The 2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division II was an international under-18 women's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament represented the fourth tier of competition at the 2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. The tournament was played on the two ice rinks at the Zeytinburnu Buz Adası (called 'Arena Park' in IIHF documents) in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Originally scheduled to be held from 21 to 27 January 2022, it was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was played from 27 June to 5 July 2022.2022 Division II statistics
Spain women's national under-18 ice hockey team won the tournament and were promoted to the 2023 Division I Group B. With increased registration for 2023, Division II was expanded into two tournaments, meaning that Kazakhstan and Iceland, the respective eighth and ninth place teams in 2022, were effectively relegated to the 2023 Division II Group B.
Participating teams TeamQualification6th place in 2020 World Championship Division I B and were relegated2nd place in 2020 World Championship Division II A3rd place in 2020 World Championship Division II A4th place in 2020 World Championship Division II A1st place in 2020 World Championship Division II BHosts; 2nd place in 2020 World Championship Division II B3rd place in 2020 World Championship Division II BFirst participation in World ChampionshipFirst participation in World Championship
First round In the first round, the teams were drawn into three groups of three. All teams advance to the second round; they will be allocated to the second round groups according to the first round rankings.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Second round In the second round, the teams play in three groups of three. All teams, except the third team from Group F, advance to the final round.
Group D
Group E
Group F
Final round 7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
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