Israel women’s ice-hockey team makes world debut at championships in Serbia – A team from Iran was slated to go head-to-head with them but withdrew their participation to avoid competing against Israeli athletes. | JNS.org

(March 25, 2022 / JNS) Israel’s women’s ice-hockey team made its international debut by competing for the first time ever in the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship for Division III on Tuesday in Belgrade, Serbia.
Israel’s first goal in the competition against Bosnia was scored by Chen Kotler 25 minutes into the second period. She said “it was an incredible, historic event that we were able to represent Israel for the first time at the World Championship. I couldn’t have imagined scoring the first goal in our history.”