Women's National Ice Hockey Team Finishes Second in Romania

The Women's National Ice Hockey Team finished second in Group D of the IIHF Women's European Nations Cup. According to a statement from the Ice Hockey Federation, the national team faced Romania, Lithuania and Ukraine in the group.

Türkiye lost to the host country Romania in its matches played in Romania, but beat Ukraine and Lithuania. The star-and-crescent team completed the tournament, in which it took part for the first time, in second place.

Federation President Halit Albayrak said they were very proud that the senior women's national team represented the country at such an important event. Albayrak said he found the effort the athletes showed on the ice extremely valuable and stated that he believed the victory gave the team morale and motivation. Stressing that international events like this are of great importance for the development of women's ice hockey, Albayrak congratulated the athletes and the technical staff.