2021 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship is an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation and scheduled to be contested in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada during 7 to 17 April 2021.[1][2] Ten national women's ice hockey teams will participate. In the preliminary round, the teams will be split into two groups of five teams and each team will play a single round-robin within their group, ie. they will play every other team in the group once.

See also: 2021 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2021 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates7–17 April
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2020
2022 →

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.[3][4]

Participants

Rosters

Each team's roster must comprise a minimum of fifteen skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and cannot exceed twenty skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, are required to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament begins.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

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 (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 April 2021. 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.
(H) Host.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2022 Division I
5  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 April 2021. 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.


References
  1. Merk, Martin (22 June 2020). "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. Jay, Michelle (22 June 2020). "IIHF releases locations for 2021 World Championships, including Olympic qualifying tournaments". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. Teiskonlahti, Kirsi; Holma, Joel (7 March 2020). "Jääkiekon naisten MM-kilpailut perutaan koronaviruksen takia – miesten kisojen kohtalo vielä auki: "Nyt jäitä hattuun"". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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