2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III B
Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–25 March
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	43 (7.17 per game)
Attendance	493 (82 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Edith Pärnik (6 points)
Website	Website

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III A
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–9 April
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	45 (7.5 per game)
Attendance	1,782 (297 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Lotte De Guchtenaere (13 points)
Website	Website

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria; Serbia
Dates	4–9 April; 22–25 March
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
	← 2021 (cancelled) 2023 →

See also: 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 April 2022 and the Division III Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 22 to 25 March 2022.^[1]

Belgium won Group A, while Estonia won the Group B tournament and both were promoted.^[2]^[3]

Group A tournament[]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
~~Ukraine~~	Placed 6th in 2020 Division II B and was relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in 2020 Division III.
~~Romania~~	Placed 3rd in 2020 Division III.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 4th in 2020 Division III.
Lithuania	Placed 5th in 2020 Division III.
~~Hong Kong~~	Placed 6th in 2020 Division III.

Match officials[]

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Referees	Linesmen
Drahomira Fialova Sinem Türkmen	Harriet Weegh Julia Strube Julia Hjelmström

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium (P)	4	3	1	26	3	+23	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted to the 2023 Division II B
2	Lithuania	4	3	1	14	15	−1	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Bulgaria (H)	4	0	4	5	27	−22	0
4	Romania^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
5	Ukraine^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Hong Kong^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	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:

↑ Tournaments. IIHF.com (10 August 2021). Retrieved on 10 August 2021.
↑ Belgian women win. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 12 April 2022.
↑ Estonia returns in style. IIHF.com (26 March 2022). Retrieved on 26 March 2022.
↑ IIIA game officials
↑ New dates and one withdrawal. IIHF.com (25 March 2022). Retrieved on 25 March 2022.
↑ Hong Kongers won't play this season. IIHF.com (3 March 2022). Retrieved on 3 March 2022.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3)

4 April 2022
18:30

Belgium

2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 201


Nina Van Orshaegen	Goalies	Emilie Simonsen	Referee: Sinem Türkmen
Bosmans – 34:11 / Steeno (PP) – 54:53	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	05:13 – Petrauskaitė (Miuller) / 19:14 – Miuller / 56:43 – Miuller (PP2)
20 min	Penalties	16 min
45	Shots	15

5 April 2022
18:30

Lithuania

8–3
(3–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 600


Emilie Simonsen	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva Katrin Stankova	Referee: Drahomira Fialova
Miuller – 04:24 / Miuller (Maleckienė) (PP) – 15:07 / Miuller (Maleckienė, Bazevičiūtė) (PP) – 17:43 / Miuller (Petrauskaitė) – 36:49 / Miuller (Karpavičiūtė) – 39:52 / Maleckienė (Miuller) – 39:59 / Miuller (Simonsen) – 42:38 / Tučiūtė – 50:30	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 7–3 / 8–3	12:46 – Dilova (Baykusheva, Ovcharova) / 31:49 – Zareva (Popova, Runevska) (PP) / 48:21 – Zareva (Lisichkova)
4 min	Penalties	6 min
21	Shots	29

6 April 2022
18:30

Belgium

8–0
(3–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 350


Nina Van Orshaegen Charlotte Swinnen	Goalies	Katrin Stankova	Referee: Sinem Türkmen
De Wolf (Paulissen) – 04:31 / Boon (De Wolf, De Terwangne) – 05:22 / Steeno (Van Calster) – 14:23 / De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Van Calster) – 25:50 / Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno) – 43:32 / De Terwangne (Meulebrouck) – 47:32 / De Guchtenaere – 50:52 / De Guchtenaere (Bosmans) (PP) – 59:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0
6 min	Penalties	8 min
27	Shots	16

7 April 2022
18:30

Lithuania

0–8
(0–0, 0–1, 0–7)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120


Emilie Simonsen Viltė Beličenkaitė	Goalies	Nina Van Orshaegen	Referee: Drahomira Fialova
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8	29:50 – Paulissen (De Wolf) / 43:25 – De Guchtenaere (Steeno, Bosmans) / 44:30 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Van Calster) / 46:47 – Bosmans (Steeno, Boon) / 47:28 – Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno) / 49:27 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Horemans) (PP) / 50:16 – Steeno / 57:37 – De Wolf (Horemans
4 min	Penalties	4 min
6	Shots	53

