2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	Czech Republic   Latvia   Italy   Iceland   Mexico
Venue	5 (in 5 host cities)
Teams	28
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The 2014 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were the 17th such series of tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). This was the first time that the women's tournaments were played in an Olympic year. The IIHF determined that the best way to continue advancing the competitive level of nations not invited to the Olympic tournament was to fund participation every year. ^[1] No Top Division tournament was played, and initially the IIHF stated that the last-placed Olympic participant would be relegated to be replaced by the Division I Group A winner. ^[2] However after discussion it was changed so that the two teams in question played best of three series instead of simply swapping places. ^[3]

2014 Winter Olympics

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Top Division playoff

The last-placed team of the 2014 Olympics faced the winner of the 2014 Division I A tournament in a best-of-three series. The winners, Japan, were promoted to the 2015 Top Division. The event took place in Yokohama, Japan, from 8 to 11 November 2014. ^{[4] [5]}

All times are local (Japan Standard Time – UTC+9)

8 November 2014 14:00

Japan

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama Attendance: 821

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Danielle McGurry
	Terashima (Ukita) – 27:06 1–0 Koike (Kubo, Hirano) (PP) – 53:54 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	28

9 November 2014 14:00

Czech Republic

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama Attendance: 975

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Lee Tae-ri
	Polenská (Bukolská) – 35:14 1–0 Křížová (Mrázová) – 49:20 2–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	17

11 November 2014 19:00

Japan

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama Attendance: 868

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Lee Tae-ri Danielle McGurry
	Fujimoto (Yoneyama, Osawa) – 18:22 1–0 Nakamura (Takeuchi) – 48:51 2–0 2–1 Vanišová – 51:40
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	14

Division I

Main article: 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Přerov, Czech Republic, from 6 to 12 April 2014. ^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic (H)	5	5	0	0	0	15	3	+12	15	Qualified for the 2015 Top Division playoff
2	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	17	12	+5	9
3	Denmark	5	2	1	0	2	17	18	−1	8
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	12	15	−3	6
5	Austria	5	1	1	1	2	16	19	−3	6
6	Slovakia	5	0	0	1	4	11	21	−10	1	Relegated to the 2015 Division I B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 6 to 12 April 2014. ^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia (H)	5	5	0	0	0	17	3	+14	15	Promoted to the 2015 Division I A
2	China	5	3	0	0	2	10	15	−5	9
3	Hungary	5	2	1	0	2	13	13	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	0	2	16	10	+6	8
5	North Korea	5	1	0	0	4	10	17	−7	3
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	2	3	5	13	−8	2	Relegated to the 2015 Division II A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II

Main article: 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 6 to 12 April 2014. ^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Italy (H)	5	4	1	0	0	20	5	+15	14	Promoted to the 2015 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	3	0	1	1	12	8	+4	10
3	South Korea	5	1	2	0	2	9	10	−1	7
4	Poland	5	2	0	1	2	18	18	0	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	1	3	7	15	−8	4
6	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	13	23	−10	3	Relegated to the 2015 Division II B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 24 to 30 March 2014. ^[9]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	26	8	+18	15	Promoted to the 2015 Division II A
2	Slovenia	5	4	0	0	1	24	9	+15	12
3	Spain	5	3	0	0	2	22	15	+7	9
4	Iceland (H)	5	2	0	0	3	8	14	−6	6
5	Belgium	5	0	1	0	4	3	21	−18	2
6	Turkey	5	0	0	1	4	8	24	−16	1	Relegated to the 2015 Division II B Qualification

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II Group B Qualification

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 19 to 22 March 2014. ^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mexico (H)	3	3	0	0	0	18	2	+16	9	Promoted to the 2015 Division II B
2	South Africa	3	1	1	0	1	7	8	−1	5
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	1	1	7	16	−9	4
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

References

1. New era of women's hockey Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
2. Fasel opens 137th IIHF congress Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
3. Promotion format defined Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Showdown in Yokohama". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-08-06.
5. 2015 Top Division playoff statistics
6. 2014 Division I A statistics
7. 2014 Division I B statistics
8. 2014 Division II A statistics
9. 2014 Division II B statistics
10. 2014 Division II B Q statistics

External links

• Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info
• Official website of IIHF