2023 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s Championship

The SA national ice hockey women’s team has competed in International Ice Hockey Federation events since the 1999 IIHF Women’s World Championships in Finland. They won promotion to Division II in 2020. The following year in 2021, the World Championships was cancelled due the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

With things back on track, SA’s traditional rivals, Australia, come in as favourites after placing second in last year’s Division II B competition in Croatia. Turkey finished third and South Africa in fourth place. Team SA will have their work cut out if they hope to gain promotion as the winner of this competition moves up a notch.