World Women’s Championship

League status: Active
Administered by: IIHF
Year of start: 1990
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The 10 teams are divided into two, tiered, five-team groups in the Preliminary Round.

After a single round-robin series in each group, the five teams from Group A and the best three teams from Group B advance to the Playoff Round.

The Quarter-Finals will be played between A1-B3, A2-B2, A3-B1, A4-A5. The winner of each Quarter-Final moves onto the Semi-Finals.

The winner of each Semi-Final game will move onto the Gold Medal Game, while the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game.

The quarter-final losers will be ranked 5th to 8th according to 1. their position in the group, 2. their preliminary-round record (1. points, 2. goal difference, 3. goals scored).
Relegation format

The two last-placed teams of Group B will be relegated to the Division I Group A.

2023-2024: Canada
2022-2023: USA
2021-2022: Canada
2020-2021: Canada
2018-2019: USA
2016-2017: USA
2015-2016: USA
2014-2015: USA
2012-2013: USA
2011-2012: Canada
2010-2011: USA
2008-2009: USA
2007-2008: USA
2006-2007: Canada
2004-2005: USA
2003-2004: Canada
2000-2001: Canada
1999-2000: Canada
1998-1999: Canada
1996-1997: Canada
1993-1994: Canada
1991-1992: Canada
1989-1990: Canada

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Another championship cancelled (21 Apr 2021)
Covid-19 update (10 Mar 2020)
Historic win for Finland (02 Apr 2017)
Gold to USA - Bronze to Finland (04 Apr 2015)
Two Finnish players in WWC All-Star Team (04 Apr 2015)

Recent newsShow all news»

Hungary and Denmark finished first and second of the World Women's Championship Division IA to promote to the top division. Sweden and France are relegated from the highest level of international women's hockey.

(14 Apr 2019)

On Friday starts the Women's World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan, United States. Yesterday the U.S. Women's National Team and USA Hockey announced that they've reached an agreement so USA will be represented by their best players at the home championship, trying to defend the gold medals.

In exhibition games yesterday Sweden beat Germany 3-2 and Switzerland beat Russia 4-0.

(29 Mar 2017)

SIHF signed Daniela Diaz as new head coach of the Swiss women's team.

(14 Dec 2015)

Japan beat Germany in overtime in both relegation games of the Women's World Championship. That means that Japan stays in the elite division while Germany are relegated.

(03 Apr 2015)

Japan beat Czech Republic 2-1 to qualify for the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship in Malmö, Sweden.

(11 Nov 2014)

The 2015 IIHF World Women's Championship will be played in Sweden. Venue and dates are still to be announced.

(05 Oct 2012)

For the first time ever Switzerland won a medal in the World Women's Championship when they beat Finland 6-2 in tonight's Bronze Medal Game.

(15 Apr 2012)

As expected both USA and Canada made it to the final of the World Women's Championship in Burlington, Vermont. Canada beat Finland 5-1 in the first semi final and then USA beat Switzerland 10-0. Sweden won the 5th place game against Russia 2-1 in overtime. In the relegation round Germany beat Slovakia 3-1 to stay in the top division.

(14 Apr 2012)

United States women routes Canada 9:2 to open the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships. The Americans opened the scoring 37 seconds in and added four more just over 5 minutes in. Monique Lamoureux-Kolls led the way with 6pts (3+3) handing the Canadians their worse loss.

(08 Apr 2012)

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