2024 IIHF Women's World Championship

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]

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
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

First match(es) will be played: 4 April 2024. Source:
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
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

First match(es) will be played: 4 April 2024. Source:
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.

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

• 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]