2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (10th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	{{country data Czechia \| country flaglink \| variant = \| size = \| name = \| altlink = men's national ice hockey team \| altvar = ice hockey \| mw = men's }}
Fourth place	Switzerland
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships are the 25th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participate at several levels of competition. The competition also serves as qualifications for the 2024 competition.^[1]

Championship (Top Division)[]

Further information: 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship

The tournament was held in Brampton, Canada from 5 to 16 April 2023.^[2]^[3]

Pos	Grp	Team [v • d • e]	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States of America	7	6	0	1	0	43	12	+31	19	Champions
2	A	Canada (H)	7	4	2	0	1	29	13	+16	16	Runners-up
3	A	Czechia	7	3	1	0	3	16	26	−10	11	Third place
4	A	Switzerland	7	2	0	0	5	15	30	−15	6	Fourth place

5	B	Finland	7	6	0	0	1	38	8	+30	18	Fifth place game
6	B	Sweden	7	3	0	1	3	22	20	+2	10	Fifth place game

7	A	Japan	6	0	0	1	5	6	24	−18	1
8	B	Germany	6	3	0	0	3	13	17	−4	9

9	B	Hungary	4	1	0	0	3	7	15	−8	3	Eliminated in Preliminary round and relegated
10	B	France	4	0	0	0	4	5	29	−24	0	Eliminated in Preliminary round and relegated

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) tier of the group; 2) position in the group; 3) number of points; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored; 6) seeding before tournament.^[4]
(H) Host.

Division I[]

Further information: 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Group A[]

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Shenzhen, China from 11 to 17 April 2023, but in March 2023 it was postponed.^[2]^[5]^[6] On 22 March, it was rescheduled to be held between 20 and 26 August 2023.^[7]

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China (H)	5	5	0	14	6	+8	15	Promotion to the 2024 Top Division
2	Denmark	5	3	2	14	8	+6	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to the 2024 Top Division
3	Austria	5	3	2	8	5	+3	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Netherlands	5	3	2	13	12	+1	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Norway	5	1	4	11	21	−10	3
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	4	12	−8	0	Relegation to the 2024 Division I 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.
Notes:

↑ Merk, Martin (27 May 2022). To Tampere/Riga in ’23, to Switzerland in ’26.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 World Championships.
↑ Women’s Worlds in Brampton.
↑ Tournament Info.
↑ Merk, Martin (30 September 2022). Championship updates.
↑ Ozbolt, Filip (4 March 2023). Tournament in Shenzhen postponed.
↑ Merk, Martin (22 March 2023). To Shenzhen in August.

Group B[]

The tournament will be held in Suwon, South Korea from 17 to 23 April 2023.^[1]

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea (H)	5	4	1	0	0	15	6	+9	14	Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2	Poland	5	4	0	0	1	8	7	+1	12
3	Italy	5	3	0	1	1	10	5	+5	10
4	Slovenia	5	1	1	0	3	10	14	−4	5
5	United Kingdom	5	1	0	1	3	7	11	−4	4
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	0	5	4	11	−7	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division II A

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.

Division II[]

Further information: 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 2 to 7 April 2023.^[1]

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia	4	4	0	0	0	21	3	+18	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2	Spain	4	3	0	0	1	17	6	+11	9
3	Mexico (H)	4	2	0	0	2	5	16	−11	6
4	Chinese Taipei	4	0	1	0	3	5	9	−4	2
5	Iceland	4	0	0	1	3	6	20	−14	1
–	North Korea^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division II 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.
Notes:

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Group B[]

The tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 20 to 26 February 2023.^[1]

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	4	4	0	19	4	+15	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2	Australia	4	3	1	34	3	+31	9
3	New Zealand	4	2	2	24	11	+13	6
4	South Africa (H)	4	1	3	4	20	−16	3
5	Croatia	4	0	4	3	46	−43	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III A
–	Turkey^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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.
Notes:

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↑ Türkiye withdraws from WWIIB.

Division III[]

Further information: 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Brașov, Romania from 3 to 9 April 2023.^[1]

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	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.

Group B[]

The tournament was held in Tnuvot, Israel from 26 to 31 March 2023.^[1]

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	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.

References[]

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External links[]

Official website

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[Info-4] Tournament Info.

[5] Merk, Martin (30 September 2022). Championship updates.

[6] Ozbolt, Filip (4 March 2023). Tournament in Shenzhen postponed.

[7] Merk, Martin (22 March 2023). To Shenzhen in August.

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