The Hungarian women's national ice hockey team () represents Hungary at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship and other senior international women's tournaments. The women's national team is organized by the Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség (Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation). The Hungarian women's national team was ranked 12th in the world in 2020. They hosted and won the 2019 World Championship Division I Group A tournament in Budapest. The victory earned promotion to the Top Division for the first time in team history.
Ice hockey increased in popularity among women in Hungary during the later part of the 2010s. Hungary had 477 female players registered with the IIHF in 2016IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/hungary.html and, by 2020, the number had more than doubled to 1,144.
Tournament record Olympic The Hungarian women's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
World Championships 1999 – Not ranked (3rd in 2000 Group B Qualification Pool A) 2000 – Finished in 22nd place 2001 – Finished in 24th place 2003 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division III) 2004 – Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division III) 2005 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division III) 2007 – Finished in 25th place (4th in Division III) 2008 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division III) 2009 – Division III canceled2009 Women's Division III, IV and V All Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423 2011 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division III) 2012 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Division IIA) 2013 – Finished in 21st place (1st in Division IIA, Promoted to Division IB) 2014 – Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB) 2015 – Finished in 18th place (4th in Division IB) 2016 – Finished in 15th place (1st in Division IB, Promoted to Division IA) 2017 – Finished in 13th place (5th in Division IA) 2018 – Finished in 12th place (3rd in Division IA) 2019 – Finished in 11th place (1st in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division) 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 – Finished in 9th place 2022 – Finished in 8th place 2023 – Finished in 9th place (relegated to Division IA) 2024 – Finished in 12th place (2nd in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division) 2025 – Finished in 10th place (relegated to Division IA) 2026 – Finished in 12th place (2nd in Division IA)
Team Current roster The roster for the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship, as published on 7 April 2025.
Head coach: Pat Cortina
No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team 1 G Budapest JA 2 D Aisulu Almaty 4 D Brynäs IF 6 D Budapest JA 7 F Lindenwood Lady Lions 8 D MAC Budapest 9 F Ontario Hockey Academy 10 F Södertalje SK 11 F – C Brynäs IF 12 F Ontario Hockey Academy 13 D – A SDE HF 14 D HK Budapest 15 F – A HK Budapest 17 F HK Budapest 18 F MAC Budapest 23 F Vasas SC U16 31 G MAC Budapest 33 G North American Hockey Academy 41 F Purcell Hockey Academy 71 D HK Budapest 72 F Maine Black Bears 77 F Mercyhurst Lakers 88 F Minnesota Golden Gophers 91 D 97 F SKN Sabres St. Pölten
Head coaches Tibor Balogh (1997–1999) Bence Vadócz (1999–2001) Vladimir Matejov (2001–2002) Tibor Balogh (2002–2005) László Pindák (2006–2007) András Kis (2007–2009) Csaba Gömöri (2011–2014) Dwayne Gylywoychuk (2015) Tibor Marton (2015–2018) Jari Risku (2018–2019) Pat Cortina (2019–2020) Lisa Haley (2020–2021) Pat Cortina (2022–)
Awards and honors Fanni Gasparics, Directorate Award, Best Forward, 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
References
External links
IIHF profile