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2022 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Spain Spain
Flag of Croatia Croatia
Dates 3–8 April
17–22 May
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2021 (cancelled)
2023

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

The Group A tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 3 to 8 April 2022 and the Group B tournament in Zagreb, Croatia, from 17 to 22 May 2022.[1][2]

Entering the competition, there were no divisional changes, as the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Great Britain won the Group A tournament and was promoted, while Mexico was relegated.[4] Iceland won Group B and Croatia finished last.[5]

Group A tournament[]

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Spain Spain
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 3–8 April
Teams 5
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 54 (5.4 per game)
Attendance 3,055 (306 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Latvia Līga Miljone (7 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
 Latvia Placed 6th in 2019 Division I B and was relegated.
 United Kingdom Placed 2nd in 2019 Division II A.
 Spain Host, placed 3rd in 2019 Division II A.
 Mexico Placed 4th in 2019 Division II A.
 North Korea Placed 5th in 2019 Division II A.
 Chinese Taipei Placed 1st in 2019 Division II B and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of United Kingdom Hollie Neenan
  • Flag of Norway Rita Rygh
  • Flag of the United States Charlotte Hurley
  • Flag of Hungary Bernadett Holzer
  • Flag of Italy Danielle Rostan
  • Flag of Slovenia Katja Mrak
  • Flag of Spain Claudia De La Pompa Carrera
  • Flag of Sweden Alexandra Kohl

Final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  United Kingdom (P) 4 4 0 0 0 18 1 +17 12 Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2  Latvia 4 1 1 1 1 14 12 +2 6
3  Spain (H) 4 1 1 0 2 6 6 0 5
4  Chinese Taipei 4 1 0 1 2 10 20 −10 4
5  Mexico 4 1 0 0 3 6 15 −9 3
6  North Korea[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
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:
  1. U18 Worlds in Germany. IIHF.com (5 June 2021). Retrieved on 5 June 2021.
  2. Tournaments. IIHF.com (10 August 2021). Retrieved on 10 August 2021.
  3. Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). IIHF Council announces more cancellations.
  4. GB women take Div. II gold (9 April 2022).
  5. Icelandic women win thriller (23 May 2022).
  6. IIA game officials
  7. DPR Korea withdraws teams. IIHF.com (3 February 2022). Retrieved on 3 February 2022.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2)

3 April 2022
16:00
Chinese Taipei  0–8
(0–2, 0–2, 0–4)
 United Kingdom Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 150
3 April 2022
20:00
Latvia  0–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Spain Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 300

4 April 2022
16:00
Mexico  2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)
 Chinese Taipei Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 117

5 April 2022
16:00
Mexico  2–8
(0–2, 1–3, 1–3)
 Latvia Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 104
5 April 2022
20:00
United Kingdom  3–1
(1–1, 0–0, 2–0)
 Spain Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 487

6 April 2022
16:00
Chinese Taipei  5–6 OT
(2–1, 3–0, 0–4)
(OT: 0–1)
 Latvia Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 97

7 April 2022
16:00
United Kingdom  3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)
 Mexico Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 128
7 April 2022
20:00
Spain  4–1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 Chinese Taipei Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 624

8 April 2022
16:00
Latvia  0–4
(0–1, 0–0, 0–3)
 United Kingdom Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 184
8 April 2022
20:00
Spain  0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 Mexico Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 864

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Latvia Līga Miljone 4 5 2 7 +5 2 F
Latvia Krista Yip-Chuck 4 4 2 6 +6 0 F
United Kingdom Kathryn Marsden 4 1 5 6 +5 4 F
United Kingdom Saffron Allen 4 2 2 4 +3 2 F
United Kingdom Aimee Headland 4 1 3 4 +3 2 F
United Kingdom Louise Adams 4 3 0 3 +4 2 F
Chinese Taipei Huang Yun-chu 4 3 0 3 −3 2 F
Mexico Joanna Rojas 3 2 1 3 −2 2 F
Chinese Taipei Yeh Hui-chen 3 2 1 3 +1 2 F
United Kingdom Casey Traill 4 2 1 3 +5 2 D

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
United Kingdom Nicole Jackson 180:00 1 0.33 47 97.87 2
Mexico Mónica Renteria 179:57 6 2.00 148 95.95 1
Spain Alba Gonzalo 241:49 4 0.99 79 94.94 1
Latvia Kristiāna Apsīte 231:37 9 2.33 145 93.79 1
Chinese Taipei Hsu Tzu-ting 180:27 18 5.99 139 87.05 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[1]
Goaltender Spain Alba Gonzalo
Defenceman United Kingdom Casey Traill
Forward Latvia Līga Miljone

