IIHF World Women's Championships

































IIHF World Women's Championships

Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1990
No. of teams 8 in the Top Division
12 in Division I
16 Division II
Most recent
champion(s)
 United States

Relegation to		 Division I
Official website IIHF.com

The IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Canada is the most successful nation with ten world titles followed by the United States with eight.


The official world competition was first held in 1990, with four more championships held in the 90's.[1] Beginning in 1989, and in years that there was no world tournament held, there were European Championships and in 1995 and 1996 a Pacific Rim Championship. As part of an effort to improve competition, the IIHF decided to hold Women's Championships in Olympic years, starting in 2014, but not at the top level.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Structure and Qualification


    • 1.1 Championship Format


    • 1.2 Lower Divisions




  • 2 Rules and eligibility


  • 3 Tournaments


    • 3.1 Participation and medals




  • 4 Awards


  • 5 See also


  • 6 External links/sources





Structure and Qualification


The women's tournament began as an eight team tournament featuring Canada, the USA, the top five from the 1989 European championships, and one Asian qualifier. The same formula was used for 1992, 1994 and 1997, but changed following the Nagano Olympics. The best five from the Olympic tournament were qualified for 1999, followed by the best three from qualification rounds during the Olympic year. The championship became a yearly tournament beginning in 1999 with promotion and relegation with lower ranked nations. Remaining nations play in groups of (now) six nations, with as many as five tiers.



Championship Format


Initially the tournament was an eight team tournament divided into two groups. The top two from each group played off for the gold, and beginning in 1999 the bottom two played off to determine placement and relegation. On four occasions the tournament was played with nine nations, using three groups of three. In this format first place from each group continued on to play for gold, second place from each group played for placement and an opportunity to still play for bronze, and the third place teams played off to determine relegation. Beginning in 2011 the eight team tournament changed its playoff structure to include a quarterfinal round as well. Currently the top four placed nations from the previous championship begin in Group A, where the top two teams go directly to the semi-finals, the bottom two go to the quarter-finals to face the top two finishers from Group B. The bottom two from Group B then play each other in a best of three to determine relegation.



Lower Divisions


By 2003 the lower tiers were formalized into tiered groups of six, called Division I, Division II, and Division III with promotion for the top team in each and relegation for the bottom team. By 2009 it had grown up to Division V, but in 2012 the titles were changed to match the men's tournaments; Division I became IA, Division II became IB, Division III became IIA, Division IV became IIB, and Division V became IIB Qualification. Promotion and relegation remained the same after the title changes.



Rules and eligibility


See also: Ice hockey rules

The rules of play are essentially the same as the men's with one key difference: body checking. Checking was allowed in the first championship but has been assessed as a minor penalty since. To be eligible players must be under the jurisdiction of the governing body they are representing and must be a citizen of that country. Additionally the player must be eighteen years old, or sixteen with a medical waiver, in the season the tournament takes place.[3]



Tournaments














































































































































































































































Year
Host city
Final
Third place match
Champion
 Score
 Second place
 Third place
 Score
 Fourth place

1990
 Canada, Ottawa

Canada
5–2

United States

Finland
6–3

Sweden

1992
 Finland, Tampere

Canada
8–0

United States

Finland
5–4

Sweden

1994
 USA, Lake Placid

Canada
6–3

United States

Finland
8–1

China

1997
 Canada, Kitchener

Canada
4–3
(OT)

United States

Finland
3–0

China

1999
 Finland, Espoo/Vantaa

Canada
3–1

United States

Finland
8–2

Sweden

2000
 Canada, Mississauga

Canada
3–2
(OT)

United States

Finland
7–1

Sweden

2001
 USA, Minneapolis

Canada
3–2

United States

Russia
2–1

Finland

2003
 China, Beijing
Competition at top level was cancelled due to SARS outbreak in China

2004
 Canada, Halifax/Dartmouth

Canada
2–0

United States


Finland
3–2

Sweden

2005
 Sweden, Linköping/Norrköping

United States
1–0
(SO)

Canada

Sweden
5–2

Finland

2007
 Canada, Winnipeg/Selkirk

Canada
5–1

United States

Sweden
1–0

Finland

2008
 China, Harbin

United States
4–3

Canada

Finland
4–1

Switzerland

2009
 Finland, Hämeenlinna

United States
4–1

Canada

Finland
4–1

Sweden

2011
  Switzerland, Zürich/Winterthur

United States
3–2
(OT)

Canada

Finland
3–2
(OT)

Russia

2012
 USA, Burlington

Canada
5–4
(OT)

United States

Switzerland
6–2

Finland

2013
 Canada, Ottawa

United States
3–2

Canada

Russia
2–0

Finland

2014
Competition not held at top level during 2014 Olympics

2015
 Sweden, Malmö


United States
7–5

Canada


Finland
4–1

Russia

2016
 Canada, Kamloops

United States
1–0
(OT)

Canada

Russia
1–0
(SO)

Finland

2017
 USA, Plymouth

United States
3–2
(OT)

Canada

Finland
8–0

Germany

2018
Competition not held at top level during 2018 Olympics

2019
 Finland, Espoo







2020
 Canada, Halifax/Truro[4]







Participation and medals








































































































































































Nation Tournaments First Last Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish (first/last)

 Canada
 18 1990 2017 10 8 0 18 1st (1990/2012)

 United States
 18 1990 2017 8 10 0 18 1st (2005/2017)

 Finland
 18 1990 2017 0 0 12 12 3rd (1990/2017)

 Russia
 15 1997 2017 0 0 3 3 3rd (2001/2016)

 Sweden
 18 1990 2017 0 0 2 2 3rd (2005/2007)

  Switzerland
 15 1990 2017 0 0 1 1 3rd (2012)

 China
 11 1992 2009 0 0 0 0 4th (1994/1997)

 Germany
 13 1990 2017 0 0 0 0 4th (2017)

 Norway
 4 1990 1997 0 0 0 0 6th (1990/1994)

 Kazakhstan
 4 2001 2011 0 0 0 0 6th (2009)

 Czech Republic
 4 2013 2017 0 0 0 0 6th (2016)

 Japan
 6 1990 2016 0 0 0 0 7th (2008/2015)

 Slovakia
 2 2011 2012 0 0 0 0 7th (2011)

 Denmark
 1 1992 1992 0 0 0 0 7th (1992)


Awards


Main article: List of IIHF Women's World Championship Directorate award winners

At most IIHF events, the tournament directorate awards the Best Forward, Best Defenceman, Best Goalkeeper and Most Valuable Player of each tournament. at the women's event, these awards have been handed out in some combination since the first tournament, with the exception of 1997, and the cancelled tournament in 2003.



See also



  • List of IIHF World Championship medalists

  • 4 Nations Cup

  • Ice hockey at the Olympic Games



External links/sources





  1. ^ "IIHF World Women's Championships". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2011-01-12..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Merk, Martin (2010-12-17). "New era of women's hockey". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2011-01-12.


  3. ^ IIHF Statutes and Bylaws, sections 406, 616, and 900


  4. ^ "Halifax, Truro to host 2020 Women's Worlds - TSN.ca". TSN. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-10-30.








  • The Women's Hockey Web

  • Müller, Stephan : International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia 1904–2005 / BoD GmbH Norderstedt, 2005
    ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.


  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.


  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 227–235.

  • Women's World Championships at Eurohockey













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