North Korea
Shirt badge/Association crest
The flag of North Korea is the badge used on the players jerseys.
AssociationIce Hockey Association of the DPR Korea
Head coachPak Chol-ho
AssistantsJong Song-chol
CaptainChoe Jong-hui
Most gamesO Chol-ok (53)
Top scorerO Chol-ok (24)
Most pointsRi Sol-gyong (38)
IIHF codePRK
Ranking
Current IIHF43 Decrease 12 (28 August 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF13 (2003)
Lowest IIHF40 (2023)
First international
Kazakhstan  4–3  North Korea
(Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 19 March 1999)
Biggest win
North Korea  11–1  Croatia
(Maribor, Slovenia; 26 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
Slovakia  9–0  North Korea
(Beijing, China; 9 April 2015)
World Championships
Appearances17 (first in 2001)
Best result12th (2001)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances3 (first in 2003)
Best result4th (2003, 2007, 2011)
Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2010)
International record (W–L–T)
39–67–2

The North Korean women's national ice hockey team represents North Korea at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team was created in 1999 and is controlled by Ice Hockey Association of the DPR Korea. North Korea has 920 female players.[2] The North Korean women's national team is ranked 40th in the world.[2]

Tournament record

Olympic

The North Korean women's hockey team has never qualified itself for an Olympic tournament though North Korean players were part of a Unified Korea Team which participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

World Championship

  • 1999 – NR (2nd in Pool B Qualification Group B)
  • 2000 – Finished 1st in Pool B Qualification (15th overall)
  • 2001 – Finished 4th in Division I (12th overall)
  • 2003 – Finished 6th in Division I (14th overall)
  • 2004 – Finished 6th in Division I (15th overall, relegated to Division II)
  • 2005 – Finished 4th in Division II (18th overall)
  • 2007 – Finished 3rd in Division II (18th overall)
  • 2008 – Finished 3rd in Division II (18th overall)
  • 2009 – Finished 2nd in Division II (17th overall)
  • 2011 – withdrawn.[3] Relegated to Division III for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship
  • 2012 – Finished 1st in Division IIA (21st overall, promoted to Division IB)
  • 2013 – Finished 3rd in Division IB (17th overall)
  • 2014 – Finished 5th in Division IB (19th overall)
  • 2015 – Finished 6th in Division IB (20th overall, relegated to Division IIA)
  • 2016 – Finished 4th in Division IIA (24th overall)
  • 2017 – Finished 4th in Division IIA (24th overall)
  • 2018 – Finished 3rd in Division IIA (24th overall)
  • 2019 – Finished 5th in Division IIA (27th overall)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
  • 2022 – Withdrawn due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
  • 2023 – Withdrawn

Asian Winter Games

  • 2003 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2011 – Finished in 4th place

IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 13 March 2022[7]

Key
    Positive balance (more Wins)
    Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
    Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Australia7601376
 Slovenia65012912
 South Korea7502359
 Croatia2200193
 Austria3201107
 New Zealand110071
 Spain110021
 Netherlands115153326
 Great Britain8404518
 Mexico210156
 Poland100149
 Hungary31021017
 Norway2002211
 Slovakia4103516
 Denmark4103721
 Italy62041521
 France5104421
 Latvia4004518
 Czech Republic4004822
 Japan70161235
 Kazakhstan101091340
 China101091949
Total10839672297375

References

  1. "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 "DPR Korea". IIHF. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. Withdrawals from Division II: Both men’s and women’s DPR Korea teams cancel participation, "Withdrawals from Division II". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  5. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. "DPR Korea withdraws teams". IIHF.com. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. "North Korea Women All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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