Great Britain women's national ice hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Team GB |
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| Association | Ice Hockey UK |
| General Manager | Deborah Cito |
| Head coach | Cheryl Smith |
| Assistants | James Ashton |
| Captain | Leanne Ganney |
| Most games | Emily Tuner (45) |
| Most points | Emily Tuner (40) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | GBR |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 21 
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| Highest IIHF | 17 (2012) |
| Lowest IIHF | 23 (2008) |
| First international | |
 Netherlands 4–2 Great Britain  (Chelmsford, Great Britain; 6 March 1989) |
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| Biggest win | |
Great Britain 27–0 South Africa  (Sheffield, Great Britain; 9 March 2007) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Sweden 16–0 Great Britain (Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia; 18 March 1991) |
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| IIHF World Women's Championships – Division IB | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2003) |
| Best result | 3rd (2009) |
| IIHF European Women Championships | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1991) |
| Best result | 9th (1991) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 44–46–6 | |
The British women's national ice hockey team represents Great Britain at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Ice Hockey UK. As of 2011, Great Britain has 476 female players.
From 1989–1997, the British women's national team competed in the European Championships. After 1999, the team has competed in the World Championships. At present, Great Britain play in Division II. In 1989, Team GB re-entered the World of International Hockey, with a European Championship two-leg qualifying match against the Netherlands in Chelmsford. GB battled hard in both games but were defeated by an experienced Dutch side, winning both games by the margin of four goals to two, giving the Dutch an 8–4 aggregate win and a place in the European Championship.
No official competitions existed in 1990, however GB defeated the Dutch in Amsterdam 1–0 in a challenge match. In 1991, Team GB took part in the 1991 European Championship finishing 9th out of 10 teams. Placed in a very tough Group B, they lost their first three games to Sweden (0–16), Denmark (0–4) and Germany (0–6) before surprising the Czech Republic with a 2–2 draw in their final game. GB finished bottom of their group, and played Holland in the 9th/10th playoff which they won 3–0.
After the break for an Olympic year, GB started 1993 in the newly formed World Championship Pool B. Following an opening loss against Latvia (0–3), GB repeated their performance against the Czech Republic from two years ago, this time with a 1–1 draw. France, dispatched GB easily in the third game by 7 goals to 2, and GB won their first International game in the final match of the tournament with a 1–0 win over Ukraine. giving GB a respectable 4th-placed finish out of 5 teams, with GB only missing a medal by one point.
GB went to Denmark, for the IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B in March 1995, and faced a tough group on paper and proved to be a tough group on ice. GB fell to their worst defeat in 4 years, in the opening game with a 14–1 defeat to Denmark. Slovakia defeated GB 4–1 and in the final group game Holland put seven past the Brits, with only two coming back.
The 7th/8th playoff game saw GB take on Ukraine, the only side they had beaten in competitive hockey so far. Unfortunately Ukraine gave a much more solid account of themselves, and skated to a 2–0 victory which saw GB finish 8th out of 8 teams.
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