2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2019 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 21st such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2020 competition.

Championship (Top Division)

Further information: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship

The tournament was held in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019, and for the first time had ten nations participating.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	7	6	1	0	0	41	5	+36	20	Champions
2	A	Finland (H)	7	4	0	1	2	21	19	+2	13	Runners-up
3	A	Canada	7	5	0	0	2	33	9	+24	15	Third place
4	A	Russia	7	2	0	0	5	6	35	−29	6	Fourth place
5	A	Switzerland	5	0	0	0	5	3	25	−22	0	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	B	Czech Republic	5	4	0	0	1	14	8	+6	12
7	B	Germany	5	1	1	1	2	7	13	−6	6
8	B	Japan	5	2	0	0	3	9	12	−3	6
9	B	Sweden	5	2	0	1	2	11	13	−2	7	2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
10	B	France	5	0	1	0	4	7	13	−6	2

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

Division I

Further information: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 7 to 13 April 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary (H, P)	5	4	0	1	0	20	6	+14	13	2020 World Championship
2	Denmark (P)	5	3	0	0	2	18	16	+2	9
3	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	12	10	+2	9
4	Austria	5	2	1	0	2	20	13	+7	8
5	Slovakia	5	1	1	1	2	7	12	−5	6
6	Italy (R)	5	0	0	0	5	3	23	−20	0	Relegation to 2020 Division I B

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Beijing, China from 6 to 12 April 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands (P)	5	5	0	0	0	17	4	+13	15	Promotion to 2020 Division I A
2	South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	17	15	+2	9
3	Poland	5	3	0	0	2	13	12	+1	9
4	China (H)	5	2	0	0	3	12	12	0	6
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	1	3	8	16	−8	4
6	Latvia (R)	5	0	1	0	4	4	12	−8	2	Relegation to 2020 Division II A

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Division II

Further information: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 2 to 8 April 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovenia (P)	5	3	1	1	0	24	11	+13	12	Promotion to 2020 Division I B
2	Great Britain (H)	5	3	1	0	1	13	9	+4	11
3	Spain	5	2	1	1	1	11	11	0	9
4	Mexico	5	2	0	1	2	14	18	−4	7
5	North Korea	5	1	1	1	2	12	13	−1	6
6	Australia (R)	5	0	0	0	5	10	22	−12	0	Relegation to 2020 Division II B

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Brașov, Romania from 1 to 7 April 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei (P)	5	5	0	0	0	20	8	+12	15	Promotion to 2020 Division II A
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	21	12	+9	9
4	Turkey	5	1	0	1	3	15	23	−8	4
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	7	18	−11	3
6	Romania (H, R)	5	0	1	0	4	15	27	−12	2	Relegation to 2020 Division II B Q

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division B Qualification

The Group B qualification tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 13 to 18 January 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine (P)	4	4	0	0	0	17	5	+12	12	Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	24	7	+17	9
3	South Africa (H)	4	2	0	0	2	21	17	+4	6
4	Hong Kong	4	0	1	0	3	11	29	−18	2
5	Bulgaria	4	0	0	1	3	11	26	−15	1

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; (P) Promoted

External links

• Official website