Group B tournament[]

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Croatia Croatia
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 17–22 May
Teams 5
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 102 (10.2 per game)
Attendance 116 (12 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Turkey Dilara Lökbaş (14 points)
Website Website

After several teams withdrew from the tournament, the IIHF changed the date from March to mid-May and all six teams are eligible to participate.[2]

Participants[]

Team Qualification
 Australia Placed 1st in 2020 Division II B.
 Iceland Placed 2nd in 2020 Division II B.
 New Zealand Placed 3rd in 2020 Division II B.
 Turkey Placed 4th in 2020 Division II B.
 Croatia Host, placed 5th in 2020 Division II B.
 South Africa Placed 1st in 2020 Division III and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Austria Ulrike Winklmayr
  • Flag of Lithuania Ramunė Maleckienė
  • Flag of Turkey İlkşen Acar
  • Flag of Finland Helina Anttila
  • Flag of Netherlands Kaitlyn van de Wijgert
  • Flag of Poland Monika Szpyt
  • Flag of Switzerland Jennifer Vicha
  • Flag of United Arab Emirates Fatima Al-Ali

Final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Iceland (P) 4 3 1 0 0 26 5 +21 11 Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2  Australia[lower-alpha 2] 4 3 0 1 0 38 2 +36 10
3  Turkey 4 2 0 0 2 28 13 +15 6
4  South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 4 39 −35 3
5  Croatia (H) 4 0 0 0 4 6 43 −37 0
6  New Zealand[lower-alpha 3] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
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:
  1. Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIA.
  2. Championship updates. IIHF.com (14 February 2022). Retrieved on 14 February 2022.
  3. IIB game officials
  4. Australian women won't play. IIHF.com (4 January 2022). Retrieved on 4 January 2022.
  5. New Zealand women won't travel. IIHF.com (17 December 2021). Retrieved on 17 December 2021.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2)

17 May 2022
16:00
South Africa  1–10
(0–5, 0–3, 1–2)
 Iceland Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 6
17 May 2022
19:45
Australia  7–0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 Turkey Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 15

18 May 2022
18:00
Croatia  2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)
 South Africa Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 13

19 May 2022
16:00
Iceland  3–2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0)
 Turkey Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 9
19 May 2022
19:45
Croatia  0–13
(0–4, 0–6, 0–3)
 Australia Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 13

20 May 2022
18:00
South Africa  0–17
(0–5, 0–6, 0–6)
 Australia Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 6

21 May 2022
16:00
Turkey  10–0
(3–0, 1–0, 6–0)
 South Africa Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 9
21 May 2022
19:45
Iceland  11–1
(3–0, 4–0, 4–1)
 Croatia Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 17

22 May 2022
16:00
Australia  1–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Iceland Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 13
22 May 2022
19:45
Turkey  16–3
(3–2, 7–1, 6–0)
 Croatia Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 15

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Turkey Dilara Lökbaş 4 9 5 14 +14 0 F
Australia Michelle Clark-Crumpton 4 6 7 13 +15 0 F
Turkey Betül Taygar 4 4 7 11 +11 0 F
Iceland Silvia Björgvinsdóttir 4 6 4 10 +10 0 F
Iceland Sunna Björgvinsdóttir 4 4 6 10 +11 0 F
Turkey Ayşe Koçak 4 4 6 10 +12 0 F
Australia Sara Sammons 4 4 5 9 +10 0 F
Australia Emily Davis-Tope 4 4 4 8 +8 0 F
Australia Kristelle van der Wolf 4 6 1 7 +14 0 F
Turkey Sema Güven 4 3 3 6 +5 6 D

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
Australia Tina Girdler 120:00 0 0.00 11 100.00 2
Australia Olivia Last 125:00 1 0.48 46 97.83 1
Iceland Birta Helgudóttir 185:00 3 0.97 61 95.08 0
Turkey Merve Karataş 219:32 13 3.55 112 88.39 0
South Africa Shaylene Rorke 230:36 36 9.37 199 81.91 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[1]
Goaltender Iceland Birta Helgudóttir
Defenceman Australia Rylie Ellis
Forward Iceland Silvia Björgvinsdóttir

References[]

External links[]

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