2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria   Serbia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	4–9 April 22–25 March
Teams	7
←  2020 ← 2021 (cancelled) 2023  →

See also: 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). ^[1] Division III A and Division III B represent the sixth and seventh tier of the IIHF World Women's Championship.

Belgium won Group A and were promoted to Division II, while Estonia won the Group B tournament and were promoted to Group A. ^{[2] [3]} Due to Russia's exclusion, no team was relegated this season.

Group A tournament

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–9 April
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	45 (7.5 per game)
Attendance	1,782 (297 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Lotte De Guchtenaere (13 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 April 2022. ^{[4] [5]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Ukraine	Placed 6th in 2020 Division II B and were relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in 2020 Division III.
Romania	Placed 3rd in 2020 Division III.
Bulgaria	Hosts; placed 4th in 2020 Division III.
Lithuania	Placed 5th in 2020 Division III.
Hong Kong	Placed 6th in 2020 Division III.

Match officials

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[6]

Referees	Linesmen
Drahomira Fialova Sinem Türkmen	Harriet Weegh Julia Strube Julia Hjelmström

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	26	3	+23	9 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2023 Division II B
2	Lithuania	4	3	0	0	1	14	15	−1	9 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Bulgaria (H)	4	0	0	0	4	5	27	−22	0
–	Romania [lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
–	Ukraine [lower-alpha 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	Hong Kong [lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Notes:

1. Belgium and Lithuania are tied on head-to-head points (3–3); head-to-head goal difference: Belgium +7, Lithuania –7.
2. Romania withdrew their team on 25 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7]
3. Ukraine withdrew due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
4. Hong Kong withdrew their team on 3 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[8]

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3)

4 April 2022 18:30

Belgium

2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 201

Game reference
	Nina Van Orshaegen	Goalies	Emilie Simonsen	Referee: Sinem Türkmen Linesmen: Julia Strube Harriet Weegh
	0–1 05:13 – Petrauskaitė (Miuller) 0–2 19:14 – Miuller Bosmans – 34:11 1–2 Steeno (PP) – 54:53 2–2 2–3 56:43 – Miuller (PP2)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	15

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5 April 2022 18:30

Lithuania

8–3 (3–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Emilie Simonsen	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva Katrin Stankova	Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Julia Strube
	Miuller – 04:24 1–0 1–1 12:46 – Dilova (Baykusheva, Ovcharova) Miuller (Maleckienė) (PP) – 15:07 2–1 Miuller (Maleckienė, Bazevičiūtė) (PP) – 17:43 3–1 3–2 31:49 – Zareva (Popova, Runevska) (PP) Miuller (Petrauskaitė) – 36:49 4–2 Miuller (Karpavičiūtė) – 39:52 5–2 Maleckienė (Miuller) – 39:59 6–2 Miuller (Simonsen) – 42:38 7–2 7–3 48:21 – Zareva (Lisichkova) Tučiūtė – 50:30 8–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	29

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6 April 2022 18:30

Belgium

8–0 (3–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Nina Van Orshaegen Charlotte Swinnen	Goalies	Katrin Stankova	Referee: Sinem Türkmen Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Harriet Weegh
	De Wolf (Paulissen) – 04:31 1–0 Boon (De Wolf, De Terwangne) – 05:22 2–0 Steeno (Van Calster) – 14:23 3–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Van Calster) – 25:50 4–0 Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno) – 43:32 5–0 De Terwangne (Meulebrouck) – 47:32 6–0 De Guchtenaere – 50:52 7–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans) (PP) – 59:47 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	16

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7 April 2022 18:30

Lithuania

0–8 (0–0, 0–1, 0–7)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Emilie Simonsen Viltė Beličenkaitė	Goalies	Nina Van Orshaegen	Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Julia Strube
	0–1 29:50 – Paulissen (De Wolf) 0–2 43:25 – De Guchtenaere (Steeno, Bosmans) 0–3 44:30 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Van Calster) 0–4 46:47 – Bosmans (Steeno, Boon) 0–5 47:28 – Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno) 0–6 49:27 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Horemans) (PP) 0–7 50:16 – Steeno 0–8 57:37 – De Wolf (Horemans
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	6	Shots	53

