2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III explained

Tourney Name:IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III
Year:2023
Country:Romania
Country2:Israel
Dates:3–9 April
26–31 March
Num Teams:9
Venues:2
Cities:2
Nextseason:2024

See also: 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.

The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Division III A and Division III B represent the sixth and seventh tier of the IIHF World Women's Championship.[1]

Hong Kong took the Group A tournament and got promoted, while Estonia were relegated to Group B.[2] Serbia won the Group B tournament and were promoted to Group A.[3]

Group A tournament

Tourney Name:IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III A
Size:x240px
Year:2023
Country:Romania
City:Brașov
Dates:3–9 April
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:99
Scoring Leader: Klara Miuller
Points:18
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 3 to 9 April 2023.[4] [5]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.
Placed 3rd in Division III A last year.
Hosts; did not participate last year.
Did not participate last year.
Did not participate last year.
Placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+3)

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
5 13 5 18 +11 0 F
5 5 6 11 −2 43 F
5 7 2 9 +1 10 F
5 5 4 9 +1 27 F
5 5 4 9 +6 4 F
5 4 5 9 −2 4 F
5 4 5 9 +7 2 F
5 3 6 9 +8 2 F
5 5 2 7 +4 2 F
5 4 3 7 +2 27 F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
180:00 3 1.00 79 96.20 1
294:19 6 1.22 108 94.44 2
125:00 5 2.40 85 94.12 0
231:02 7 1.82 118 94.07 0
238:04 11 2.77 148 92.57 1
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position Player[7]
Goaltender Keira Mok
Defenceman Tetiana Kyrychenko
Forward Klara Miuller

Group B tournament

Tourney Name:IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III B
Size:x240px
Year:2023
Country:Israel
City:Tnuvot
Dates:26–31 March
Num Teams:3
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:6
Goals:50
Scoring Leader: Valentina Vrhoci
Points:14
Website:Website

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Tnuvot, Israel, from 26 to 31 March 2023.[8] [9]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.
Placed 3rd in Division III B last year.
Hosts; placed 4th in Division III B last year.

Match officials

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.[10]

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Israel Summer TimeUTC+3)

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
4 10 4 14 +15 0 F
4 3 7 10 +8 10 F
4 3 6 9 +15 0 F
4 5 2 7 +6 4 F
4 5 2 7 +11 4 F
4 3 3 6 −9 2 F
4 2 4 6 +5 0 F
4 2 4 6 +6 4 F
4 2 3 5 0 0 F
4 1 3 4 −3 0 F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
229:32 2 0.52 42 95.24 1
173:29 9 3.11 96 90.62 0
230:07 28 7.30 143 80.42 0
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position Player[11]
Goaltender Yael Fatiev
Defenceman Amila Šoše
Forward Milica Velček

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Championships. IIHF.
  2. Web site: Hong Kong, China celebrates historical gold. IIHF. 10 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Young and Dominant Serbia Storms to Gold. IIHF. 31 March 2023.
  4. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wwiiia 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III A official website
  5. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/516/ 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III A statistics
  6. Web site: IIIA Competition officials. IIHF. 2 April 2023.
  7. Web site: Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA. IIHF. 9 April 2023.
  8. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wwiiib 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III B official website
  9. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/502/ 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III B statistics
  10. Web site: IIIB Competition officials. IIHF. 25 March 2023.
  11. Web site: Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB. IIHF. 31 March 2023.