2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Romania Israel |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 3–9 April 26–31 March |
Teams | 9 |
The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III comprised two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The Group A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 3 to 9 April, and the Group B tournament in Tnuvot, Israel, from 26 to 31 March 2023.[1]
Hong Kong took the Group A tournament and got promoted, while Estonia was relegated to Group B.[2] Serbia won the Group B tournament and was promoted to Group A.[3]
Group A tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Romania |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 3–9 April |
Teams | 6 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 15 |
Goals scored | 99 (6.6 per game) |
Attendance | 2,260 (151 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Klara Miuller (18 points) |
Official website | |
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Participants
Team | Qualification |
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Lithuania | Placed 2nd in 2022 Division III A. |
Bulgaria | Placed 3rd in 2022 Division III A. |
Romania | Host, did not participate last year. |
Ukraine | Did not participate last year. |
Hong Kong | Did not participate last year. |
Estonia | Placed 1st in 2022 Division III B and was promoted. |
Match officials
Four referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]
Referees | Linesmen |
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Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Hong Kong | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 13 | Promoted to the 2024 Division II B |
2 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 12 | |
3 | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 11 | |
4 | Romania (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 6 | |
5 | Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 3 | |
6 | Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0 | Relegated to the 2024 Division III B |
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
Results
All times are local (UTC+3)
3 April 2023 13:00 | Lithuania | 6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0) | Estonia | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 50 |
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Viltė Beličenkaitė Emilie Simonsen | Goalies | Uljana Jeggi | Referee: Emma Sanders Linesmen: Elif Bağlar Elva Hjálmarsdóttir | |||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 24 |
3 April 2023 16:30 | Bulgaria | 2–6 (1–4, 1–1, 0–1) | Hong Kong | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 50 |
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Paulina Georgieva | Goalies | Chau Sumi | Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Amy Keijzers Julia Strube | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Shots | 46 |
3 April 2023 20:00 | Romania | 0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0) | Ukraine | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 400 |
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Nadina Niciu | Goalies | Viktoria Tkachenko | Referee: Lee Kyung-sun Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Laura Peronnin | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 59 |
4 April 2023 13:00 | Estonia | 2–6 (1–2, 1–3, 0–1) | Bulgaria | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 40 |
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Sofia Salamatina | Goalies | Paulina Georgieva Petya Simeoneva | Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Elif Bağlar Amy Keijzers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 32 |
4 April 2023 16:30 | Ukraine | 1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2) | Hong Kong | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 80 |
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Viktoria Tkachenko | Goalies | Keira Mok | Referee: Emma Sanders Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Julia Strube | ||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
44 | Shots | 23 |
4 April 2023 20:00 | Lithuania | 5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0) | Romania | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 90 |
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Viltė Beličenkaitė | Goalies | Nadina Niciu | Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Laura Peronnin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Shots | 39 |
6 April 2023 13:00 | Lithuania | 8–2 (1–0, 4–2, 3–0) | Bulgaria | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 40 |
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Viltė Beličenkaitė Emilie Simonsen | Goalies | Paulina Georgieva Petya Simeoneva | Referee: Lee Kyung-sun Linesmen: Laura Peronnin Julia Strube | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Shots | 28 |
6 April 2023 16:30 | Ukraine | 5–0 (3–0, 2–0, 0–0) | Estonia | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 200 |
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Viktoria Tkachenko | Goalies | Uljana Jeggi | Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Amy Keijzers | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
79 | Shots | 10 |
6 April 2023 20:00 | Romania | 1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2) | Hong Kong | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 200 |
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Nadina Niciu | Goalies | Chau Sumi | Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Elif Bağlar Elva Hjálmarsdóttir | |||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
47 | Shots | 26 |
7 April 2023 13:00 | Bulgaria | 3–10 (1–3, 1–3, 1–4) | Ukraine | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 100 |
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Paulina Georgieva | Goalies | Viktoria Tkachenko Yuliana Vilhan | Referee: Emma Sanders Linesmen: Elif Bağlar Julia Strube | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 65 |
7 April 2023 16:30 | Hong Kong | 4–5 GWS (1–0, 2–1, 1–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | Lithuania | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 80 |
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Keira Mok | Goalies | Emilie Simonsen Viltė Beličenkaitė | Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Amy Keijzers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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T. Wong Ng C. Wong Lam | Shootout | Miuller Jasinevičiūtė Tučiūtė Rastenytė Kukanova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Shots | 42 |
7 April 2023 20:00 | Estonia | 0–4 (0–0, 0–0, 0–4) | Romania | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 200 |
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Uljana Jeggi | Goalies | Nadina Niciu | Referee: Lee Kyung-sun Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Laura Peronnin | |||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 51 |
9 April 2023 13:00 | Hong Kong | 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Estonia | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 50 |
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Chau Sumi | Goalies | Sofia Salamatina | Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Elif Bağlar Laura Peronnin | ||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
45 | Shots | 18 |
