2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III B
Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26–31 March
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	50 (8.33 per game)
Attendance	855 (143 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Valentina Vrhoci (14 points)
Website	Website

2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III A
Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–9 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	99 (6.6 per game)
Attendance	2,260 (151 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Klara Miuller (18 points)
Website	Website

2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Romania; Israel
Dates	3–9 April; 26–31 March
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
	← 2022 2024 →

See also: 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III comprised two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Group A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 3 to 9 April, and the Group B tournament in Tnuvot, Israel, from 26 to 31 March 2023.^[1]

Hong Kong took the Group A tournament and got promoted, while Estonia was relegated to Group B.^[2] Serbia won the Group B tournament and was promoted to Group A.^[3]

Group A tournament[]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Lithuania	Placed 2nd in 2022 Division III A.
Bulgaria	Placed 3rd in 2022 Division III A.
Romania	Host, did not participate last year.
Ukraine	Did not participate last year.
Hong Kong	Did not participate last year.
Estonia	Placed 1st in 2022 Division III B and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Referees	Linesmen
Ulrike Winklmayr Ilona Novotná Emma Sanders Lee Kyung-sun	Laura Peronnin Julia Strube Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Amy Keijzers Julia Hjelmström Elif Bağlar

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hong Kong	5	4	0	1	0	18	9	+9	13	Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
2	Ukraine	5	4	0	0	1	22	6	+16	12
3	Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	25	10	+15	11
4	Romania (H)	5	2	0	0	3	17	14	+3	6
5	Bulgaria	5	1	0	0	4	15	36	−21	3
6	Estonia	5	0	0	0	5	2	24	−22	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III B

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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3)

3 April 2023
13:00

Lithuania

6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Estonia

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50


Viltė Beličenkaitė Emilie Simonsen	Goalies	Uljana Jeggi	Referee: Emma Sanders
Miuller – 06:31 / Miuller (Petrauskaitė) – 24:54 / Rastenytė (Jasinevičiūtė) – 32:36 / Miuller (Rastenytė) – 39:47 / Jasinevičiūtė (Rastenytė) – 50:46 / Miuller (Tučiūtė, Petrauskaitė) – 52:34	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0
2 min	Penalties	4 min
40	Shots	24

3 April 2023
16:30

Bulgaria

2–6
(1–4, 1–1, 0–1)

Hong Kong

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50


Paulina Georgieva	Goalies	Chau Sumi	Referee: Ilona Novotná
Stoyanova (Kotseva, Asparuhova) (PP) – 17:37 / Dimitrova (Stoyanova) – 26:07	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6	13:14 – Ng (C. Wong) (SH) / 14:13 – Ip (A. Li) / 16:11 – Cheng (Lee) / 19:56 – Ng (Ip, C. Wong) (PP) / 24:35 – Ip (Ng, T. Wong) / 58:26 – Ng (C. Wong)
16 min	Penalties	12 min
14	Shots	46

3 April 2023
20:00

Romania

0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Ukraine

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 400


Nadina Niciu	Goalies	Viktoria Tkachenko	Referee: Lee Kyung-sun
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	15:18 – Dobrovolska (Tsymyrenko) / 27:14 – Eli. Alipova (Dobrovolska) / 30:13 – Mashkina (Tsymyrenko) / 39:38 – Telehina (Les)
12 min	Penalties	8 min
21	Shots	59

4 April 2023
13:00

Estonia

2–6
(1–2, 1–3, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 40


Sofia Salamatina	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva Petya Simeoneva	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr
Parnik (Kulla, Lauk-Gurtovoi) – 00:47 / Molder (Kaareste) – 30:13	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6	07:55 – Asparuhova (Stoyanova) (PP) / 09:25 – Stoyanova (Runevska, Asparuhova) / 21:02 – Stoyanova (Runevska) / 25:34 – Runevska (Asparuhova) / 34:16 – Runevska (Asparuhova) / 48:38 – Asparuhova (Runevska)
14 min	Penalties	2 min
34	Shots	32

4 April 2023
16:30

Ukraine

1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Hong Kong

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 80


Viktoria Tkachenko	Goalies	Keira Mok	Referee: Emma Sanders
Telehina (Tsymyrenko) – 53:13	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	46:23 – Ip (Ng) / 50:27 – I. Li (A. Li, Kwok) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	2 min
44	Shots	23

