2024 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship will be the 23rd edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in Utica, New York, United States from 4 to 14 April 2024 at the Adirondack Bank Center and the Utica University Nexus Center.[1][2]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 4–14 April |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Participants
Canada
Czechia
Finland
Germany
Japan
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
- Promoted team from Division IA
- Promoted team from Division IA
Format
The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through eighth in the 2023 tournament, plus two teams promoted from 2023 Division IA, will be placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continue to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B will be relegated. During the knockout stage, there will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[3]
Preliminary round
The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.[4]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2025 Division I |
5 | B5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Knockout stage
There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | ||||||||||
B3 | ||||||||||
A2 | ||||||||||
B2 | ||||||||||
A3 | ||||||||||
B1 | ||||||||||
Third place | ||||||||||
A4 | ||||||||||
A5 | ||||||||||
References
- "IIHF Women's World Championship headed to Utica in 2024". theathletic.com. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- "Women's hockey world championship headed to Utica, N.Y. in 2024". cbc.ca. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- "Utica, N.Y., To Host 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship". IIHF. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- "Finland wins to return to Group A". IIHF. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.