2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

The 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was scheduled to be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

See also: 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
2021 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Lithuania
Dates15–21 March (cancelled)
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
← 2020
2022 →

The tournament would have been held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 15 to 21 March 2021.[1]

The tournament was cancelled on 18 November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Participants
Team Qualification
 Ukraine Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and was relegated.
 Belgium Placed 2nd in Division III previous year.
 Romania Placed 3rd in Division III previous year.
 Bulgaria Placed 4th in Division III previous year.
 Lithuania Host, placed 5th in Division III previous year.
 Hong Kong Placed 6th in Division III previous year.
 Estonia Last participated in 2008.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina First time participating in tournament.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2022 Division II B
2  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

References
  1. "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF.com. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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