2021 IIHF Women's World Championship

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2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship
2021 IIHF Championnat mondial de hockey sur glace féminin  (French)
2021 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.svg
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates20–31 August
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Canada (11th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg United States
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Finland
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored140 (4.67 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Mélodie Daoust
(12 points)
MVPCanada Mélodie Daoust
WebsiteOfficial homepage
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The 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which was contested in Calgary, Alberta, from 20 to 31 August 2021.[1] It was originally scheduled to be contested in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2][3] It was the 20th edition of the IIHF Women's World Championship Top Division tournament.

No divisional promotion and relegation occurred after the Top Division tournament and both Division I tournaments in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] Originally scheduled from 7 to 17 April, the tournament was postponed to 6 to 16 May 2021 on 4 March.[6] On 21 April 2021, the Province of Nova Scotia informed Hockey Canada and the IIHF that the tournament had been cancelled at the recommendation of Premier Iain Rankin "due to concerns over safety risks associated with COVID-19."[7]

The IIHF and Hockey Canada released a joint statement pledging to explore all avenues for hosting the event in a different Canadian city during the summer of 2021. IIHF President René Fasel emphasized, "This does not mean that we will not have a Women's World Championship in 2021. We owe it to every single player that was looking forward to getting back on the ice after such a difficult year that we do everything possible to ensure this tournament can be moved to new dates and played this year."[8] On 30 April 2021, the IIHF announced that the tournament would take place between 20 and 31 August 2021.[9] On 2 June 2021, the venue was identified as WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.[1]

The tournament was played behind closed doors.[10]

Canada won the tournament for the eleventh time after defeating the United States in the final.[11] Finland captured bronze, by winning against Switzerland.[12]

Participants[]

1 Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on doping sanctions, Russian athletes and teams are prohibited from competing under the Russian flag or using the Russian national anthem at any Olympic Games or world championships through 16 December 2022, and must compete as "neutral athlete[s]."[13] For IIHF tournaments, the Russian team will use the logo of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and play under the name "ROC".[14]

Rosters[]

Main article: 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters

Each team's roster must comprised a minimum of fifteen skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and "due to the special situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and safety rules including no players being allowed to join late, the roster size for the tournament was exceptionally increased [from the standard 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders] to 25 players."[15] All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, were required to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the start of the tournament. Final rosters will be submitted on 20 August 2021, one day before the tournament begins, but as no players can be added after arriving in Canada, rosters were effectively set when teams landed in Calgary on 11 August 2021.[15]

Match officials[]

Twelve referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[16]

Referees Linesmen

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC−6).[17]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 4 4 0 0 0 20 5 +15 12 Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 3 0 0 1 13 5 +8 9
3  Finland 4 2 0 0 2 13 8 +5 6
4  ROC 4 1 0 0 3 4 16 −12 3
5   Switzerland 4 0 0 0 4 1 17 −16 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
20 August 2021
16:00		Canada 5–3
(0–2, 2–0, 3–1)		 FinlandWinSport Arena, Calgary
20 August 2021
19:30		Switzerland  0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)		 United StatesWinSport Arena, Calgary
21 August 2021
16:00		ROC 3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandWinSport Arena, Calgary
22 August 2021
16:00		Canada 5–1
(0–0, 3–0, 2–1)		 ROCWinSport Arena, Calgary
22 August 2021
19:30		Finland 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 United StatesWinSport Arena, Calgary
24 August 2021
12:00		United States 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)		 ROCWinSport Arena, Calgary
24 August 2021
16:00		Switzerland  0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)		 CanadaWinSport Arena, Calgary
25 August 2021
12:00		ROC 0–4
(0–3, 0–0, 0–1)		 FinlandWinSport Arena, Calgary
26 August 2021
12:00		Finland 6–0
(4–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandWinSport Arena, Calgary
26 August 2021
16:00		United States 1–5
(0–2, 0–3, 1–0)		 CanadaWinSport Arena, Calgary

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 4 4 0 0 0 16 3 +13 12 Quarterfinals
2  Japan 4 3 0 0 1 7 6 +1 9
3  Germany 4 2 0 0 2 7 5 +2 6
4  Hungary 4 1 0 0 3 8 12 −4 3 Eliminated
5  Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 3 15 −12 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.
20 August 2021
12:00		Czech Republic 6–1
(3–1, 0–0, 3–0)		 DenmarkWinSport Arena, Calgary
21 August 2021
12:00		Germany 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 HungaryWinSport Arena, Calgary
21 August 2021
19:30		Denmark 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 JapanWinSport Arena, Calgary
22 August 2021
12:00		Hungary 2–4
(0–2, 1–2, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicWinSport Arena, Calgary
23 August 2021
12:00		Germany 3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 DenmarkWinSport Arena, Calgary
23 August 2021
16:00		Japan 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicWinSport Arena, Calgary
24 August 2021
19:30		Hungary 1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2)		 JapanWinSport Arena, Calgary
25 August 2021
16:00		Czech Republic 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 GermanyWinSport Arena, Calgary
25 August 2021
19:30		Denmark 1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 HungaryWinSport Arena, Calgary
26 August 2021
19:30		Japan 2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 GermanyWinSport Arena, Calgary

