Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group A World Championship 2026

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10 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Thanks. We´ll see. If it has to happen it will. It it does not have to happen yet, it will not... yet.

 

Our woman´s program is working a couple of years now with a group of girls since their early teenage years, through Youth Winter Olympics and EYOFs and several team meetings, the core of the group is still around late teen and early twentys. Also it is obviously build around Nela Lopušanová who is still 18 years old.

 

The goal was set for the Olympics, maybe 2030 will be too soon but the program is showing every year bigger results and is still not over, we hopw by 2034 being a competitive team at the Olympics.

 

For the worlds we also are trying step by step, so even if not tomorrow this group of girls will certainly qualify to the elite in the upcoming time and the goal is obviously to be able to stay there as well once our time will arrive.

 

 

In 2024, Italy beat Slovakia 3-2 at the World Champ Division I B, but objectively, we were two level under you in that time and now we're at a similar level. Italy won here surprisingly easily – it was even 6-2 on begining of 3 period, but Slovakia showed strength in the matches against Hungary and Norway. On paper, I think Hungary is still the best here, so you have a good chance against France – even a 2-point win is probably enough for you. Regarding Italy, in 2022/23, we even lost to Poland and Slovenia, so we've made significant progress. Now it's crucial to continue this project and avoid something like China. Italy always needs support from North America, but we also have good local players – for example, our leading striker: Mathilde Fantin, is a born in Italy- Cuneo.

Edited yesterday at 08:48 PM by copravolley

[copravolley 656]

In Italy, it's generally impossible to watch it anywhere except on pay TV on our federation's website, which is of terrible quality: there's no clock, only the score. The 2026 Olympics were an exception, with women's hockey being on free-to-air television. Most people in southern Italy probably don't even know that women's hockey exists

[copravolley 656]

21 hours ago, hckošice said:

Thanks. We´ll see. If it has to happen it will. It it does not have to happen yet, it will not... yet.

 

Our woman´s program is working a couple of years now with a group of girls since their early teenage years, through Youth Winter Olympics and EYOFs and several team meetings, the core of the group is still around late teen and early twentys. Also it is obviously build around Nela Lopušanová who is still 18 years old.

 

The goal was set for the Olympics, maybe 2030 will be too soon but the program is showing every year bigger results and is still not over, we hopw by 2034 being a competitive team at the Olympics.

 

For the worlds we also are trying step by step, so even if not tomorrow this group of girls will certainly qualify to the elite in the upcoming time and the goal is obviously to be able to stay there as well once our time will arrive.

 

 

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Saturday April 18th, 2026 -

Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +2)

 

12:30   China  0 - 7  Italy

16:00   Slovakia  1 - 3  France

19:30   Norway  1 - 4  Hungary

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Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
France	5	4(1)	1(1)	20	8	+12	12
Hungary	5	4(1)	1(0)	14	7	+7	11
Italy	5	3(0)	2(1)	19	11	+8	10
Slovakia	5	3(0)	2(0)	19	10	+9	9
Norway	5	1(0)	4(0)	8	15	-7	3
China	5	0(0)	5(0)	1	30	-29	0

 

The following Nation have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2027

• France

 

The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group A World Championship 2027

• Hungary
•  Italy
•  Norway
•  Slovakia

 

The following Nation has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group B World Championship 2027

• China

[copravolley 656]

The best team- Hungary – didn't advance and that was at home, because they had one weaker game against Slovakia. Italy had its chance and could have advanced-  a win against France for 3 points was enough for this. France use their chance – it's truly amazing that they can be strong in so many team sports– even hockey, which has never been very popular there. For Italy, this is still the best result in history. Btw, I wonder when Russia will return and how they will resolve this? Will they join directly to the Elite? Looking at other sports, it's probably only a matter of time before that happens and I1m sure, that the primadonnas from Moscow won't be playing in some lower divisions- and neither will their men`s friends.