2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

See also: 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	France  Poland
Dates	24–30 April 8–14 April
Teams	11
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2021 (cancelled) 2023 →

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I comprised two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Group A tournament was played in Angers, France, from 24 to 30 April and the Group B tournament in Katowice, Poland, from 8 to 14 April 2022.

All divisions stayed put after all events last year were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

France won Group A and was promoted to the top division, while China got promoted after winning the Group B tournament, while Slovenia was relegated.

Group A tournament

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	France
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	24–30 April
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	48 (4.8 per game)
Attendance	14,993 (1,499 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Chloé Aurard (8 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
France	Host, placed 10th in 2019 Top Division and was relegated.
Norway	Placed 3rd in 2019 Division I A.
Austria	Placed 4th in 2019 Division I A.
Slovakia	Placed 5th in 2019 Division I A.
Netherlands	Placed 1st in 2019 Division I B and was promoted.

Match officials

Six referees and six linesmen are selected for the tournament.

Referees	Linesmen
Brandy Dewar Marie Picavet Henna Åberg Johanna Taurianen Agnese Kārkliņa Aina Hove	Judith Closset Amy Lack Zóra Gottlibet Julia Johansson Anina Egli Erika Greenen

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France (H, P)	4	3	0	1	0	14	5	+9	10	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2	Norway	4	2	0	1	1	13	10	+3	7
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	7	8	−1	6
4	Austria	4	0	3	0	1	10	8	+2	6
5	Netherlands	4	0	0	1	3	4	17	−13	1

Results

All times are local (UTC+2)

24 April 2022 16:00

Netherlands

1–2 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Austria

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 1,015

Game reference
	Eline Gabriele	Goalies	Selma Luggin	Referees: Brandy Dewar Johanna Taurianen
	Zwarthoed (Hamers, Wielenga) – 46:58	0–1 / 1–1	31:10 – Wittich (Trummer, Beiter) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	48

24 April 2022 19:30

Slovakia

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Norway

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 730

Game reference
	Andrea Orolínová	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referees: Agnese Kārkliņa Marie Picavet
	Ištocyová (PP) – 12:29	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	01:02 – Tendenes (Kruse, Haug Hansen) / 37:31 – Berge (Kruse, Morset) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	24

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25 April 2022 16:00

Norway

7–1 (2–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Netherlands

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 634

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Eline Gabriele Claudia van Leeuwen	Referees: Henna Åberg Johanna Taurianen
	Brunvold (Jørgensen, Kruse) – 03:45 / L. Pedersen (Bergesen) (PP) – 15:07 / L. Pedersen (Dalen, Tendenes) (PP) – 21:48 / Dalen (Brunvold, Bergesen) – 22:38 / Bialik (Bergesen, Dalen) (PP) – 28:34 / Haug Hansen (Berge, Fischer) (PP) – 48:45 / Kruse (Brunvold, Morset) – 51:11	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1	17:33 – Wielenga (Hamers, Zwarthoed)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	25

25 April 2022 19:30

France

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 1,894

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Andrea Orolínová	Referees: Aina Hove Agnese Kārkliņa
	Aurard (Baudrit) – 10:25 / Allemoz (Baudrit, Villiot) – 12:52 / Allemoz (Aurard, Baudrit) – 24:01 / Duvin (Villiot, Aurard) (PP2) – 47:33	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	26

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27 April 2022 16:00

Norway

3–4 OT (0–2, 3–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Austria

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 993

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Selma Luggin	Referees: Aina Hove Marie Picavet
	Fischer (Bergesen, Kruse) (PP) – 26:05 / Bjelland (Nyberg) – 27:09 / L. Pedersen (Bergesen, Bialik) (PP2) – 39:45	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4	12:19 – Fazokas (PP2) / 13:13 – Grascher (Matzka) (PP) / 52:14 – Beiter / 60:40 – Meixner (Schafzahl, Fazokas)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	47

27 April 2022 19:30

France

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 2,468

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Eline Gabriele	Referees: Henna Åberg Brandy Dewar
	Barbirati (Mesplède, Villiot) – 14:03 / Duvin (Aurard, Rozier) – 34:55 / Parment (Allemoz) (PP) – 38:49 / Aurard (Duvin) (SH, EN) – 59:00	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	38:26 – Hamers (Milders, Zwarthoed) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	21

