Austria women's national ice hockey team
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The Austrian national women's ice hockey
team represents Austria
at the International Ice Hockey Federation
's IIHF World Women's Championships and is controlled by . Austria has 644 female players in 2011 .
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team represents Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
at the International Ice Hockey Federation
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...
's IIHF World Women's Championships and is controlled by . Austria has 644 female players in 2011 .
Current roster 2011
| Number | Player | Club |
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| 1 | Nina Geier |  Burlington BarracudasBurlington Barracudas The Burlington Barracudas are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Burlington, Ontario. The team has played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2007 its inaugural season. The team plays its home games in Wave Twin Rinks in Burlington... |
| 20 | Sandra Borschke |  Sabres Vienna |
| 25 | Theresa Hornich | Sabres Vienna |
| 30 | Paula Marchart | Vienna Flyers |
| 35 | Nicole Arnberger | Vienna Flyers |
| Number | Player | Club |
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| 2 | Roxanne Schwinghammer | Sabres Vienna |
| 3 | Anna Schneider |  Minnesota Thoroughbreds |
| 4 | Katharina Hybler | Sabres Vienna |
| 5 | Sharon Hausberger | Eagles Salzburg |
| 6 | Martina Kness | Neuberg Highlanders |
| 10 | Kerstin Oberhuber | Eagles Salzburg |
| 13 | Lisa Zohrer | Eagles Salzburg |
| 19 | Eva-Maria Verworner |  Sodertalje SKSödertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league... |
| 28 | Julia Kainberger | Zeller Eisbaren |
| Number | player | Club |
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| 7 | Ildiko Hofbrauer | Eagles Salzburg |
| 8 | Monika Vlcek | Vienna Flyers |
| 11 | Victoria Hummel | Sabres Vienna |
| 12 | Claudia Wirl | Eagles Salzburg |
| 14 | Martina Bacher | Villach Villach Villach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:... |
| 15 | Janine Weber | Sabres Vienna |
| 16 | Eva-Maria Scharzler |  ZSC Lions Zurich |
| 17 | Charlotte Wittich | Vienna Flyers |
| 18 | Marlene Brunner | Eagles Salzburg |
| 21 | Sonja Ban | Eagles Salzburg |
| 22 | Denise Altmann | Linkopings HC Linköpings HC Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden.... |
| 23 | Esther Kantor | Sabres Vienna |
| 24 | Virginia Ernst | Sodertalje SK Södertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league... |
| 26 | Nadine Ullrich | Sabres Vienna |
| 27 | Anna Meixner | Sabres Vienna |
| 29 | Julia Willenshofer | Neuberg Highlanders |
Coaching staff 2011
- General Manager: Martin Kogler
- Head Coach: Miroslav Berek
- Assistant Coach: Marcel Sakac
- Assistant Coach: Markus Lackner
- Team Leader: Josef Schwarzler
- Physiotherapist: Konrad Amann
- Physiotherapist:Wolfgang Matscheko
- Equipment Manager: Gerhard Oberhuber
- Team Staff: Monika Knoppel
- Team Staff:Elfriede Verworner
European Championship record
The Austrian women's team has never participated in the IIHF European Women ChampionshipsIIHF European Women Championships
The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international competition of Women ice hockey between nations in Europe. The competition was organized by International Ice Hockey Federation to 1989 at 1996...
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World Championship record
The Austrian team participated in the World championship for the first time in 2004 (in Division III). That same year, Austria was promoted to Division II. They remained there until their promotion to Division I further to the world championship 2008. Their best performance was 13th place at the World championship of 20092009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
-Group B:All times are local .-Group C:All times are local .-Group D :All times are local . and advance to the final...
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| Year | Finish | Div rank |
| 2004 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2004 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 30-April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada. The Canadian national women's hockey team won their eighth straight World Championships... |
Finished in 22nd place | First place in Division III and promoted to Division II |
| 2005 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout... |
Finished in 19th place | 5th in Division II |
| 2007 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 3, 2007 and April 10, 2007 in Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. There were no championships in 2006 due to the Torino Olympic tournament... |
Finished in 19th place | 4th in Division II |
| 2008 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to April 13, 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China.It was the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .... |
Finished in 16th place | First place in division II and promoted to Division I |
| 2009 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships -Group B:All times are local .-Group C:All times are local .-Group D :All times are local . and advance to the final... |
Finished in 13th place | 4th in Division I |
| 2011 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships -Group B:-Relegation series:Best of three.All times local - Final round :-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-5th place playoff:-Bronze medal game:-Gold medal game:-Scoring leaders:... |
Finished in 12th place | 3rd in Division I |