The 7th Japan Student Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament was held on November 7-10 at Michinoku Coca-Cola Bottling Link (Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture) and Ishidoriya Ice Arena (Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture). Okayama University Women's Ice Hockey Club took the second place as they did last year.

Sixteen nationwide universities that have won the regional qualifiers participated in this tournament. The qualifying leagues were held in four blocks, and Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education, University of the Ryukyus, and Okayama University, who had won each league, advanced to the final tournament.

In the semi-final match against the University of the Ryukyus, the match and overtime were finished with a 1-1 tie, and as a result of the game winning shot, they won a close match of 2-1. In the final, they challenged Nippon Sport Science University, but the champions in the fourth consecutive championship were strong and our team lost 1-10.

The captain of the club YONEDA Mai (Faculty of Education, junior) said, “I think this is the result of pursuing the back of the seniors. We will continue to value the quality of Okayama University, which we have built up with our seniors, and work hard every day to achieve even greater heights.”

☆ Competition Results ☆
[Qualifying League]
Against University of Tsukuba: 2-0
Against Nagasaki University: 7-0
Against Kushiro Public University of Economics: 5-0

[Final Tournament]
Semifinals against University of the Ryukyus: 2-1
Final against Nippon Sport Science University: 1-10