2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2017 Women's Ice Hockey
World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	United States Austria Poland South Korea Iceland Chinese Taipei
Venues	7 (in 6 host cities)
Teams	37
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Finland

The 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championships were the 20th 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 2018 competition.

At the 2017 IIHF annual congress it was decided that the Top Division would expand from eight to ten teams. As a result, all relegations from the 2017 tournaments were cancelled, and there would also be no relegation in all 2018 tournaments.

Championship (Top Division)

Further information: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

The Top Division tournament was played in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States, from 31 March to 7 April 2017.

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Finland
4	Germany
5	Russia
6	Sweden
7	Switzerland
8	Czech Republic

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

11

A4

Russia

1

B1

Germany

0

B1

Germany

2

A1

United States

3

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

4

A3

Finland

4

A3

Finland

0

B2

Sweden

0

Bronze medal game

A3

Finland

8

B1

Germany

0

Division I

Further information: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Graz, Austria, from 15 to 21 April 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	17	4	+13	15	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Austria (H)	5	4	0	0	1	20	12	+8	12
3	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	17	14	+3	6
4	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	5	12	−7	6
5	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	5	11	−6	6
6	France	5	0	0	0	5	1	12	−11	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:

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 8 to 14 April 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	22	9	+13	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division I A
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	1	1	11	10	+1	10
3	Latvia	5	3	0	0	2	13	17	−4	9
4	China	5	2	1	0	2	13	6	+7	8
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	8	12	−4	4
6	Poland (H)	5	0	1	0	4	11	24	−13	2

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

Division II

Further information: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	South Korea (H)	5	5	0	0	0	21	3	+18	15	Promoted to the 2018 Division I B
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	0	1	17	10	+7	12
3	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	20	16	+4	7
4	North Korea	5	1	1	0	3	10	13	−3	5
5	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	9	22	−13	3
6	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	7	20	−13	3

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:

Division II Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 27 February to 5 March 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mexico	5	4	0	0	1	19	9	+10	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division II A
2	Spain	5	3	1	0	1	26	7	+19	11
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	1	1	20	13	+7	10
4	Iceland (H)	5	2	0	0	3	19	13	+6	6
5	Turkey	5	2	0	0	3	15	31	−16	6
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	10	36	−26	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:

Division II Group B Qualification

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 12 to 17 December 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Chinese Taipei (H)	4	4	0	0	0	32	3	+29	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	22	3	+19	9
3	South Africa	4	2	0	0	2	22	15	+7	6
4	Bulgaria	4	1	0	0	3	6	32	−26	3
5	Hong Kong	4	0	0	0	4	3	32	−29	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

External links

• Official website of IIHF