South Africa women's national ice hockey team
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.
History
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.Tournament record
Olympic games
South Africa hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.World Championship
- 1999 – Not ranked
- 2000 – Finished in 24th place
- 2001 – Finished in 23rd place
- 2003 – Finished in 25th place
- 2005 – Finished in 26th place
- 2007 – Finished in 27th place
- 2008 – Finished in 32nd place
- 2009 – Division IV canceled
- 2011 – Finished in 30th place
- 2012 – Finished in 32nd place
- 2013 – Finished in 32nd place
- 2014 – Finished in 34th place
- 2015 – Finished in 35th place
- 2016 – Finished in 35th place
- 2017 – Finished in 35th place
- 2018 – Finished in 36th place
- 2019 – Finished in 37th place
- 2020 – Finished in 35th place
Current squad
| Number | Player | Club |
| 1 | Shaylene Swanepoel | Cape Town Griffins |
| 20 | Rachel van der Merwe | Port Elizabeth Ice Hockey Club |
| Number | Player | Club |
| 2 | Sandra McClurg | Cape Town Griffins |
| 7 | Kelley Wilson | Port Elizabeth Ice Hockey Club |
| 9 | Donne van Doesburgh | Cape Town Griffins |
| 10 | Kaylin Lategan | Cape Town Griffins |
| 11 | Dominique Verwey | Centurion Warriors |
| 14 | Claudia Kruger | Kempton Park Sabres |
| Number | player | Club |
| 3 | Edine Marias | Pretoria Ice Hawks |
| 4 | Zoe Herringer | Cape Town Griffins |
| 6 | Chandre Doliveira | Centurion Warriors |
| 8 | Anchen Loubser | Pretoria Capitals |
| 13 | Marione Brits | Pretoria Capitals |
| 15 | Kelly Jamieson | Kemton Park Sabres |
| 16 | Inge Marias | Pretoria Ice Hawks |
| 17 | Liza Bodenstein | Pretoria Capitals |
| 18 | Chloe Schuurman | Pretoria Capitals |
| 21 | Dalene Rhode | Pretoria Capitals |
| 22 | Tarryn Keuler | Plymouth Pirates |
| 24 | Elaine Moller | Centurion Warriors |
| Function | Name |
| Team Head Coach | Andre Marais |
| Team Assistant Coach | Jacques Botha |
| Team Assistant Coach | Denzil Verwey |
| Team General Manager | Antoinette Botha |
| Team Doctor | Bradley Beira |
All-time record against other teams
As of 10 December 2015| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Aga | Diff | Win % |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 43 | −41 | 0.00% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0.00% | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 41 | −31 | 14.29% | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 100.00% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0.00% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00% | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | −68 | 0.00% | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 33.33% | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 35 | −28 | 0.00% | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 0.00% | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0.00% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0.00% | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0.00% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0.00% | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 60.00% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0.00% | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 0.00% | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0.00% | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0.00% | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 50.00% | |
| Total | 55 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 96 | 439 | -343 | 16.36% |