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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | Cornerstone Community Center, Green Bay |
Dates | 31 August–3 September |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | Team World |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 8 |
Goals scored | 47 (5.88 per game) |
Official website | |
Green Bay 2023 | |
The 2023 Women's World Challenge (or for sponsorship reasons, the 2023 Women's World Challenge presented by Citi) was the 2nd edition of this Para Ice Hockey world competition made for women's teams. This tournament acts as a precursor for a fully fledged Women's World Championship in 2025. [1] For the second time, the tournament was held in Green Bay, Wisconsin in the United States. United States were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after beating Canada, 2–0, in the Gold Medal match. [2] While Team World defeated Great Britain 7–0 to claim bronze.
Green Bay, in Wisconsin, was given the hosting rights after holding the inaugural edition in 2022. [3]
Originally, five teams were going to take part: Canada, United States, Great Britain, Team Europe and Team Asia. [3]
As there were problems related to logistics and other issues, the Asia team could not be formed, so the World Team with the remaining players was formed again.
Just like in 2022, Citi is the sponsor for the competition. [4]
The games were streamed live on the Green Bay 2023 website, World Para Ice Hockey Facebook page and Paralympics Games YouTube channel.
In total, the players came from 11 countries. [5]
The four teams all played each other in a round robin format. The top two advanced to the final, while bottom 2 played a bronze medal match.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 | Gold Medal match |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | |
3 | Team World | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | Bronze Medal match |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 |
All times are Central Daylight Time (–05:00 GMT).
31 August 15:00 | Team World | 5–1 (1–1, 1–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Elisabeth Bisaillon | Goalies | Nicole Jodi Hill | ||||||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | Shots | 6 |
31 August 18:30 | Canada ![]() | 0–3 (0–2, 0–1, 0–0) | ![]() | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Jessie Gregory | Goalies | Gabby Graves Wake, Hope Bevilhymer | |||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
2 | Shots | 25 |
1 September 15:00 | Canada ![]() | 4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2) | Team World | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Tracey Arnold | Goalies | Lynsey Warne | ||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | Shots | 8 |
1 September 18:30 | United States ![]() | 7–0 (4–0, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Hope Bevilhymer, Nicole Jodi Hill | Goalies | Susi Rogers-Hartley, Hope Magelky | |||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 0 |
2 September 15:00 | Great Britain ![]() | 0–9 (0–6, 0–1, 0–2) | ![]() | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Susi Rogers-Hartley | Goalies | Tracey Arnold, Marie-Eve Croteau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0 | Shots | 29 |
September 2 18:30 | Team World | 0–7 (0–4, 0–2, 0–1) | ![]() | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Meranda Reast | Goalies | Gabby Graves-Wake, Hope Bevilhymer | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Shots | 19 |
3 September 11:00 | Team World | 7–0 (2–0, 1–0, 4–0) | ![]() | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Lynsey Warne, Meranda Reast, Elisabeth Bisaillon | Goalies | Nicole Jodi Hill | |||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 7 |
3 September 15:00 | United States ![]() | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3 |
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Hope Bevilhymer, Hope Magelky, Gabby Graves-Wake | Goalies | Jessie Gregory | ||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||
25 | Shots | 1 |
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