Russia women's national field hockey team

The Russia women's national field hockey team represents Russia in women's international field hockey. The team mainly plays in the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, but qualified for the 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship by finishing second in the 2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship II.^{[citation needed]}

Russia

Association	Russian Field Hockey Federation
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Oleg Potapov
Assistant coach(es)	Edik Arutiunian Valentina Apelganets
Manager	Mikhail Mokrushin
Captain	Bogdana Sadovaia
FIH ranking
Current	22 (14 October 2023)^[1]
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1994)
Best result	12th (1994)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1995)
Best result	4th (1999)

Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIH banned Russia from the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in April 2022, and banned Russian and Belarusian officials from FIH events.^[2] In addition, the European Hockey Federation banned the participation of all Russian athletes and officials from all events sanctioned by the Federation.^[3]

Tournament record

World Cup

• 1994 – 12th place
• 2002 – 16th place

EuroHockey Championship

• 1995 – 5th place
• 1999 – 4th place
• 2003 – 10th place
• 2009 – 7th place
• 2019 – 7th place

EuroHockey Championship II

• 2005 –  
• 2007 –  
• 2011 –  
• 2013 – 7th place
• 2017 –  
• 2021 – 5th place

EuroHockey Championship III

• 2015 –  

Hockey World League

• 2012–13 – 22nd place
• 2014–15 – 27th place
• 2016–17 – 28th place

See also

• Russia men's national field hockey team
• Soviet Union women's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
2. "FIH reiterates full support to Ukraine's hockey community | FIH".
3. "European hockey bans Russia and Belarus athletes from competition amid Ukraine invasion". 1 March 2022.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile