2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III B
Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
Dates	22–25 March
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	43 (7.17 per match)
Attendance	493 (82 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Edith Pärnik; (6 points)
Website	Website

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III A
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	4–9 April
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	45 (7.5 per match)
Attendance	1,782 (297 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Lotte De Guchtenaere; (13 points)
Website	Website

2022 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria; Serbia
Dates	4–9 April; 22–25 March
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
	← 2021 (cancelled) 2023 →

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 April 2022 and the Division III Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 22 to 25 March 2022.[1]

Belgium won Group A, while Estonia won the Group B tournament and both were promoted.[2][3]

Group A tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
~~Ukraine~~	Placed 6th in 2020 Division II B and was relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in 2020 Division III.
~~Romania~~	Placed 3rd in 2020 Division III.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 4th in 2020 Division III.
Lithuania	Placed 5th in 2020 Division III.
~~Hong Kong~~	Placed 6th in 2020 Division III.

Match officials

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees	Linesmen
Drahomira Fialova Sinem Türkmen	Harriet Weegh Julia Strube Julia Hjelmström

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium (P)	4	3	1	26	3	+23	9[lower-alpha 1]	Promotion to the 2023 Division II B
2	Lithuania	4	3	1	14	15	−1	9[lower-alpha 1]
3	Bulgaria (H)	4	0	4	5	27	−22	0
4	Romania[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
5	Ukraine[lower-alpha 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Hong Kong[lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: IIHF
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; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Belgium and Lithuania are tied on head-to-head points (3–3); head-to-head goal difference: Belgium 10–3 Lithuania
Romania withdrew their team on 25 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Ukraine withdrew due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Hong Kong withdrew their team on 3 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Results

All times are local (UTC+3)

4 April 2022
18:30

Belgium

2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 201

Game reference

Nina Van Orshaegen

Goalies

Emilie Simonsen

Referee:

Sinem Türkmen
Linesmen:

Julia Strube

Harriet Weegh

	0–1	05:13 – Petrauskaitė (Miuller)
	0–2	19:14 – Miuller
Bosmans – 34:11	1–2
Steeno (PP) – 54:53	2–2
	2–3	56:43 – Miuller (PP2)

20 min

Penalties

16 min

45

Shots

15

5 April 2022
18:30

Lithuania

8–3
(3–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 600

Game reference

Emilie Simonsen

Goalies

Paulina Georgieva
Katrin Stankova

Referee:

Drahomira Fialova
Linesmen:

Julia Hjelmström

Julia Strube

Miuller – 04:24	1–0
	1–1	12:46 – Dilova (Baykusheva, Ovcharova)
Miuller (Maleckienė) (PP) – 15:07	2–1
Miuller (Maleckienė, Bazevičiūtė) (PP) – 17:43	3–1
	3–2	31:49 – Zareva (Popova, Runevska) (PP)
Miuller (Petrauskaitė) – 36:49	4–2
Miuller (Karpavičiūtė) – 39:52	5–2
Maleckienė (Miuller) – 39:59	6–2
Miuller (Simonsen) – 42:38	7–2
	7–3	48:21 – Zareva (Lisichkova)
Tučiūtė – 50:30	8–3

4 min

Penalties

6 min

21

Shots

29

6 April 2022
18:30

Belgium

8–0
(3–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 350

Game reference

Nina Van Orshaegen
Charlotte Swinnen

Goalies

Katrin Stankova

Referee:

Sinem Türkmen
Linesmen:

Julia Hjelmström

Harriet Weegh

De Wolf (Paulissen) – 04:31	1–0
Boon (De Wolf, De Terwangne) – 05:22	2–0
Steeno (Van Calster) – 14:23	3–0
De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Van Calster) – 25:50	4–0
Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno) – 43:32	5–0
De Terwangne (Meulebrouck) – 47:32	6–0
De Guchtenaere – 50:52	7–0
De Guchtenaere (Bosmans) (PP) – 59:47	8–0

6 min

Penalties

8 min

27

Shots

16

7 April 2022
18:30

Lithuania

0–8
(0–0, 0–1, 0–7)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120

Game reference

Emilie Simonsen
Viltė Beličenkaitė

Goalies

Nina Van Orshaegen

Referee:

Drahomira Fialova
Linesmen:

Julia Hjelmström

Julia Strube

	0–1	29:50 – Paulissen (De Wolf)
	0–2	43:25 – De Guchtenaere (Steeno, Bosmans)
	0–3	44:30 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Van Calster)
	0–4	46:47 – Bosmans (Steeno, Boon)
	0–5	47:28 – Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno)
	0–6	49:27 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Horemans) (PP)
	0–7	50:16 – Steeno
	0–8	57:37 – De Wolf (Horemans

