Kuwait women's national ice hockey team

The Kuwait women's national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب الكويت لهوكي الجليد للسيدات) is the ice hockey team representing Kuwait internationally in women's competition. The team is overseen by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The team was formed in 2017 and currently competes in the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament.
==History==
The Kuwait women's national ice hockey team played its first games in October and November 2017 at the Land of Smiles Ice Hockey Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand. Kuwait played four games at the tournament against club teams from Australia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. They lost all four of their games and failed to record any goals. In May 2018 Kuwait took part in the Women's Gulf Ice Hockey Championships being held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Playing in five games against club teams from the United Arab Emirates Kuwait won three of their games and lost two. In October and November 2018 Kuwait took part in their second Land of Smiles Ice Hockey Tournament where they competed in four games against club teams from Indonesia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. They lost all four of their games and managed to record only one goal.
Kuwait made their debut in international competition in April 2019 at the 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In their opening game of the tournament Kuwait lost 0–10 to the Philippines. Kuwait went on to lose their other two games of the tournament to India and the United Arab Emirates, finishing in last place with zero points. Their 0–13 loss to the United Arab Emirates was at the time their biggest defeat in international competition. At the end of the tournament Ayah Alsarraf was named best goaltender by the IIHF Directorate and the coaches named Sarah Aldayouli as the best player of the team.
==International competitions==
===IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia===
*2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I. Finish: 4th
===IIHF Women's Development Cup===
Year 	Host 	Result 	 	 	 	
2022 	Kuwait City	2nd place	5	3	0	2
Total	Total 	1/1 	5	3	0	2
==Players and personnel==
===Team roster===
From the team's most recent tournament
# 	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Team
24	 	D 	R 	 	Kuwait Diamonds
23	 	D 	L 	 	Kuwait Diamonds
10	(C) 	F 	L 	 	Kuwait Blue Waves
4 	 	F 	L 	 	Kuwait Blue Waves
12	 	F 	L 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
22	 	F 	R 	 	Kuwait Diamonds
8 	 	D 	R 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
7 	 	D 	R 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
11	 	F 	R 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
2 	 	F 	R 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
3 	(A) 	F 	R 	 	Kuwait Diamonds
25	 	G 	L 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
5 	 	F 	R 	 	Kuwait Blue Waves
1 	 	D 	L 	 	Kuwait Blue Waves
21	(A) 	F 	L 	 	Kuwait Blue Waves
17	 	F 	L 	 	Kuwait Blue Waves
6 	 	F 	L 	 	Kuwait Diamonds
20	 	G 	L 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
9 	 	D 	L 	 	Kuwait Blue Waves
13	 	D 	L 	 	Kuwait Wildcats
===Team staff===
From the team's most recent tournament
*Head coach: Meshal Alajmi
*General manager: Khaled Almutairi
*Team leader: Laila Alkhbaz
*Equipment manager: Ramadan Abdelmeguid
*Team staff: Maryam Alkhars
==References==
==External links==
*Kuwait Ice Hockey Association
Category:Ice hockey in Kuwait
Category:National ice hockey teams in the Arab world
Category:Women's national ice hockey teams in Asia