The Japanese women's national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー女子日本代表, Hepburn: Aisuhokkē Joshi Nippon Daihyō) represents Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championships, the Winter Olympics, and at other international ice hockey tournaments. The women's national team is governed by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation.[2][3][4][5][6] Japan had 2,587 registered female players in 2017 and 1,439 as of 2020.[7][8]
The nickname of Japan women's team is "Smile Japan" (Japanese: スマイルジャパン, Hepburn: Sumairu Japan).[9]
Tournament record
Olympic Games
- 1998 – Finished in 6th place
- 2014 – Finished in 7th place
- 2018 – Finished in 6th place
- 2022 – Finished in 6th place
World Championship
- 1990 – Finished in 8th place
- 1999 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Group B, Promoted to Top Division)
- 2000 – Finished in 8th place (Relegated to Division I).
- 2001 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Division I).
- 2003 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Group B, Promoted to Top Division)
- 2004 – Finished in 9th place (Relegated to Division I)
- 2005 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Division I)
- 2007 – Finished in 10th place (1st in Group B, Promoted to Top Division)
- 2008 – Finished in 7th place
- 2009 – Finished in 8th place (Relegated to Division I)
- 2011 – Withdrew from the tournament due to an earthquake[10]
- 2012 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2013 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division)
- 2015 – Finished in 7th place
- 2016 – Finished in 8th place (Relegated to Division I)
- 2017 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division)
- 2019 – Finished in 8th place
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[11]
- 2021 – Finished in 6th place
- 2022 – Finished in 5th place
- 2023 – Finished in 7th place
- 2024 – Finished in 8th place
Asian Games
- 1996 – Finished in 2nd place
![Silver](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg/16px-Silver_medal_asia.svg.png)
- 1999 – Finished in 2nd place
![Silver](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg/16px-Silver_medal_asia.svg.png)
- 2003 – Finished in 2nd place
![Silver](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg/16px-Silver_medal_asia.svg.png)
- 2007 – Finished in 2nd place
![Silver](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg/16px-Silver_medal_asia.svg.png)
- 2011 – Finished in 2nd place
![Silver](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg/16px-Silver_medal_asia.svg.png)
- 2017 – Finished in 1st place
![Gold](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Gold_medal_asia.svg/16px-Gold_medal_asia.svg.png)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
- 2010 – Finished in 2nd place
![Silver](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg/16px-Silver_medal_asia.svg.png)
- 2011 – Finished in 1st place
![Gold](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Gold_medal_asia.svg/16px-Gold_medal_asia.svg.png)
- 2012 – Finished in 1st place
![Gold](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Gold_medal_asia.svg/16px-Gold_medal_asia.svg.png)
Pacific Rim Championship
- 1995 – Finished in 4th place
- 1996 – Finished in 4th place
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship.[12][13]
Head coach: Yuji Iizuka
Coaches
- 1990 World Championship – Noriko Fukuda
- 1995 to 1998 – Wally Kozak (coach-mentor)[14][15]
- 1998 Winter Olympics – Toru Itabashi (head coach), Tsutomu Kawabuchi[16][17]
- 1999 World Championship B – Takayuki Hatanda
- 2000 World Championship – Takayuki Hatanda
- 2001 World Championship D1 – Takayuki Hatanda
- 2003 World Championship D1 – Masayuki Takahashi
- 2004 World Championship – Kenji Nobuta (head coach), Tsutomu Kawabuchi (assistant coach, team manager)[16][17]
- 2005 World Championship D1 – Kenji Nobuta
- 2007 World Championship D1 – Kohichi Satoh
- 2008 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
- 2009 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
- 2012 World Championship D1A – Yuji Iizuka
- 2013 World Championship D1A – Yuji Iizuka
- 2014 Winter Olympics – Yuji Iizuka
- 2015 World Championship – Yoshifumi Fujisawa
- 2016 World Championship – Yoshifumi Fujisawa
- 2017 World Championship D1A – Takeshi Yamanaka
- 2018 Winter Olympics – Takeshi Yamanaka
- 2019 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
- 2021 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
- 2022 Winter Olympics – Yuji Iizuka
- 2022 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
- 2023 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
Source: IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020[18]
All-time record against other nations
Last match update: 10 March 2022[19]
Key
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Positive balance (more Wins)
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Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
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Negative balance (more Losses)
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See also
References
- ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's ice hockey team "Smile Japan" chase Olympic dream". International Olympic Committee. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Kalaf, Samer (18 December 2013). "Japan's Women's Hockey Team Is The Lovable Underdog of the Olympics". Deadspin. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Meadows, Mark (1 April 2009). "Ice hockey-Japan's 'Bunnies' boiled by economic crisis". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Watanabe, Tadashi (26 August 2013). "Women's ice hockey team banking on Sochi". The Japan Times. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Japan's ice hockey women chase Olympic dream". Al Jazeera. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ IIHF profile
- ^ "IIHF Member National Association: Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "愛称は「スマイルジャパン」 アイスホッケー女子代表" [National Women's Ice Hockey Team Nicknamed "Smile Japan"]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Peter, Bruce (29 March 2011). "Japanese National Teams Withdraw from World Championships". Puck Worlds. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "2024 IIHF女子世界選手権 メンバーリスト". Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese). 21 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Team roster: Japan" (PDF). iihf.com. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ Murray, Robert (15 March 2018). "WHL Alumni set to be inducted to Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame". Western Hockey League. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (2 February 1998). "Japan Getting (Stick) Handle on Women's Hockey". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Death Note–Advisor Kawabuchi". Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese). 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Staff Profile: Tsutomu Kawabuchi". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. pp. 112–113. ISBN 9780986796470.
- ^ "Japan Women All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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