Iran’s national women’s ice hockey team won the silver medal in the Asia-Pacific Championship.
wintersportsnews: Iran’s national women’s ice hockey team won the silver medal in its first appearance in the Asia-Pacific Championship.
Iran’s women’s national ice hockey team lost 3-1 to the host team in the finals of the Asia-Pacific Championship in Thailand and stood in second place. With this result, Iran’s national women’s ice hockey team won the silver medal in Asia for the first time in history, and now it is known more than ever in ice hockey in Asia and the world.
In their first match against the Indian national team, Iran’s girls won with a score of 17-1 to create fear for their rivals. Iran’s girls played against the Kuwait national team in their second match and won 20-0. The goalless victory in this match was very remarkable and showed the power of Iranian ice hockey girls.
The adventure of ice hockey girls continued in the third meeting in the Asia-Pacific Championship and they won against the Kyrgyz national team with an amazing result of 26-0. This was the biggest and best victory in the history of the Iranian women’s national ice hockey team.
Iranian girls reached the tournament’s next stage by winning three victories, scoring 63 goals, and conceding only one goal. Iran’s girls faced the United Arab Emirates women’s national ice hockey team in the elimination stage won 14-0 and went to the top four teams of the Asia-Pacific Championship.
The Iranian women’s national ice hockey team managed to win against Singapore in the semi-final stage of the Asia-Pacific Championship with a score of 3-0 reach the final stage of the competition and secure their medal in this competition. Iran’s ice hockey girls scored 80 goals before reaching the finals and conceded only one goal.
The hot and sultry weather of Thailand and the large number of spectators had made it difficult for these girls in the final match.
In the final match of the Asia-Pacific Championship Division 2, the host team finally won against the Iranian girls with a score of 3-1 and won the championship trophy. Despite the defeat in the final match, the Iranian girls achieved a great victory. For the first time in the history of Iranian women’s ice hockey, they won the Asia Pacific silver medal. This brilliance promises better days for Iranian girls.
FARZAMNIA Diana, FARZAMNIA Diba, POORHASHEMI Hadiseh, BAHRAMI Yeganeh, AGHAEI Fatemeh, SANAEI Azamossadat, IZADI Arezou, ARJMAND Negar, GHAROUNI Azin, AGHAEI Hedieh, MODIRDEHGHAN Elham, SHAHSAVAND Fatemeh, SOHANI Helia, KHALAJ JOKARY Hadis, KHORRAM Negar, ESMAEILI Fatemeh, GHASEMI Zahra, REZAEI Zahra, ARAB Shabnam, HEYDARI Asal were members of the national ice hockey team of Iran.
HOUSHIDARI Farzad (Head Coach), HASSANZADEH Oveis (Assistant Coach), SANAEI Azamossadat (Assistant Coach), SEDGHI Kaveh (General Manager), HOSSEINI Montaha (Team Staff) were the members of Iran’s coaches and technical staff.