8 April 2022
18:30

Bulgaria

2–3
(0–3, 2–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 210


Katrin Stankova	Goalies	Emilie Simonsen	Referee: Sinem Türkmen
Runevska (Dimova) (Kotseva) – 26:27 / Zareva (Popova) – 35:40	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3	06:58 – Maleckienė (Tučiūtė) / 08:50 – Miuller (PP) / 11:57 – Tučiūtė (Miuller) (Petrauskaitė)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
37	Shots	23

9 April 2022
19:00

Bulgaria

0–8
(0–4, 0–1, 0–3)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 301


Katrin Stankova	Goalies	Nina Van Orshaegen Charlotte Swinnen	Referee: Drahomira Fialova
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8	11:52 – Steeno (Bosmans, De Guchtenaere) / 13:10 – Bosmans / 13:38 – Azitemina (De Terwangne, Meulebrouck) / 14:03 – Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno) / 33:32 – De Guchtenaere (De Wolf) (SH) / 43:23 – Azitemina (De Guchtenaere) / 51:33 – Steeno (Bosmans, De Guchtenaere) / 55:09 – Steeno (Bosmans, Bollen)
2 min	Penalties	8 min
15	Shots	30

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Lotte De Guchtenaere	4	7	6	13	+15	2	F
Femke Bosmans	4	5	8	13	+12	6	F
Klara Miuller	4	9	3	12	+5	2	F
Anke Steeno	4	6	5	11	+12	2	F
Renee De Wolf	4	2	3	5	+7	8	F
Ramune Maleckienė	4	2	2	4	+5	4	F
Mirela Zareva	4	3	0	4	−10	0	F
Louise Paulissen	4	2	1	3	+5	0	F
Emilija Tučiūtė	4	2	1	3	+5	2	D
Audrey De Terwangne	4	1	2	3	+3	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
Nina Van Orshaegen	204:50	4	0.88	44	93.18	1
Emilie Simonsen	225:50	12	3.19	150	92.00	0
Katrin Stankova	199:10	21	6.33	89	76.40	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	Emilie Simonsen
Defenceman	Chinouk Van Calster
Forward	Lotte De Guchtenaere

Group B tournament[]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Estonia	Last participated in 2008.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	First time participating in tournament.
Serbia	Host, first time participating in tournament.
Israel	First time participating in tournament.
~~Iran~~	First time participating in tournament.

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Estonia (P)	3	3	0	24	1	+23	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division III A
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	7	16	−9	3
4	Israel	3	0	3	1	21	−20	0
5	Iran^{[lower-alpha 5]}	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:

↑ Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA.
↑ New Zealand, Iran withdraw teams. IIHF.com (10 September 2021). Retrieved on 10 September 2021.
↑ Iran pulls out of women's ice hockey championship after being slated against Israel. israelhayom.com (4 March 2022). Retrieved on 9 March 2022.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1)

22 March 2022
14:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–1
(3–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 37


Hana Sadović	Goalies	Yael Fatiev Shelly Zilkha	Referee: Sini Kauhanen
Kapić (SH) – 04:48 / Mulić (Karamehmedović) – 10:57 / Kapić (Šopović) – 18:55 / Mulić (Hodžić) (PP) – 23:46 / Karamehmedović (Viden, Hanić) – 39:56	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1	25:24 – C. Kotler (S. Kotler)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
35	Shots	13

22 March 2022
17:30

Estonia

4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 126


Delen Schule	Goalies	Jovana Korica	Referee: Mariko Dale
Pärnik (Kulla) – 01:44 / Seppar (Griffin) – 10:57 / Lauk (Kulla) – 23:40 / Pärnik (Kaareste, Kulla) – 40:46	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
31 min	Penalties	10 min
20	Shots	15

23 March 2022
14:00

Israel

0–10
(0–5, 0–5, 0–0)

