2024 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 23rd edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in Utica, New York, United States from April 3–14, 2024 at the Adirondack Bank Center.
==Venue==
Utica
Adirondack Bank Center Capacity: 3,860
==Participants==
;Group A
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;Group B
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* – Promoted from Division IA Group A in 2023
* – Promoted from Division IA Group A in 2023
==Format==
The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through eighth in the 2023 tournament, plus two teams promoted from 2023 Division IA, will be placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continue to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B will be relegated. During the knockout stage, there will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
==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 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Julia Kainberger
* Jennifer Berezowski
* Cianna Lieffers
* Amy Martin
* Shauna Neary
* Zuzana Svobodová
* Anniina Nurmi
* Vanessa Anselm
* Melissa Doyle
* Samantha Hiller
* Chelsea Rapin
* Amanda Tassoni	
* Alex Clarke
* Laura Gutasukas
* Justine Todd
* Kirsten Welsh
* Kristýna Hájková
* Kamila Smetková
* Tiina Saarimäki
* Alexia Cheyroux
* Leonie Ernst
* Natalia Suchanek
* Sarah Buckner
* Melanie Gotsdiner
==Preliminary round==
The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.
All times are local (UTC−4)
===Group A===
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===Group B===
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==Knockout stage==
There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
===Bracket===
===Quarterfinals===
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===Semifinals===
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===Fifth place game===
===Third place game===
===Final===
==Final rankings==
==Awards and statistics==
The awards were announced on 14 April 2024.
===Awards===
Directorate Awards
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Sandra Abstreiter
Defenceman	Renata Fast
Forward 	Alexandra Carpenter
MVP 	Laila Edwards
All-Star team
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Sanni Ahola
Defenceman	Renata Fast
Defenceman	Caroline Harvey
Forward 	Alexandra Carpenter
Forward 	Laila Edwards
Forward 	Natálie Mlýnková
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	PIM	Pos
Alexandra Carpenter 	7 	6	4	10 	+10	2 	F
Hilary Knight 	7 	4	6	10 	+9 	0 	F
Caroline Harvey 	7 	2	8	10 	+12	2 	D
Kendall Coyne Schofield	7 	3	6	9 	+9 	0 	F
Laila Edwards 	7 	6	2	8 	+5 	0 	F
Abbey Murphy 	7 	3	5	8 	+6 	4 	F
Taylor Heise 	7 	2	5	7 	+7 	2 	F
Hilda Svensson 	5 	4	2	6 	+2 	0 	F
Natálie Mlýnková 	7 	4	2	6 	+1 	2 	F
Renata Fast 	7 	3	3	6 	+15	6 	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.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Sandra Abstreiter 	303:11	6 	1.19	121	95.04	1
Zhan Jiahui 	209:45	9 	2.57	149	93.92	0
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	308:54	7 	1.36	85 	93.58	2
Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm	241:19	10	2.49	136	92.65	0
Klára Peslarová 	430:00	18	2.51	242	92.56	2
 TOI = Time on Ice, GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average, SA = Shots Against, Sv% = Save Percentage, SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
IIHF Women's World Championship
2024 IIHF Women's World Championship
IIHF Women's World Championship