2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

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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) Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Līga Miljone

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Placed 2nd in 2022 Division II A.
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Placed 3rd in 2022 Division II A.
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Placed 4th in 2022 Division II A.
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Host, placed 5th in 2022 Division II A.
Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Did not participate last year.
Flag of Iceland.svg.png 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 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 4 4 0 0 0 21 3 18 12 Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2 Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 4 3 0 0 1 17 6 11 9
3 Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico (H) 4 2 0 0 2 5 16 −11 6
4 Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei 4 0 1 0 3 5 9 −4 2
5 Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 4 0 0 1 3 6 20 −14 1
– Flag of North Korea.svg.png 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 Flag of Latvia.svg.png 3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 108
2 April 2023
18:30 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg.png 0–6
(0–4, 0–1, 0–1) 		Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 716
3 April 2023
18:30 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1) 		Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 682
4 April 2023
14:00 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 128
4 April 2023
18:30 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 0–6
(0–3, 0–1, 0–2) 		Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 127
5 April 2023
18:30 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg.png 0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3) 		Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 708
6 April 2023
14:00 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 8–2
(1–1, 3–0, 4–1) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 114
6 April 2023
18:30 		Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0) 		Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 782
7 April 2023
14:00 		Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City
Attendance: 295
7 April 2023
18:30 		Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png 3–2 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png 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
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Placed 2nd in 2022 Division II B.
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Placed 3rd in 2022 Division II B.
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Host, placed 4th in 2022 Division II B.
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Placed 5th in 2022 Division II B.
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Did not participate last year.
Flag of Belgium.svg.png 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 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 4 4 0 0 0 19 4 15 12 Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2 Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 4 3 0 0 1 34 3 31 9
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 4 2 0 0 2 24 11 13 6
4 Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa (H) 4 1 0 0 3 4 20 −16 3
5 Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 4 0 0 0 4 3 46 −43 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III A
– Flag of Turkey.svg.png 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 Flag of Croatia.svg.png 1–15
(1–4, 0–3, 0–8) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
20 February 2023
20:00 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 10–0
(2–0, 5–0, 3–0) 		Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300
21 February 2023
20:00 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 10–1
(3–0, 3–1, 4–0) 		Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 50
22 February 2023
16:00 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 50
22 February 2023
20:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300
23 February 2023
20:00 		Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg.png 0–19
(0–2, 0–12, 0–5) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
24 February 2023
16:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 40
24 February 2023
20:00 		South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg.png 2–1
(2–0, 0–1, 0–0) 		Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 200
26 February 2023
14:00 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 5–2
(0–2, 3–0, 2–0) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300
26 February 2023
18:00 		South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg.png 1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png 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. 
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