2022 IIHF Women's World Championship

See also: 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which was contested in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark from 25 August to 4 September 2022, at the KVIK Hockey Arena, and Scanel Hockey Arena.^[1] Historically, a top division tournament was not played during Olympic years, but in September 2021, the IIHF announced the change to play the tournament each year, even during Olympic years.^[2]

2022 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25 August – 4 September
Opened by	Margrethe II
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (12th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Czechia
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	192 (6.19 per game)
Attendance	19,842 (640 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Taylor Heise (18 points)
MVP	Taylor Heise
Website	Website
← 2021 2023 →

Canada defeated the United States 2–1 in to win their 12th title.^[3]

Venues

Herning	Frederikshavn
KVIK Hockey Arena Capacity: 4,120 (seats: 420)	Scanel Hockey Arena Capacity:4000 (seats: 750)

Participants

Group A   Canada   United States   Finland    Switzerland   ROC^1 (expelled)   Japan

Group B   Czechia   Germany   Hungary   Denmark   Sweden^2

¹Russia was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]
2Sweden replaced Russia.^[5]

Rosters

Main article: 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.

Match officials

Eleven referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees	Linesmen
Julia Kainberger   Cianna Lieffers   Shauna Neary   Kaisa Ketonen   Anniina Nurmi   Tijana Haack   Agnese Kārkliņa   Nikoleta Celárová   Kaylen Hanson   Samantha Hiller   Amanda Tassoni	Marine Dinant   Jessica Chartrand   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Justine Todd   Wang Hui   Tiina Saarimäki   Linnea Sainio   Magda Jonáková   Anna Hammar   Jennifer Cameron

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	30	3	+27	12	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	19	7	+12	9
3	Finland	4	2	0	0	2	15	13	+2	6
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	4	18	−14	3
5	Japan	4	0	0	0	4	4	31	−27	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.

25 August 2022 15:00

Japan

0–10 (0–4, 0–5, 0–1)

United States

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 438

Game reference
	Akane Konishi Miyuu Masuhara	Goalies	Nicole Hensley	Referees:   Agnese Kārkliņa   Cianna Lieffers Linesmen:   Linnea Sainio   Wang Hui
	0–1 06:27 – Pannek (Coyne Schofield, Eden) 0–2 08:12 – Guilday (Harmon, Kessel) 0–3 19:00 – Harvey (Heise) (EA) 0–4 19:49 – Scamurra (Keller, Heise) 0–5 21:15 – Eden (Harmon, Coyne Schofield) 0–6 21:56 – Bilka (Heise, Carpenter) (PP) 0–7 28:36 – Roque (Barnes, Coyne Schofield) (PP) 0–8 38:08 – Carpenter (Heise, Kessel) 0–9 38:37 – Kessel (Heise) 0–10 43:57 – Carpenter (Stecklein)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	6	Shots	62

25 August 2022 19:00

Finland

1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 501

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees:   Nikoleta Celárová   Amanda Tassoni Linesmen:   Jennifer Cameron   Anna Hammar
	0–1 07:38 – Nurse (Poulin, Larocque) (PP) Liikala (Tapani, Hiirikoski) – 12:07 1–1 1–2 14:51 – Poulin (Nurse, Larocque) 1–3 33:01 – Mikkelson (Shelton, Fillier) 1–4 58:28 – Turnbull (Clark) (EN)
	27 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	43

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26 August 2022 18:30

Switzerland

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Japan

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 389

Game reference
	Andrea Brändli	Goalies	Miyuu Masuhara	Referees:   Anniina Nurmi   Amanda Tassoni Linesmen:   Jessica Chartrand   Anna Hammar
	Stalder (Müller) – 27:23 1–0 Müller (Stalder, Leemann) – 38:55 2–0 Lutz (Zimmermann) (EN) – 57:55 3–0 3–1 59:37 – Ak. Shiga (Ao. Shiga, Hitosato) (EA)
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	17

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27 August 2022 15:00

United States

6–1 (1–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Finland

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 526

Game reference
	Maddie Rooney	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referees:   Nikoleta Celárová   Julia Kainberger Linesmen:   Magda Jonáková   Justine Todd
	Dunne (Brandt, Kessel) – 06:13 1–0 Roque (Barnes, Coyne Schofield) (PP) – 28:53 2–0 Kessel (Roque, Coyne Schofield) (PP) – 37:11 3–0 3–1 40:46 – Viitasuo (Liikala) Kessel (Heise, Carpenter) – 42:39 4–1 Bilka (EN) – 57:43 5–1 Brandt (Knight, Bilka) – 58:24 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	72	Shots	16

