2023 IIHF Women's World Championship

2023 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Brampton
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–16 April
Opened by	Mary Simon
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (10th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Czechia
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	194 (6.26 per game)
Attendance	59,372 (1,915 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Caroline Harvey (14 points)
Awards
MVP	Sarah Fillier
Official website
www.iihf.com
←  2022 2024  →

See also: 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 22nd edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in Brampton, Canada from 5 to 16 April 2023 at the CAA Centre. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The United States won their tenth title after defeating Canada 6–3 in the final, while Czechia captured bronze over Switzerland. ^{[5] [6]}

Format

The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through ninth in the 2022 tournament, plus France, which was promoted after the 2022 tournament, were placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continued to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B were relegated. During the knockout stage, there was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals. ^[7]

Venue

Brampton

CAA Centre Capacity: 5,000

Participating teams

Group A   Canada   United States   Czechia    Switzerland   Japan

Group B   Finland   Sweden   Hungary   Germany   France – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2022

Rosters

Main article: 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.

Match officials

Twelve referees and twelve linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[8]

Referees	Linesmen
Julia Kainberger Brandy Dewar Cianna Lieffers Elizabeth Mantha Shauna Neary Anniina Nurmi Tijana Haack Agnese Kārkliņa Kelly Cooke Samantha Hiller Chelsea Rapin Amanda Tassoni	Jessica Chartrand Justine Todd Erin Zach Kamila Smetková Tiina Saarimäki Amy Lack Zóra Gottlibet Magdalena Jonáková Anna Hammar Sarah Buckner Jennifer Cameron Erika Greenen

Preliminary round

The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament. ^[9]

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−4). ^[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	4	3	1	0	0	18	4	+14	11	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	0	25	8	+17	10
3	Czechia	4	1	1	0	2	10	14	−4	5
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	7	21	−14	3
5	Japan	4	0	0	1	3	5	18	−13	1

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

5 April 2023 15:00

United States

7–1 (2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 894

Game reference
	Aerin Frankel	Goalies	Miyuu Masuhara Riko Kawaguchi	Referees: Agnese Kārkliņa Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Tiina Saarimäki Justine Todd
	0–1 08:14 – Toko (Koyama) Keller (Heise, Janecke) – 09:29 1–1 Carpenter (Barnes, Knight) (PP) – 14:44 2–1 Carpenter (Kessel, Knight) – 21:52 3–1 Heise (Guilday, Harvey) – 22:43 4–1 Bilka (Harvey, Winn) – 45:07 5–1 Murphy – 54:16 6–1 Knight (Winn, Carpenter) – 57:09 7–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	58	Shots	13

5 April 2023 19:00

Canada

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 3,510

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Andrea Brändli	Referees: Anniina Nurmi Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Zóra Gottlibet Erika Greenen
	Spooner – 11:42 1–0 Nurse (Ambrose, Fillier) (PP) – 14:27 2–0 Johnston (Rattray, Spooner) (PP) – 21:44 3–0 Fillier (Nurse) – 54:07 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	49	Shots	12

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6 April 2023 15:00

Japan

1–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Czechia

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 568

Game reference
	Miyuu Masuhara	Goalies	Blanka Škodová	Referees: Kelly Cooke Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Erin Zach
	0–1 19:23 – Pejšová (Přibylová, Neubauerová) Ukita (Toko) – 43:14 1–1 1–2 63:16 – Mrázová (Neubauerová, Lásková) (EA)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	28

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7 April 2023 11:00

Switzerland

1–9 (0–4, 0–2, 1–3)

United States

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 2,227

Game reference
	Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Nicole Hensley	Referees: Samantha Hiller Julia Kainberger Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Jessica Chartrand
	0–1 00:07 – Murphy (Roque) 0–2 15:19 – Harvey (Heise) (PP) 0–3 15:42 – Bilka (Heise) 0–4 16:56 – Gilmore (Hughes, Murphy) 0–5 28:23 – Roque (Murphy) 0–6 38:04 – Kessel (Heise, Barnes) 0–7 47:45 – Harvey (Roque, Janecke) (PP) Enzler (Müller, Stalder) (PP) – 50:27 1–7 1–8 55:00 – Barnes (Carpenter, Knight) (PP) 1–9 59:31 – Hughes (Barnes, Roque)
	10 min	Penalties	27 min
	13	Shots	54