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8 April 2022 18:30

Bulgaria

2–3 (0–3, 2–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Katrin Stankova	Goalies	Emilie Simonsen	Referee: Sinem Türkmen Linesmen: Julia Strube Harriet Weegh
	0–1 06:58 – Maleckienė (Tučiūtė) 0–2 08:50 – Miuller (PP) 0–3 11:57 – Tučiūtė (Miuller) (Petrauskaitė) Runevska (Dimova) (Kotseva) – 26:27 1–3 Zareva (Popova) – 35:40 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	23

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9 April 2022 19:00

Bulgaria

0–8 (0–4, 0–1, 0–3)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 301

Game reference
	Katrin Stankova	Goalies	Nina Van Orshaegen Charlotte Swinnen	Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Harriet Weegh
	0–1 11:52 – Steeno (Bosmans, De Guchtenaere) 0–2 13:10 – Bosmans 0–3 13:38 – Azitemina (De Terwangne, Meulebrouck) 0–4 14:03 – Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno) 0–5 33:32 – De Guchtenaere (De Wolf) (SH) 0–6 43:23 – Azitemina (De Guchtenaere) 0–7 51:33 – Steeno (Bosmans, De Guchtenaere) 0–8 55:09 – Steeno (Bosmans, Bollen)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	30

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Lotte De Guchtenaere	4	7	6	13	+15	2	F
Femke Bosmans	4	5	8	13	+12	6	F
Klara Miuller	4	9	3	12	+5	2	F
Anke Steeno	4	6	5	11	+12	2	F
Renee De Wolf	4	2	3	5	+7	8	F
Ramune Maleckienė	4	2	2	4	+5	4	F
Mirela Zareva	4	3	0	4	−10	0	F
Louise Paulissen	4	2	1	3	+5	0	F
Emilija Tučiūtė	4	2	1	3	+5	2	D
Audrey De Terwangne	4	1	2	3	+3	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Nina Van Orshaegen	204:50	4	0.88	44	93.18	1
Emilie Simonsen	225:50	12	3.19	150	92.00	0
Katrin Stankova	199:10	21	6.33	89	76.40	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [9]
Goaltender	Emilie Simonsen
Defenceman	Chinouk Van Calster
Forward	Lotte De Guchtenaere

Group B tournament

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–25 March
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	43 (7.17 per game)
Attendance	493 (82 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Edith Pärnik (6 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 22 to 25 March 2022. ^{[10] [11]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Estonia	Last participated in 2008.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	First time participating in World Championship.
Serbia	Hosts; first time participating in World Championship.
Israel	First time participating in World Championship.
Iran	First time participating in World Championship.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Estonia	3	3	0	0	0	24	1	+23	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division III A
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	0	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	0	2	7	16	−9	3
4	Israel	3	0	0	0	3	1	21	−20	0
–	Iran [lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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. Iran was scheduled to participate, but withdrew in September 2021 to avoid competing against Israel. ^{[12] [13]}

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1)

22 March 2022 14:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–1 (3–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 37

Game reference
	Hana Sadović	Goalies	Yael Fatiev Shelly Zilkha	Referee: Sini Kauhanen Linesmen: Baiba Dzene Laura Perronin
	Kapić (SH) – 04:48 1–0 Mulić (Karamehmedović) – 10:57 2–0 Kapić (Šopović) – 18:55 3–0 Mulić (Hodžić) (PP) – 23:46 4–0 4–1 25:24 – C. Kotler (S. Kotler) Karamehmedović (Viden, Hanić) – 39:56 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	13

22 March 2022 17:30

Estonia

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 126

Game reference
	Delen Schule	Goalies	Jovana Korica	Referee: Mariko Dale Linesmen: Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Lucie Povová
	Pärnik (Kulla) – 01:44 1–0 Seppar (Griffin) – 10:57 2–0 Lauk (Kulla) – 23:40 3–0 Pärnik (Kaareste, Kulla) – 40:46 4–0
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	15

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23 March 2022 14:00

Israel

0–10 (0–5, 0–5, 0–0)

