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Sweden women's national ice hockey team

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Assistants
  
Jared Cipparone

IIHF code
  
SWE

Captain
  
Jenni Asserholt

Location
  
Sweden

Most points
  
Erika Holst (202)

Current IIHF
  
5

Head coach
  
Leif Boork

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Nickname(s)
  
Damkronorna (The Lady Crowns)

Most games
  
Gunilla Andersson (297)

Association
  
Swedish Ice Hockey Association

The Swedish women's national ice hockey team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i ishockey) or Damkronorna ("the Lady Crowns" in Swedish) represents Sweden at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Sweden has 3,425 female players in 2011.

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History

The Swedish team had traditionally been the fourth-best women's team in the world, behind Canada, USA and Finland. During the 1997 World Championship, Sweden qualifyied for the 1998 Olympic tournament in Nagano, ending up 5th. However, the team has shown steady improvement since 2001, winning bronze medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The current head coach is Niclas Högberg, who was hired on 4 March 2010. On 31 August 2011, Canada was bested by Sweden for just the second time in 66 all-time international meetings. Canada suffered from a 4–1 second-period deficit and lost by a 6–4 score.

Records

  • Sweden is the first country in the history of the sport other than Canada and the United States to compete in the finals of any international women's hockey tournament.
  • On 7 November 2008, in Lake Placid, Sweden defeated Canada for the first time in women's ice hockey with the 2–1 win in overtime at 4 Nations Cup.

    • Olympic

  • 1998 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2002 – Won bronze medal
  • 2006 – Won silver medal
  • 2010 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2014 – Finished in 4th place

    • World Championship

  • 1990 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1992 – Finished in 4th place
  • 1994 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1997 – Finished in 5th place
  • 1999 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2000 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2001 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2004 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2005 – Won bronze medal
  • 2007 – Won bronze medal
  • 2008 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2009 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2011 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2012 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2013 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2015 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2016 – Finished in 5th place
  • 2017 –

    • European Championship

  • 1989 – Won silver medal
  • 1991 – Won silver medal
  • 1993 – Won silver medal
  • 1995 – Won silver medal
  • 1996 – Won gold medal

    • 3/4 Nations Cup

  • 2000 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2001 – Won bronze medal (3 Nations Cup)
  • 2002 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2003 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2004 – Won bronze medal
  • 2005 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2006 – Won bronze medal
  • 2007 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2008 – Won bronze medal
  • 2009 – Won bronze medal
  • 2010 – Finished in 4th place

    • Current roster

    Roster for the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.

    Head coach: Leif Boork

    Famous players

  • Gunilla Andersson
  • Erika Holst
  • Kim Martin
  • Maria Rooth
  • Pernilla Winberg

    • Awards and honors

  • Maria Rooth, 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships All-Star team
  • Kim Martin and Maria Rooth, 2006 Women's Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics All-Star team

    • References

    Sweden women's national ice hockey team Wikipedia
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