Estonia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 27


Shelly Zilkha Yael Fatiev	Goalies	Triinu Tuvike	Referee: Sini Kauhanen
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 / 0–10	03:05 – Pärnik (Kaareste) / 10:45 – Benetis (Griffin) / 11:04 – Pärnik / 16:49 – Mahla / 19:00 – Lauk (Kaareste) / 25:41 – Griffin (Jõemets) (PP, EA) / 27:12 – Leet (Seppar) / 27:48 – Benetis (Griffin) (EA) / 35:44 – Lauk (Kulla) / 38:40 – Pärnik (Kaareste)
10 min	Penalties	6 min
4	Shots	69

23 March 2022
17:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–5
(0–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 114


Zejneb Paldum	Goalies	Jovana Korica Sintija Vereš	Referee: Mariko Dale
Kapić (Šoše) (PP) – 46:30	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5	19:22 – Benčić (Vrhoci) (PP) / 29:04 – Vrhoci (SH) / 30:51 – Vaštag (Vrhoci) (PP) / 36:09 – Milodanović (Vaštag) / 46:42 – Stantić (Popov)
10 min	Penalties	8 min
6	Shots	23

25 March 2022
14:00

Estonia

10–1
(2–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 36


Delen Schule	Goalies	Hana Sadović Zejneb Paldum	Referee: Mariko Dale
Kulla (Seppar) (PP) – 03:30 / Aasma (Neering) – 09:26 / Mahla – 23:29 / Mahla (Aasma) – 29:11 / Joemets (Kaareste) – 30:21 / Lauk (Seppar) – 40:19 / Disko (Roosileht) – 42:37 / Hollo (Griffin) – 44:34 / Lauk (Pärnik) – 50:11 / Leet – 56:40	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1 / 10–1	28:39 – Kapić
12 min	Penalties	8 min
33	Shots	6

25 March 2022
17:30

Serbia

6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 153


Jovana Korica Sintija Veres	Goalies	Yael Fatiev	Referee: Sini Kauhanen
H. Rac Sabo (Radović) (PP) – 07:02 / Popov (Stantić) – 11:16 / Milodanović (Popov) – 26:49 / L. Rac Sabo (Vastag) – 31:46 / L. Rac Sabo (Vrhoci) – 55:58 / Vastag (Vrhoci) – 58:19	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0
12 min	Penalties	8 min
42	Shots	0

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Edith Pärnik	3	5	1	6	+12	0	F
Christin Lauk	3	5	0	5	+10	0	D
Merlin Griffin	3	1	4	5	+4	0	F
Kirke Kulla	3	1	4	5	+9	2	F
Valentina Vrhoci	3	1	4	5	+3	0	F
Diane Kaareste	3	0	5	5	+9	0	F
Irma Kapić	3	4	0	4	−1	4	F
Ivett Vastag	3	2	2	4	+2	2	F
Aleksandra-Olga Seppar	3	1	3	4	+5	4	D
Helen Mahla	3	3	0	3	+5	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
Delen Schule	120:00	1	0.50	21	95.24	1
Yael Fatiev	141:16	13	5.52	111	88.29	0
Jovana Korica	160:25	5	1.87	25	80.00	0
Hana Sadović	102:37	8	4.68	36	77.78	0
Zejneb Paldum	77:23	8	6.20	33	75.76	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	Delen Schule
Defenceman	Christin Lauk
Forward	Valentina Vrhoci

References[]

↑ Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB.

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[1] Tournaments. IIHF.com (10 August 2021). Retrieved on 10 August 2021.

[2] Belgian women win. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 12 April 2022.

[3] Estonia returns in style. IIHF.com (26 March 2022). Retrieved on 26 March 2022.

[4] IIIA game officials

[6] New dates and one withdrawal. IIHF.com (25 March 2022). Retrieved on 25 March 2022.

[9] Hong Kongers won't play this season. IIHF.com (3 March 2022). Retrieved on 3 March 2022.

[11] Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA.

[12] New Zealand, Iran withdraw teams. IIHF.com (10 September 2021). Retrieved on 10 September 2021.

[13] Iran pulls out of women's ice hockey championship after being slated against Israel. israelhayom.com (4 March 2022). Retrieved on 9 March 2022.

[15] Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB.

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Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria Serbia
Dates	4–9 April 22–25 March
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2021 (cancelled) 2023 →