2018 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2018 Women's Ice Hockey
World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	France   Italy   Slovenia   Spain   Bulgaria
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Teams	29
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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.

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)

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

Division I

Further information: 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I Group A

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

Pos	Team v t e	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 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	0	2	21	13	+8	9 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	14	15	−1	6 [lower-alpha 2]
5	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	7	10	−3	6 [lower-alpha 2]
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. Austria 6–4 Hungary
2. Norway 0–1 Denmark

Division I Group B

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Further information: 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II Group A

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

• Official website of IIHF