-5 L |
| 24 | 8 Nov 2023 | Ireland | 6-2 W |
| 25 | 11 Nov 2023 | Argentina | 1-2 L |
| 26 | 12 Nov 2023 | Ireland | 3-1 W |
| 2024 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Cup | |||
| 27 | 24 March 2024 | United Arab Emirates | 16-0 W |
| 28 | 25 March 2024 | Kyrgyzstan | 6-0 W |
| 29 | 29 March 2024 | India | 10-0 W |
| 30 | 30 March 2024 | Philippines | 4-0 W |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Ice Box at Facebook
- ↑ Iran Mall Ice Rink (@icehox_ir) at Instagram
- 1 2 Duerden, John (2023-06-04). "'Sweetest feeling': Iran's female ice hockey team defies the odds". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ↑ "Women players beat the odds to cut a path for ice hockey in Iran". France 24. Agence France-Presse. 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ↑ "برنامه مسابقات ایران در کاپ آسیایی هاکی روی یخ : تیم ملی هاکی روی یخ جوانان دختر ایران برای نخستینبار در رقابتهای بزرگسالان کاپ آسیایی ۲۰۲۵ حضور خواهد یافت" [Iran's competition schedule in the Asian Ice Hockey Cup: Iran's national junior women's ice hockey team will participate in the 2025 Asian Cup adult competitions for the first time.] (in Persian). Iran Ice Hockey Association. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ↑ "IIHF - Iran". Ice Hockey Women's Asia Cup 2025. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ↑ https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/teams/roster/42066/iran
- ↑ https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/devcw/teams/roster/55385/iran
- ↑ https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/aow/teams/roster/55859/iran
- ↑ https://www.pana.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DB%8C-85/1401222-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%87%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86
- ↑ https://afravarzesh.ir/93457/%d9%be%db%8c%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b7%d8%b9-%d8%a2%db%8c%d8%b3-%d8%a8%d8%a7%da%a9%d8%b3-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%87%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7/
- ↑ https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/
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