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 in the final, while Czechia captured bronze over Sweden.
==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.
==Participants==
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==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 (UTC−4).
===Group A===
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===Group B===
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==Knockout stage==
There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
===Ranking===
Rank	Team	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	 	A	1	11	+14	18	2
2 	 	A	2	10	+17	25	1
3 	 	A	3	5 	−4 	10	6
4 	 	A	4	3 	−14	7 	4
5 	 	A	5	1 	−13	5 	7
6 	 	B	1	12	+23	26	3
7 	 	B	2	9 	+5 	11	10
8 	 	B	3	6 	+4 	18	8
===Bracket===
===Quarterfinals===
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===5–8th place semifinals===
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===Semifinals===
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===Fifth place game===
===Third place game===
===Final===
==Awards and statistics==
The awards were announced on 16 April 2023.
===Awards===
Directorate Awards
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Ann-Renée Desbiens
Defenceman	Caroline Harvey
Forward 	Sarah Fillier
MVP 	Sarah Fillier
All-Star team
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
 	7 	4	10	14 	+14	6 	D
 	7 	6	7 	13 	+7 	2 	F
 	7 	8	4 	12 	+7 	6 	F
 	7 	1	11	12 	+9 	2 	F
 	7 	7	4 	11 	+9 	2 	F
 	7 	5	6 	11 	+8 	2 	F
 	7 	4	7 	11 	+9 	4 	F
 	7 	4	7 	11 	+1 	35 	F
 	7 	3	8 	11 	+6 	2 	D
 	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==
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
IIHF Women's World Championship
2023 IIHF Women's World Championship
Category:2023 in ice hockey