List of IIHF Women's World Championship Directorate award winners

Canadian Hayley Wickenheiser has been named the top forward twice and most valuable player once at the Women's World Championships.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship is contested annually in non-Olympic years. The "top division" consists of the nine highest ranked countries. The event was first contested in 1990. It became an annual event (except in Olympic years), starting in 1997. After each event, the IIHF has handed out awards to the top participants. The awards for Most Valuable Player, Top Defenseman, Top Forward and Top Goaltender have been presented in some combination except after the 1997 tournament.

The IIHF directorate at each tournament is made up of one member from each of the participating member nations. These members vote on the awards, which are presented after the gold medal game of the tournament.[1]

Year Best Goalie Best Defenceman Best Forward Most Valuable Player Ref
1990 United States Kelly Dyer Canada Dawn McGuire Finland Riikka Nieminen Canada Dawn McGuire [2]
1992 Sweden Annica Åhlén Canada Geraldine Heaney United States Cammi Granato —
1994 United States Erin Whitten Canada Geraldine Heaney Finland Riikka Nieminen —
1997 — — — —
1999 Canada Sami Jo Small Finland Kirsi Hänninen United States Jenny Potter —
2000 Canada Sami Jo Small United States Angela Ruggiero Finland Katja Riipi —
2001 Canada Kim St-Pierre United States Karyn Bye Canada Jennifer Botterill Canada Jennifer Botterill
2003 Event cancelled due to SARS outbreak
2004 Canada Kim St-Pierre United States Angela Ruggiero Canada Jayna Hefford Canada Jennifer Botterill
2005 United States Chanda Gunn United States Angela Ruggiero Canada Jayna Hefford United States Krissy Wendell
2007 Finland Noora Räty United States Molly Engstrom Canada Hayley Wickenheiser Canada Hayley Wickenheiser [3]
2008 Finland Noora Räty United States Angela Ruggiero United States Natalie Darwitz Finland Noora Räty [4]
2009 Canada Charline Labonté Finland Jenni Hiirikoski Canada Hayley Wickenheiser Canada Carla MacLeod [5]
2011 Finland Noora Räty Canada Meaghan Mikkelson United States Monique Lamoureux-Kolls Slovakia Zuzana Tomčíková [6][7]
2012 Switzerland Florence Schelling Finland Jenni Hiirikoski United States Kelli Stack [8]
2013 Russia Nadezhda Alexandrova Finland Jenni Hiirikoski Canada Marie-Philip Poulin Canada Marie-Philip Poulin [9][10]
2015 Japan Nana Fujimoto Finland Jenni Hiirikoski United States Hilary Knight United States Hilary Knight [11]
2016 Canada Emerance Maschmeyer Finland Jenni Hiirikoski United States Hilary Knight United States Hilary Knight [12][13]
2017 Finland Noora Räty Finland Jenni Hiirikoski United States Brianna Decker United States Brianna Decker [14][15]
2019 Finland Noora Räty Finland Jenni Hiirikoski United States Kendall Coyne Schofield Finland Jenni Hiirikoski [16][17]
2020 Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [18]
2021 Finland Anni Keisala United States Lee Stecklein Canada Mélodie Daoust Canada Mélodie Daoust [19]
2022 United States Nicole Hensley Czech Republic Daniela Pejšová United States Taylor Heise United States Taylor Heise [20]
2023 Canada Ann-Renée Desbiens United States Caroline Harvey Canada Sarah Fillier Canada Sarah Fillier [21]
2024 Germany Sandra Abstreiter Canada Renata Fast United States Alex Carpenter United States Laila Edwards [22]

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