2024 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship will be 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 4 to 14 April 2024 at the Adirondack Bank Center and the Utica University Nexus Center.[1][2]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | 4–14 April |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Website | |
https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/ww | |
Venue
Utica | |
Adirondack Bank Center Capacity: 3,860 |
Utica University Nexus Center |
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Participants
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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.[3]
Preliminary round
The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.[4]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2025 Division I |
5 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
Knockout stage
There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
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Third place | ||||||||||
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See also
- Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024: Utica is just outside the path of totality, but will experience a deep (99.4% magnitude) partial eclipse during this tournament.[5]
References
- Salvian, Hailey (2023-04-16). "IIHF Women's World Championship headed to Utica in 2024". The Athletic. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Dichter, Myles (2023-04-16). "Women's hockey world championship headed to Utica, N.Y. in 2024". CBC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- "Utica, N.Y., To Host 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship". IIHF. 2023-04-16. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Montroy, Liz (16 April 2023). "Finland wins to return to Group A". IIHF. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- "Utica, New York community page for the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024". eclipse2024.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.