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

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

 

Budapest (HUN) - 12 April 2026 - 18 April 2026

 

 

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Edited April 10 by hckošice

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Who do you think will be the favorites for the tournament in Budapest? Hungary? It's a shame only one team will advance... The minimum goal for Italy should be to stay at that`s division, but realistically, we can fight for a top-3, I think.. Advancing in this situation will be very difficult- especially since Hungary is the hosts and the group is such that you can basically win or lose against anyone. By the way, I'm a little surprised that Austria is playing in the Elite? I didn't think Austria was that strong in women hockey, considering they haven't even played at the Olympics recently.

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18 hours ago, copravolley said:

Who do you think will be the favorites for the tournament in Budapest? Hungary? It's a shame only one team will advance... The minimum goal for Italy should be to stay at that`s division, but realistically, we can fight for a top-3, I think.. Advancing in this situation will be very difficult- especially since Hungary is the hosts and the group is such that you can basically win or lose against anyone. By the way, I'm a little surprised that Austria is playing in the Elite? I didn't think Austria was that strong in women hockey, considering they haven't even played at the Olympics recently.

Italy for sure followed by distance with France and Hungary. Any other outcome would be surprising,

 

China is a mystery currently, but I would be surprised if they end by playing the promotion rather than relegation with us and Norway

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36 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Italy for sure followed by distance with France and Hungary. Any other outcome would be surprising,

 

China is a mystery currently, but I would be surprised if they end by playing the promotion rather than relegation with us and Norway

Italy lost a friendly game to Hungary 0-2 yesterday and for me, that could be a key match, but Italy needs to win their opening 1-2 matches against Norway and Slovakia to have a chance to promote. Hungary has certainly been training together for several days and Italy will only be fully squad for today, with no Canadian head coach from OG, but just assistants from Italy and Canada for all the tournament. For it will be difficult for Italy to advance, especially since only team will advance- so the margin of error is practically zero. Italy definitely needs to win their first 1-2 matches, and then the crucial match against Hungary, who is a very strong team- Germany's level, in my opinion. It's a shame Austria isn't here instead of Hungary and that 2 teams aren't advancing to the Elite Division instead of one. Then I'd be much more at ease. Hungary is much better team for me than Austria in women hockey.

Edited April 10 by copravolley

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Sunday April 12th, 2026 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

12:30   China vs Slovakia

16:00   Italy vs Norway

19:30   France vs Hungary

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19 hours ago, hckošice said:

Sunday April 12th, 2026 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

12:30   China vs Slovakia

16:00   Italy vs Norway

19:30   France vs Hungary

Italy today beat Norway only 2-1 (and also was a draw in the all shots stats: 28- 26). It doesn't look good for us– our form has probably arrived in February, not now. In my opinion, Slovakia will be the favorite tomorrow – they won 7-0 against China today – and they'll probably were a peak of the form. Personally, I wasn't expecting Italy to advance and I think I was right – it's good that the minimum goal – no relegation – is almost certain. Certainly, today wasn't the same form as in February at the Olympics in the matches against France and China.

Edited April 12 by copravolley

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39 minutes ago, copravolley said:

Italy today beat Norway only 2-1 (and also was a draw in the all shots stats: 28- 26). It doesn't look good for us– our form has probably arrived in February, not now. In my opinion, Slovakia will be the favorite tomorrow – they won 7-0 against China today – and they'll probably were a peak of the form. Personally, I wasn't expecting Italy to advance and I think I was right – it's good that the minimum goal – no relegation – is almost certain. Certainly, today wasn't the same form as in February at the Olympics in the matches against France and China.

China was not at the Olympics. You played Japan.

 

Taking any conculsions after 1 match is too early and premature. Norway is definitely by any mean not a punching bag, They are a team relegated from the Top division. Nobody is going to blown them. In the opposite China yes, they were piss poor today, totally harmless, this is not China from the pre and Beijing era, any naturalized player is not in the team anymore, only local girls who had issues even with normal skating and puck control, Was quite embarassing to watch this, but kudos to China they decided to go this harder way and reform their team with local players.

 

Italy is still the number one favorite for promotion, 3 points against Norway are the first and very important step. Your main games will still be Hungary and France as scripted.

Edited April 12 by hckošice

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1 hour ago, hckošice said:

China was not at the Olympics. You played Japan.

 

Taking any conculsions after 1 match is too early and premature. Norway is definitely by any mean not a punching bag, They are a team relegated from the Top division. Nobody is going to blown them. In the opposite China yes, they were piss poor today, totally harmless, this is not China from the pre and Beijing era, any naturalized player is not in the team anymore, only local girls who had issues even with normal skating and puck control, Was quite embarassing to watch this, but kudos to China they decided to go this harder way and reform their team with local players.

 

Italy is still the number one favorite for promotion, 3 points against Norway are the first and very important step. Your main games will still be Hungary and France as scripted.

Yes, Japan- of course. 

 

China before 2022 wasn't weak either - it was on the level of Italy in that time.

Edited April 12 by copravolley

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Sunday April 12th, 2026 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +2)

 

12:30   China  0 - 7  Slovakia

16:00   Italy  2 - 1  Norway

19:30   France  2 - 3OT  Hungary

 

Provisional Standing After Day 1:

 

1.    3

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2.   3

3.   2

4.   1

5.   0

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6.   0

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Hungary minimal defeated France... As of today, Slovakia seems to be the favorite to advance, but we'll see tomorrow more.

Edited April 12 by copravolley