2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 18th edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017. The USA Hockey Arena served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II.
Three-time defending champions, the United States, defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.
Participating teams
;Group A- – Hosts
- – ''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
- 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 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
''All times are local.''Relegation round
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three 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 and finished in 7th place.
Final round
Bracket
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
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Statistics and awards
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS | |
 Leading goaltendersOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
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