4 April 2023
20:00

Lithuania

5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Romania

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 90


Viltė Beličenkaitė	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Ilona Novotná
Miuller (Petrauskaitė) – 03:45 / Miuller (Jatkevičienė) – 07:06 / Miuller (Tučiūtė) – 29:12 / Miuller (Rastenytė) (PP) – 57:09 / Petrauskaitė (Rastenytė, Miuller) (EN) – 59:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2	27:56 – David (Csiszér) / 39:59 – Oprea (PS)
8 min	Penalties	14 min
38	Shots	39

6 April 2023
13:00

Lithuania

8–2
(1–0, 4–2, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 40


Viltė Beličenkaitė Emilie Simonsen	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva Petya Simeoneva	Referee: Lee Kyung-sun
Miuller – 03:42 / Petrauskaitė (Maleckienė, Miuller) – 20:23 / Miuller (Jasinevičiūtė) (PP) – 27:55 / Miuller (Petrauskaitė, Jasinevičiūtė) – 33:13 / Tučiūtė (Jasinevičiūtė, Miuller) (PP) – 38:27 / Jasinevičiūtė (PP) – 44:56 / Jasinevičiūtė (Rakauskaitė) – 56:59 / Tučiūtė – 57:08	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2	22:26 – Stoyanova (Asparuhova) / 30:45 – Asparuhova (Kotseva, Stoyanova)
12 min	Penalties	16 min
44	Shots	28

6 April 2023
16:30

Ukraine

5–0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Estonia

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 200


Viktoria Tkachenko	Goalies	Uljana Jeggi	Referee: Ilona Novotná
Tsymyrenko (Telehina, Kyrychenko) (PP) – 11:09 / Tsenova (Les) – 16:45 / Telehina (Tsymyrenko, Dobrovolska) – 17:27 / Lopatina (Maifeld, Les) – 33:46 / Rozhok (Eli. Alipova) (PP) – 39:17	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
6 min	Penalties	10 min
79	Shots	10

6 April 2023
20:00

Romania

1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Hong Kong

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 200


Nadina Niciu	Goalies	Chau Sumi	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr
Voicu (Máthé) – 55:31	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3	29:56 – T. Wong (C. Wong, Lee) / 45:46 – Ip (Ng) / 57:31 – I. Li
6 min	Penalties	10 min
47	Shots	26

7 April 2023
13:00

Bulgaria

3–10
(1–3, 1–3, 1–4)

Ukraine

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 100


Paulina Georgieva	Goalies	Viktoria Tkachenko Yuliana Vilhan	Referee: Emma Sanders
Runevska (Stoyanova, Kotseva) – 04:30 / Asparuhova – 39:05 / Stoyanova (Asparuhova) – 40:12	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 2–6 / 3–6 / 3–7 / 3–8 / 3–9 / 3–10	00:54 – Eli. Alipova (Ele. Alipova) / 08:10 – Eli. Alipova (Ele. Alipova, Rozhok) / 11:15 – Tsymyrenko (Dobrovolska) / 28:50 – Kyrychenko (Telehina, Tsymyrenko) (PP) / 32:51 – Tsymyrenko (Telehina, Kyrychenko) / 35:21 – Tsymyrenko (Telehina, Dobrovolska) / 50:43 – Telehina (Kyrychenko) / 51:08 – Gutor (Lopatina, Ele. Alipova) / 52:13 – Telehina (Mashkina) / 57:07 – Ele. Alipova (Kryvoruchko) (PP2)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
20	Shots	65

7 April 2023
16:30

Hong Kong

4–5 GWS
(1–0, 2–1, 1–3)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Lithuania

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 80


Keira Mok	Goalies	Emilie Simonsen Viltė Beličenkaitė	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr
Lam (Yuen) – 02:38 / Wang (Leung) – 28:29 / C. Wong (Lee, T. Wong) – 33:33 / T. Wong (Lam, Lee) – 48:38	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4	22:15 – Kukanova (Miuller, Petrauskaitė) (PP) / 52:59 – Jasinevičiūtė (Kukanova) / 53:46 – Miuller (Petrauskaitė) / 55:35 – Miuller (Rakauskaitė)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
38	Shots	42

7 April 2023
20:00

Estonia

0–4
(0–0, 0–0, 0–4)

Romania

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 200


Uljana Jeggi	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Lee Kyung-sun
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	40:28 – Barbul (Máthé, Voicu) (PP) / 41:37 – Simina (Oprea, Noémi) / 44:46 – Voicu (David) / 47:13 – Barbul (Voicu, David) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	18 min
26	Shots	51

