The 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s Earth Championship commences this morning at the Adirondack Financial institution Centre in Utica, New York. Ten teams split into two divisions vying for the correct to call by themselves the greatest hockey workforce in the world this 12 months.

The 2024 IIHF Women’s Globe Hockey Championship logo functions a navy blue goaltender silhouette in entrance of a silver and blue depiction of the Utica College Nexus Centre. Guiding that is the Utica skyline on the proper and a row of pine trees to the left. The logo capabilities a red, white, and blue motif with four stripes and a few white stars, an noticeable nod to the flag of the host United States.

Two versions of this symbol exist, with the main emblem (stacked vertically) demonstrated above and a horizontal model of the very same brand down below:

For this year’s version, we have Canada, Czechia, Finland, Switzerland, and the host (and defending winner) United States in Pool A. Pool B sees China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, and Sweden. This is the 22nd Women’s Globe Championship. No state other than Canada or the U.S. has claimed gold, and only when in individuals 22 tournaments has a crew other than people two even gained a silver (Finland in 2019).

The IIHF has applied a templated design for its match logos for rather some time now. The initially Women’s Hockey Championship to use the structure was in 2007. The template utilizes the rounded rectangle form of the IIHF brand, recoloured and built to match the host nation or region. Every single symbol attributes the tournament 12 months previously mentioned and the match title under the host town is normally introduced at the pretty bottom.

Website link: IIHF Women’s Earth Hockey Championship Brand Historical past

Get a glance at the graphic below. Observe that the 2020 version was cancelled thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, and tournaments ended up not held in 2010, 2014, or 2018 owing to the Wintertime Olympics.

The 2024 tournament will run for the subsequent 7 days and a 50 percent, with the Gold Medal activity having put on the night of Sunday, April 14th. You can see the entire program right here.