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2018 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Summary

The 2018 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were the 20th such series of tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. These tournaments also served as qualifications for the 2019 competition.

2018 Women's Ice Hockey
World Championships
Tournament details
Host countries France
 Italy
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Bulgaria
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Teams29
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For the 2018 program, there was no relegations, only promotions, to raise the total at the top level up to ten nations.[1]

Championship (Top Division) edit

The Top Division tournament was not held due to the 2018 Olympics.

Division I edit

Division I Group A edit

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Vaujany, France, from 8 to 14 April 2018.[2][3]

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   France (H) 5 4 0 0 1 16 8 +8 12 Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2   Austria 5 3 0 0 2 19 15 +4 9[a]
3   Hungary 5 3 0 0 2 21 13 +8 9[a]
4   Denmark 5 2 0 0 3 14 15 −1 6[b]
5   Norway 5 2 0 0 3 7 10 −3 6[b]
6   Slovakia 5 1 0 0 4 8 24 −16 3
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Austria 6–4 Hungary
  2. ^ a b Norway 0–1 Denmark

Division I Group B edit

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 8 to 14 April 2018.[4][5]

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Italy (H) 5 4 0 0 1 14 6 +8 12 Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2   South Korea 5 3 1 0 1 20 8 +12 11
3   Latvia 5 3 0 0 2 7 12 −5 9
4   Kazakhstan 5 2 0 1 2 9 10 −1 7
5   China 5 2 0 0 3 7 7 0 6
6   Poland 5 0 0 0 5 7 21 −14 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.
(H) Host

Division II edit

Division II Group A edit

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 31 March to 6 April 2018.[6][7]

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Netherlands 5 5 0 0 0 24 3 +21 15 Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2   Great Britain 5 4 0 0 1 17 7 +10 12
3   North Korea 5 3 0 0 2 14 15 −1 9
4   Australia 5 2 0 0 3 10 17 −7 6
5   Slovenia (H) 5 1 0 0 4 14 15 −1 3
6   Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 3 25 −22 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.
(H) Host

Division II Group B edit

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2018.[8][9]

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Spain (H) 5 5 0 0 0 29 5 +24 15 Promoted to the 2019 Division II A
2   Chinese Taipei 5 4 0 0 1 24 16 +8 12
3   Iceland 5 2 1 0 2 25 11 +14 8
4   New Zealand 5 2 0 1 2 24 21 +3 7
5   Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 17 31 −14 3
6   Romania 5 0 0 0 5 12 47 −35 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.
(H) Host

Division II Group B Qualification edit

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 December 2017.[10][11]

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Croatia 4 4 0 0 0 27 2 +25 12 Promoted to the 2019 Division II B
2   Belgium 4 3 0 0 1 26 2 +24 9
3   South Africa 4 2 0 0 2 12 8 +4 6
4   Hong Kong 4 1 0 0 3 4 33 −29 3
5   Bulgaria (H) 4 0 0 0 4 3 27 −24 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.
(H) Host

References edit

  1. ^ "Women's Worlds grow". iihfworlds2017.com. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A official website
  3. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A statistics
  4. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B official website
  5. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B statistics
  6. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A official website
  7. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A statistics
  8. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B official website
  9. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B statistics
  10. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification official website
  11. ^ 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification statistics

External links edit

  • Official website of IIHF

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