2024 IIHF Women's World Championship

See also: 2024 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2024 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–14 April
Teams	10
Official website
https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/ww

The 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship will be the 23rd edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in Utica, New York, United States from 4 to 14 April 2024 at the Adirondack Bank Center and the Utica University Nexus Center.

Venue

Utica
Adirondack Bank Center Capacity: 3,860	Utica University Nexus Center

Participants

Group A

• United States
• Canada
• Czechia
• Switzerland
• Finland

Group B

• Sweden
• Japan
• Germany
• China – Promoted from Division IA Group A in 2023
• Denmark – Promoted from Division IA Group A in 2023

Format

The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through eighth in the 2023 tournament, plus two teams promoted from 2023 Division IA, will be placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continue to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B will be relegated. During the knockout stage, there will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Preliminary round

The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 4 April 2024. 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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to 2025 Division I
5	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 4 April 2024. 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.

Knockout stage

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	A1
	B3
	A2
	B2
	A3
	B1
									Third place
	A4
	A5

See also

• Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024: Utica is just outside the path of totality, but will experience a deep (99.4% magnitude) partial eclipse during this tournament.