27 August 2022 19:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 530

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Andrea Brändli	Referees:   Samantha Hiller   Anniina Nurmi Linesmen:   Tiina Saarimäki   Wang Hui
	Fillier (Shelton) – 10:15 1–0 Fillier – 29:40 2–0 Clark (Turnbull, Bach) – 31:12 3–0 3–1 52:32 – Marti (Zimmermann, Lutz) Turnbull (Fast) – 58:46 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	46	Shots	8

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28 August 2022 15:00

Japan

0–9 (0–3, 0–4, 0–2)

Canada

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 302

Game reference
	Akane Konishi Riko Kawaguchi	Goalies	Emerance Maschmeyer	Referees:   Tijana Haack   Julia Kainberger Linesmen:   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Magda Jonáková
	0–1 01:25 – Bach (Zandee-Hart, Shelton) (PP) 0–2 06:54 – Poulin (Ambrose, Fillier) (PP) 0–3 15:05 – Maltais (Mikkelson, Stacey) 0–4 22:26 – Turnbull (Bach, Larocque) 0–5 33:09 – Poulin (Jenner) 0–6 37:19 – Shelton (O'Neill, Bach) 0–7 38:02 – Rattray (Turnbull, Larocque) 0–8 44:32 – Potomak (Eldridge, Fillier) 0–9 50:36 – Fillier (Poulin, Ambrose) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	0 min
	5	Shots	69

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29 August 2022 15:00

Finland

9–3 (2–1, 4–1, 3–1)

Japan

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 531

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Miyuu Masuhara	Referees:   Kaylen Hanson   Shauna Neary Linesmen:   Tiina Saarimäki   Justine Todd
	Sundelin (Yrjänen) – 10:13 1–0 1–1 13:25 – Ak. Shiga (Ito, Toko) Tapani (Karvinen) – 14:44 2–1 Vainikka (Rantala, Tulus) – 21:33 3–1 Holopainen (Parkkonen) – 27:31 4–1 4–2 31:01 – Ak. Shiga (Seki) Vainikka (Rantala, Holopainen) – 34:13 5–2 Nieminen (Laitinen, Rantala) – 39:14 6–2 Laitinen (Sundelin) – 43:20 7–2 Holopainen (Tulus, Vainikka) – 44:59 8–2 Karjalainen (Yrjänen, Vanhanen) – 56:28 9–2 9–3 58:14 – Ao. Shiga (Toko, Ak. Shiga)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	51	Shots	20

29 August 2022 19:00

United States

9–0 (4–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 791

Game reference
	Maddie Rooney	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees:   Samantha Hiller   Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen:   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Magda Jonáková
	Roque (Stecklein, Zumwinkle) – 05:48 1–0 Bilka (Harvey, Stecklein) – 12:33 2–0 Heise (Carpenter) – 14:46 3–0 Heise (Carpenter, Harmon) – 18:00 4–0 Knight (Carpenter, Bilka) (PP) – 35:43 5–0 Harmon (Keller, Coyne Schofield) – 44:28 6–0 Knight (Pannek, Bilka) – 46:15 7–0 Barnes (Coyne Schofield) (PP) – 50:29 8–0 Zumwinkle (Dunne, Guilday) – 50:45 9–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	57	Shots	4

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30 August 2022 16:00

Switzerland

0–4 (0–2, 0–2, 0–0)

Finland

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 1,201

Game reference
	Andrea Brändli Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Anni Keisala Jenna Silvonen	Referees:   Tijana Haack   Samantha Hiller Linesmen:   Anna Hammar   Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 02:51 – Tapani (Nieminen, Laitinen) 0–2 06:25 – Holopainen (Tulus) 0–3 27:49 – Parkkonen (Karvinen, Tapani) 0–4 39:22 – Savolainen (Laitinen, Vainikka) (PP2)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	6	Shots	44

30 August 2022 20:00

Canada

2–5 (2–0, 0–2, 0–3)

United States

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 1,216

Game reference
	Emerance Maschmeyer	Goalies	Nicole Hensley	Referees:   Anniina Nurmi   Amanda Tassoni Linesmen:   Jennifer Cameron   Justine Todd
	Fillier (Fast, Potomak) – 03:29 1–0 Shelton (Bach, O'Neill) (PP) – 18:12 2–0 2–1 24:16 – Keller (Bilka, Knight) (PP) 2–2 31:11 – Pannek (Barnes) 2–3 43:14 – Eden (Harmon, Keller) 2–4 53:28 – Coyne Schofield (Harmon) 2–5 59:06 – Knight (Heise, Guilday)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	33