7 April 2023 19:00

Czechia

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 4,036

Game reference
	Blanka Škodová	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees: Brandy Dewar Shauna Neary Linesmen: Anna Hammar Amy Lack
	0–1 08:03 – Poulin (Turnbull, Jenner) Mlýnková – 18:27 1–1 1–2 18:52 – Fast (Larocque, Turnbull) 1–3 38:57 – Turnbull (Larocque, Clark) 1–4 42:16 – Poulin (Jenner) 1–5 54:40 – Stacey (Turnbull, Shelton)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	42

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8 April 2023 19:00

Japan

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 3,755

Game reference
	Miyuu Masuhara Riko Kawaguchi	Goalies	Emerance Maschmeyer	Referees: Tijana Haack Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Magdalena Jonáková
	0–1 03:56 – Jenner (Poulin, Ambrose) 0–2 08:03 – Fillier (Fast, Nurse) 0–3 23:34 – Nurse (Ambrose, Poulin) (PP) 0–4 38:35 – Spooner (Rattray, Fillier) 0–5 56:41 – Fillier (Serdachny, Turnbull)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	60

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9 April 2023 15:00

United States

6–2 (2–2, 2–0, 2–0)

Czechia

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 2,149

Game reference
	Aerin Frankel	Goalies	Blanka Škodová	Referees: Elizabeth Mantha Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Amy Lack
	Keller (Murphy) – 06:27 1–0 1–1 07:59 – Křížová (Pejzlová, Vanišová) (PP) 1–2 13:06 – Čajanová Scamurra (Pannek, Harvey) – 16:11 2–2 Eden – 20:45 3–2 Janecke (Heise, Bilka) – 30:42 4–2 Knight (Carpenter, Harvey) – 41:22 5–2 Roque (SH) – 48:51 6–2
	49 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	24

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10 April 2023 15:00

Switzerland

4–3 (0–2, 2–1, 2–0)

Japan

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,101

Game reference
	Andrea Brändli	Goalies	Riko Kawaguchi	Referees: Julia Kainberger Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Anna Hammar Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 06:08 – Koyama (Toko, Hitosato) 0–2 11:21 – Enomoto (Ito, Ukita) (PP) Christen (Müller, Stalder) (PP) – 26:32 1–2 Vallario – 26:53 2–2 2–3 34:26 – Ao. Shiga (Ak. Shiga, Noro) Müller (Enzler, Baechler) – 47:57 3–3 Stalder (Müller, Vallario) – 50:54 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	22

10 April 2023 19:00

Canada

4–3 GWS (1–1, 1–0, 1–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

United States

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 4,322

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Aerin Frankel	Referees: Samantha Hiller Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Justine Todd
	0–1 08:45 – Bilka (Roque, Janecke) (PP) Fillier (Nurse, Zandee-Hart) – 12:38 1–1 Poulin (Ambrose, Fillier) (PP2) – 23:08 2–1 Stacey (Clark, Thompson) (ENG) – 57:33 3–1 3–2 59:21 – Knight (Harvey, Heise) (EA) 3–3 59:56 – Kessel (Bilka, Heise) (EA)
	Jenner Fillier Poulin Spooner Nurse Poulin Jenner Fillier Rattray	Shootout	Knight Harvey Heise Carpenter Kessel Knight Heise Bilka Knight
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	29

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11 April 2023 19:00

Czechia

5–2 (3–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Switzerland

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,119

Game reference
	Blanka Škodová	Goalies	Saskia Maurer Caroline Spies	Referees: Kelly Cooke Tijana Haack Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Erin Zach
	Šapovalivová (Mlýnková) – 00:52 1–0 Pejzlová (Čajanová, Vanišová) – 13:26 2–0 Mills (Pejšová, Lásková) – 19:00 3–0 Hymlarová (Neubauerová, Lásková) (PP) – 39:08 4–0 4–1 40:29 – Stalder (Enzler, Christen) Pištěková (Plosová, Mills) – 42:04 5–1 5–2 50:08 – Müller (Stalder, Enzler)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	15

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	26	3	+23	12	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	4	3	0	0	1	11	6	+5	9
3	Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	18	14	+4	6
4	Hungary	4	1	0	0	3	7	15	−8	3	Relegated to the 2024 Division I A
5	France	4	0	0	0	4	5	29	−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.

5 April 2023 11:00

France

1–14 (0–6, 1–3, 0–5)

Finland

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 705

Game reference
	Margaux Mameri Caroline Lambert	Goalies	Sanni Ahola	Referees: Julia Kainberger Shauna Neary Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Amy Lack
	0–1 05:19 – Nieminen (Liikala) (SH) 0–2 06:03 – Nylund (Sundelin, Rantala) (SH) 0–3 08:27 – Vesa (Sundelin, Karjalainen) 0–4 15:37 – Vesa (Laitinen, Hiirikoski) 0–5 16:33 – Tulus (Savolainen, Rantala) 0–6 18:04 – Liikala (Vanhanen, Nieminen) Duvin (Aurard) – 20:36 1–6 1–7 21:53 – Nylund (Parkkonen, Karjalainen) 1–8 23:51 – Lindstedt (Parkkonen, Yrjänen) 1–9 30:41 – Laitinen (Hiirikoski, Nieminen) 1–10 42:34 – Vainikka (Liikala, Vanhanen) 1–11 48:32 – Vainikka (Savolainen, Tulus) 1–12 51:57 – Nieminen (Laitinen, Vainikka) 1–13 56:08 – Nylund (Laitinen, Vanhanen) (PP) 1–14 58:38 – Savolainen (Vainikka, Tulus)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	53

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6 April 2023 11:00

Germany

6–2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Sweden

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,021

Game reference
	Sandra Abstreiter	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees: Tijana Haack Samantha Hiller Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Magdalena Jonáková
	0–1 00:10 – Svensson Feldmeier (Strobel, Haider) (PP) – 18:15 1–1 Kluge (Welcke, Weidenfelder) – 24:47 2–1 Haider (Wagner, Karpf) – 25:31 3–1 3–2 25:50 – Svensson Voigt (Jobst-Smith, Haider) – 33:05 4–2 Haider (Wagner, Karpf) – 47:21 5–2 Feldmeier (Strobel, Botthof) (EN) – 55:07 6–2
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	33

6 April 2023 19:00

France

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Hungary

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,072

Game reference
	Caroline Lambert	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referees: Brandy Dewar Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Anna Hammar
	0–1 05:46 – Huszák (Metzler, Kiss-Simon) 0–2 11:41 – Metzler (Kiss-Simon, Mayer) (PP) 0–3 37:50 – Huszák (Dabasi) Duvin (Rozier, Väänänen) – 42:59 1–3 Locatelli (Duvin, Baudrit) (PP) – 48:07 2–3 2–4 52:40 – Dabasi (Huszák, Kiss-Simon) (PP)
	31 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	32

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7 April 2023 15:00

Finland

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,532

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Johanna May	Referees: Agnese Kārkliņa Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Zóra Gottlibet Justine Todd
	Lindstedt (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:18 1–0 Vesa (Sundelin, Nylund) – 15:59 2–0 Vainikka (Laitinen, Hiirikoski) – 28:39 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	16

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8 April 2023 11:00

Sweden

6–2 (4–2, 1–0, 1–0)

Hungary

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,337

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Anikó Németh Zsuzsa Révész	Referees: Cianna Lieffers Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Erika Greenen Tiina Saarimäki
	Ljungblom (Svensson, Kjellbin) – 03:00 1–0 Ljungblom (Svensson, Olsson) – 06:13 2–0 2–1 07:27 – Seregély (Gasparics) 2–2 08:57 – Dabasi (Huszák, Mayer) (PP) Ljungblom (Svensson, Nylén Persson) (PP) – 13:08 3–2 Andersson (Thuvik, Jungåker) – 14:58 4–2 Ljungblom (Olsson) – 24:44 5–2 Svensson (Nylén Persson, Olsson) (PP) – 51:54 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	29

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9 April 2023 11:00

Finland

4–2 (0–0, 0–2, 4–0)

Sweden

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,919

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Brandy Dewar Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Erika Greenen Kamila Smetková
	0–1 21:08 – Thuvik (Hjalmarsson) 0–2 38:59 – Jungåker (Kjellbin, Johansson) (PP) Vainikka (Rantala, Tulus) – 43:42 1–2 Savolainen (Nieminen, Tulus) (PP) – 46:06 2–2 Nieminen (Liikala, Vanhanen) – 47:51 3–2 Savolainen (Tulus, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 58:34 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	11 min
	38	Shots	15