4 min

Penalties

4 min

6

Shots

53

8 April 2022
18:30

Bulgaria

2–3
(0–3, 2–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 210

Game reference

Katrin Stankova

Goalies

Emilie Simonsen

Referee:

Sinem Türkmen
Linesmen:

Julia Strube

Harriet Weegh

	0–1	06:58 – Maleckienė (Tučiūtė)
	0–2	08:50 – Miuller (PP)
	0–3	11:57 – Tučiūtė (Miuller) (Petrauskaitė)
Runevska (Dimova) (Kotseva) – 26:27	1–3
Zareva (Popova) – 35:40	2–3

10 min

Penalties

12 min

37

Shots

23

9 April 2022
19:00

Bulgaria

0–8
(0–4, 0–1, 0–3)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 301

Game reference

Katrin Stankova

Goalies

Nina Van Orshaegen
Charlotte Swinnen

Referee:

Drahomira Fialova
Linesmen:

Julia Hjelmström

Harriet Weegh

	0–1	11:52 – Steeno (Bosmans, De Guchtenaere)
	0–2	13:10 – Bosmans
	0–3	13:38 – Azitemina (De Terwangne, Meulebrouck)
	0–4	14:03 – Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Steeno)
	0–5	33:32 – De Guchtenaere (De Wolf) (SH)
	0–6	43:23 – Azitemina (De Guchtenaere)
	0–7	51:33 – Steeno (Bosmans, De Guchtenaere)
	0–8	55:09 – Steeno (Bosmans, Bollen)

2 min

Penalties

8 min

15

Shots

30

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Lotte De Guchtenaere	4	7	6	13	+15	2	F
Femke Bosmans	4	5	8	13	+12	6	F
Klara Miuller	4	9	3	12	+5	2	F
Anke Steeno	4	6	5	11	+12	2	F
Renee De Wolf	4	2	3	5	+7	8	F
Ramune Maleckienė	4	2	2	4	+5	4	F
Mirela Zareva	4	3	0	4	−10	0	F
Louise Paulissen	4	2	1	3	+5	0	F
Emilija Tučiūtė	4	2	1	3	+5	2	D
Audrey De Terwangne	4	1	2	3	+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
Nina Van Orshaegen	204:50	4	0.88	44	93.18	1
Emilie Simonsen	225:50	12	3.19	150	92.00	0
Katrin Stankova	199:10	21	6.33	89	76.40	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]
Goaltender	Emilie Simonsen
Defenceman	Chinouk Van Calster
Forward	Lotte De Guchtenaere

Group B tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
Estonia	Last participated in 2008.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	First time participating in tournament.
Serbia	Host, first time participating in tournament.
Israel	First time participating in tournament.
~~Iran~~	First time participating in tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Estonia (P)	3	3	0	24	1	+23	9	Promotion to the 2023 Division III A
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	7	16	−9	3
4	Israel	3	0	3	1	21	−20	0
5	Iran[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Source: IIHF
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; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Iran was scheduled to participate, but withdrew in September 2021 to avoid competing against Israel.[8][9]

Results

All times are local (UTC+1)

22 March 2022
14:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–1
(3–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 37

Game reference

Hana Sadović

Goalies

Yael Fatiev
Shelly Zilkha

Referee:

Sini Kauhanen
Linesmen:

Baiba Dzene

Laura Perronin

Kapić (SH) – 04:48	1–0
Mulić (Karamehmedović) – 10:57	2–0
Kapić (Šopović) – 18:55	3–0
Mulić (Hodžić) (PP) – 23:46	4–0
	4–1	25:24 – C. Kotler (S. Kotler)
Karamehmedović (Viden, Hanić) – 39:56	5–1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

35

Shots

13

22 March 2022
17:30

Estonia

4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 126

Game reference

Delen Schule

Goalies

Jovana Korica

Referee:

Mariko Dale
Linesmen:

Elva Hjálmarsdóttir

Lucie Povová

Pärnik (Kulla) – 01:44	1–0
Seppar (Griffin) – 10:57	2–0
Lauk (Kulla) – 23:40	3–0
Pärnik (Kaareste, Kulla) – 40:46	4–0

31 min

Penalties

10 min

20

Shots

15

23 March 2022
14:00

Israel

0–10
(0–5, 0–5, 0–0)

Estonia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 27

Game reference

Shelly Zilkha
Yael Fatiev

Goalies

Triinu Tuvike

Referee:

Sini Kauhanen
Linesmen:

Maren Frohaug

Lucie Povová

	0–1	03:05 – Pärnik (Kaareste)
	0–2	10:45 – Benetis (Griffin)
	0–3	11:04 – Pärnik
	0–4	16:49 – Mahla
	0–5	19:00 – Lauk (Kaareste)
	0–6	25:41 – Griffin (Jõemets) (PP, EA)
	0–7	27:12 – Leet (Seppar)
	0–8	27:48 – Benetis (Griffin) (EA)
	0–9	35:44 – Lauk (Kulla)
	0–10	38:40 – Pärnik (Kaareste)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