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28 April 2022 16:00

Slovakia

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 423

Game reference
	Nikola Zimková	Goalies	Eline Gabriele	Referees: Brandy Dewar Agnese Kārkliņa
	Nemčeková (Maskaľová) – 23:06 / Nemčeková (Vysokajová) – 37:39 / Ištocyová (Kúbeková) (PP) – 51:28 / Korenková (Čupková, Drábeková) – 54:05	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	32:43 – Zwarthoed (Van Nes, Wielenga) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	22

28 April 2022 19:30

Austria

3–2 OT (0–1, 2–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

France

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 2,310

Game reference
	Selma Luggin	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referees: Henna Åberg Johanna Taurianen
	Meixner (Trummer, Wittich) (PP) – 20:53 / Schafzahl (Meixner) – 23:18 / Schafzahl (Meixner) – 60:15	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	14:14 – Parment (Duvin) / 56:50 – Aurard (Duvin)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	22

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30 April 2022 16:00

Austria

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 940

Game reference
	Selma Luggin	Goalies	Nikola Zimková	Referees: Aina Hove Marie Picavet
	Fazokas – 36:05	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	00:37 – Korenková / 35:13 – Halušková (Hlinková, Čupková)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	19

30 April 2022 19:30

France

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Norway

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 3,586

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referees: Brandy Dewar Agnese Kārkliņa
	Duvin (Aurard) (SH) – 08:42 / Aurard (Duvin, Quarto) – 30:28 / Rozier (Duvin) – 32:07 / Escudero (Baudrit) (PP) – 51:28	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1	48:15 – Dalen (Jørgensen)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	37

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Chloé Aurard	4	4	4	8	+9	0	F
Estelle Duvin	4	3	5	8	+7	4	F
Emilie Kruse	4	1	4	6	+2	6	F
Emma Bergesen	4	0	5	5	+2	0	D
Andrea Dalen	4	2	2	4	+1	0	F
Anna Meixner	4	2	2	4	+2	4	F
Julie Zwarthoed	4	2	2	4	−3	4	F
Lore Baudrit	4	0	4	4	+3	2	F
Lotte Pedersen	4	3	0	3	−1	4	F
Marion Allemoz	4	2	1	3	+2	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Nikola Zimková	120:00	2	1.00	51	96.08	0
Caroline Baldin	240:15	5	1.25	119	95.80	1
Ena Nystrøm	237:34	10	2.53	149	93.29	0
Eline Gabriele	205:58	11	3.20	132	91.67	0
Andrea Orolínová	119:12	6	3.02	57	89.47	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player
Goaltender	Caroline Baldin
Defenceman	Emma Bergesen
Forward	Chloé Aurard

Group B tournament

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance	3,839 (256 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Lin Ni Lin Qiqi (15 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Italy	Placed 6th in 2019 Division I A and was relegated.
South Korea	Placed 2nd in 2019 Division I B.
Poland	Host, placed 3rd in 2019 Division I B.
China	Placed 4th in 2019 Division I B.
Kazakhstan	Placed 5th in 2019 Division I B.
Slovenia	Placed 1st in 2019 Division II A and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees	Linesmen
Marie-Ève Couture Gabriela Malá Ida Henriksson Laura White	Sueva Torribio Faye Andrews Natalia Suchanek Ines Confidenti Alba Calero Michele Müller

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China (P)	5	5	0	0	0	38	9	+29	15	Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
2	Poland (H)	5	3	1	0	1	16	13	+3	11
3	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	11	15	−4	7
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	10	11	−1	6
5	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	5	15	−10	3
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	6	23	−17	3

Results

All times are local (UTC+2)

8 April 2022 13:00

Slovenia

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Italy

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Martina Fedel	Referee: Ida Henriksson
	Confidenti (Pren) – 01:56 / Pren (Confidenti) – 04:00 / Confidenti (Pren) – 52:41	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	34:40 – Mattivi
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	55