9 April 2023 19:00

Germany

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

France

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,020

Game reference
	Sandra Abstreiter	Goalies	Margaux Mameri	Referees: Kelly Cooke Shauna Neary Linesmen: Zóra Gottlibet Erin Zach
	Haider (Strobel, Feldmeier) (PP) – 15:49 1–0 Eisenschmid – 20:28 2–0 Jobst-Smith (Kluge, Eisenschmid) (PP) – 50:39 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	28

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10 April 2023 11:00

Hungary

0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Finland

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,073

Game reference
	Anikó Németh Zsuzsa Révész	Goalies	Sanni Ahola	Referees: Tijana Haack Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Magdalena Jonáková
	0–1 11:36 – Laitinen (Nieminen, Vanhanen) 0–2 22:12 – Hiirikoski (Tulus, Lindstedt) (PP) 0–3 36:15 – Nylund (Vanhanen, Vainikka) (PP) 0–4 36:21 – Vesa (Sundelin) 0–5 59:47 – Savolainen (Rantala, Yrjänen)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	15	Shots	36

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11 April 2023 11:00

Hungary

1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,232

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Sandra Abstreiter	Referees: Shauna Neary Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Erika Greenen Kamila Smetková
	0–1 10:34 – Hark (Delarbre, Jobst-Smith) 0–2 19:25 – Eisenschmid (Feldmeier) Dabasi (Odnoga) – 20:49 1–2
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	26

11 April 2023 15:00

Sweden

8–2 (3–0, 4–0, 1–2)

France

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 702

Game reference
	Emma Söderberg	Goalies	Caroline Lambert Margaux Mameri	Referees: Agnese Kārkliņa Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Magdalena Jonáková Amy Lack
	Olsson (Ljungblom, Holmgren) – 06:49 1–0 Lundin (Olsson, Nylén Persson) (PP) – 09:22 2–0 Olsson (Ljungblom) – 18:27 3–0 Olsson (Svensson, Nylén Persson) (PP) – 26:02 4–0 Ljungblom (Lundin, Nylén Persson) (PP) – 29:12 5–0 Olsson (Ljungblom, Jungåker) – 33:17 6–0 Ljungblom (Svensson, Olsson) – 35:53 7–0 Svensson (Olsson, Lundin) (PP) – 45:38 8–0 8–1 48:43 – Barbirati (Le Scodan, Desvignes) 8–2 50:05 – Baudrit (Duvin, Rozier) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	48	Shots	24

Knockout stage

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Ranking

Rank	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Canada	A	1	11	+14	18	2
2	United States	A	2	10	+17	25	1
3	Czechia	A	3	5	−4	10	6
4	Switzerland	A	4	3	−14	7	4
5	Japan	A	5	1	−13	5	7
6	Finland	B	1	12	+23	26	3
7	Germany	B	2	9	+5	11	10
8	Sweden	B	3	6	+4	18	8

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 April
	A1   Canada (OT)	3
					15 April
	B3   Sweden	2
					1   Canada	5
	13 April
					4    Switzerland	1
	A2   United States	3
									16 April
	B2   Germany	0
									1   Canada	3
	13 April
									2   United States	6
	A3   Czechia	2
					15 April
	B1   Finland	1
					2   United States	9
	13 April
					3   Czechia	1			Third place
	A4    Switzerland	5
									16 April
	A5   Japan	1
									3   Czechia	3
									4    Switzerland	2

Quarterfinals

13 April 2023 10:00

Czechia

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,034

Game reference
	Blanka Škodová	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referees: Cianna Lieffers Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Anna Hammar Justine Todd
	0–1 15:18 – Vainikka (Tulus, Laitinen) Mlýnková (Křížová, Mrázová) (PP) – 26:46 1–1 Mrázová (Tejralová, Čajanová) – 27:35 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	42

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13 April 2023 13:30

United States

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,375

Game reference
	Aerin Frankel	Goalies	Sandra Abstreiter	Referees: Elizabeth Mantha Shauna Neary Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Zóra Gottlibet
	Kessel (Harvey, Carpenter) (PP) – 19:05 1–0 Bilka (Winn, Roque) (PP) – 32:39 2–0 Murphy (Scamurra, Stecklein) (SH) – 47:56 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	52	Shots	18

