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unusual facts about 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship


2014 IIHF Women's World Championship

Group A games will be played from April 6–12, 2014 in Asiago, Italy, and Group B will be played in Reykjavik, Iceland from April 24–30, 2014.


1998 ISF Women's World Championship

A fourth straight title was won by the team from the United States, coached by Margie Wright, which avenged its only loss of the tournament to Australia by a 1-0 margin in the final.

2005 IIHF Women's World Championship

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 13–20, 2005 in Asiago, Italy

2007 IIHF Women's World Championship

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, held from March 17, 2007 through March 23, 2007 in Pyongyang, North Korea.

2010 FIBA World Championship qualification

This is less than in the 2010 FIFA World Cup (204) and 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship (109), but more than the 2011 Rugby World Cup (98) and the 2011 Cricket World Cup (about 100).

2012 ISF Women's World Championship

The 2012 ISF Women's World Championship is an international softball competition being held at Pepsi Softball Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada from July 13 to July 22, 2012.

2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Group A of the Division I tournament will be held in Asiago, Italy, from April 6 to 12.

Ann-Sophie Bettez

In March 2011, she was invited to the Canada women's national ice hockey team selection camp to determine the final roster for the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Casey Nogueira

As a member of the United States U-20 women's team, she represented her country at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2007 Pan American Games.

Chinese Taipei men's national softball team

The 1992 World Championships, the eighth time the event was competed for, was held in Manila.

Fengtai Softball Field

The stadium's renovation was completed on July 28, 2006, ready for the XI ISF Women's World Championship in late August.

IIHF World Ranking

The Women's 2013 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2013, 2012, and 2011 and at the 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, Canada.

ISF Women's World Championship

In 1965, the first ISF Women's World Championship was held in Melbourne, Victoria, with games being played at Albert Park.

Josephine Pucci

Josephine Pucci (born December 27, 1990) is a women's ice hockey player for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program who made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Kerri Hanks

Hanks' first year playing for the Irish was in 2005; she held off enrolling at Notre Dame in order to participate in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand.

Renato Righetto

He worked at the 1960 Olympics, 1964 Olympics, 1968 Olympics and 1972 Olympics (including final games in 1960, 1968 and 1972), 1971 Women's World Championship, 1967 Pan American Games and 1971 Pan American Games.

Tina Cardinale-Beauchemin

In 1990 Cardinale was appointed the first ever captain for the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Viona Harrer

One year later in Halifax, Canada, she had her first assignment in a world championship.

Volleyball at the 2002 Asian Games – Men

China and Japan's best players had to miss the event due to the schedule conflicting with the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Argentina, but South Korea withdrew from the world championship to participate in Asian Games.

Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games

Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea alongside the host team Qatar qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage.


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