2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	Czech Republic Latvia Italy Iceland Mexico

The 2014 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships is 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. 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. However after discussion it was changed so that the two teams in question played best of three series instead of simply swapping places.

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.

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

8 November 2014 14:00

Japan

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama Attendance: 821

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Danielle McGurry
	Terashima (Ukita) – 27:06 1–0 Koike (Kubo, Hirano) (PP) – 53:54 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	28

9 November 2014 14:00

Czech Republic

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama Attendance: 975

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Lee Tae-ri
	Polenská (Bukolská) – 35:14 1–0 Křížová (Mrázová) – 49:20 2–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	17

11 November 2014 19:00

Japan

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama Attendance: 868

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Lee Tae-ri Danielle McGurry
	Fujimoto (Yoneyama, Osawa) – 18:22 1–0 Nakamura (Takeuchi) – 48:51 2–0 2–1 Vanišová – 51:40
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	14

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Promoted to the 2015 Division II B

External links

• Official website