Estonia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 27

Game reference
	Shelly Zilkha Yael Fatiev	Goalies	Triinu Tuvike	Referee: Sini Kauhanen Linesmen: Maren Frohaug Lucie Povová
	0–1 03:05 – Pärnik (Kaareste) 0–2 10:45 – Benetis (Griffin) 0–3 11:04 – Pärnik 0–4 16:49 – Mahla 0–5 19:00 – Lauk (Kaareste) 0–6 25:41 – Griffin (Jõemets) (PP, EA) 0–7 27:12 – Leet (Seppar) 0–8 27:48 – Benetis (Griffin) (EA) 0–9 35:44 – Lauk (Kulla) 0–10 38:40 – Pärnik (Kaareste)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	4	Shots	69

23 March 2022 17:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–5 (0–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 114

Game reference
	Zejneb Paldum	Goalies	Jovana Korica Sintija Vereš	Referee: Mariko Dale Linesmen: Baiba Dzene Elva Hjálmarsdóttir
	0–1 19:22 – Benčić (Vrhoci) (PP) 0–2 29:04 – Vrhoci (SH) 0–3 30:51 – Vaštag (Vrhoci) (PP) 0–4 36:09 – Milodanović (Vaštag) Kapić (Šoše) (PP) – 46:30 1–4 1–5 46:42 – Stantić (Popov)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	6	Shots	23

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25 March 2022 14:00

Estonia

10–1 (2–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 36

Game reference
	Delen Schule	Goalies	Hana Sadović Zejneb Paldum	Referee: Mariko Dale Linesmen: Baiba Dzene Maren Frohaug
	Kulla (Seppar) (PP) – 03:30 1–0 Aasma (Neering) – 09:26 2–0 Mahla – 23:29 3–0 3–1 28:39 – Kapić Mahla (Aasma) – 29:11 4–1 Joemets (Kaareste) – 30:21 5–1 Lauk (Seppar) – 40:19 6–1 Disko (Roosileht) – 42:37 7–1 Hollo (Griffin) – 44:34 8–1 Lauk (Pärnik) – 50:11 9–1 Leet – 56:40 10–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	6

25 March 2022 17:30

Serbia

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Jovana Korica Sintija Veres	Goalies	Yael Fatiev	Referee: Sini Kauhanen Linesmen: Laura Peronnin Lucie Povová
	H. Rac Sabo (Radović) (PP) – 07:02 1–0 Popov (Stantić) – 11:16 2–0 Milodanović (Popov) – 26:49 3–0 L. Rac Sabo (Vastag) – 31:46 4–0 L. Rac Sabo (Vrhoci) – 55:58 5–0 Vastag (Vrhoci) – 58:19 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	0

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Edith Pärnik	3	5	1	6	+12	0	F
Christin Lauk	3	5	0	5	+10	0	D
Merlin Griffin	3	1	4	5	+4	0	F
Kirke Kulla	3	1	4	5	+9	2	F
Valentina Vrhoci	3	1	4	5	+3	0	F
Diane Kaareste	3	0	5	5	+9	0	F
Irma Kapić	3	4	0	4	−1	4	F
Ivett Vastag	3	2	2	4	+2	2	F
Aleksandra-Olga Seppar	3	1	3	4	+5	4	D
Helen Mahla	3	3	0	3	+5	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Delen Schule	120:00	1	0.50	21	95.24	1
Yael Fatiev	141:16	13	5.52	111	88.29	0
Jovana Korica	160:25	5	1.87	25	80.00	0
Hana Sadović	102:37	8	4.68	36	77.78	0
Zejneb Paldum	77:23	8	6.20	33	75.76	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [14]
Goaltender	Delen Schule
Defenceman	Christin Lauk
Forward	Valentina Vrhoci

References

1. "Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. "Belgian women win". IIHF.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
3. "Estonia returns in style". IIHF.com. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
4. 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III A official website
5. 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III A statistics
6. IIIA game officials
7. "New dates and one withdrawal". IIHF.com. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
8. "Hong Kongers won't play this season". IIHF.com. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
9. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
10. 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III B official website
11. 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III B statistics
12. "New Zealand, Iran withdraw teams". IIHF.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
13. "Iran pulls out of women's ice hockey championship after being slated against Israel". israelhayom.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
14. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 26 March 2022.

External links

• Official website of IIHF