# 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which was contested in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 25 August to 4 September 2022, at the KVIK Hockey Arena, and Scanel Hockey Arena. Historically, a top division tournament was not played during Olympic years, but in September 2021, the IIHF announced the change to play the tournament each year, even during Olympic years.
Canada defeated the United States 2–1 in the final in overtime to win their record-extending 12th title.

## Venues

| Herning | Frederikshavn |
| KVIK Hockey Arena Capacity: 4,120 (seats: 420) | Scanel Hockey Arena Capacity:4,000 (seats: 750) |

## Participating teams

$^1$Russia was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Sweden was invited to replace them.

## 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

Eleven referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.
| Referees | Linesmen |
| Julia Kainberger Cianna Lieffers Shauna Neary Kaisa Ketonen Anniina Nurmi Tijana Haack Agnese Kārkliņa Nikoleta Celárová Kaylen Hanson Samantha Hiller Amanda Tassoni | Marine Dinant Jessica Chartrand Marie-Pierre Jalbert Justine Todd Wang Hui Tiina Saarimäki Linnea Sainio Magda Jonáková Anna Hammar Jennifer Cameron |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 | Quarterfinals |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Czechia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | |
| 5 | Denmark (H) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | Relegated to the 2023 Division I A |
* 1 2 Germany 2–4 Hungary

## Knockout stage

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Team | Grp | Pos | Pts | GD | GF | Seed |
| 1 | United States | A | 1 | 12 | +27 | 30 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada | A | 2 | 9 | +12 | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | Finland | A | 3 | 6 | +2 | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | Switzerland | A | 4 | 3 | −14 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan | A | 5 | 0 | −27 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Czechia | B | 1 | 12 | +19 | 21 | 7 |
| 7 | Sweden | B | 2 | 9 | +2 | 12 | 8 |
| 8 | Hungary | B | 3 | 6 | −6 | 7 | 11 |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | |
| United States | 12 | | | |
| United States | 12 | 3 September | 3 September | | |
| Hungary | 1 | 3 September | 3 September | |
| Hungary | 1 | United States | 10 | |
| 1 September | 1 September | | United States | 10 | |
| 1 September | 1 September | Czechia | 1 | |
| Canada | 3 | Czechia | 1 | |
| Canada | 3 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Sweden | 0 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Sweden | 0 | | | | United States | 1 |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | | | United States | 1 |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | | Canada | 2 |
| Finland | 1 | | | | Canada | 2 |
| Finland | 1 | 3 September | 3 September | | | |
| Czechia (OT) | 2 | 3 September | 3 September | | | |
| Czechia (OT) | 2 | Canada | 8 | | | |
| 1 September | 1 September | | Canada | 8 | | | |
| 1 September | 1 September | Switzerland | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Switzerland (GWS) | 2 | Switzerland | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Switzerland (GWS) | 2 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Japan | 1 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Japan | 1 | | | | Switzerland | 2 |
| | | | | | Czechia | 4 |

### Final
## Awards and statistics

The awards were announced on 4 September 2022.

### Awards

| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Nicole Hensley |
| Defenceman | Daniela Pejšová |
| Forward | Taylor Heise |
| MVP | Taylor Heise |
| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Klára Peslarová |
| Defenceman | Daniela Pejšová |
| Defenceman | Caroline Harvey |
| Forward | Taylor Heise |
| Forward | Sarah Fillier |
| Forward | Amanda Kessel |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
    As of 4 September 2022
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Taylor Heise | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +16 | 2 | F |
| Amanda Kessel | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +17 | 4 | F |
| Hannah Bilka | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +13 | 4 | F |
| Sarah Fillier | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +4 | 6 | F |
| Kendall Coyne Schofield | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Marie-Philip Poulin | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 6 | F |
| Hilary Knight | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +11 | 0 | F |
| Daniela Pejšová | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +6 | 6 | D |
| Alexandra Carpenter | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +15 | 0 | F |
| Ella Shelton | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +8 | 0 | D |
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.
    As of 4 September 2022
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Lisa Jensen | 120:00 | 5 | 2.50 | 94 | 94.68 | 1 |
| Ann-Renée Desbiens | 300:00 | 4 | 0.80 | 61 | 93.44 | 1 |
| Anni Keisala | 350:32 | 12 | 2.05 | 183 | 93.44 | 1 |
| Nicole Hensley | 277:21 | 5 | 1.08 | 71 | 92.96 | 1 |
| Miyuu Masuhara | 349:48 | 19 | 3.26 | 223 | 91.48 | 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 | Canada | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | A | United States | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 7 | +46 | 18 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Czechia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 17 | Third place |
| 4 | A | Switzerland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 31 | −22 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | Japan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 37 | −26 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | A | Finland | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 10 | Fifth place game |
| 7 | B | Sweden | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 7 | |
| 8 | B | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 5 | |
| 9 | B | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | Eliminated in Preliminary round |
| 10 | B | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | Relegated to the 2023 Division I A |