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13 April 2023 17:00

Canada

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 4,019

Game reference
	Emerance Maschmeyer	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees: Tijana Haack Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Erika Greenen Kamila Smetková
	Turnbull (Fast) – 08:20 1–0 Nurse (Ambrose, Jenner) (PP) – 33:01 2–0 2–1 38:37 – Ljungblom (Svensson, Nylén Persson) (PP) 2–2 59:50 – Svensson (Nylén Persson, Jungåker) (EA) Nurse (Fillier, Larocque) – 64:26 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	54	Shots	14

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13 April 2023 20:30

Switzerland

5–1 (1–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Japan

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 1,344

Game reference
	Andrea Brändli	Goalies	Miyuu Masuhara Riko Kawaguchi	Referees: Julia Kainberger Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Erin Zach
	0–1 08:17 – Toko (Ukita, Seki) Christen (Müller, Stalder) (PP) – 18:22 1–1 Müller (Stalder) – 20:29 2–1 Stalder (Enzler) – 24:26 3–1 Enzler (Stalder, Christen) – 26:10 4–1 Enzler (Müller, Stalder) (PP) – 48:29 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	28

5th–8th place semifinals

14 April 2023 15:00

Finland

8–2 (1–1, 3–1, 4–0)

Germany

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 679

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Sandra Abstreiter Johanna May	Referees: Kelly Cooke Brandy Dewar Linesmen: Magdalena Jonáková Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 10:17 – Weidenfelder (Feldmeier, Haider) (PP) Nylund (Vesa, Sundelin) – 10:33 1–1 Nieminen (Hiirikoski, Savolainen) (PP) – 20:35 2–1 2–2 21:49 – Wagner (Karpf, Hark) Nieminen (Tulus) (PP) – 25:31 3–2 Nieminen (Hiirikoski, Laitinen) (EA) – 28:50 4–2 Liikala (Parkkonen, Nieminen) – 45:11 5–2 Hiirikoski (Laitinen) – 48:17 6–2 Vesa (Nylund, Rantala) – 49:19 7–2 Laitinen (Vainikka, Liikala) (PP) – 59:45 8–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	22

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14 April 2023 19:00

Japan

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Sweden

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 976

Game reference
	Riko Kawaguchi	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees: Samantha Hiller Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Kamila Smetková
	0–1 09:06 – Bouveng (Lundin, Olsson)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	24

Semifinals

15 April 2023 12:00

United States

9–1 (1–0, 5–1, 3–0)

Czechia

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 2,663

Game reference
	Aerin Frankel	Goalies	Blanka Škodová Kateřina Zechovská	Referees: Kelly Cooke Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Anna Hammar Tiina Saarimäki
	Kessel (Barnes, Harvey) (PP) – 11:30 1–0 Knight (Barnes, Roque) – 24:22 2–0 Knight (Harvey, Barnes (PP) – 25:57 3–0 Murphy (Harvey, Carpenter) – 28:13 4–0 4–1 31:31 – Šapovalivová (Mrázová, Čajanová) Roque (Heise, Winn) (PP) – 35:00 5–1 Kessel (Knight) – 38:19 6–1 Janecke (Heise, Bilka) – 42:50 7–1 Janecke (Heise, Winn) (PP) – 47:11 8–1 Harvey (Kessel) – 54:08 9–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	15

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15 April 2023 16:00

Canada

5–1 (0–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Switzerland

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 4,235

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Andrea Brändli	Referees: Samantha Hiller Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Jessica Chartrand
	Fillier (Nurse, Spooner) – 31:06 1–0 Fillier (Spooner) – 37:04 2–0 Rattray (Spooner, Thompson) (PP) – 43:48 3–0 Fillier (Ambrose, Maltais) – 55:04 4–0 4–1 57:56 – Müller (Christen, Quennec) (PP2) Johnston (Bourbonnais, Poulin) – 59:59 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	27 min
	59	Shots	9

Fifth place game

16 April 2023 10:00

Finland

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 956

Game reference
	Sanni Ahola	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees: Kelly Cooke Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Anna Hammar Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 00:48 – Kjellbin (Johansson, Hjalmarsson) Hiirikoski (PP) – 10:12 1–1 Yrjänen (Savolainen, Vainikka) – 26:48 2–1 Tulus (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 57:10 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	42	Shots	19