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Czechia	4	4	0	0	0	21	2	+19	12	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	1	2	0	1	12	10	+2	7
3	Hungary	4	1	0	1	2	7	13	−6	4^[a]
4	Germany	4	1	0	1	2	8	16	−8	4^[a]
5	Denmark (H, R)	4	1	0	0	3	6	13	−7	3	Relegation to 2023 Division I

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Germany 2–4 Hungary

25 August 2022 15:30

Germany

2–4 (2–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Hungary

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 526

Game reference
	Franziska Albl	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referees:   Kaisa Ketonen   Shauna Neary Linesmen:   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Tiina Saarimäki
	Lu. Welcke (Strompf, Botthof) – 01:56 1–0 Kluge (Eisenschmid, Jobst-Smith) (PP) – 10:29 2–0 2–1 10:54 – Kiss-Simon (Seregély) 2–2 23:19 – Kiss-Simon (Mayer, Gasparics) (PP) 2–3 35:19 – Jókai-Szilágyi (SH) 2–4 59:51 – Seregély (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	25

25 August 2022 19:30

Denmark

2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Sweden

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 1,496

Game reference
	Cassandra Repstock-Romme	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees:   Kaylen Hanson   Julia Kainberger Linesmen:   Magda Jonáková   Justine Todd
	Russell (Andersen, Glud) – 01:51 1–0 1–1 01:51 – Olsson (Carlsson) 1–2 33:42 – Olsson (Kjellbin, Jungåker) 1–3 34:03 – Nylén Persson (L. Johansson, Jungåker) 1–4 48:07 – Löwenhielm (Bouveng, Lundin) Jakobsen (Persson, Asperup) – 51:05 2–4 2–5 56:38 – Olsson (Jungåker, Nylén Persson) (PP2)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	36

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26 August 2022 19:00

Hungary

1–7 (0–2, 1–2, 0–3)

Czechia

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees:   Tijana Haack   Samantha Hiller Linesmen:   Marine Dinant   Linnea Sainio
	0–1 01:02 – Hymlarová (Horálková, Pejzlová) 0–2 02:21 – Pejšová (Lásková) 0–3 29:59 – Radová (Horálková) 0–4 33:07 – Šapovalivová (Mrázová, Pejšová) (PP) Huszák (Jókai-Szilágyi) (PP) – 35:18 1–4 1–5 44:26 – Mlýnková (Sarnovská) 1–6 47:35 – Šapovalivová 1–7 57:36 – Sarnovská
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	7	Shots	45

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27 August 2022 15:30

Sweden

4–3 GWS (0–0, 2–0, 1–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Germany

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 395

Game reference
	Emma Söderberg	Goalies	Sandra Abstreiter	Referees:   Agnese Kārkliņa   Shauna Neary Linesmen:   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Linnea Sainio
	Ljungblom (Johansson, Jungåker) (PP) – 32:48 1–0 Olsson (Waxin, Carlsson) – 35:40 2–0 Bergström (Ljungblom) – 46:59 3–0 3–1 52:43 – Christof (T. Eisenschmid, Bartsch) (PP) 3–2 56:31 – N. Eisenschmid (T. Eisenschmid, Kluge) (PP) 3–3 59:18 – T. Eisenschmid (Kluge, Feldmeier) (PP, EA)
	Olsson   Jungåker   Wikner-Zienkiewicz	Shootout	Feldmeier   Kluge   Jobst-Smith   N. Eisenschmid
	33 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	24

27 August 2022 19:30

Czechia

5–1 (1–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 766

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referees:   Kaylen Hanson   Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen:   Marine Dinant   Anna Hammar
	0–1 12:34 – Weis (PP) Mrázová (Lásková, Mlýnková) (PP) – 17:57 1–1 Mlýnková (Mrázová) (PP2) – 35:38 2–1 Pejšová (Lásková) – 40:37 3–1 Pejzlová (Horálková, Křížová) (PP) – 55:16 4–1 Pejšová (Mlýnková) (PP) – 58:20 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	49	Shots	13

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28 August 2022 17:00

Denmark

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 719

Game reference
	Lisa Jensen	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referees:   Anniina Nurmi   Amanda Tassoni Linesmen:   Jennifer Cameron   Jessica Chartrand
	Østergaard (Jakobsen) – 53:05 1–0
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	45

