The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international

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tournament run by the

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. It was held in

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from 31 March to 7 April 2017. The

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served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II. The

defeated

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in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their eighth title.

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won the bronze medal by beating

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8–0.

Venues

Participants

;Group A * – ''Hosts'' * * * ;Group B * * * – ''Promoted from Division I Group A in 2016'' *

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Dina Allen * Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie * Nikoleta Celárová * Anna Eskola * Drahomira Fialova * Gabriella Gran * Nicole Hertrich * Aina Hove * Miyuki Nakayama * Melissa Szkola ;Linesmen * Bettina Angerer * Veronica Johansson * Michaela Kúdeľová * Jessica Leclerc * Lisa Linnek * Ilona Novotná * Nataša Pagon * Johanna Tauriainen * Justine Todd

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters ( forwards, and

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) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight 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, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.

Preliminary round

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Group A

Group B

Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a

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series to determine the relegated team. The IIHF opted to expand the World Championship to ten teams starting in 2019, so no team was relegated after all. Switzerland won series 2–1

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistics

Final standings

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''
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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 =

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; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best

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Noora Räty Noora Helena Räty (born 29 May 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender, playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with HPK Kiekkonaiset. She is affiliated with the Minnesota chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and ...

**Best

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Jenni Hiirikoski Jenni Hiirikoski (born 30 March 1987) is a Finnish ice hockey player and captain of Luleå HF/MSSK in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (; SDHL) and the Finnish national team. She is widely considered one of the best active ice hockey defence ...

**Best

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, Jenni Hiirikoski **Forwards:

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, Brianna Decker,

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: Brianna Decker Source
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Threatened boycott by US players

On 15 March 2017, the U.S. team announced that unless concessions were made by

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, they would boycott the World Championship to protest inequitable support and conditions for women's hockey. The players were publicly supported by the players' associations for the NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL, and the

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. After several days of stalled negotiations and attempts to field a team of non-boycotting players, causing concern over such a team being competitive, an agreement was struck with USA Hockey to increase player pay and support for women's development; the original players immediately agreed to play in the World Championship.

References

External links

Official website
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