The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 22nd edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament was contested in Brampton, Canada from 5 to 16 April 2023 at the CAA Centre.2023 IIHF Women's World Championship official website2023 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics
The United States won their tenth title, after defeating Canada 6–3 in the final, while Czechia captured bronze over Switzerland.
Format The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through ninth in the 2022 tournament, plus France, which was promoted after the 2022 tournament, were placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continued to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B were relegated. During the knockout stage, there was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
Venue Brampton CAA CentreCapacity: 5,000
Participating teams
Group A
Group B
– Promoted from Division I Group A in 2022
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 Twelve referees and twelve linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Julia Kainberger Brandy Dewar Cianna Lieffers Elizabeth Mantha Shauna Neary Anniina Nurmi Tijana Haack Agnese Kārkliņa Kelly Cooke Samantha Hiller Chelsea Rapin Amanda Tassoni Jessica Chartrand Justine Todd Erin Zach Kamila Smetková Tiina Saarimäki Amy Lack Zóra Gottlibet Magdalena Jonáková Anna Hammar Sarah Buckner Jennifer Cameron Erika Greenen
Preliminary round The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.
All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−4).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
Rank Team 1 A 1 11 +14 18 2 2 A 2 10 +17 25 1 3 A 3 5 −4 10 6 4 A 4 3 −14 7 4 5 A 5 1 −13 5 7 6 B 1 12 +23 26 3 7 B 2 9 +5 11 10 8 B 3 6 +4 18 8
Bracket
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Awards and statistics The awards were announced on 16 April 2023.
Awards
Directorate Awards Position Player Goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens Defenceman Caroline Harvey Forward Sarah Fillier MVP Sarah Fillier
All-Star team Position Player Goaltender Emma SöderbergDefenceman Renata Fast Caroline HarveyForward Sarah Fillier Petra Nieminen Marie-Philip Poulin
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 7 4 10 14 +14 6 D 7 6 7 13 +7 2 F 7 8 4 12 +7 6 F 7 1 11 12 +9 2 F 7 7 4 11 +9 2 F 7 5 6 11 +8 2 F 7 4 7 11 +9 4 F 7 4 7 11 +1 35 F 7 3 8 11 +6 2 D 7 7 3 10 +6 6 F 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Sanni Ahola 179:39 2 0.67 46 95.65 1 Aerin Frankel 364:01 9 1.48 132 93.18 1 Sandra Abstreiter 288:39 13 2.70 182 92.86 1 Emma Söderberg 301:47 13 2.58 170 92.35 1 Anni Keisala 237:01 6 1.52 75 92.00 1 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
References
External links Tournament official website Official website of IIHF