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2022 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]

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

Venues

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]

Preliminary round

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).[9]

Group 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.

Group 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:
  1. ^ a b Germany 2–4 Hungary

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5th–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Awards and statistics

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

Awards

Scoring leaders

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

As of 4 September 2022

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

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

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. ^ 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship official website
  2. ^ 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics
  3. ^ Steiss, Adam (7 December 2021). "IIHF Council meets in Zurich". IIHF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ Merk, Martin (22 September 2021). "Women's Worlds in Olympic years". IIHF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (4 September 2022). "Canada three-peats!". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Tournament updates". 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 23 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "Tournament Info". IIHF. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  11. ^ 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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