South Africa women's national ice hockey team
The flag of South Africa is the badge used on the players jerseys
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| Association | South African Ice Hockey Association |
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| General Manager | Antoinette Botha |
| Head coach | Andre Marais |
| Assistants | Ashley Bock Ian Nel |
| Captain | Donne van Doesburgh |
| Most games | Nadine Sheffield (44) |
| Top scorer | Donne Oxenham (18) |
| Most points | Attali Otto (17) |
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| IIHF code | RSA |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 33  1 |
| Highest IIHF | 28 (first in 2004) |
| Lowest IIHF | 33 (2016) |
| First international | |
 Hungary 6–0 South Africa  (Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 19 March 1999) |
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| Biggest win | |
South Africa 11–0 Bulgaria  (Taipei, Republic of China; 15 December 2016) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Slovakia 23–0 South Africa (Székesfehérvár, Hungary; 23 March 2000) |
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| IIHF World Women's Championships | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2003) |
| Best result | 25th (2003) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 8–43–1 | |
The South Africa women's national ice hockey team represents South Africa at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by South African Ice Hockey Association. The South African national team is the only national women's ice hockey team on the entire African continent. As of 2012, South Africa has 52 female players. The South Africa women's national team is ranked 32nd in the world.
The South African women's national ice hockey team has participated in International Ice Hockey Federation events since the 1999 IIHF Women's World Championship. At their first World Championship in 1999, the team were unable to qualify for the B World Championship held the next year. In the following year, they were again unable to qualify for the B World Championship and were relegated several times over the following years, competing at the 2008 IIHF Women's World Championship in Division IV, the fifth World Championship level in women's ice hockey. As Divisions III to V saw no match play at the 2009 World Championship and there was no IIHF World Women's Championship in 2010 because of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, South Africa played their first World Championships match in three years in 2011, competing in Division IV.
South Africa hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
As of December 10, 2015
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