Ice Hockey World Championship for women
The Hockey - World Cup of Women is from the 1990 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) organized. Canada won ten of the 19 tournaments (as of 2019) and the USA nine.
history
The 1987 women's ice hockey world tournament is considered the forerunner of the world championship . During the tournament, the participating nations agreed on a strategy to get the IIHF to host a women's world championship.
For the first tournament in 1990, the five best teams from the women's ice hockey European championship, which was held for the first time last year, qualified , plus the North American nations Canada and the USA as well as Japan as representatives from Asia. In the first World Cup final, Canada defeated the USA in front of 9,000 spectators. The next tournaments took place in 1992 and 1994, alternating with the European Championship, which continued to serve as a qualifying tournament. In 1995 and 1996, in addition to the European championship, there was also a Pacific ice hockey championship for the American and East Asian associations. These also served as qualifications for the fourth World Cup in 1997.
After the first women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Olympic Games, the IIHF switched the world championship to an annual rhythm. The years of the Olympic Winter Games are an exception. In 2003, the World Cup was due to a SARS - epidemic in the host country China without delay.
Up until 2004, all of the world championships were won by Canada. In 2005 the USA became world champions for the first time. In 2012 Canada won its last tournament to date, after which all tournaments were won by the USA.
World championships for women under the age of 18 (U18) have also been held since 2008 .
mode
From 1990 to 2003, as well as 2005 and 2006, eight nations played in two groups in the A World Championship. The two best in each group qualified for the semi-finals. Due to the cancellation of the tournament in 2003, nine participants were played in three groups in 2004. The group winners qualified for the finals and the two best of those finals played a final. This mode was used again for the 2007 to 2009 tournaments. 2011 was again reduced to eight teams. From 2012, the nations were divided into a stronger (group A) and a weaker group (B). The teams of places 3 and 4 of group A met in the quarter-finals against the teams of places 1 and 2 of group B. Places 1 and 2 of group A were qualified for the semi-finals.
In 2019 the tournament of the top division was expanded to ten teams. Furthermore, the groups are divided into a stronger and a weaker group. The five teams in Group A are directly qualified for the quarter-finals. Three teams from group B qualify for the quarter-finals. The remaining two nations play a relegated team.
From 1999 onwards, in addition to the (A) world championship, a B world championship was played for weaker nations. The B world champion qualified for the A world championship of the following year. The B World Championship was renamed Division I in 2001, the A World Championship is now referred to as the Top Division. From 2003, further divisions with promotion and relegation between the divisions were gradually introduced. Each division played with six teams, and there was usually a qualifying tournament for the lowest division. Since 2012 there have been twelve teams in each division, but they are divided into two groups of six teams each according to strength. For example, the winner of Division I Group B will be promoted to Division I Group A, while the last winner of Division I Group B will be relegated to Division II Group A. The number of participating nations increased more and more over the years. In 2020, 40 nations will take part in the World Cup, and for the first time (according to the new system) a Division III will be played.
Medal table
after 19 tournaments
| rank | country |
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| 1 |
 Canada
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10 | 8th | 1 | 19th |
| 2 |
 United States
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9 | 10 | - | 19th |
| 3 |
 Finland
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- | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 4th |
 Russia
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- | - | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |
 Sweden
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 6th |
 Switzerland
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Tournaments at a glance
Tournaments of the divisions and the B World Championship
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| venue | winner | venue | winner | |||||||
| 1999 | Colmar (France) |
 Japan
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Székesfehérvár (Hungary) Pyongyang (North Korea), Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
 Italy Kazakhstan
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| 2000 | Riga , Liepaja (Latvia) |
Kazakhstan
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Dunaújváros , Székesfehérvár (Hungary) |
 North Korea
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| Division I. | Division II | Division III | Division IV | Division V | ||||||
| venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | |
| 2001 | Briançon (France) |
Switzerland
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Qualification: Bucharest (Romania) Maribor (Slovenia) |
 Netherlands Slovakia
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| 2003 | Ventspils (Latvia) |
Japan
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Lecco (Italy) |
 Norway
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Maribor (Slovenia) |
 Australia
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| 2004 | Ventspils (Latvia) |
Kazakhstan
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Sterzing (Italy) |
 Denmark
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Maribor (Slovenia) |
 Austria
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| 2005 | Romanshorn (Switzerland) |
Switzerland
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Asiago (Italy) |
Norway
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Cape Town (South Africa) |
 Slovenia
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Dunedin (New Zealand) |
 South Korea
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| 2007 | Nikkō (Japan) |
Japan
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Pyongyang (North Korea) |
Slovakia
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Sheffield (United Kingdom) |
Australia
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Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) |
 Croatia
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| 2008 | Ventspils (Latvia) |
Kazakhstan
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Vierumäki (Finland) |
Austria
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Miskolc (Hungary) |
 Great Britain
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Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) |
 Iceland
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| 2009 | Graz (Austria) |
Slovakia
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Torre Pellice (Italy) |
 Latvia
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| 2011 | Ravensburg (Germany) |
 Germany
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Caen (France) |
 Czech Republic
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Newcastle (Australia) |
Netherlands
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Reykjavík (Iceland) |
 New Zealand
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Sofia (Bulgaria) |
 Poland
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| Division IA | Division IB | Division II A | Division II B | Division II B qualification | ||||||
| venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | |
| 2012 | Ventspils (Latvia) |
Czech Republic
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Kingston upon Hull (UK) |
Denmark
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Maribor (Slovenia) |
North Korea
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Seoul (South Korea) |
Poland
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| 2013 | Stavanger (Norway) |
Japan
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Strasbourg (France) |
 France
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Auckland (New Zealand) |
 Hungary
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Puigcerdà (Spain) |
South Korea
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Izmir (Turkey) |
 Turkey
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| 2014 | Přerov (Czech Republic) |
Czech Republic
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Ventspils (Latvia) |
Latvia
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Dumfries (UK) |
Italy
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Jaca (Spain) |
Croatia
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Mexico City (Mexico) |
 Mexico
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| 2015 | Rouen (France) |
Czech Republic
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Beijing (China) |
Slovakia
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Asiago (Italy) |
Kazakhstan
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Reykjavík (Iceland) |
Slovenia
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Kowloon (Hong Kong) |
Turkey
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| 2016 | Aalborg (Denmark) |
Germany
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Asiago (Italy) |
Hungary
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Bled (Slovenia) |
Poland
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Jaca (Spain) |
Australia
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Sofia (Bulgaria) |
 Romania
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| 2017 | Graz (Austria) |
Japan
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Katowice (Poland) |
Slovakia
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Gangneung (South Korea) |
South Korea
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Akureyri (Iceland) |
Mexico
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Taiwan) |
 Taiwan
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| 2018 | Vaujany (France) |
France
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Asiago (Italy) |
Italy
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Maribor (Slovenia) |
Netherlands
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Valdemoro (Spain) |
 Spain
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Sofia (Bulgaria) |
Croatia
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| 2019 | Budapest (Hungary) |
Hungary
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Beijing (China) |
Netherlands
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Dumfries (UK) |
Slovenia
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Brașov (Romania) |
Taiwan
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Cape Town (South Africa) |
 Ukraine
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| Division IA | Division IB | Division II A | Division II B | Division III | ||||||
| venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | venue | winner | |
| 2020 | * | * | * | Akureyri (Iceland) |
Australia
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Sofia (Bulgaria) |
 South Africa
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| 2021 | Angers (France) | Beijing (PR China) | Jaca (Spain) | Zagreb (Croatia) | Kaunas (Lithuania) | |||||
