# 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship

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

## 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.

## Venue

* Brampton
* CAA Centre Capacity: 5,000

## 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.
| 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.
All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−4).

### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Czechia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 | Quarterfinals |

### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 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 | Relegated to the 2024 Division I A |

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

### Final
## Awards and statistics

The awards were announced on 16 April 2023.

### Awards

| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Ann-Renée Desbiens |
| Defenceman | Caroline Harvey |
| Forward | Sarah Fillier |
| MVP | Sarah Fillier |
| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Emma Söderberg |
| Defenceman | Renata Fast |
| Defenceman | Caroline Harvey |
| Forward | Sarah Fillier |
| Forward | Petra Nieminen |
| Forward | 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 | Fifth place game |
| 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 | Eliminated in Preliminary round and relegated to the 2024 Division I A |