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The Japanese women's national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー女子日本代表, Hepburn: Aisuhokkē Joshi Nippon Daihyō) represents Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championships, the Winter Olympics, and at other international ice hockey tournaments. The women's national team is governed by ...
Ice hockey is a minor sport that is gaining popularity in Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Baseball and football (soccer) have dominated Japanese sports for decades, but ice hockey has been less popular in Japan since its founding in the 1920s. [ 4 ]
The league was founded in 2012 by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and is contested in addition to the All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship tournament. Twelve teams participated in the 2023–24 season, of which eight were based in the northern island-province of Hokkaido , two in the Tokyo Metropolis , and two were junior teams comprising ...
Pages in category "Women's national sports teams of Japan" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Japan women's national field hockey team;
Japan women's national ice hockey team; S. Seibu Princess Rabbits; W. Women's Japan Ice Hockey League This page was last edited on 25 January 2019, at 14:26 (UTC ...
Japan men's national junior ice hockey team; Japan women's national under-18 ice hockey team; N. Nikkō Ice Bucks; R. Red Eagles Hokkaido; S. Seibu Princess Rabbits; T.
Matsunami made her junior international debut in 2023. She made her first appearances for the Japanese U–21 team during a test series against Australia in the Gold Coast. [6] She went on to represent Japan again at the Junior Asian Cup in Kakamigahara, winning a bronze medal.
The All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship (Japanese: 全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会) is an annual ice hockey club tournament in Japan.First contested in 1978 and officially sanctioned by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation in 1982, the championship is one of the oldest continuously held women's ice hockey tournaments in the world. [1]