Denmark women's national ice hockey team

Denmark
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Danske Løver (Danish Lions)
AssociationDanmarks Ishockey Union
Head coachBjörn Edlund
AssistantsTobias Nordin
Mikkel Ry Nielsen
CaptainNicoline Jensen
Most gamesJosefine Jakobsen (85)
Top scorerJosefine Jakobsen (57)
Most pointsJosefine Jakobsen (109)
IIHF codeDEN
Ranking
Current IIHF11 Steady (28 August 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF10 (first in 2015)
Lowest IIHF22 (2010)
First international
Denmark  5–1  England
(Lyss, Switzerland; 18 December 1987)
Biggest win
Denmark  20–1  Croatia
(Barcelona, Spain; 14 October 2012)
Biggest defeat
Finland  18–0  Denmark
(Düsseldorf, West Germany; 6 April 1989)
World Championship
Appearances22 (first in 1992)
Best result7th (1992)
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1989)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1991)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
International record (W–L–T)
126–151–12

The Danish women's national ice hockey team (Danish: Danske ishockeylandshold for kvinder) is the women's national ice hockey team of Denmark. The team represents Denmark at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Women's Ice Hockey Championship and other international tournaments. The team is organized by the Danmarks Ishockey Union. Denmark had 702 female players registered with the IIHF in 2020, an increase from 406 players in 2014.[2][3]

  1. ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Member National Association: Denmark". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/denmark.html Archived 22 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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