🇷🇺 RUSSIA (RUS) Women’s National Ice Hockey Team (1994-)
played at Olympics as OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA (OAR), 2018; RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (ROC), 2022
played at World Championships as RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (ROC), 2021-22
1 win, 1 reign, 1 game with IHLC – ranked 5th
IHLC last held 05 January 2009

An emerging squad on the women’s hockey front, Russia first played competitive women’s hockey in 1994, and played for their first IHLC three years later. Russia has played spoiler at past Women’s World Championship by upsetting Finland for bronze in both 2001 and 2013, and emerged as a new top European challenger for the mainstays in the women’s IHLC history with their first (and so far only) IHLC title in 2009.

IHLC GAMES
Total IHLC Games Played: 28
First IHLC Game: 9-1 loss vs. 🇨🇦 CAN, 01 Apr 1997
Only IHLC Win: 2-1 win vs. 🇫🇮 FIN, 03 Jan 2009
Latest IHLC Game: 6-0 loss vs. 🇺🇸 USA, 24 Aug 2021
Largest IHLC Defeat: 12-0 loss (2 times, latest vs. 🇺🇸 USA, 24 Aug 2011)
Longest IHLC Winless Streak: 18 games (05 Jan 2009 – 24 Aug 2021)

IHLC HOSTING
IHLC Games Hosted: 5
First Game Hosted: 🇺🇸 USA 3-1 FIN 🇫🇮, 08 Feb 2014 (Sochi)
Latest Game Hosted: 🇨🇦 CAN 3-2 USA 🇺🇸 (OT), 20 Feb 2014 (Sochi)
Major Tournaments Hosted: Olympic Games (1: 2014)

MAJOR TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Best IIHF Women’s World Championship Result: 🥉 (3: 2001, 2013, 2016)
Best Olympic Games Result: 4th (1: 2018)
Best Three / Four Nations Cup Result: n/a

COMPETITIVE IHLC RECORDS
🇨🇦 CANADA: 0 wins, 6 losses, 0 ties
🇫🇮 FINLAND: 1 win, 0 losses, 0 ties
🇸🇪 SWEDEN: 0 wins, 3 losses, 0 ties
🇺🇸 UNITED STATES: 0 wins, 18 losses, 0 ties

COMPLETE IHLC HISTORY
01. 🇨🇦 CAN 9-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 01 Apr 1997 – WWC – Kitchener 🇨🇦
02. 🇺🇸 USA 9-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 29 Mar 2001 – EX – Mankato 🇺🇸
03. 🇺🇸 USA 6-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 07 Apr 2001 – WWC – Minneapolis 🇺🇸
04. 🇺🇸 USA 11-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 29 Dec 2001 – EX – Lake Placid 🇺🇸
05. 🇺🇸 USA 7-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 08 Feb 2002 – EX – West Valley City 🇺🇸
06. 🇺🇸 USA 8-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 01 Apr 2004 – WWC – Halifax 🇨🇦
07. 🇨🇦 CAN 12-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 04 Apr 2005 – WWC – Linköping 🇸🇪
08. 🇨🇦 CAN 8-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 04 Apr 2008 – WWC – Harbin 🇨🇳
09. 🇸🇪 SWE 7-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 13 Dec 2008 – EHT – Leppävirta 🇫🇮
10. 🇷🇺 RUS 2-1 FIN 🇫🇮 – 03 Jan 2009 – MLP – Ravensburg 🇩🇪
11. 🇸🇪 SWE 5-4 RUS 🇷🇺 – 05 Jan 2009 – MLP – Ravensburg 🇩🇪
12. 🇸🇪 SWE 6-3 RUS 🇷🇺 – 13 Feb 2009 – EHT – Segeltorp 🇸🇪
13. 🇺🇸 USA 13-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 18 Apr 2011 – WWC – Zürich 🇨🇭
14. 🇺🇸 USA 5-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 23 Apr 2011 – WWC – Zürich 🇨🇭
15. 🇺🇸 USA 12-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 24 Aug 2011 – TNT – Vierumäki 🇫🇮
16. 🇺🇸 USA 9-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 08 Apr 2012 – WWC – Burlington 🇺🇸
17. 🇨🇦 CAN 8-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 08 Apr 2013 – WWC – Ottawa 🇨🇦
18. 🇺🇸 USA 9-2 RUS 🇷🇺 – 31 Mar 2015 – WWC – Malmö 🇸🇪
19. 🇺🇸 USA 13-1 RUS 🇷🇺 – 03 Apr 2015 – WWC – Malmö 🇸🇪
20. 🇺🇸 USA 8-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 31 Mar 2016 – WWC – Kamloops 🇨🇦
21. 🇺🇸 USA 9-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 03 Apr 2016 – WWC – Kamloops 🇨🇦
22. 🇺🇸 USA 7-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 01 Apr 2017 – WWC – Plymouth 🇺🇸
23. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-0 OAR 🇷🇺 – 11 Feb 2018 – OG – Gangneung 🇰🇷
24. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-0 OAR 🇷🇺 – 19 Feb 2018 – OG – Gangneung 🇰🇷
25. 🇺🇸 USA 10-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 09 Apr 2019 – WWC – Espoo 🇫🇮
26. 🇺🇸 USA 8-0 RUS 🇷🇺 – 13 Apr 2019 – WWC – Espoo 🇫🇮
27. 🇺🇸 USA 6-0 ROC 🇷🇺 – 18 Aug 2021 – EX – Calgary 🇨🇦
28. 🇺🇸 USA 6-0 ROC 🇷🇺 – 24 Aug 2021 – WWC – Calgary 🇨🇦

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