2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Host countries

Denmark

France

Poland

Spain

Croatia

Bulgaria

Serbia

Venue8 (in 8 host cities)

Teams44

Champions

Canada (12th title)

2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark France Poland Spain Croatia Bulgaria Serbia
Venue	8 (in 8 host cities)
Teams	44
Final positions
Champions	Canada (12th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Czechia
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships were the 25th such series of tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. These tournaments also served as qualifications for the 2023 competition.

Teams from Russia and Belarus were not allowed to enter, as they were suspended by the IIHF due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

After the top division was paused every four years (during the Olympics), a new proposal called for the tournament to be played every year from 2022 onward.^[2] The proposal was adopted on 22 September 2021.^[3] The tournament was held in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 25 August to 4 September 2022.^[4]^[5]

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	32	9	+23	18	Champions
2	A	United States	7	6	0	0	1	53	7	+46	18	Runners-up
3	B	Czechia	7	5	1	0	1	28	15	+13	17	Third place
4	A	Switzerland	7	1	1	0	5	9	31	−22	5	Fourth place

5	A	Japan	7	1	1	1	4	11	37	−26	6	Fifth place game
6	A	Finland	7	2	1	2	2	19	18	+1	10	Fifth place game

7	B	Sweden	6	1	2	0	3	16	18	−2	7
8	B	Hungary	6	1	0	2	3	10	28	−18	5

9	B	Germany	4	1	0	1	2	8	16	−8	4	Eliminated in Preliminary round
10	B	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	6	13	−7	3	Relegated to the 2023 Division I A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.^[6]

Division I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France (H)	4	3	0	1	0	14	5	+9	10	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2	Norway	4	2	0	1	1	13	10	+3	7
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	7	8	−1	6^[a]
4	Austria	4	0	3	0	1	10	8	+2	6^[a]
5	Netherlands	4	0	0	1	3	4	17	−13	1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China	5	5	0	0	0	38	9	+29	15	Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
2	Poland (H)	5	3	1	0	1	16	13	+3	11
3	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	11	15	−4	7
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	10	11	−1	6
5	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	5	15	−10	3^[a]
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	6	23	−17	3^[a]

Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 3 to 8 April 2022.^[4]^[11]^[12]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	4	4	0	0	0	18	1	+17	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2	Latvia	4	1	1	1	1	14	12	+2	6
3	Spain (H)	4	1	1	0	2	6	6	0	5
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	1	2	10	20	−10	4
5	Mexico	4	1	0	0	3	6	15	−9	3
–	North Korea^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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:

↑ North Korea withdrew their team on 3 February 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions.^[13]

Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 17 to 22 May 2022.^[4]^[14]^[15]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Iceland	4	3	1	0	0	26	5	+21	11	Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2	Australia^[a]	4	3	0	1	0	38	2	+36	10
3	Turkey	4	2	0	0	2	28	13	+15	6
4	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	4	39	−35	3
5	Croatia (H)	4	0	0	0	4	6	43	−37	0
–	New Zealand^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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:

↑ Australia withdrew their team on 4 January 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related travel issues but rejoined the tournament after it was moved to a later date.^[16]
↑ New Zealand withdrew their team on 17 December 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[17]

Division III

Group A

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 7 April 2022.^[4]^[18]^[19]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	4	3	1	26	3	+23	9^[a]	Promoted to the 2023 Division II B
2	Lithuania	4	3	1	14	15	−1	9^[a]
3	Bulgaria (H)	4	0	4	5	27	−22	0
–	Romania^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
–	Ukraine^[c]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	Hong Kong^[d]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 2 Belgium and Lithuania are tied on head-to-head points (3–3); head-to-head goal difference: Belgium +7, Lithuania –7.
↑ Romania withdrew their team on 25 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[20]
↑ Ukraine withdrew due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
↑ Hong Kong withdrew their team on 3 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[21]

Group B

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 22 to 25 March 2022.^[4]^[22]^[23]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Estonia	3	3	0	24	1	+23	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division III A
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	7	16	−9	3
4	Israel	3	0	3	1	21	−20	0
–	Iran^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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:

↑ Iran was scheduled to participate, but withdrew in September 2021 to avoid competing against Israel.^[24]^[25]

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2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Division I

Group A

Group B

Division II

Group A

Group B

Division III

Group A

Group B

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