8 April 2022 16:30

China

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

South Korea

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Chen Tiya	Goalies	Cheon Hyo-seo	Referee: Marie-Ève Couture
	Zhang (Guang, Zhu) – 13:09 / Lin Q. (Huang, Lin N.) – 29:08 / Mi (Lin N.) – 44:24 / Zhu (Liu) – 45:38 / Kang (Liu) – 51:00	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	13

8 April 2022 20:00

Kazakhstan

1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Poland

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 511

Game reference
	Arina Shyokolova	Goalies	Martyna Sass	Referee: Gabriela Malá
	Koroleva (Moldabay) – 01:50	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	13:55 – Późniewska (Chrapek) (PP) / 35:33 – Zielińska (Późniewska, Łaskawska) (PP) / 38:18 – Tomczok (Gogoc) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	32

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9 April 2022 13:00

South Korea

1–5 (0–2, 0–3, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Cheon Hyo-seo Jang In-hye	Goalies	Darya Dmitrieva	Referee: Laura White
	Choi J. (Kim S., Kim T.) – 59:47	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5	11:10 – Broad (Rioux, Berndsen) / 14:29 – Aldabergenova (Ashimova, Tursynova) (PP) / 20:15 – Tursynova (Aldabergenova, Ashimova) / 25:01 – Broad (Rioux, Berndsen) / 25:50 – Aldabergenova (McLean, Ashimova)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	23

9 April 2022 16:30

Italy

3–6 (0–3, 2–1, 1–2)

China

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 129

Game reference
	Elisa Biondi Martina Fedel	Goalies	Chen Tiya	Referee: Gabriela Malá
	Caumo (Roccella) (PP) – 30:37 / Bettarini (Niccolai, Caumo) – 36:16 / Roccella – 48:05	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 3–6	03:14 – Lin N. (Mi, Huang) / 09:32 – Mi (Lin Q.) / 14:06 – Mi (PS) / 33:01 – Lin N. (Mi) / 55:14 – Lin N. (Lin Q.) / 58:58 – Lin Q. (Yu) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	26	Shots	39

9 April 2022 20:00

Poland

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 729

Game reference
	Martyna Sass	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Marie-Ève Couture
	Sikorska (Łąpieś, Wieczorek) – 30:26 / Czarnecka (Zielińska, Późniewska) – 30:50 / Talanda (Sikorska) – 42:44 / Dziwok (Strzelecka) – 57:22	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	57	Shots	20

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11 April 2022 13:00

Slovenia

2–14 (1–2, 1–9, 0–3)

China

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič Nuša Dovžan	Goalies	Chen Tiya Wang Yuqing	Referee: Ida Henriksson
	Confidenti (Blazinšek) – 05:01 / Nylaander (E. Dukarič) – 37:23	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 1–10 / 1–11 / 2–11 / 2–12 / 2–13 / 2–14	11:50 – Hu (Li) (PP) / 19:32 – Lin N. (Lin Q.) / 21:45 – Hu / 24:22 – Mi (Lin Q., Lin N.) / 27:31 – Kang (Lin Q.) / 28:59 – Hu (Liu, Yu) / 32:23 – Lin N. (Mi, Lin Q.) / 33:05 – Zhang (Hu) (PP) / 33:36 – Mi (Hu) / 34:24 – Kang (Zhang, Li) / 35:56 – Liu (Zhao) (PP) / 42:31 – Lin N. (Mi) / 45:40 – Zhang (Liu) / 49:51 – Lin Q. (Mi, Lin N.)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	7	Shots	67

11 April 2022 16:30

Italy

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 89

Game reference
	Martina Fedel	Goalies	Darya Dmitrieva	Referee: Gabriela Malá
	Stocker (Gius) (PP) – 35:09	1–0
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	26

11 April 2022 20:00

South Korea

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Poland

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 606

Game reference
	Cheon Hyo-seo	Goalies	Martyna Sass	Referee: Laura White
	Park Jo. (Choi J., Park Ji-yoo.) – 09:41	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	01:51 – Sikorska (Onyshchenko, Korkuz) / 35:14 – Późniewska (Łaskawska)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	35