9 April 2023
13:00

Hong Kong

3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Estonia

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50


Chau Sumi	Goalies	Sofia Salamatina	Referee: Ilona Novotná
T. Wong (Ip) (PP) – 09:44 / C. Wong (T. Wong) – 47:59 / Ip (Ng, Leung) (PP) – 57:12	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
10 min	Penalties	8 min
45	Shots	18

9 April 2023
16:30

Ukraine

2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 430


Viktoria Tkachenko	Goalies	Viltė Beličenkaitė	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr
Zahrekova (Tsenova, Les) – 33:07 / Tsenova (Zahrekova, Izmailova) – 53:45	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1	42:16 – Petrauskaitė (Jasinevičiūtė, Miuller)
12 min	Penalties	4 min
35	Shots	36

9 April 2023
20:00

Romania

10–2
(1–1, 2–0, 7–1)

Bulgaria

Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 250


Andrea Laczkó	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva	Referee: Emma Sanders
Voicu (Popescu, David) – 00:47 / Oprea (Bálint) – 22:35 / Voicu (Kulla, Adam) (SH) – 24:41 / Voicu (Barbul) – 55:53 / David (Máthé, Csiszér) (PP) – 49:23 / Voicu (Barbul, Popescu) (PP) – 51:09 / David (Adam) (PP) – 51:33 / Voicu (David, Barbul) – 55:53 / Bálint (Rácz) – 58:30 / Simina (Ónodi, Oprea) – 59:31	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2 / 9–2 / 10–2	05:42 – Asparuhova (Dilova) / 40:45 – Runevska
265 min	Penalties	289 min
72	Shots	12

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Klara Miuller	5	13	5	18	+11	0	F
Simona Asparuhova	5	5	6	11	−2	43	F
Ana Voicu	5	7	2	9	+1	10	F
Stefani Stoyanova	5	5	4	9	+1	27	F
Polina Telehina	5	5	4	9	+6	4	F
Viltautė Jasinevičiūtė	5	4	5	9	−2	4	F
Daria Tsymyrenko	5	4	5	9	+7	2	F
Gabija Petrauskaitė	5	3	6	9	+8	2	F
Estelle Ip	5	5	2	7	+4	2	F
Maria Runevska	5	4	3	7	+2	27	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
Chau Sumi	180:00	3	1.00	79	96.20	1
Viktoria Tkachenko	294:19	6	1.22	108	94.44	2
Keira Mok	125:00	5	2.40	85	94.12	0
Viltė Beličenkaitė	231:02	7	1.82	118	94.07	0
Nadina Niciu	238:04	11	2.77	148	92.57	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^[5]
Goaltender	Keira Mok
Defenceman	Tetiana Kyrychenko
Forward	Klara Miuller

Group B tournament[]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Serbia	Placed 2nd in 2022 Division III B.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 3rd in 2022 Division III B.
Israel	Host, placed 4th in 2022 Division III B.

Match officials[]

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees	Linesmen
Cien Pereira Drahomira Fialova	Mildrid Johnsen Serena Tsang Katja Mrak

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Serbia	4	4	0	37	2	+35	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division III A
2	Israel (H)	4	1	3	7	19	−12	3
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	3	6	29	−23	3

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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3)

26 March 2023
19:00

Serbia

5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Israel

OneIce Arena, Tnuvot
Attendance: 150


Jovana Korica	Goalies	Yael Fatiev Shelly Zilkha	Referee: Drahomira Fialova
Popov (Radović) – 07:48 / Čizmić (H. Rac Sabo) – 29:02 / Vrhoci (Ilić) – 29:55 / Velček (Vrhoci) – 45:13 / Vastag (Vrhoci, Velček]) – 59:16	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1	53:29 – Kotler (Armoza, Dar)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
37	Shots	7

27 March 2023
19:00

Israel

2–4
(0–0, 2–2, 0–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

OneIce Arena, Tnuvot
Attendance: 182


Yael Fatiev	Goalies	Hana Sadović Asja Abdomerović	Referee: Cien Pereira
Dar (Basov, Kotler) (PP2) – 33:26 / Armoza (Kotler, Basov) – 36:49	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	28:02 – Kapić (Karamehmedović) / 35:54 – Kapić / 45:02 – Kapić / 50:47 – Karamehmedović (Muharemović, Kokaj) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	12 min
26	Shots	34

