2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championships were the 19th such series of tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. These tournaments also served as qualifications for the 2018 competition.

2017 Women's Ice Hockey
World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	United States  Austria  Poland  South Korea  Iceland  Chinese Taipei
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Teams	37
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
← 2016 2018 →

At the 2017 IIHF annual congress it was decided that the Top Division would expand from eight to ten teams.^[1] As a result, all relegations from the 2017 tournaments were cancelled, and there would also be no relegation in all 2018 tournaments.

Championship (Top Division)

Further information: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

The Top Division tournament was played in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States, from 31 March to 7 April 2017.^[2][3][4]

Rank Team  United States  Canada  Finland 4  Germany 5  Russia 6  Sweden 7   Switzerland 8  Czech Republic

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final A1  United States 11 A4  Russia 1 B1  Germany 0 B1  Germany 2 A1  United States 3 A2  Canada 2 A2  Canada 4 A3  Finland 4 A3  Finland 0 B2  Sweden 0 Bronze medal game A3  Finland 8 B1  Germany 0

Division I

Further information: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Graz, Austria, from 15 to 21 April 2017.^[5][6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	17	4	+13	15	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Austria (H)	5	4	0	0	1	20	12	+8	12
3	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	17	14	+3	6[a]
4	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	5	12	−7	6[a]
5	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	5	11	−6	6[a]
6	France	5	0	0	0	5	1	12	−11	0

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
Notes:

1. NOR: 3 Pts, +4 GD; DEN: 3 Pts, 0 GD; HUN: 3 Pts, −4 GD

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 8 to 14 April 2017.^[7][8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	22	9	+13	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division I A
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	1	1	11	10	+1	10
3	Latvia	5	3	0	0	2	13	17	−4	9
4	China	5	2	1	0	2	13	6	+7	8
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	8	12	−4	4
6	Poland (H)	5	0	1	0	4	11	24	−13	2

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

Division II

Further information: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.^[9][10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	South Korea (H)	5	5	0	0	0	21	3	+18	15	Promoted to the 2018 Division I B
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	0	1	17	10	+7	12
3	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	20	16	+4	7
4	North Korea	5	1	1	0	3	10	13	−3	5
5	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	9	22	−13	3[a]
6	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	7	20	−13	3[a]

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
Notes:

1. Slovenia 3–0 Australia

Division II Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 27 February to 5 March 2017.^[11][12]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mexico	5	4	0	0	1	19	9	+10	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division II A
2	Spain	5	3	1	0	1	26	7	+19	11
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	1	1	20	13	+7	10
4	Iceland (H)	5	2	0	0	3	19	13	+6	6[a]
5	Turkey	5	2	0	0	3	15	31	−16	6[a]
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	10	36	−26	0

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
Notes:

1. Iceland 6–0 Turkey

Division II Group B Qualification

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 12 to 17 December 2016.^[13][14]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Chinese Taipei (H)	4	4	0	0	0	32	3	+29	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	22	3	+19	9
3	South Africa	4	2	0	0	2	22	15	+7	6
4	Bulgaria	4	1	0	0	3	6	32	−26	3
5	Hong Kong	4	0	0	0	4	3	32	−29	0

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