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12 April 2022 13:00

China

6–2 (3–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 22

Game reference
	Chen Tiya	Goalies	Darya Dmitrieva Arina Shyokolova	Referee: Laura White
	Lin Q. (Lin N.) – 05:11 / Hu (Liu, Zhu) – 12:34 / Li (Lin Q.) – 16:01 / Kang (Zhu, Zhang) – 38:36 / Zhang (Zhu, Huang) – 46:01 / Lin Q. (Lin N.) – 59:12	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2	02:26 – Olzhabayeva (Sviridova, Moldabay) / 36:15 – Berndsen (McLean, Broad) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	43	Shots	23

12 April 2022 16:30

South Korea

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Slovenia

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Cheon Hyo-seo	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Marie-Ève Couture
	Kim S. (Park Ji-yoo., Choi J.) – 16:52 / Park Jo. (Park Ji-yoo.) – 31:40	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	39:54 – Confidenti (Pren)
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	46	Shots	12

12 April 2022 20:00

Poland

5–4 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Italy

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 597

Game reference
	Martyna Sass	Goalies	Martina Fedel	Referee: Ida Henriksson
	Późniewska (Czarnecka) – 20:21 / Wieczorek (Gogoc, Sfora) – 39:06 / Korkuz (Łąpieś, Onyshchenko) – 51:04 / Sfora (Późniewska, Czarnecka) – 53:02 / Gogoc (Późniewska) (PP) – 63:32	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 5–4	19:10 – Roccella (Caumo, Niccolai) / 28:43 – Furlani (Mattivi) (EA) / 48:11 – Abatangelo (Mazzocchi) / 53:21 – Mattivi (Roccella)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	38

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14 April 2022 13:00

Italy

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

South Korea

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Martina Fedel	Goalies	Cheon Hyo-seo	Referee: Laura White
	Furlani (Bettarini, Da Rech) – 13:56 / Niccolai (Bonafini, Roccella) – 55:41	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	59:34 – Lee E. (Jung, Park Ji-yoo.) (EA)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	15	Shots	16

14 April 2022 16:30

Kazakhstan

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Arina Shyokolova	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Ida Henriksson
	Berndsen (Rioux) – 16:53 / Ashimova (Aldabergenova, Konysheva) – 38:33	1–0 / 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	58	Shots	18

14 April 2022 20:00

Poland

2–7 (0–6, 2–0, 0–1)

China

Janów Arena, Janów-Nikiszowiec Attendance: 729

Game reference
	Martyna Sass	Goalies	Chen Tiya	Referee: Marie-Ève Couture
	Onyshchenko (Chrapek, Późniewska) (PP) – 25:25 / Chrapek (Czarnecka, Zielińska) (PP2) – 30:02	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 1–6 / 2–6 / 2–7	00:38 – Lin Q. (Liu) / 01:55 – Lin Q. (Yu, Lin N.) / 05:12 – Liu (Huang, Lin Q. / 07:02 – Mi (Lin N., Liu) / 12:51 – Zhang (Liu) / 19:17 – Lin N. (Mi) / 51:27 – Yu (Liu, Zhang) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	52

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Lin Ni	5	7	8	15	+17	4	F
Lin Qiqi	5	7	8	15	+20	0	F
Mi Le	5	6	6	12	+19	2	F
Liu Zhixin	5	2	9	11	+16	2	D
Zhang Xifang	5	5	3	8	+5	0	F
Karolina Późniewska	5	3	5	8	−2	4	F
Hu Baozhen	5	4	2	6	+2	4	F
Sara Confidenti	5	4	1	5	−6	0	F
Rebecca Roccella	5	2	3	5	−2	4	F
Zhu Rui	5	1	4	5	+4	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Pia Dukarič	272:57	18	3.96	259	93.05	0
Darya Dmitrieva	154:13	5	1.95	67	92.54	0
Martyna Sass	303:32	13	2.57	155	91.61	1
Arina Shyokolova	145:47	6	2.47	66	90.91	1
Chen Tiya	280:00	9	1.93	91	90.11	1

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player
Goaltender	Martyna Sass
Defenceman	Nadia Mattivi
Forward	Mi Le

External links

• Official website of IIHF