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Finland national women's ice hockey team

Finland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Naisleijonat (Lady Lions)
Association Finnish Ice Hockey Association
Head coach Pasi Mustonen
Assistants Tommi Parmakoski
Juuso Toivola
Captain Jenni Hiirikoski
Most games Karoliina Rantamäki (256)
Most points Riikka Nieminen (204)
IIHF code FIN
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Ranking
Current IIHF 3 Steady
Highest IIHF 3 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF 4 (first in 2006)
First international
 Finland 6–0 Norway 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 December 1988)
Biggest win
 Finland 34–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Düsseldorf, West Germany; 4 April 1989)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 15–0 Finland 
(St. John's, Canada; 12 November 2010)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances 18 (first in 1990)
Best result 3rd, bronze medalist(s) (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
IIHF European Women Championships
Appearances 5 (first in 1989)
Best result 1st, gold medalist(s) (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995)
Olympics
Appearances 5 (first in 1998)
Medals Bronze medal.svg Bronze (1998, 2010)
International record (W–L–T)
198–169–12
Finland women's national ice hockey team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team
IIHF World Women's Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1994 United States
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2008 China
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2017 United States

The Finnish women's national ice hockey team represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland has 5,950 female players in 2016.

Finland has finished third or fourth in every World Championships and Olympics. They are ranked behind Canada (#1) and the USA (#2). Finland's main rival is Sweden, which finished second to Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Finland finished fourth, losing the game for the bronze medal to the USA. Finland defeated the USA for the first time, in the 2008 World Championship in China, 2–1 after overtime. Finland defeated Canada 4-3 For the first time 2017 World Championship in United States. However, they lost the semifinal against Canada in the same tournament, so the Finns were relegated to the bronze medal game.

Roster for the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Head coach: Pasi Mustonen


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