The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.^[1][2][3][4] The USA Hockey Arena served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II.

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2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 March – 7 April 2017
Opened by	Donald Trump
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	115 (5.23 per game)
Attendance	20,034 (911 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kendall Coyne (12 points)
MVP	Brianna Decker
Website	Official website
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The United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their eighth title.^[5] Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.^[6]

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[7]

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.^[8]

All times are local (UTC−4).

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	11	6	+5	3[lower-alpha 1]
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	8	10	−2	3[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
4	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	2	16	−14	3[lower-alpha 1]

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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
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1. Canada 3 Pts, +7 GD; Finland 3 Pts, 0 GD; Russia 3 Pts, −7 GD

31 March 2017 16:00

Finland

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 146

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	Noora Räty	Goalies	Nadezhda Alexandrova	Referees: Dina Allen Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Jessica Leclerc
	Välilä (Karvinen, Tapani) – 26:06 1–0 1–1 42:19 – Kadirova 1–2 59:10 – Smolentseva (Vafina, Shibanova) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	19

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31 March 2017 19:35

United States

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Canada

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 3,152

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	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
	Decker (Bozek) – 37:54 1–0 Marvin (Stack) – 44:49 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	18

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1 April 2017 15:35

Russia

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,919

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	Maria Sorokina	Goalies	Madeline Rooney	Referees: Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Justine Todd
	0–1 18:37 – Kessel (M. Lamoureux, Decker) 0–2 32:08 – Coyne (Decker, Bellamy) 0–3 33:04 – J. Lamoureux (Kessel, Pfalzer) 0–4 39:37 – J. Lamoureux (Coyne, M. Lamoureux) (PP) 0–5 49:15 – Decker (Knight) 0–6 59:39 – Coyne (Knight, M. Lamoureux) 0–7 59:53 – Decker (Bellamy, Coyne)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	34

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1 April 2017 19:35

Canada

3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 780

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	Emerance Maschmeyer Genevieve Lacasse	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Lisa Linnek
	0–1 18:42 – Hakala (Tapani) Poulin (Ambrose, Johnston) – 19:08 1–1 1–2 21:01 – Nieminen (Tapani, Tuominen) (PP) Turnbull (Fortino, Rougeau) – 24:21 2–2 2–3 26:49 – Tapani (Säkkinen) Johnston (Poulin, Larocque) – 40:36 3–3 3–4 58:19 – Savolainen
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	26

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3 April 2017 15:35

Canada

8–0 (4–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Russia

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 516

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	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Maria Sorokina Nadezhda Alexandrova	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Anna Eskola Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
	Wakefield (Irwin, Agosta) (PP) – 14:30 1–0 Clark (Johnston, Poulin) – 15:33 2–0 Wakefield (Irwin, Krzyzaniak) – 16:51 3–0 Spooner (Potomak) – 18:37 4–0 Ambrose (Poulin, Jenner) (PP) – 31:01 5–0 Jenner (Johnstone) (PP) – 44:56 6–0 Agosta (Wakefield) – 46:41 7–0 Potomak (Larocque, Mikkelson) – 59:19 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	16

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3 April 2017 19:35

United States

5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,368

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	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Michaela Kúdeľová
	0–1 04:46 – Tapani (Niskanen) Knight (Coyne, Decker) (PP2) – 12:21 1–1 Coyne (Stack, Kessel) (PP) – 23:33 2–1 Knight (Decker, Coyne) (PP) – 35:43 3–1 3–2 39:36 – Hiirikoski (Karvinen, Hovi) 3–3 49:04 – Karvinen Brandt (Marvin) – 52:25 4–3 J. Lamoureux (ENG) – 59:00 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	24

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Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	+1	6[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	7	5	+2	5	Relegation round
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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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.
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1. Sweden 1–3 Germany

31 March 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 428

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	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Miyuki Nakayama Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Lisa Linnek
	Vanišová (SH) – 34:18 1–0 1–1 56:15 – Raselli (Müller) (PP)
	Chmelová Mrázová Pejzlová Mrázová Hymlarová	Shootout	Stalder Bullo Müller Müller Meier
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	31

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31 March 2017 15:35

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 480

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	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Anna Eskola Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Justine Todd
	0–1 22:40 – N. Eisenschmid (Lanzl, Kluge) (PP) L. Johansson – 26:11 1–1 1–2 38:47 – Anwander (Strobel, Kluge) 1–3 39:08 – Lanzl (Zorn)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	32	Shots	23

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1 April 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 496

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	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Dina Allen Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 34:39 – Zorn (Kluge) Lédlová (Polenská, Zedníková) – 49:40 1–1 1–2 58:23 – Kluge (Delarbre)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	12

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1 April 2017 18:00

Switzerland

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 168

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	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Aina Hove Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Nataša Pagon
	0–1 05:24 – Olsson Bullo (I. Waidacher, Staenz) – 33:25 1–1 1–2 46:48 – Johansson (Olsson, Winberg) (PP2)
	18 min	Penalties	0 min
	15	Shots	24

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3 April 2017 12:00

Germany

2–4 (0–3, 0–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 404

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	Franziska Albl Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Justine Todd
	0–1 11:22 – Stalder (Müller, Meier) 0–2 12:00 – Müller (Stalder) 0–3 15:05 – Müller (Stalder, Raselli) (PP) Delarbre (Kratzer) – 40:23 1–3 Fiegert (Zorn, Anwander) (PP2) – 55:22 2–3 2–4 59:08 – Müller (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	30

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3 April 2017 18:00

Sweden

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 111

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	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Dina Allen Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Lisa Linnek
	0–1 10:39 – Pejzlová (Tejralová) (PP) Fallman (Lindh) – 15:48 1–1 Fallman (Nordin, Svedin) (PP) – 25:12 2–1 Rask (Lowenhielm) – 27:59 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	20

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The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team. The IIHF opted to expand the World Championship to ten teams starting in 2019, so no team was relegated after all.

4 April 2017 12:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 355

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	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 14:29 – Vanišová (Lédlová, Mrázová) 0–2 18:59 – Mrázová 0–3 30:43 – Lédlová Stalder (Stiefel, Bullo) – 52:23 1–3 Altmann (Stalder) – 54:05 2–3 2–4 59:42 – Lédlová (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	22

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6 April 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–2, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 478

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	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Lisa Linnek
	Vanišová (Lédlová) – 28:39 1–0 1–1 32:59 – Bullo (Staenz, Raselli) 1–2 39:47 – Stalder Vanišová (Herzigová) – 43:55 2–2 2–3 64:26 – Meier (Stalder, Benz)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	29

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7 April 2017 12:00

Switzerland

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 457

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	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Blanka Škodová	Referees: Dina Allen Aina Hove Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Lisa Linnek
	Rüegg (Müller, Stalder) – 07:01 1–0 Müller (Meier, Schelling) (PP) – 09:35 2–0 2–1 11:28 – Vanišová (Lédlová) Stalder (Müller, Meier) (PP) – 41:03 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	19

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• Switzerland won series 2–1 and finished in 7th place.

On 15 March 2017, the U.S. team announced that unless concessions were made by USA Hockey, they would boycott the World Championship to protest inequitable support and conditions for women's hockey.^[9] The players were publicly supported by the players' associations for the NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL, and the NHL.

After several days of stalled negotiations and attempts to field a team of non-boycotting players, causing concern over such a team being competitive, an agreement was struck with USA Hockey to increase player pay and support for women's development; the original players immediately agreed to play in the World Championship.^[10][11][12]