Finland & Japan Playing For 5th and 6th Place In Placement Round At 2022 Women’s World Hockey Championship This Morning

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Following a quarter-final loss to Czechia, Finland is competing in the placement round, and is presently playing Japan on this morning for their final game of the tournament.

The game is 0-0 in a shootout .

The winner of this game will return to Group A for the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship, joining the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Czechia. The loser will finish in sixth place and play in Group B in 2023 along with Sweden, Hungary, Germany and France.

This is the second Women’s World Championship in a row that this placement round format is being used.

Source: iihf.com

Finland Defeats Hungary 3-2 In OT; Japan Wins 5-4 Over Sweden, In Placement Round Of 2022 Women’s World Hockey Championship On September 3, 2022

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With the wins, Japan will meet Finland in the final placement round game on Sunday, the winner of which will take fifth place in the tournament and join the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Czechia in Group A next year at the 2023 Women’s World Hockey Championship.