2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host countries	United States; Austria; Poland; South Korea; Iceland; Chinese Taipei
Teams	37
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
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The 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship was the 19th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2018 competition. At the 2017 annual congress it was decided that the top level would expand from eight to ten teams.^[1] As a result all relegation from the 2017 tournaments were cancelled, and there would also be no relegation in all 2018 tournaments.

Championship (Top Division)[]

For more details on this topic, see 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.

The tournament was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.

Final standings[]

	United States of America
	Canada
	Finland
4	Germany
5	Russia
6	Sweden
7	Switzerland
8	Czech Republic

Division I[]

For more details on this topic, see 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I.

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Graz, Austria from 15 to 21 April 2017.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Japan (P)	5	5	0	17	4	+13	15	Promotion to 2019 Top division
2	Austria (H)	5	4	1	20	12	+8	12
3	Norway	5	2	3	17	14	+3	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Denmark	5	2	3	5	12	−7	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Hungary	5	2	3	5	11	−6	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	France	5	0	5	1	12	−11	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

↑ Women's Worlds grow. iihfworlds2017.com (19 May 2017).
↑ Tournaments assigned. iihfworlds2016.com (20 May 2016).

Group B[]

The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 8 to 14 April 2017.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovakia (P)	5	4	0	0	1	22	9	+13	12	Promoted to Division I A
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	1	1	11	10	+1	10
3	Latvia	5	3	0	0	2	13	17	−4	9
4	China	5	2	1	0	2	13	6	+7	8
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	8	12	−4	4
6	Poland (H)	5	0	1	0	4	11	24	−13	2

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.

Division II[]

For more details on this topic, see 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II.

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Gangneung, South Korea from 2 to 8 April 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Korea (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	21	3	+18	15	Promoted to 2018 Division I B
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	0	1	17	10	+7	12
3	United Kingdom	5	2	0	1	2	20	16	+4	7
4	North Korea	5	1	1	0	3	10	13	−3	5
5	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	9	22	−13	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	7	20	−13	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

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Group B[]

The tournament was held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 27 February to 5 March 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mexico (P)	5	4	0	0	1	19	9	+10	12	Promoted to 2018 Division II A
2	Spain	5	3	1	0	1	26	7	+19	11
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	1	1	20	13	+7	10
4	Iceland (H)	5	2	0	0	3	19	13	+6	6^{[lower-alpha 3]}
5	Turkey	5	2	0	0	3	15	31	−16	6^{[lower-alpha 3]}
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	10	36	−26	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

Division B Qualification[]

The tournament was held in Taipei, Chinese Taipei from 12 to 17 December 2016.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei (H, P)	4	4	0	32	3	+29	12	Promoted to 2018 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	1	22	3	+19	9
3	South Africa	4	2	2	22	15	+7	6
4	Bulgaria	4	1	3	6	32	−26	3
5	Hong Kong	4	0	4	3	32	−29	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.

References[]

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External links[]

Official website

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Tournament details
Host countries	United States Austria Poland South Korea Iceland Chinese Taipei
Teams	37
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
← 2016 2018 →