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Rank Team Grp Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1  Canada A 1 12 +15 20 1
2  United States A 2 9 +8 13 2
3  Finland A 3 6 +5 13 3
4  ROC A 4 3 −12 4 4
5   Switzerland A 5 0 −16 1 5
6  Czech Republic B 1 12 +13 16 7
7  Japan B 2 9 +1 7 6
8  Germany B 3 6 +2 7 8
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 28 August
 
 
 Canada7
 
30 August
 
 Germany0
 
 Canada4
 
 28 August
 
  Switzerland0
 
 United States10
 
31 August
 
 Japan2
 
 Canada (OT)3
 
 28 August
 
 United States2
 
 Finland1
 
30 August
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 United States3
 
 28 August
 
 Finland0 Third place
 
 ROC2
 
31 August
 
  Switzerland (OT)3
 
 Finland3
 
 
  Switzerland1
 

Quarterfinals[]

28 August 2021
10:00		ROC 2–3 OT
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–1)		  SwitzerlandWinSport Arena, Calgary
28 August 2021
13:30		United States 10–2
(5–2, 2–0, 3–0)		 JapanWinSport Arena, Calgary
28 August 2021
17:00		Canada 7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 GermanyWinSport Arena, Calgary
28 August 2021
20:30		Finland 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicWinSport Arena, Calgary

5–8th place placement games[]

29 August 2021
13:00		ROC 3–2
(0–0, 1–2, 2–0)		 GermanyWinSport Arena, Calgary
29 August 2021
17:00		Czech Republic 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)		 JapanWinSport Arena, Calgary

Semifinals[]

30 August 2021
13:00		United States 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 FinlandWinSport Arena, Calgary
30 August 2021
17:00		Canada 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandWinSport Arena, Calgary

Fifth place game[]

31 August 2021
10:00		ROC 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 JapanWinSport Arena, Calgary

Third place game[]

31 August 2021
13:30		Finland 3–1
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0)		  SwitzerlandWinSport Arena, Calgary

Final[]

Main article: 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Final
31 August 2021
17:30		Canada 3–2 OT
(0–2, 2–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 United StatesWinSport Arena, Calgary

Final standings[]

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Canada (H) 7 6 1 0 0 34 7 +27 20 Champions
2 A  United States 7 5 0 1 1 28 10 +18 16 Runners-up
3 A  Finland 7 4 0 0 3 17 12 +5 12 Third place
4 A   Switzerland 7 0 1 0 6 5 26 −21 2 Fourth place
5 A  ROC 7 3 0 1 3 11 21 −10 10 Fifth place game
6 B  Japan 7 4 0 0 3 12 20 −8 12
7 B  Czech Republic 6 4 0 0 2 18 7 +11 12
8 B  Germany 6 2 0 0 4 9 15 −6 6
9 B  Hungary 4 1 0 0 3 8 12 −4 3 Eliminated in
Preliminary round
10 B  Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.[18]
(H) Host

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Canada Mélodie Daoust 7 6 6 12 +13 0 F
Canada Brianne Jenner 6 3 8 11 +13 4 F
Canada Natalie Spooner 7 4 5 9 +11 0 F
Canada Marie-Philip Poulin 6 3 6 9 +10 2 F
Finland Petra Nieminen 7 6 1 7 +3 0 F
Czech Republic Alena Mills 6 5 2 7 +2 4 F
United States Lee Stecklein 7 2 5 7 +12 0 D
United States Hilary Knight 7 4 2 6 +3 2 F
United States Grace Zumwinkle 7 4 2 6 +5 2 F
Canada Sarah Fillier 7 3 3 6 +6 6 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders[]

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
Germany Jennifer Harß 180:00 3 1.00 62 95.16 1
Finland Anni Keisala 294:09 7 1.43 136 94.85 2
Switzerland Saskia Maurer 214:03 7 1.96 120 94.17 0
United States Nicole Hensley 240:06 4 1.00 65 93.85 2
Czech Republic Klára Peslarová 358:14 7 1.17 105 93.33 2

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

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