Following a nail-biting winner-take-all relegation game, it was the Austrian squad that emerged victorious to keep their spot in the Top Division, eliminating Japan from the Top Division and sending them to Division IA for the first time in a decade in the opening day of elimination round competition at the 2026 Women’s World Championships in Herning, Denmark.
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Category Archives: Women’s World Championship
IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 8-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 11 Nov 2026
🇺🇸 United States 8-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg 🇩🇰
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:53 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Murphy (Fox)
07:15 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kaltounková, illegal hit
09:36 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Scamurra, interference
11:38 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Šapovalivová, holding the stick
11:38 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stecklein, holding
15:57 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Knight (Janecke, Winn)
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2026
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2026 Class, inducting six legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 11-1 Austria 🇦🇹 – 09 Nov 2026
🇺🇸 United States 11-1 Austria 🇦🇹
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg 🇩🇰
Monday, 09 November 2026
Behind a four-point night from Caroline Harvey, including a hat trick, the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Austria, 11-1, in the preliminary round of the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship.
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🇦🇹 Austria Becomes Second New Women’s IHLC Contender In 2026
After Team USA dispatched Germany earlier today at the Women’s World Championships in Esbjerg, Denmark, a tilt tomorrow was officially set up with Austria, meaning that for the second time this year, a new contender will face off for the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 08 Nov 2026
🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Germany 🇩🇪
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg 🇩🇰
Sunday, 08 November 2026
The U.S. Women’s National Team topped Germany, 5-0, in its second preliminary-round game at the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 06 Nov 2026
🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg 🇩🇰
Friday, 06 November 2026
Behind two goals from Hannah Bilka and Laila Edwards, the U.S. Women’s National Team downed Switzerland 7-0 in the first preliminary-round game of the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship on Friday.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 Women’s World Championship
The IIHF Women’s World Championship is returning to Denmark for the second time in four years, as the debut November edition of the tournament sees the reigning Olympic and World champion Americans looking to defend their crownin the 25th edition of the tournament from 06-16 November, with games in Herning and Esbjerg.
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🇷🇺 CAS Overturns IIHF Ruling, Orders Russia Reinstated To World Championships
In a stunning reversal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the International Ice Hockey Federation today was ordered to immediately reinstate all Russian hockey teams to IIHF competition despite their ongoing invasion of Ukraine, throwing a major wrench into upcoming tournaments throughout the 2026-27 season.
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🇨🇦 Claire Thompson Confirms Retirement, Pivot To Medical Career
Defender Claire Thompson, the first Canadian woman to join the Triple Gold Club at the age of 27, today confirmed her retirement from hockey just one year later, hanging up her skates to pursue a medical career full-time.
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🇷🇺 🇧🇾 IIHF Provides Ruling On Russia, Belarus 2026-27 Eligibility
After a surprising pivot at the 2026 IIHF Congress in May, where the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that the blanket ban on Russia and Belarus’ participation on international hockey would be lifted in place of a case-by-case tournament review, the IIHF today confirmed each nation’s eligibility for IIHF tournaments for the 2026-27 season.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2026
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced their Class of 2026 to be inducted on 09 November, with first-ballot nominees Patrice Bergeron and Carey Price joining Pekka Rinne, Keith Tkachuk, Cindy Curley and Brian Burke, who will all enter the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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Frankel, Pannek Highlight Top Winners At 2026 PWHL Awards
The Professional Women’s Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2025-26 season at an awards ceremony in Detroit, Michigan, with six IHLC holders representing Canada and the United States taking home trophies following the league’s third season.
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🇩🇰 2026 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, with the Danish cities of Herning and Esbjerg set to host for the first time since 2022, with Team USA looking to repeat as World Champions, along with doubling up on their 2026 Olympic Gold medal.
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🇺🇸 Savannah Harmon Retires From Hockey At Age 30
American defender Savannah Harmon, a two-time World Champion and former Olympian, today confirmed her retirement from pro hockey at the age of 30, following her third PWHL season, and first full season, with the Toronto Sceptres.
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2026 IIHF Congress Provides Updates On Russia, Belarus, Future Tournaments
The 2026 IIHF Congress concluded today in Zürich, Switzerland, with a number of major announcements made, the main one being the surprising reversal on the status of Russia and Belarus’ team participation following the original extension of their competition ban, which has been in place since 2022.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Five Players Join Triple Gold Club Following Victoire Walter Cup Win
Following the Montréal Victoire’s first Walter Cup championship, and the first title for a Canadian club, there are now five new members of the unofficial Women’s Triple Gold Club, as Canadians Marie-Philip Poulin, Laura Stacey, Ann-Renée Desbiens and Erin Ambrose, along with American Hayley Scamurra, have now added a Walter Cup to their existing Olympic and World Championship Gold medals.
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🇺🇸 Hannah Brandt Retires After Fleet’s Playoff Elimination
After announcing before the 2025-26 PWHL season that it would be her last in order to focus on her studies, Hannah Brandt made her retirement from hockey official at the age of 32, following an illustrious career capped with one Olympic and three World Championship Gold medals, but falling short of the Triple Gold Club after the Boston Fleet were eliminated from the Walter Cup postseason by Ottawa.
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🇫🇷 France Promoted To 2027 Women’s World Championship
After three years stuck in Division IA, and just three months removed from a disappointing last place finish at the Milan Olympics, France clinched their spot at the 2027 Women’s World Championship in Québec, Canada, after a 3-1 defeat of Slovakia locked them into promotion at the Division IA Championship in Budapest, Hungary.
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🇺🇸 Heise, Curl & Zumwinkle Join Triple Gold Club
By virtue of the United States‘ thrilling overtime victory over Canada to capture Olympic Gold in Milan, three forwards on Team USA have now joined the Triple Gold Club, as Taylor Heise, Britta Curl and Grace Zumwinkle all added Olympic Gold to their existing World Championship Gold and Walter Cup titles.
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