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29 August 2022 15:30

Germany

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

Czechia

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 332

Game reference
	Sandra Abstreiter Franziska Albl	Goalies	Klára Peslarová Blanka Škodová	Referees:   Agnese Kārkliņa   Anniina Nurmi Linesmen:   Jennifer Cameron   Marine Dinant
	0–1 12:02 – Šapovalivová (Pejšová, Mrázová) (PP) 0–2 16:43 – Mlýnková (Mrázová, Lásková) (PP) 0–3 28:56 – Mills 0–4 31:42 – Neubauerová (Mills, Lásková) 0–5 39:10 – Sarnovská (Mrázová, Tejralová) 0–6 41:06 – Hymlarová (Křížová, Tejralová)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	9	Shots	32

29 August 2022 19:30

Hungary

2–3 GWS (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 345

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Ida Boman	Referees:   Nikoleta Celárová   Cianna Lieffers Linesmen:   Jessica Chartrand   Linnea Sainio
	0–1 17:36 – Jungåker (Lundin) (PP) Kreisz (Gasparics) (PP) – 04:07 1–1 1–2 25:10 – L. Johansson (Nylén Persson, Jungåker) (PP) Kiss-Simon (Huszák, Mayer) – 48:19 2–2
	Kreisz   Gasparics   Huszák   Seregély   Mayer   Seregély   Dabasi   Gasparics	Shootout	Olsson   Jungåker   Nylén Persson   Bouveng   Wikner-Zienkiewicz   Olsson   Jungåker   Olsson
	4 min	Penalties	15 min
	42	Shots	40

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30 August 2022 15:30

Sweden

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Czechia

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 337

Game reference
	Emma Söderberg	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees:   Julia Kainberger   Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen:   Jessica Chartrand   Marie-Pierre Jalbert
	0–1 29:11 – Přibylová (Neubauerová, Horálková) 0–2 49:40 – Mlýnková (Pátková, Pejšová) 0–3 52:12 – Hymlarová (Křížová) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

30 August 2022 19:30

Denmark

2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Germany

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 1,150

Game reference
	Cassandra Repstock-Romme	Goalies	Sandra Abstreiter	Referees:   Kaylen Hanson   Shauna Neary Linesmen:   Marine Dinant   Magda Jonáková
	Persson (Glud, Andersen) – 04:40 1–0 1–1 08:05 – Feldmeier (Jobst-Smith, N. Eisenschmid) (PP) Russell-Simon (Jakobsen) – 28:57 2–1 2–2 55:49 – Kluge (Welcke) 2–3 59:59 – T. Eisenschmid (EA)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	41

Knockout stage

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.^[8]

Rank	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	A	1	12	+27	30	2
2	Canada	A	2	9	+12	19	1
3	Finland	A	3	6	+2	15	3
4	Switzerland	A	4	3	−14	4	4
5	Japan	A	5	0	−27	4	6
6	Czechia	B	1	12	+19	21	7
7	Sweden	B	2	9	+2	12	8
8	Hungary	B	3	6	−6	7	11

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	1 September
	United States	12
					3 September
	Hungary	1
					United States	10
	1 September
					Czechia	1
	Canada	3
									4 September
	Sweden	0
									United States	1
	1 September
									Canada	2
	Finland	1
					3 September
	Czechia (OT)	2
					Canada	8
	1 September
					Switzerland	1			Third place
	Switzerland (GWS)	2
									4 September
	Japan	1
									Switzerland	2
									Czechia	4

Quarterfinals

1 September 2022 12:15

Switzerland

2–1 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Japan

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 891

Game reference
	Andrea Brändli	Goalies	Miyuu Masuhara	Referees:   Julia Kainberger   Cianna Lieffers Linesmen:   Anna Hammar   Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 34:35 – Ito (Hitosato) Leemann (Raselli) (SH) – 46:01 1–1
	Marti   Rüegg   Leemann	Shootout	Enomoto   Toko   Ak. Shiga   Ao. Shiga
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	33

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1 September 2022 16:00

United States

12–1 (1–0, 9–0, 2–1)

Hungary

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 923

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley Aerin Frankel	Goalies	Anikó Németh Zsuzsa Révész	Referees:   Tijana Haack   Samantha Hiller Linesmen:   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Justine Todd
	Heise (Dunne, Kessel) – 01:36 1–0 Heise (Kessel, Dunne) – 21:25 2–0 Bilka (Brandt) – 22:09 3–0 Pannek (Kessel, Coyne Schofield) – 24:02 4–0 Roque (Kessel, Coyne Schofield) (PP) – 25:20 5–0 Dunne (Barnes, Heise) – 30:14 6–0 Bilka (Knight, Harvey) – 32:39 7–0 Stecklein (Kessel, Harvey) – 35:17 8–0 Brandt (Harvey, Bilka) – 35:49 9–0 Heise (Carpenter, Roque) – 38:00 10–0 Knight (Bilka, Brandt) – 43:00 11–0 11–1 52:51 – Metzler (Huszák, Knee) (PP) Bilka (Keller, Guilday) – 54:42 12–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	69	Shots	10

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1 September 2022 17:30

Finland

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Czechia

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 326

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees:   Kaylen Hanson   Shauna Neary Linesmen:   Jessica Chartrand   Marine Dinant
	0–1 37:00 – Pejšová (Mills) Tulus (Holopainen, Rantala) – 48:01 1–1 1–2 60:41 – Tejralová
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	33

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1 September 2022 20:00

Canada

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 927

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees:   Anniina Nurmi   Amanda Tassoni Linesmen:   Jennifer Cameron   Magda Jonáková
	Larocque (Fast, Poulin) – 17:11 1–0 Potomak (Shelton) – 33:56 2–0 Ambrose (Potomak, Maltais) – 53:10 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	57	Shots	9

5–8th place semifinals

3 September 2022 12:00

Finland

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Hungary

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 344

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referees:   Kaylen Hanson   Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen:   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Magda Jonáková
	Tapani (Nieminen, Parkkonen) – 06:55 1–0 Tulus (Nieminen, Savolainen) – 20:58 2–0 2–1 23:30 – Metzler (Strobl) 2–2 31:45 – Huszák (Szamosfalvi) Holopainen (Tapani, Laitinen) – 61:26 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	18

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3 September 2022 16:00

Japan

5–4 (0–3, 3–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 378

Game reference
	Miyuu Masuhara	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees:   Nikoleta Celárová   Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen:   Marine Dinant   Linnea Sainio
	0–1 06:33 – Murén (T. Johansson) 0–2 10:18 – Carlsson (Olsson, Adolfsson) 0–3 19:56 – Nylén Persson (Olsson) (PP) Toko (Hitosato, Enomoto) (PP) – 24:01 1–3 Enomoto (Ito, Toko) (PP) – 25:19 2–3 Ito (Toko, Hikosato) (PP) – 39:19 3–3 Toko (Shiga) – 47:22 4–3 4–4 Olsson (Hjalmarsson) – 48:40 Koyama (Yamashita) – 57:12 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	36

Semifinals

3 September 2022 14:00

United States

10–1 (6–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Czechia

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 851

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	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Klára Peslarová Blanka Škodová	Referees:   Julia Kainberger   Amanda Tassoni Linesmen:   Jennifer Cameron   Jessica Chartrand
	Heise (Carpenter) – 07:53 1–0 Scamurra (Zumwinkle, Compher) – 09:50 2–0 Kessel (Heise) – 10:47 3–0 Knight (Heise, Keller) (PP) – 14:56 4–0 Knight (Bilka, Dunne) – 18:18 5–0 Compher (Eden, Keller) – 19:25 6–0 Kessel (Roque, Harvey) – 26:56 7–0 7–1 31:16 – Hymlarová (Křížová, Tejralová) Kessel (Heise) – 31:30 8–1 Harvey (Scamurra) – 50:36 9–1 Heise (Kessel) – 52:33 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	10

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3 September 2022 18:00

Canada

8–1 (2–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 864

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	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees:   Tijana Haack   Samantha Hiller Linesmen:   Tiina Saarimäki   Justine Todd
	O'Neill (Shelton) – 13:37 1–0 Eldridge (Maltais, Shelton) – 13:47 2–0 Jenner (Larocque) – 23:00 3–0 Fillier (Clark) – 27:32 4–0 4–1 32:31 – Christen (Stalder, Leemann) (PP2) Poulin (Potomak, Fast) – 41:17 5–1 Nurse (Fillier, Poulin) (PP) – 43:39 6–1 Poulin (Potomak, Jenner) – 45:14 7–1 Clark (Fillier) – 54:13 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	6

Fifth place game

4 September 2022 11:00

Finland

0–1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Japan

Scanel Hockey Arena, Frederikshavn Attendance: 303

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	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Miyuu Masuhara	Referees:   Kaylen Hanson   Shauna Neary Linesmen:   Marie-Pierre Jalbert   Magda Jonáková
	Tulus   Nieminen   Karvinen   Holopainen   Vainikka	Shootout	Ito   Ak. Shiga   Toko   Koyama
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	61	Shots	17

Third place game

4 September 2022 15:00

Switzerland

2–4 (1–2, 0–2, 1–0)

Czechia

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 1,294

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	Andrea Brändli	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees:   Samantha Hiller   Cianna Lieffers Linesmen:   Jennifer Cameron   Anna Hammar
	0–1 07:03 – Mlýnková (Mrázová, Tejralová) (PP) Marti (Christen, Leemann) (PP) – 11:19 1–1 1–2 15:07 – Pejšová (Lásková) 1–3 22:06 – Přibylová (Neubauerová, Peslarová) 1–4 29:59 – Mlýnková (Mrázová) Vallario (Rüegg, Stalder (PP) – 49:11 2–4
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	27

Final

Main article: 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship final

4 September 2022 19:30

United States

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Canada

KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning Attendance: 1,738

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	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees:   Anniina Nurmi   Amanda Tassoni Linesmen:   Tiina Saarimäki   Justine Todd
	0–1 29:30 – Jenner (Poulin, Shelton) 0–2 30:54 – Jenner (Fillier, Nurse) (PP) Roque (Kessel, Coyne Schofield) (PP) – 39:39 1–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	19

Awards and statistics

The awards were announced on 4 September 2022.^[9]

Awards

Directorate Awards Position Player Goaltender   Nicole Hensley Defenceman   Daniela Pejšová Forward   Taylor Heise MVP   Taylor Heise

All-Star team Position Player Goaltender   Klára Peslarová Defenceman   Daniela Pejšová   Caroline Harvey Forward   Taylor Heise   Sarah Fillier   Amanda Kessel

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

As of 4 September 2022

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Taylor Heise	7	7	11	18	+16	2	F
Amanda Kessel	7	6	11	17	+17	4	F
Hannah Bilka	7	5	7	12	+13	4	F
Sarah Fillier	7	5	6	11	+4	6	F
Kendall Coyne Schofield	7	1	10	11	+5	2	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	7	5	5	10	+4	6	F
Hilary Knight	7	6	3	9	+11	0	F
Daniela Pejšová	7	5	4	9	+6	6	D
Alexandra Carpenter	7	2	7	9	+15	0	F
Ella Shelton	7	2	7	9	+8	0	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

As of 4 September 2022

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Lisa Jensen	120:00	5	2.50	94	94.68	1
Ann-Renée Desbiens	300:00	4	0.80	61	93.44	1
Anni Keisala	350:32	12	2.05	183	93.44	1
Nicole Hensley	277:21	5	1.08	71	92.96	1
Miyuu Masuhara	349:48	19	3.26	223	91.48	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	32	9	+23	18	Champions
2	A	United States	7	6	0	0	1	53	7	+46	18	Runners-up
3	B	Czechia	7	5	1	0	1	28	15	+13	17	Third place
4	A	Switzerland	7	1	1	0	5	9	31	−22	5	Fourth place
5	A	Japan	7	1	1	1	4	11	37	−26	6	Fifth place game
6	A	Finland	7	2	1	2	2	19	18	+1	10
7	B	Sweden	6	1	2	0	3	16	18	−2	7
8	B	Hungary	6	1	0	2	3	10	28	−18	5
9	B	Germany	4	1	0	1	2	8	16	−8	4	Eliminated in Preliminary round
10	B	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	6	13	−7	3	Relegated

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.^[8]

References

1. Steiss, Adam (7 December 2021). "IIHF Council meets in Zurich". IIHF. from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
2. Merk, Martin (22 September 2021). "Women's Worlds in Olympic years". IIHF. from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
3. Podnieks, Andrew (4 September 2022). "Canada three-peats!". IIHF.com. from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
4. "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF.com. 1 March 2022. from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
5. "Tournament updates". 18 March 2022. from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
6. "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 23 August 2022. (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
7. Merk, Martin (17 June 2022). "Denmark opens Women's Worlds vs. Sweden". IIHF. from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
8. "Tournament Info". IIHF. 17 June 2022. from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
9. Montroy, Liz (4 September 2022). "Heise named MVP". IIHF.com. from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

External links

• Official website