9 April 2023 16:30 | Ukraine | 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1) | Lithuania | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 430 |
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Viktoria Tkachenko | Goalies | Viltė Beličenkaitė | Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Amy Keijzers Julia Strube | ||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
35 | Shots | 36 |
9 April 2023 20:00 | Romania | 10–2 (1–1, 2–0, 7–1) | Bulgaria | Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 250 |
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Andrea Laczkó | Goalies | Paulina Georgieva | Referee: Emma Sanders Linesmen: Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Julia Hjelmström | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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265 min | Penalties | 289 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Shots | 12 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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Klara Miuller | 5 | 13 | 5 | 18 | +11 | 0 | F |
Simona Asparuhova | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −2 | 43 | F |
Ana Voicu | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +1 | 10 | F |
Stefani Stoyanova | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +1 | 27 | F |
Polina Telehina | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +6 | 4 | F |
Viltautė Jasinevičiūtė | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −2 | 4 | F |
Daria Tsymyrenko | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +7 | 2 | F |
Gabija Petrauskaitė | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +8 | 2 | F |
Estelle Ip | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +4 | 2 | F |
Maria Runevska | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 27 | F |
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 |
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Chau Sumi | 180:00 | 3 | 1.00 | 79 | 96.20 | 1 |
Viktoria Tkachenko | 294:19 | 6 | 1.22 | 108 | 94.44 | 2 |
Keira Mok | 125:00 | 5 | 2.40 | 85 | 94.12 | 0 |
Viltė Beličenkaitė | 231:02 | 7 | 1.82 | 118 | 94.07 | 0 |
Nadina Niciu | 238:04 | 11 | 2.77 | 148 | 92.57 | 1 |
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[5] |
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Goaltender | Keira Mok |
Defenceman | Tetiana Kyrychenko |
Forward | Klara Miuller |
Group B tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Israel |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 26–31 March |
Teams | 3 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 6 |
Goals scored | 50 (8.33 per game) |
Attendance | 855 (143 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Valentina Vrhoci (14 points) |
Official website | |
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Participants
Team | Qualification |
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Serbia | Placed 2nd in 2022 Division III B. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Placed 3rd in 2022 Division III B. |
Israel | Host, placed 4th in 2022 Division III B. |
Match officials
Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]
Referees | Linesmen |
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Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | +35 | 12 | Promoted to the 2024 Division III A |
2 | Israel (H) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 3 |
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
Results
All times are local (UTC+3)
26 March 2023 19:00 | Serbia | 5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1) | Israel | OneIce Arena, Tnuvot Attendance: 150 |
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Jovana Korica | Goalies | Yael Fatiev Shelly Zilkha | Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Mildrid Johnsen Katja Mrak | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 7 |
27 March 2023 19:00 | Israel | 2–4 (0–0, 2–2, 0–2) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | OneIce Arena, Tnuvot Attendance: 182 |
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Yael Fatiev | Goalies | Hana Sadović Asja Abdomerović | Referee: Cien Pereira Linesmen: Katja Mrak Serena Tsang | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 34 |
28 March 2023 19:00 | Serbia | 12–1 (5–0, 4–0, 3–1) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | OneIce Arena, Tnuvot Attendance: 52 |
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Jovana Korica Sanela Ćormaković | Goalies | Hana Sadović Asja Abdomerović | Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Mildrid Johnsen Serena Tsang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Shots | 19 |
29 March 2023 19:00 | Israel | 0–9 (0–3, 0–2, 0–4) | Serbia | OneIce Arena, Tnuvot Attendance: 137 |
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Shelly Zilkha | Goalies | Jovana Korica Sanela Ćormaković | Referee: Cien Pereira Linesmen: Mildrid Johnsen Katja Mrak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Shots | 66 |
30 March 2023 17:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–4 (0–1, 0–0, 1–3) | Israel | OneIce Arena, Tnuvot Attendance: 201 |
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Hana Sadović | Goalies | Yael Fatiev | Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Katja Mrak Serena Tsang | ||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 17 |
31 March 2023 14:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–11 (0–4, 0–2, 0–5) | Serbia | OneIce Arena, Tnuvot Attendance: 133 |
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Hana Sadović | Goalies | Jovana Korica | Referee: Cien Pereira Linesmen: Mildrid Johnsen Serena Tsang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 54 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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Valentina Vrhoci | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 | +15 | 0 | F |
Milica Velček | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +8 | 10 | F |
Ivett Vastag | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +15 | 0 | F |
Katarina Čizmić | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +6 | 4 | F |
Jovana Popov | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +11 | 4 | F |
Irma Kapić | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −9 | 2 | F |
Hanna Rac Sabo | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 0 | F |
Jana Radović | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +6 | 4 | F |
Shani Kotler | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | F |
Pnina Basov | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 0 | F |
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 |
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Jovana Korica | 229:32 | 2 | 0.52 | 42 | 95.24 | 1 |
Yael Fatiev | 173:29 | 9 | 3.11 | 96 | 90.62 | 0 |
Hana Sadović | 230:07 | 28 | 7.30 | 143 | 80.42 | 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] |
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Goaltender | Yael Fatiev |
Defenceman | Amila Šoše |
Forward | Milica Velček |
References
- ^ "World Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Hong Kong, China celebrates historical gold". IIHF. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Young and Dominant Serbia Storms to Gold". IIHF. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "IIIA Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "IIIB Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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