2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	17–22 May
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	3–8 April
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	54 (5.4 per match)
Attendance	3,055 (306 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Līga Miljone; (7 points)
Website	Website

2022 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Spain; Croatia
Dates	3–8 April; 17–22 May
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
	← 2021 (cancelled) 2023 →

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II are two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Group A tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 3 to 8 April 2022 and the Group B tournament will be played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 17 to 22 May 2022.[1][2]

Entering the competition, there were no divisional changes, as the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Great Britain won the Group A tournament and was promoted, while Mexico was relegated.[4]

Group A tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 6th in 2019 Division I B and was relegated.
Great Britain	Placed 2nd in 2019 Division II A.
Spain	Host, placed 3rd in 2019 Division II A.
Mexico	Placed 4th in 2019 Division II A.
~~North Korea~~	Placed 5th in 2019 Division II A.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in 2019 Division II B and was promoted.

Match officials

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees	Linesmen
Hollie Neenan Rita Rygh Charlotte Hurley	Bernadett Holzer Danielle Rostan Katja Mrak Claudia De La Pompa Carrera Alexandra Kohl

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain (P)	4	4	0	0	0	18	1	+17	12	Promotion to the 2023 Division I B
2	Latvia	4	1	1	1	1	14	12	+2	6
3	Spain (H)	4	1	1	0	2	6	6	0	5
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	1	2	10	20	−10	4
5	Mexico (R)	4	1	0	0	3	6	15	−9	3	Relegation to the 2023 Division II B
6	North Korea[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Source: IIHF
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.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

North Korea withdrew their team on 3 February 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions.[6]

Results

All times are local (UTC+2)

3 April 2022
16:00

Chinese Taipei

0–8
(0–2, 0–2, 0–4)

Great Britain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Hsu Tzu-ting

Goalies

Nicole Jackson

Referee:

Rita Rygh
Linesmen:

Claudia De La Pompa Carrera

Katja Mrak

	0–1	01:16 – Headland (Wakeling, Traill)
	0–2	15:12 – Traill (Marsden, Newman)
	0–3	24:23 – Traill (Hill, Gale) (PP)
	0–4	26:43 – Beal (Marsden, Newman)
	0–5	55:43 – Bloom (Newman, Marsden) (PP)
	0–6	57:12 – Hill (Allen, Marsden) (PP)
	0–7	58:15 – Adams (Headland, Bloom) (PP2)
	0–8	59:17 – Harris (Bloom) (PP)

16 min

Penalties

8 min

11

Shots

59

3 April 2022
20:00

Latvia

0–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 300


Kristiāna Apsīte	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Alexandra Kohl Danielle Rostan

Miljone Yip-Chuck Pudule Mihejenko Kubliņa	Shootout	Scilipoti Fernández Muñoz Ramos Merino
10 min	Penalties	12 min
26	Shots	34

4 April 2022
16:00

Mexico

2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 117

Game reference

Mónica Renteria

Goalies

Wang Yun-tzu

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Bernadett Holzer

Katja Mrak

J. Rojas – 11:38	1–0
Amaya (Ayala) – 15:03	2–0
	2–1	16:35 – Wang (Sha) (SH)
	2–2	37:26 – Yeh (Pan)
	2–3	41:45 – Huang Y.
	2–4	59:30 – Huang Y. (EN)

14 min

Penalties

6 min

15

Shots

44

5 April 2022
16:00

Mexico

2–8
(0–2, 1–3, 1–3)

Latvia

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 104

Game reference

Miranda De Antuñano

Goalies

Kristiāna Apsīte

Referee:

Rita Rygh
Linesmen:

Claudia De La Pompa Carrera

Danielle Rostan

	0–1	05:07 – Rulle (Žagare)
	0–2	19:47 – Kurme (Balode, Lagzdiņa)
Téllez (J. Rojas, G. Rojas) – 29:40	1–2
	1–3	33:14 – Miljone
	1–4	33:40 – Kubliņa
	1–5	39:58 – Yip-Chuck (Balode, Apsīte)
Chávez (Nevárez) – 47:29	2–5
	2–6	48:33 – Lagzdiņa (Kurme)
	2–7	48:45 – Mihejenko (Lagzdiņa, Miljone)
	2–8	51:25 – Miljone (Yip-Chuck, Rulle)

16 min

Penalties

6 min

26

Shots

38

5 April 2022
20:00

Great Britain

3–1
(1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 487

Game reference

Nicole Jackson

Goalies

Alba Gonzalo

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Bernadett Holzer

Alexandra Kohl

	0–1	04:28 – Scilipoti (Serna)
Henry (Allen, Bloom) – 14:40	1–1
Adams (Beal) – 56:57	2–1
Marsden (Jackson) (SH, EN) – 59:40	3–1

12 min

Penalties

20 min

31

Shots

14

6 April 2022
16:00

Chinese Taipei

5–6 OT
(2–1, 3–0, 0–4)
(OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 97

Game reference

Hsu Tzu-ting

Goalies

Kristiāna Apsīte
Guna Gailīte

Referee:

Hollie Neenan
Linesmen:

Bernadett Holzer

Katja Mrak

	0–1	11:26 – Miljone (Rulle, Žagare)
Lin Yi. (Yeh) (PP) – 16:31	1–1
Pan) – 18:56	2–1
Huang Y. (Liu) (PP) – 23:05	3–1
Hsieh C. – 26:18	4–1
Huang Y. (Liu) – 29:19	5–1
	5–2	52:30 – Yip-Chuck (Kubliņa, Mihejenko)
	5–3	53:52 – Yip-Chuck (Miljone)
	5–4	57:46 – Miljone
	5–5	58:07 – Yip-Chuck (Žagare)
	5–6	60:27 – Miljone (Yip-Chuck)

