The Ireland women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team of the Republic of Ireland. The team is controlled by the Irish Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Until the Dundalk Ice Dome reopens they do not meet minimum IIHF standards for participation.
Ireland played its first game in 2011 during the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships â Division V tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. They competed against Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, and Turkey. Their first game of the tournament was against Poland which they went on to lose 23âÂÂ0, which would also be their largest recorded loss. Ireland lost all of the other three games of the tournament, finishing last in the group. The following year Ireland competed in the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification tournament against Bulgaria and Turkey. Ireland lost both of its games and failed to qualify for the 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II Group B tournament.
The team also competed in the following year and came 4th.
<small>From the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championships</small>
As of 14 September 2011