Finland women's national inline hockey team

Finland women's national inline hockey team

Captain	Minttu Tuominen
World Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2007)
Best result	4th (2017)
Best result	(2017)

Medal record
Women's inline hockey
European Championships
	2017 Boskovice

Finland women's national inline hockey team is the national inline hockey team for Finland. The team finished seventh at the 2011 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships.[1]

History

Finland claimed bronze at the 2017 Women's Inline Hockey European Championship in Boskovice, Czech Republic, the team's first medal in international competition. The roster featured a number of players from the Finnish national ice hockey team, including captain Minttu Tuominen, Annina Rajahuhta, and Susanna Tapani, among others. Aino Karppinen was Finland's top point scorer, earning thirteen points across six games.[2][3]

Finland returned to the Inline Hockey World Championship in 2018 and rose from the lower division to claim fifth place in the tournament. Tuominen was the leading point scorer of the tournament, notching ten goals and nine assists for a total of 19 points in seven games.[4] She was joined at the top of the scoring board by teammates Marisa Klemola, who ranked second with 17 points, and Mia Heikuri, who ranked fifth with 14 points.[5]

World Championship results by year

Record of the Finnish national team in the women's tournament of the Inline Hockey World Championships, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) during 2002 to 2015, and by World Skate during 2016 to present.

Year	Host(s)	GP	W	L	T	GF:GA	+/−	Rank
2002	Rochester, New York	did not participate
2003	Písek	did not participate
2004	London, Ontario	did not participate
2005	Paris	did not participate
2006	Detroit	did not participate
2007	Bilbao, Basque Country	8	2	6	0	15 : 45	−30	6th
2008	Düsseldorf	7	3	4	0	20 : 23	−3	7th
2009	Varese	6	2	4	0	18 : 29	−11	7th
2010	Beroun	6	2	4	0	23 : 23	0	7th
2011	Roccaraso	8	3	5	0	20 : 29	−9	7th
2012	Bucaramanga	did not participate
2013	Anaheim, California	did not participate
2014	Toulouse	did not participate
2015	Rosario, Santa Fe	7	3	3	1	27 : 16	+11	4th
2016	Asiago & Roana	6	4	2	0	39 : 16	+23	6th
2017	Nanjing	did not participate
2018	Asiago & Roana	7	6	0	1	56 : 13	+43	5th
2019	Barcelona	did not participate

References

1. "Ranking 2011 World Inline Hockey Championships". World Inline Hockey. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
2. "2017 U18 Men's and Senior Women's European Roller Hockey Championship in Boskovice, Czech Republic". Online-Skating.com. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
3. Foster, Meredith (24 July 2017). "Finland wins bronze at Inline Hockey European Championships". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
4. "Asiago/Roana 2018 Inline Hockey World Championships – Senior Women – Minnamari Tuominen (Profile)". World Skate. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
5. "Asiago/Roana 2018 Inline Hockey World Championships – Senior Women – Division Overview". World Skate. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2021.