The Bulgarian women's national ice hockey team () represents Bulgaria in the IIHF Women's World Championship. The women's national team is controlled by Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2020, Bulgaria had 53 female players registered with the IIHF, down from 65 players in 2016.http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/bulgaria.html The Bulgarian women's national team ranked 38th in the world in 2020.
Qualification tournament for the 2010 Olympics The Bulgaria participated in the women's qualification tournament for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. They played four games, facing Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, and Latvia. The team lost all four games in blowouts: 0–39 against Latvia, 1–30 against Croatia, 0–41 against Italy, and a record-setting 0–82 loss to Slovakia, which remains the highest goal differential ever recorded in an IIHF sanctioned match as of 2020. Tallied in the game against Croatia, the only goal was scored by forward Olga Gospodinova and assisted by the defensemen Elina Milanova and Sofiya Iliycheva.
World Championship record In 2011, the Bulgarian women's national team debuted at their first IIHF Women's World Championship tournament, competing in Division V. They were scheduled to compete in the 2009 Division V tournament in Gdańsk Poland, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons. YearDivision resultOverall rank 2011 3rd in Division V 33rd 2013 2nd in Division II B 34th 2014 3rd in Division II B 35th 20154th in Division II B 36th 2016 4th in Division II B 36th 20174th in Division II B 36th 2018 5th in Division II B 38th 20195th in Division II B 39th 20204th in Division III 38th 2021Division IIICancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 20223rd in Division III A 34th 20235th in Division III A 37th 20246th in Division III A 40th 20251st in Division III B 41st 20266th Division III A 40th
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IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey