2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

From International Hockey Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host nations  Mexico /  South Africa
Dates 2–7 April
20–26 February
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II comprised two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Group A tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico from 2 to 7 April, and the Group B tournament in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 to 26 February 2023.[1]

Latvia won Group A and got promoted and North Korea got relegated after withdrawing. Belgium won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Croatia got relegated.[2]

Group A tournament

2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A
180
Tournament details
Host nation  Mexico
Dates 2–7 April
Teams 5
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 54  (5.4 per game)
Attendance 3,938  (394 per game)
Scoring leader(s)  Latvia Līga Miljone

Participants

Team Qualification
 Latvia Placed 2nd in 2022 Division II A.
 Spain Placed 3rd in 2022 Division II A.
 Chinese Taipei Placed 4th in 2022 Division II A.
 Mexico Host, placed 5th in 2022 Division II A.
 North Korea Did not participate last year.
 Iceland Placed 1st in 2022 Division II B and was promoted.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Latvia 4 4 0 0 0 21 3 18 12 Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2  Spain 4 3 0 0 1 17 6 11 9
3  Mexico (H) 4 2 0 0 2 5 16 −11 6
4  Chinese Taipei 4 0 1 0 3 5 9 −4 2
5  Iceland 4 0 0 1 3 6 20 −14 1
–  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division II B

North Korea withdrew before the tournament.

Results

2 April 2023
14:00 		Latvia  3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Chinese Taipei San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 108
2 April 2023
18:30 		Mexico  0–6
(0–4, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Spain San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 716
3 April 2023
18:30 		Iceland  2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1) 		 Mexico San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 682
4 April 2023
14:00 		Spain  2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0) 		 Chinese Taipei San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 128
4 April 2023
18:30 		Iceland  0–6
(0–3, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Latvia San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 127
5 April 2023
18:30 		Mexico  0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3) 		 Latvia San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 708
6 April 2023
14:00 		Spain  8–2
(1–1, 3–0, 4–1) 		 Iceland San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 114
6 April 2023
18:30 		Chinese Taipei  0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Mexico San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 782
7 April 2023
14:00 		Latvia  4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		 Spain San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 295
7 April 2023
18:30 		Chinese Taipei  3–2 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Iceland San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 278

Group B tournament

2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B
180
Tournament details
Host nation  South Africa
Dates 20–26 February
Teams 5
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 84  (8.4 per game)
Attendance 1,900  (190 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Australia Sharna Godfrey

Participants

Team Qualification
 Australia Placed 2nd in 2022 Division II B.
 Turkey Placed 3rd in 2022 Division II B.
 South Africa Host, placed 4th in 2022 Division II B.
 Croatia Placed 5th in 2022 Division II B.
 New Zealand Did not participate last year.
 Belgium Placed 1st in 2022 Division III A and was promoted.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Belgium 4 4 0 0 0 19 4 15 12 Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2  Australia 4 3 0 0 1 34 3 31 9
3  New Zealand 4 2 0 0 2 24 11 13 6
4  South Africa (H) 4 1 0 0 3 4 20 −16 3
5  Croatia 4 0 0 0 4 3 46 −43 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III A
–  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn

Turkey withdrew before the tournament due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.

Results

20 February 2023
16:00 		Croatia  1–15
(1–4, 0–3, 0–8) 		 New Zealand The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
20 February 2023
20:00 		Australia  10–0
(2–0, 5–0, 3–0) 		 South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300
21 February 2023
20:00 		Belgium  10–1
(3–0, 3–1, 4–0) 		 Croatia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 50
22 February 2023
16:00 		Belgium  1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		 Australia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 50
22 February 2023
20:00 		New Zealand  5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		 South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300
23 February 2023
20:00 		Croatia  0–19
(0–2, 0–12, 0–5) 		 Australia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
24 February 2023
16:00 		New Zealand  2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1) 		 Belgium The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 40
24 February 2023
20:00 		South Africa  2–1
(2–0, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Croatia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 200
26 February 2023
14:00 		Australia  5–2
(0–2, 3–0, 2–0) 		 New Zealand The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300
26 February 2023
18:00 		South Africa  1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1) 		 Belgium The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 600

References

  1. ↑ "World Championships". https://www.iihf.com/en/tournaments?tournamentType=WM&selectedSeason=2023&tournamentCategory=worlds. 
  2. ↑ "Back-to-back Belgian gold". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wwiib/news/42274/back-to-back_belgian_gold. 
This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).
Retrieved from "http://internationalhockeywiki.com/ihw/index.php?title=2023_IIHF_Women%27s_World_Championship_Division_II&oldid=55791"