4 min

Penalties

12 min

40

Shots

38

7 April 2022
16:00

Great Britain

3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Mexico

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 128

Game reference

Ella Howard

Goalies

Mónica Renteria

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Claudia De La Pompa Carrera

Bernadett Holzer

Allen (Jackson, Wakeling) – 41:40	1–0
Allen (Henry) – 44:59	2–0
Cartwright (Headland) – 50:08	3–0

4 min

Penalties

6 min

58

Shots

9

7 April 2022
20:00

Spain

4–1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 624

Game reference

Alba Gonzalo

Goalies

Hsu Tzu-ting

Referee:

Rita Rygh
Linesmen:

Alexandra Kohl

Danielle Rostan

	0–1	16:17 – Wang (Hsieh C.) (SH)
Aizpurúa (Bosch, Serrano) – 30:41	1–1
Serrano (Álvarez, O'Hare) – 43:16	2–1
Muñoz (Fernández, Rego) (PP) – 49:09	3–1
Ramos (Rego, Muñoz) – 56:53	4–1

4 min

Penalties

4 min

42

Shots

12

8 April 2022
16:00

Latvia

0–4
(0–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Great Britain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 184

Game reference

Kristiāna Apsīte

Goalies

Nicole Jackson

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Claudia De La Pompa Carrera

Alexandra Kohl

	0–1	09:05 – Jackson (Henry, Hill)
	0–2	43:38 – Gale (Headland)
	0–3	47:43 – Harris (Culshaw)
	0–4	51:06 – Adams (Marsden, Beal) (PP2)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

22

Shots

53

8 April 2022
20:00

Spain

0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
Attendance: 864

Game reference

Alba Gonzalo

Goalies

Mónica Renteria

Referee:

Hollie Neenan
Linesmen:

Katja Mrak

Danielle Rostan

	0–1	12:37 – J. Rojas (Téllez)
	0–2	59:20 – Amaya (EN)

2 min

Penalties

6 min

47

Shots

12

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Līga Miljone	4	5	2	7	+5	2	F
Krista Yip-Chuck	4	4	2	6	+6	0	F
Kathryn Marsden	4	1	5	6	+5	4	F
Saffron Allen	4	2	2	4	+3	2	F
Aimee Headland	4	1	3	4	+3	2	F
Louise Adams	4	3	0	3	+4	2	F
Huang Yun-chu	4	3	0	3	−3	2	F
Joanna Rojas	3	2	1	3	−2	2	F
Yeh Hui-chen	3	2	1	3	+1	2	F
Casey Traill	4	2	1	3	+5	2	D

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Nicole Jackson	180:00	1	0.33	47	97.87	2
Mónica Renteria	179:57	6	2.00	148	95.95	1
Alba Gonzalo	241:49	4	0.99	79	94.94	1
Kristiāna Apsīte	231:37	9	2.33	145	93.79	1
Hsu Tzu-ting	180:27	18	5.99	139	87.05	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[7]
Goaltender	Alba Gonzalo
Defenceman	Casey Traill
Forward	Līga Miljone

Group B tournament

After several teams withdrew from the tournament, the IIHF changed the date from March to mid-May and all six teams are eligible to participate.[8]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 1st in 2020 Division II B.
Iceland	Host, placed 2nd in 2020 Division II B.
~~New Zealand~~	Placed 3rd in 2020 Division II B.
Turkey	Placed 4th in 2020 Division II B.
Croatia	Placed 5th in 2020 Division II B.
South Africa	Placed 1st in 2020 Division III and was promoted.

Standings

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Iceland	Promotion to the 2023 Division II A
2	Turkey
3	Croatia (H)
4	South Africa
5	Australia[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to the 2023 Division III A
6	New Zealand[lower-alpha 2]	Withdrawn

First match(es) will be played on 17 May 2022. 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.
(H) Host
Notes:

Australia withdrew their team on 4 January 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related travel issues but rejoined the tournament after it was moved to a later date.[9]
New Zealand withdrew their team on 17 December 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Results

All times are local (UTC+2)

17 May 2022
16:00

South Africa

v

Iceland

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

17 May 2022
19:45

Australia

v

Turkey

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

18 May 2022
18:00

Croatia

v

South Africa

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

19 May 2022
16:00

Iceland

v

Turkey

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

19 May 2022
19:45

Croatia

v

Australia

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

20 May 2022
18:00

South Africa

v

Australia

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

21 May 2022
16:00

Turkey

v

South Africa

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

21 May 2022
19:45

Iceland

v

Croatia

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

22 May 2022
16:00

Australia

v

Iceland

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

22 May 2022
19:45

Turkey

v

Croatia

Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb

References

"U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
"Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
"GB women take Div. II gold". 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
IIA game officials
"DPR Korea withdraws teams". IIHF.com. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
"Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIA" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
"Championship updates". IIHF.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
"Australian women won't play". IIHF.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
"New Zealand women won't travel". IIHF.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

Official website of IIHF

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[table_note_PRK0.68015516161926-7] North Korea withdrew their team on 3 February 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions.[6]

[table_note_AUS0.96741097092974-11] Australia withdrew their team on 4 January 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related travel issues but rejoined the tournament after it was moved to a later date.[9]

[table_note_NZL0.96741097092974-13] New Zealand withdrew their team on 17 December 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

[1] "U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[2] "Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[3] Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[4] "GB women take Div. II gold". 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[5] IIA game officials

[6] "DPR Korea withdraws teams". IIHF.com. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[8] "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIA" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[9] "Championship updates". IIHF.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[10] "Australian women won't play". IIHF.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[12] "New Zealand women won't travel". IIHF.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.