28 March 2023
19:00

Serbia

12–1
(5–0, 4–0, 3–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

OneIce Arena, Tnuvot
Attendance: 52


Jovana Korica Sanela Ćormaković	Goalies	Hana Sadović Asja Abdomerović	Referee: Drahomira Fialova
Benčić (Velček) – 01:57 / Vrhoci (Gladić) – 03:02 / Popov (Vrhoci, Vastag) – 09:35 / Popov (Vastag, Katarić) – 19:04 / Vastag (Vrhoci) – 19:36 / H. Rac Sabo (Čizmić) (PP) – 27:40 / Vrhoci Popov, Vastag) – 29:52 / Čizmić (Benčić) – 32:09 / Velček (Vrhoci) – 36:31 / Čizmić (H. Rac Sabo) – 42:24 / Popov (Velček) – 57:04 / Čizmić (H. Rac Sabo) – 57:18	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 10–1 / 11–1 / 12–1	43:12 – Zajimović (Kapić)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
47	Shots	19

29 March 2023
19:00

Israel

0–9
(0–3, 0–2, 0–4)

Serbia

OneIce Arena, Tnuvot
Attendance: 137


Shelly Zilkha	Goalies	Jovana Korica Sanela Ćormaković	Referee: Cien Pereira
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9	11:02 – Velček (Ivanov) (PP) / 13:47 – Vrhoci (Gladić) / 15:20 – Radović (L. Rac Sabo) / 21:02 – Vrhoci (Vučković, Velček) (PP) / 34:17 – Vastag (Radović) (SH) / 48:02 – Sekulić (Radović, Velček) (PP2) / 49:30 – Vučković (Čizmić) / 50:32 – Milodanović (Sekulić) / 51:36 – Vrhoci
14 min	Penalties	10 min
8	Shots	66

30 March 2023
17:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–4
(0–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Israel

OneIce Arena, Tnuvot
Attendance: 201


Hana Sadović	Goalies	Yael Fatiev	Referee: Drahomira Fialova
Šopović (Kapić) – 43:58	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	00:49 – Basov / 43:06 – Zioni (Adivi) / 45:56 – Armoza (Kotler, Basov) / 50:24 – Kotler (Dar)
14 min	Penalties	6 min
30	Shots	17

31 March 2023
14:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0–11
(0–4, 0–2, 0–5)

Serbia

OneIce Arena, Tnuvot
Attendance: 133


Hana Sadović	Goalies	Jovana Korica	Referee: Cien Pereira
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 / 0–10 / 0–11	09:27 – H. Rac Sabo (Čizmić) / 15:53 – Vrhoci (Vastag) (SH) / 18:18 – Stantić (H. Rac Sabo, Milišić) / 19:48 – Vrhoci (Radović) (PP) / 26:17 – Ivanov (Radović) (SH) / 34:40 – Ivanov (Sekulić) (PP) / 44:34 – Vrhoci (Popov, Vastag) / 55:20 – Popov (Velček, L. Rac Sabo) / 56:02 – Radović (L. Rac Sabo) / 57:37 – Gladić (Katarić) / 58:30 – Vrhoci (Vastag) (SH)
12 min	Penalties	18 min
12	Shots	54

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Valentina Vrhoci	4	10	4	14	+15	0	F
Milica Velček	4	3	7	10	+8	10	F
Ivett Vastag	4	3	6	9	+15	0	F
Katarina Čizmić	4	5	2	7	+6	4	F
Jovana Popov	4	5	2	7	+11	4	F
Irma Kapić	4	3	3	6	−9	2	F
Hanna Rac Sabo	4	2	4	6	+5	0	F
Jana Radović	4	2	4	6	+6	4	F
Shani Kotler	4	2	3	5	0	0	F
Pnina Basov	4	1	3	4	−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
Jovana Korica	229:32	2	0.52	42	95.24	1
Yael Fatiev	173:29	9	3.11	96	90.62	0
Hana Sadović	230:07	28	7.30	143	80.42	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^[7]
Goaltender	Yael Fatiev
Defenceman	Amila Šoše
Forward	Milica Velček

References[]

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[1] World Championships.

[2] Hong Kong, China celebrates historical gold.

[3] Young and Dominant Serbia Storms to Gold.

[4] IIIA Competition officials.

[5] Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA.

[6] IIIB Competition officials.

[7] Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB.

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Tournament details
Host countries	Romania Israel
Dates	3–9 April 26–31 March
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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