Women's Bulgarian National Team

Bulgaria
Association	Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF code	BUL
IIHF ranking	34
Highest IIHF ranking	23 (2011)
Lowest IIHF ranking	34 (first in 2008)
Team colors
First international
	Italy 41–0 Bulgaria ; (Liepāja, Latvia; September 2, 2008)
Biggest win
	Bulgaria 6–1 Ireland ; (Izmir, Turkey; December 8, 2012)
Biggest defeat
	Slovakia 82–0 Bulgaria ; (Liepāja, Latvia; September 6, 2008)
International record (W–L–T)
	4–15–1

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The Bulgarian women's ice hockey team represents Bulgaria at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2011, Bulgaria has 27 female players.^[1] The Bulgarian women's national team is ranked 24th in the world.

History[]

The Bulgarian women's hockey team has competed at very few high level international tournaments. It took its first attempt at the olympic gold in a qualification tournament. They played four games against Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, and Latvia. They lost all four games and were not able to qualify for the Olympics. The scores were 39-0 against Latvia, 30-1 against Croatia, 41-0 against Italy, and a record breaking 82-0 loss to Slovakia.^[2] The only goal was scored by forward, Olga Gospodinova assisted by the defensemen Elina Milanova and Sofiya Iliycheva.^[3]