2022_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship

2022 IIHF Women's World Championship

2022 IIHF Women's World Championship

2022 edition of the IIHF Women's World Championship


The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which was contested in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 25 August to 4 September 2022, at the KVIK Hockey Arena, and Scanel Hockey Arena.[1][2][3] Historically, a top division tournament was not played during Olympic years, but in September 2021, the IIHF announced the change to play the tournament each year, even during Olympic years.[4]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

Canada defeated the United States 2–1 in the final to win their 12th title.[5]

Venues

Herning Frederikshavn
KVIK Hockey Arena
Capacity: 4,120 (seats: 420)
Scanel Hockey Arena
Capacity:4,000 (seats: 750)

Participating teams

1Russia was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Sweden was invited to replace them.[6][7]

Rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten 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.

Match officials

Eleven referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[8]

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Preliminary round

All times are local (Central European Summer TimeUTC+2).[9]

Group A

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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.
25 August 2022
15:00
Japan 0–10
(0–4, 0–5, 0–1)
 United StatesKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 438
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25 August 2022
19:00
Finland 1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
 CanadaKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 501
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26 August 2022
18:30
Switzerland 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 JapanKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 389
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27 August 2022
15:00
United States 6–1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)
 FinlandKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 526
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27 August 2022
19:00
Canada 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 530
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28 August 2022
15:00
Japan 0–9
(0–3, 0–4, 0–2)
 CanadaKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 302
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29 August 2022
15:00
Finland 9–3
(2–1, 4–1, 3–1)
 JapanKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 531
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29 August 2022
19:00
United States 9–0
(4–0, 1–0, 4–0)
  SwitzerlandKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 791
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30 August 2022
16:00
Switzerland 0–4
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0)
 FinlandKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 1,201
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30 August 2022
20:00
Canada 2–5
(2–0, 0–2, 0–3)
 United StatesKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 1,216
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Group B

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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
Notes:
  1. Germany 2–4 Hungary
25 August 2022
15:30
Germany 2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 HungaryScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 526
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25 August 2022
19:30
Denmark 2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
 SwedenScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 1,496
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26 August 2022
19:00
Hungary 1–7
(0–2, 1–2, 0–3)
 CzechiaScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 250
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27 August 2022
15:30
Sweden 4–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–0, 1–3)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 GermanyScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 395
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27 August 2022
19:30
Czechia 5–1
(1–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 DenmarkScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 766
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28 August 2022
17:00
Denmark 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 HungaryScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 719
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29 August 2022
15:30
Germany 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)
 CzechiaScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 332
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29 August 2022
19:30
Hungary 2–3 GWS
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 SwedenScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 345
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30 August 2022
15:30
Sweden 0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)
 CzechiaScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 337
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30 August 2022
19:30
Denmark 2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)
 GermanyScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 1,150
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Knockout stage

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[10]

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Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
1 September
 
 
 United States12
 
3 September
 
 Hungary1
 
 United States10
 
1 September
 
 Czechia 1
 
 Canada3
 
4 September
 
 Sweden0
 
 United States1
 
1 September
 
 Canada2
 
 Finland1
 
3 September
 
 Czechia (OT)2
 
 Canada8
 
1 September
 
  Switzerland1 Third place
 
  Switzerland (GWS)2
 
4 September
 
 Japan1
 
  Switzerland2
 
 
 Czechia4
 

Quarterfinals

1 September 2022
12:15
Switzerland 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–0)
 JapanKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 891
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1 September 2022
16:00
United States 12–1
(1–0, 9–0, 2–1)
 HungaryKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 923
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1 September 2022
17:30
Finland 1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 CzechiaScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 326
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1 September 2022
20:00
Canada 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 SwedenKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 927
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5th–8th place semifinals

3 September 2022
12:00
Finland 3–2 OT
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)
 HungaryScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 344
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3 September 2022
16:00
Japan 5–4
(0–3, 3–0, 2–1)
 SwedenScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 378
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Semifinals

3 September 2022
14:00
United States 10–1
(6–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 CzechiaKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 851
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3 September 2022
18:00
Canada 8–1
(2–0, 2–1, 4–0)
  SwitzerlandKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 864
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Fifth place game

4 September 2022
11:00
Finland 0–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)
 JapanScanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn
Attendance: 303
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Third place game

4 September 2022
15:00
Switzerland 2–4
(1–2, 0–2, 1–0)
 CzechiaKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 1,294
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Final

4 September 2022
19:30
United States 1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 CanadaKVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
Attendance: 1,738
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Awards and statistics

The awards were announced on 4 September 2022.[11]

Awards

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Scoring leaders

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

As of 4 September 2022
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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders

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.

As of 4 September 2022
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TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Final standings

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Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.[10]

References

  1. Steiss, Adam (7 December 2021). "IIHF Council meets in Zurich". IIHF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. Merk, Martin (22 September 2021). "Women's Worlds in Olympic years". IIHF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. Podnieks, Andrew (4 September 2022). "Canada three-peats!". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF.com. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. "Tournament updates". 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  6. "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 23 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. Merk, Martin (17 June 2022). "Denmark opens Women's Worlds vs. Sweden". IIHF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  8. "Tournament Info". IIHF. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. Montroy, Liz (4 September 2022). "Heise named MVP". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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