2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2014 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 16th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). This was the first time that the women's tournaments were played in an Olympic year. The IIHF determined that the best way to continue advancing the competitive level of nations not invited to the Olympic tournament was to fund participation every year.[1] No top level tournament was played, and initially the IIHF stated that the last placed Olympic participant would be relegated to be replaced by the Division I A winner.[2] However after discussion it was changed so that the two teams in question played best of three series instead of simply swapping places.[3]

2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host countries Czech Republic
 Latvia
 Italy
 Iceland
 Mexico
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2014 Winter Olympics
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Top Division Playoff

The last-placed team of the Olympics faced the winner of this year's Division I A tournament in a best-of-three series. The winner was promoted to the 2015 Top Division. The games took place on 8–11 November 2014 in Yokohama, Japan.[4][5]

All times are local (Japan Standard Time – UTC+9)

8 November 2014
14:00		Japan 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicYokohama Arena, Yokohama
Attendance: 821
9 November 2014
14:00		Czech Republic 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 JapanYokohama Arena, Yokohama
Attendance: 975
11 November 2014
19:00		Japan 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicYokohama Arena, Yokohama
Attendance: 868

Division I
Main article: 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Přerov, Czech Republic, from 6 to 12 April 2014.[6]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Czech Republic 5 5 0 0 0 15 3 +12 15
 Norway 5 3 0 0 2 17 12 +5 9
 Denmark 5 2 1 0 2 17 18 −1 8
 France 5 2 0 0 3 12 15 −3 6
 Austria 5 1 1 1 2 16 19 −3 6
 Slovakia 5 0 0 1 4 11 21 −10 1
Advanced to the 2015 Top Division Playoff Relegated to the 2015 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 6 to 12 April 2014.[7]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Latvia 5 5 0 0 0 17 3 +14 15
 China 5 3 0 0 2 10 15 −5 9
 Hungary 5 2 1 0 2 13 13 0 8
 Netherlands 5 2 1 0 2 16 10 +6 8
 North Korea 5 1 0 0 4 10 17 −7 3
 Kazakhstan 5 0 0 2 3 5 13 −8 2
Promoted to the 2015 Division I A Relegated to the 2015 Division II A

Division II
Main article: 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 6 to 12 April 2014.[8]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Italy 5 4 1 0 0 20 5 +15 14
 Great Britain 5 3 0 1 1 12 8 +4 10
 South Korea 5 1 2 0 2 9 10 −1 7
 Poland 5 2 0 1 2 18 18 0 7
 New Zealand 5 1 0 1 3 7 15 −8 4
 Australia 5 1 0 0 4 13 23 −10 3
Promoted to the 2015 Division I B Relegated to the 2015 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 24 to 30 March 2014.[9]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 26 8 +18 15
 Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 24 9 +15 12
 Spain 5 3 0 0 2 22 15 +7 9
 Iceland 5 2 0 0 3 8 14 −6 6
 Belgium 5 0 1 0 4 3 21 −18 2
 Turkey 5 0 0 1 4 8 24 −16 1
Promoted to the 2015 Division II A Relegated to the 2015 Division II B Qualification

Division II B Qualification

The Division II B Qualification tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 19 to 22 March 2014.[10]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Mexico 3 3 0 0 0 18 2 +16 9
 South Africa 3 1 1 0 1 7 8 −1 5
 Bulgaria 3 1 0 1 1 7 16 −9 4
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Promoted to the 2015 Division II B

References
  1. New era of women's hockey Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Fasel opens 137th IIHF congress Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Promotion format defined Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Showdown in Yokohama". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-08-06.
  5. Top Division Playoff statistics
  6. Division I A statistics
  7. Division I B statistics
  8. Division II A statistics
  9. Division II B statistics
  10. Division II B Qualification statistics
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