4

Shots

69

23 March 2022
17:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–5
(0–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 114

Game reference

Zejneb Paldum

Goalies

Jovana Korica
Sintija Vereš

Referee:

Mariko Dale
Linesmen:

Baiba Dzene

Elva Hjálmarsdóttir

	0–1	19:22 – Benčić (Vrhoci) (PP)
	0–2	29:04 – Vrhoci (SH)
	0–3	30:51 – Vaštag (Vrhoci) (PP)
	0–4	36:09 – Milodanović (Vaštag)
Kapić (Šoše) (PP) – 46:30	1–4
	1–5	46:42 – Stantić (Popov)

10 min

Penalties

8 min

6

Shots

23

25 March 2022
14:00

Estonia

10–1
(2–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 36

Game reference

Delen Schule

Goalies

Hana Sadović
Zejneb Paldum

Referee:

Mariko Dale
Linesmen:

Baiba Dzene

Maren Frohaug

Kulla (Seppar) (PP) – 03:30	1–0
Aasma (Neering) – 09:26	2–0
Mahla – 23:29	3–0
	3–1	28:39 – Kapić
Mahla (Aasma) – 29:11	4–1
Joemets (Kaareste) – 30:21	5–1
Lauk (Seppar) – 40:19	6–1
Disko (Roosileht) – 42:37	7–1
Hollo (Griffin) – 44:34	8–1
Lauk (Pärnik) – 50:11	9–1
Leet – 56:40	10–1

12 min

Penalties

8 min

33

Shots

6

25 March 2022
17:30

Serbia

6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 153

Game reference

Jovana Korica
Sintija Veres

Goalies

Yael Fatiev

Referee:

Sini Kauhanen
Linesmen:

Laura Peronnin

Lucie Povová

H. Rac Sabo (Radović) (PP) – 07:02	1–0
Popov (Stantić) – 11:16	2–0
Milodanović (Popov) – 26:49	3–0
L. Rac Sabo (Vastag) – 31:46	4–0
L. Rac Sabo (Vrhoci) – 55:58	5–0
Vastag (Vrhoci) – 58:19	6–0

12 min

Penalties

8 min

42

Shots

0

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Edith Pärnik	3	5	1	6	+12	0	F
Christin Lauk	3	5	0	5	+10	0	D
Merlin Griffin	3	1	4	5	+4	0	F
Kirke Kulla	3	1	4	5	+9	2	F
Valentina Vrhoci	3	1	4	5	+3	0	F
Diane Kaareste	3	0	5	5	+9	0	F
Irma Kapić	3	4	0	4	−1	4	F
Ivett Vastag	3	2	2	4	+2	2	F
Aleksandra-Olga Seppar	3	1	3	4	+5	4	D
Helen Mahla	3	3	0	3	+5	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
Delen Schule	120:00	1	0.50	21	95.24	1
Yael Fatiev	141:16	13	5.52	111	88.29	0
Jovana Korica	160:25	5	1.87	25	80.00	0
Hana Sadović	102:37	8	4.68	36	77.78	0
Zejneb Paldum	77:23	8	6.20	33	75.76	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[10]
Goaltender	Delen Schule
Defenceman	Christin Lauk
Forward	Valentina Vrhoci

References

"Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
"Belgian women win". IIHF.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
"Estonia returns in style". IIHF.com. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
IIIA game officials
"New dates and one withdrawal". IIHF.com. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
"Hong Kongers won't play this season". IIHF.com. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
"Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
"New Zealand, Iran withdraw teams". IIHF.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
"Iran pulls out of women's ice hockey championship after being slated against Israel". israelhayom.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
"Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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[table_hth_BEL0.37936934380763-5] Belgium and Lithuania are tied on head-to-head points (3–3); head-to-head goal difference: Belgium 10–3 Lithuania

[table_note_ROU0.37936934380763-7] Romania withdrew their team on 25 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

[table_note_UKR0.37936934380763-8] Ukraine withdrew due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[table_note_HKG0.37936934380763-10] Hong Kong withdrew their team on 3 March 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

[table_note_IRI0.3681748697386-14] Iran was scheduled to participate, but withdrew in September 2021 to avoid competing against Israel.[8][9]

[1] "Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[2] "Belgian women win". IIHF.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[3] "Estonia returns in style". IIHF.com. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[4] IIIA game officials

[6] "New dates and one withdrawal". IIHF.com. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[9] "Hong Kongers won't play this season". IIHF.com. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[11] "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[12] "New Zealand, Iran withdraw teams". IIHF.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[13] "Iran pulls out of women's ice hockey championship after being slated against Israel". israelhayom.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[15] "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 26 March 2022.