Third place game

16 April 2023 15:00

Czechia

3–2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 2,162

Game reference
	Blanka Škodová	Goalies	Andrea Brändli	Referees: Samantha Hiller Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Jessica Chartrand
	0–1 11:15 – Stalder (Quennec, Müller) (PP) Křížová (Vanišová, Tejralová) – 11:46 1–1 Pejzlová (Vanišová, Křížová) – 14:31 2–1 2–2 28:09 – Lutz Křížová (Tejralová, Jandušíková) – 37:16 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	13

Final

16 April 2023 19:00

Canada

3–6 (1–1, 2–1, 0–4)

United States

CAA Centre, Brampton Attendance: 4,635

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Aerin Frankel	Referees: Elizabeth Mantha Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Justine Todd
	Poulin (Ambrose, Jenner) (PP2) – 06:23 1–0 1–1 18:01 – Murphy (Carpenter) Jenner (Fast, Rattray) – 25:03 2–1 2–2 28:30 – Knight (Kessel) Jenner (Fast, Poulin) – 29:39 3–2 3–3 45:40 – Harvey 3–4 56:50 – Knight (Heise, Carpenter) (PP2) 3–5 57:17 – Knight (Harvey, Kessel) (PP) 3–6 58:02 – Barnes (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	22

Awards and statistics

The awards were announced on 16 April 2023. ^[11]

Awards

Directorate Awards Position Player Goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens Defenceman Caroline Harvey Forward Sarah Fillier MVP Sarah Fillier

All-Star team Position Player Goaltender Emma Söderberg Defenceman Renata Fast Caroline Harvey Forward Sarah Fillier Petra Nieminen Marie-Philip Poulin

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Caroline Harvey	7	4	10	14	+14	6	D
Petra Nieminen	7	6	7	13	+7	2	F
Hilary Knight	7	8	4	12	+7	6	F
Taylor Heise	7	1	11	12	+9	2	F
Sarah Fillier	7	7	4	11	+9	2	F
Hilda Svensson	7	5	6	11	+8	2	F
Hanna Olsson	7	4	7	11	+9	4	F
Lara Stalder	7	4	7	11	+1	35	F
Jenni Hiirikoski	7	3	8	11	+6	2	D
Lina Ljungblom	7	7	3	10	+6	6	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders

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
Sanni Ahola	179:39	2	0.67	46	95.65	1
Aerin Frankel	364:01	9	1.48	132	93.18	1
Sandra Abstreiter	288:39	13	2.70	182	92.86	1
Emma Söderberg	301:47	13	2.58	170	92.35	1
Anni Keisala	237:01	6	1.52	75	92.00	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	7	6	0	1	0	43	12	+31	19	Champions
2	A	Canada (H)	7	4	2	0	1	29	13	+16	16	Runners-up
3	A	Czechia	7	3	1	0	3	16	26	−10	11	Third place
4	A	Switzerland	7	2	0	0	5	15	30	−15	6	Fourth place
5	B	Finland	7	6	0	0	1	38	8	+30	18	Fifth place game
6	B	Sweden	7	3	0	1	3	22	20	+2	10
7	A	Japan	6	0	0	1	5	6	24	−18	1
8	B	Germany	6	3	0	0	3	13	17	−4	9
9	B	Hungary	4	1	0	0	3	7	15	−8	3	Eliminated in Preliminary round and relegated to the 2024 Division I A
10	B	France	4	0	0	0	4	5	29	−24	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) tier of the group; 2) position in the group; 3) number of points; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored; 6) seeding before tournament. ^[7]
(H) Host

References

1. "2023 World Championships". IIHF . Retrieved 31 May 2022.
2. Merk, Martin (15 December 2022). "Women's Worlds in Brampton". IIHF . Retrieved 15 December 2022.
3. 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship official website
4. 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics
5. "Knight's 100th point good as gold". IIHF . 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
6. "Czechia wins back-to-back bronze". IIHF . 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
7. "Tournament Info". IIHF . Retrieved 6 April 2023.
8. "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF . 7 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
9. Merk, Martin (4 September 2022). "Canada remains first in World Ranking". IIHF . Retrieved 4 September 2022.
10. Merk, Martin (24 January 2023). "Canada opens Women's Worlds vs. Swiss". IIHF . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
11. Podnieks, Andrew (16 April 2023). "Fillier named MVP". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links

• Tournament official website
• Official website of IIHF