2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

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. 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 to win their 12th title.
==Participants==
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1 Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on doping sanctions, Russian athletes and teams are prohibited from competing under the Russian flag or using the Russian national anthem at any Olympic Games or world championships through 16 December 2022, and must compete as "neutral athlete[s]." For IIHF tournaments, the Russian team will play under the name "ROC". Instead of the Russian national anthem being played at the 2021 World Championship, Piano Concerto No.1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was played. Russia was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2 Sweden replaced Russia.
==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 (UTC+2).
===Group A===
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===Group B===
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==Knockout stage==
There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
Rank	Team	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	 	A	1	12	+27	30	2
2 	 	A	2	9 	+12	19	1
3 	 	A	3	6 	+2 	15	3
4 	 	A	4	3 	−14	4 	4
5 	 	A	5	0 	−27	4 	6
6 	 	B	1	12	+19	21	7
7 	 	B	2	9 	+2 	12	8
8 	 	B	3	6 	−6 	7 	11
===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 4 September 2022.
===Awards===
Directorate Awards
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Nicole Hensley
Defenceman	Daniela Pejšová
Forward 	Taylor Heise
MVP 	Taylor Heise
All-Star team
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.
Player	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
 	6 	7	11	18 	+17	2 	F
 	6 	6	10	16 	+18	4 	F
 	6 	5	7 	12 	+13	4 	F
 	6 	5	5 	10 	+4 	4 	F
 	6 	1	9 	10 	+5 	2 	F
 	6 	6	3 	9 	+11	0 	F
 	6 	5	4 	9 	+3 	6 	F
 	7 	5	4 	9 	+6 	6 	D
 	6 	2	7 	9 	+16	0 	F
 	6 	1	8 	9 	+12	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.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Lisa Jensen 	120:00	5 	2.50	94 	94.68	1
Nicole Hensley 	220:00	3 	0.82	52 	94.23	1
Anni Keisala 	350:32	12	2.05	183	93.44	1
Ann-Renée Desbiens	240:00	3 	0.75	40 	92.50	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==
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
IIHF Women's World Championship
2022 IIHF Women's World Championship
IIHF