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{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = 2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship
| year         = 
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| country      = Thailand
| dates        = 30 April–7 May, 2023
| num_teams    = 8
| venues       = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
| cities       = 
| type         = ihw
| winners      = THA
| count        = 2
| second       = IRN
| third        = SGP
| games        = 
| goals        =
| scoring_leader = 
| points = 
| prevseason = [[2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2019]]
| nextseason = TBD
}}

The '''2023 IIHF Women's Asia and Oceania Championship''' was an international women's [[ice hockey]] tournament run by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). The tournament took place between 30 April–7 May, 2023 in Bangkok, [[Thailand]].<ref name="Bangkok">{{cite web | title=Back in Bangkok | website=IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation | date=April 30, 2023 | url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/news/44058/back_in_bangkok | access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Buzz">{{cite web | last=Team | first=SportsBuzz | title=India To Compete In Ice Hockey Women's Asia And Oceania Championship | website=SportsBuzz | date=April 12, 2023 | url=https://www.sportsbuzz.com/more-than-cricket/india-to-compete-in-ice-hockey-womens-asia-and-oceania-championship | access-date=May 6, 2023}}</ref><ref name="ANI News 2023">{{cite web | title=UAE to participate in 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Asia and Oceania Championship in Thailand | website=ANI News | date=May 7, 2023 | url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/uae-to-participate-in-2023-iihf-ice-hockey-womens-asia-and-oceania-championship-in-thailand20230430144828/ | access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> It was the IIHF women's debut for [[Iran]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref name="Hockey News">{{cite web | title=Iran and Kyrgyzstan Make IIHF Women’s Debut | first=Liz | last=Montroy | website=The Hockey News | date=April 30, 2023 | url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/international/iran-and-kyrgyzstan-make-iihf-womens-hockey-debut | access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>

Eight teams participated in the tournament and were drawn into two seeded groups. The top two teams from Group A advanced directly to the semifinals, while the bottom two from Group A faced the top two teams of Group B in the quarterfinals.<ref name="Tehran Times 2023">{{cite web | title=Iran start 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Asia on high | website=Tehran Times | date=April 30, 2023 | url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484155/Iran-start-2023-IIHF-Ice-Hockey-Women-s-Asia-on-high | access-date=May 6, 2023}}</ref>

[[Thailand]] won the tournament ahead of [[Iran]] and [[Singapore]], successfully defending their title from [[2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia|2019]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Thailand wins women’s 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Asia and Oceania Championship gold | website=IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation | url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/news/44263/thailand_wins_women_s_a_o_gold | access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref>

==Preliminary round==
===Group A===
{| class="wikitable"
!<abbr>Pos</abbr>
!Team
!<abbr>Pld</abbr>
!<abbr>W</abbr>
!<abbr>OTW</abbr>
!<abbr>OTL</abbr>
!<abbr>L</abbr>
!<abbr>GF</abbr>
!<abbr>GA</abbr>
!<abbr>GD</abbr>
!<abbr>Pts</abbr>
!Promotion or relegation
|-
|1
!{{ih|Thailand}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0
|35
|2
| +33
|9
| rowspan="2" |Semifinals
|-
|2
!{{ih|Singapore}}
|3
|1
|1
|0
|1
|9
|16
|−7
|5
|-
|3
!{{ih|Malaysia}}
|3
|1
|0
|1
|1
|5
|16
|−11
|4
| rowspan="2" |Quarterfinals
|-
|4
!{{ih|United Arab Emirates}}
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|5
|20
|−15
|0
|}

<small>All times local.</small>
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 30 April 2023
| time        = 17:00
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|SGP}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|MAS}}
| score       = 2–1 {{small|GWS}}
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43974/3-sgp-vs-mas
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
| attendance  = 
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}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 30 April 2023
| time        = 20:30
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|THA}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|UAE}}
| score       = 11–0
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43975/4-tha-vs-uae
| goalie1     = 
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| progression = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 1 May 2023
| time        = 17:00
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|SGP}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|UAE}}
| score       = 5–2
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43978/7-sgp-vs-uae
| goalie1     = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 1 May 2023
| time        = 20:30
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|MAS}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|THA}}'''
| score       = 0–11
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43979/8-mas-vs-tha
| goalie1     = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 3 May 2023
| time        = 17:00
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|UAE}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|MAS}}'''
| score       = 3–4
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43982/11-uae-vs-mas
| goalie1     = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 3 May 2023
| time        = 20:30
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|THA}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|SGP}}
| score       = 13–2
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43983/12-tha-vs-sgp
| goalie1     = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable"
!<abbr>Pos</abbr>
!Team
!<abbr>Pld</abbr>
!<abbr>W</abbr>
!<abbr>OTW</abbr>
!<abbr>OTL</abbr>
!<abbr>L</abbr>
!<abbr>GF</abbr>
!<abbr>GA</abbr>
!<abbr>GD</abbr>
!<abbr>Pts</abbr>
!Promotion or relegation
|-
|1
!{{ih|Iran}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0
|63
|1
| +62
|9
| rowspan="2" |Quarterfinals
|-
|2
!{{ih|India}}
|3
|2
|0
|0
|1
|10
|17
|−7
|6
|-
|3
!{{ih|Kyrgyzstan}}
|3
|1
|0
|0
|2
|3
|30
|−27
|3
| rowspan="2" |Placement round
|-
|4
!{{ih|Kuwait}}
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|1
|29
|−28
|0
|}

{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 30 April 2023
| time        = 10:00
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|KUW}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|KGZ}}'''
| score       = 1–3
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43972/1-kuw-vs-kgz
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
| attendance  = 
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| shots2      = 
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 30 April 2023
| time        = 13:30
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|IND}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|IRI}}'''
| score       = 1–17
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43973/2-ind-vs-iri
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
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| official    = 
| official2   = 
| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
| attendance  = 
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| shots2      = 
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 1 May 2023
| time        = 10:00
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|KUW}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|IRI}}'''
| score       = 0–20
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43976/5-kuw-vs-iri
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 1 May 2023
| time        = 13:30
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|KGZ}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|IND}}'''
| score       = 0–3
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43977/6-kgz-vs-ind
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 3 May 2023
| time        = 10:00
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|IRI}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|KGZ}}
| score       = 26–0
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43980/9-iri-vs-kgz
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 3 May 2023
| time        = 13:30
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|IND}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|KUW}}
| score       = 6–0
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43981/10-ind-vs-kuw
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
| goals2      = 
| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
| attendance  = 
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}}

==Playoff round==
===Bracket===
{{6TeamBracket
| RD1=Quarterfinals
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=Gold medal game
| RD3b=Bronze medal game

| RD1-seed1=A3
| RD1-team1={{ihw|MAS}}
| RD1-score1=2
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2='''{{ihw|IND}}'''
| RD1-score2='''3'''

| RD1-seed3=A4
| RD1-team3={{ihw|UAE}}
| RD1-score3=0
| RD1-seed4=B1
| RD1-team4='''{{ihw|IRI}}'''
| RD1-score4='''14'''

| RD2-seed1=A1
| RD2-team1='''{{ihw|THA}}'''
| RD2-score1='''13'''
| RD2-seed2=B2
| RD2-team2={{ihw|IND}}
| RD2-score2=0

| RD2-seed3=A2
| RD2-team3={{ihw|SGP}}
| RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4=B1
| RD2-team4='''{{ihw|IRI}}'''
| RD2-score4='''3'''

| RD3-seed1=A1
| RD3-team1='''{{ihw|THA}}'''
| RD3-score1='''3'''
| RD3-seed2=B1
| RD3-team2={{ihw|IRI}}
| RD3-score2=1

| RD3-seed3=A2
| RD3-team3='''{{ihw|SGP}}'''
| RD3-score3='''3'''
| RD3-seed4=B2
| RD3-team4={{ihw|IND}}
| RD3-score4=1
}}

===Quarterfinals===
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 4 May 2023
| time        = 17:00
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|MAS}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|IND}}'''
| score       = 2–3
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43984/13-mas-vs-ind
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
| goals2      = 
| official    = 
| official2   = 
| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
| attendance  = 
| penalties1  = 
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| shots1      = 
| shots2      = 
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 4 May 2023
| time        = 20:30
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|UAE}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|IRI}}'''
| score       = 0–14
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43985/14-uae-vs-iri
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
===Seventh place game===
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 6 May 2023
| time        = 10:00
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|KGZ}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|KUW}}
| score       = 1–0
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43986/15-kgz-vs-kuw
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
===Fifth place game===
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 6 May 2023
| time        = 13:30
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|MAS}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|UAE}}'''
| score       = 3–4
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43987/16-mas-vs-uae
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
===Semifinals===
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 6 May 2023
| time        = 17:00
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|THA}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|IND}}
| score       = 13–0
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43988/17-tha-vs-ind
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
| attendance  = 
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| shots2      = 
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 6 May 2023
| time        = 20:30
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|SGP}}
| team2       = '''{{ihw|IRI}}'''
| score       = 0–3
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43989/18-sgp-vs-iri
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
| goals1      = 
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| official    = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}
===Third place game===
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 7 May 2023
| time        = 17:00
| bg          =
| team1       = '''{{ihw-rt|SGP}}'''
| team2       = {{ihw|IND}}
| score       = 3–1
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43990/19-sgp-vs-ind
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
| attendance  = 
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}}
===Final===
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = 7 May 2023
| time        = 20:30
| bg          =
| team1       = {{ihw-rt|THA}}
| team2       = {{ihw|IRI}}
| score       = 3–1
| periods     = 
| reference   = https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/aow/gamecenter/playbyplay/43991/20-tha-vs-iri
| goalie1     = 
| goalie2     = 
| progression = 
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| stadium     = Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena, [[Bangkok]]
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}}

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=40|Rk.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=120|Team
|- style="background:#ffd700;"
|align=center|{{gold1}}||{{ihw|THA}}
|- style="background:#c0c0c0;"
|align=center|{{silver2}}||{{ihw|IRI}}
|- style="background:#CD853F;"
|align=center|{{bronze3}}||{{ihw|SGP}}
|-
|align=center|4.||{{ihw|IND}}
|-
|align=center|5.||{{nowrap|{{ihw|UAE}}}}
|-
|align=center|6.||{{ihw|MAS}}
|-
|align=center|7.||{{ihw|KGZ}}
|-
|align=center|8.||{{ihw|KUW}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia}}

[[Category:IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia]]
[[Category:2023 in ice hockey]]

{{Wikipedia}}