The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which was contested in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark from 25 August to 4 September 2022, at the KVIK Hockey Arena, and Scanel Hockey Arena. Historically, a top division tournament was not played during Olympic years, but in September 2021, the IIHF announced the change to play the tournament each year, even during Olympic years.
Canada defeated the United States 2–1 in to win their 12th title.
Venues
Participants
Group A
1 (expelled)
Group B
2
1Russia was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2Sweden replaced Russia.
Rosters
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.
Match officials
Eleven referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Awards and statistics
The awards were announced on 4 September 2022.
Awards
Directorate Awards
All-Star team
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF
Leading goaltenders
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.
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF