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IIHF Women's World Championship

2026

IIHF WorldsNov 6 to Nov 16 · Herning and Esbjerg

Overview

Format

  • 10 teams in two groups of five, each team playing the others in its group once.
  • A win in regulation earns three points, a win in overtime or a shootout two, and a loss in overtime or a shootout one.
  • Teams level on points are separated by the games between them.
  • The top four in each group go to the quarterfinals, and the two fifth-placed teams play a relegation game.
  • The quarterfinal winners are re-seeded for the semifinals.
  • Then the bronze medal game and the gold medal game.

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Semifinals

Finland flagFinlandUSA flagUSA

Semifinal9:00 AM ETIIHF Worlds

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Sweden flagSwedenCanada flagCanada

Semifinal1:00 PM ETIIHF Worlds

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USA flagUSA is through: first in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Germany flagGermany is through: second in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Switzerland flagSwitzerland is through: third in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Czechia flagCzechia is through: fourth in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Austria flagAustria is out: fifth in the group goes out

Canada flagCanada is through: first in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Sweden flagSweden is through: second in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Finland flagFinland is through: third in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Denmark flagDenmark is through: fourth in the group goes straight to the quarterfinals

Japan flagJapan is out: fifth in the group goes out