2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Mexico  South Africa
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	2–7 April 20–26 February
Teams	10

The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II comprised two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2023 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Group A tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico from 2 to 7 April, and the Group B tournament in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 to 26 February 2023.^[1]

Latvia won Group A and got promoted and North Korea got relegated after withdrawing. Belgium won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Croatia got relegated.^[2]

Group A tournament

2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–7 April
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	54 (5.4 per game)
Attendance	3,938 (394 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Līga Miljone (9 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 2nd in 2022 Division II A.
Spain	Placed 3rd in 2022 Division II A.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 4th in 2022 Division II A.
Mexico	Host, placed 5th in 2022 Division II A.
North Korea	Did not participate last year.
Iceland	Placed 1st in 2022 Division II B and was promoted.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia	4	4	0	0	0	21	3	+18	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2	Spain	4	3	0	0	1	17	6	+11	9
3	Mexico (H)	4	2	0	0	2	5	16	−11	6
4	Chinese Taipei	4	0	1	0	3	5	9	−4	2
5	Iceland	4	0	0	1	3	6	20	−14	1
–	North Korea[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division II B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. ↑ North Korea withdrew before the tournament.

Results

All times are local (UTC−6)

2 April 2023 14:00

Latvia

3–2 (0–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 108

Game reference
	Kristiāna Apsīte	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting	Referee: Grace Barlow Linesmen: Marise Larios Jessica Lundgren
	0–1 06:33 – Yeh H. (Chao) (PP) Rulle (A. Apsīte) – 21:28 1–1 Miljone (Lagzdiņa) (PP) – 33:13 2–1 2–2 44:10 – Hsieh C. (Huang M.) (PP) Rulle – 58:53 3–2
	35 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	21

2 April 2023 18:30

Mexico

0–6 (0–4, 0–1, 0–1)

Spain

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 716

Game reference
	Mónica Rentería Miranda De Antuñano	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo Laura López De Ochoa	Referee: Martina Zedníková Linesmen: Joanie Duchesneau Monika Szpyt-Jucha
	0–1 04:11 – Serrano (Muñoz) 0–2 10:42 – Muñoz (Serna, O'Hare) 0–3 12:15 – Castellanos (Álvarez, Muñoz) (PP) 0–4 16:29 – Castellanos (Bosch) 0–5 39:28 – Scilipoti (Muñoz, Álvarez) (PP) 0–6 42:35 – García (Rivas, Gil)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	32

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3 April 2023 18:30

Iceland

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Mexico

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 682

Game reference
	Birta Helgadóttir	Goalies	Mónica Rentería	Referee: Béatrice Fortin Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Sophie Thomson
	0–1 10:25 – Téllez (G. Rojas, J. Rojas) Vidarsdóttir – 27:15 1–1 1–2 38:46 – Téllez (González) (SH) 1–3 44:52 – Amaya (PP) Hjaltested (Björgvinsdóttir) (SH) – 52:42 2–3
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	34

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4 April 2023 14:00

Spain

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Chinese Taipei

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 128

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting	Referee: Grace Barlow Linesmen: Joanie Duchesneau Marise Larios
	Pareja (Merino) – 29:35 1–0 Fernández (Aizpurua, Muñoz) – 32:31 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	20

4 April 2023 18:30

Iceland

0–6 (0–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Latvia

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 127

Game reference
	Birta Helgadóttir Andrea Bachmann	Goalies	Kristiāna Apsīte	Referee: Béatrice Fortin Linesmen: Monika Szpyt-Jucha Sophie Thomson
	0–1 00:17 – Miljone (A. Apsīte, Rulle) 0–2 05:58 – Lagzdiņa (Rulle, K. Apsīte) (PP) 0–3 12:55 – Lagzdiņa (Yip-Chuck) (PP) 0–4 30:34 – Yip-Chuck (A. Apsīte) (SH) 0–5 46:38 – Miljone (Kolīte) (PP) 0–6 50:46 – Balode (Miljone) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	21	Shots	35

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5 April 2023 18:30

Mexico

0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3)

Latvia

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 708

Game reference
	Mónica Rentería Miranda De Antuñano	Goalies	Kristiāna Apsīte	Referee: Martina Zedníková Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Sophie Thomson
	0–1 18:35 – Rulle (Yip-Chuck) (PP) 0–2 21:50 – Pudule (Aņisimova) 0–3 25:20 – Miljone (Yip-Chuck) 0–4 29:42 – Yip-Chuck (Aņisimova) (EA) 0–5 36:25 – A. Apsīte (Jakovļeva) 0–6 43:45 – Miljone (Rulle) (PP2) 0–7 49:44 – Kezika (A. Apsīte) 0–8 59:13 – Rulle (Lagzdiņa) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	42

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6 April 2023 14:00

Spain

8–2 (1–1, 3–0, 4–1)

Iceland

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 114

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Birta Helgadóttir Andrea Bachmann	Referee: Martina Zedníková Linesmen: Joanie Duchesneau Marise Larios
	Muñoz (Fernández, Álvarez) – 10:18 1–0 1–1 10:39 – Björgvinsdóttir Serrano (Merino) – 26:59 2–1 Castellanos (Scilipoti) – 33:19 3–1 Merino (Merino) – 35:58 4–1 4–2 43:00 – Geirsdóttir Fernández (Muñoz, O'Hare) – 46:08 5–2 Fernández (O'Hare) (PP) – 46:56 6–2 Scilipoti (Moreno) – 54:39 7–2 Serna (O'Hare) – 56:32 8–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	16

6 April 2023 18:30

Chinese Taipei

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Mexico

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 782

Game reference
	Wang Yun-tzu	Goalies	Mónica Rentería	Referee: Béatrice Fortin Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Monika Szpyt-Jucha
	0–1 07:57 – D. Rosales (Téllez) 0–2 33:09 – Nevárez (SH)
	0 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	27

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7 April 2023 14:00

Latvia

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Spain

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 295

Game reference
	Kristiāna Apsīte	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Grace Barlow Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Sophie Thomson
	Miljone (Balode) – 15:54 1–0 Miljone (Lagzdiņa) – 21:17 2–0 Silajāne (A. Apsīte, Kubliņa) (PP) – 45:11 3–0 3–1 48:46 – Muñoz (Pareja) Balode (Yip-Chuck, Miljone) (PP) – 49:12 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	38

7 April 2023 18:30

Chinese Taipei

3–2 GWS (1–2, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Iceland

San Jeronimo Arena, Mexico City Attendance: 278

Game reference
	Hsu Tzu-ting	Goalies	Birta Helgadóttir	Referee: Martina Zedníková Linesmen: Marise Larios Monika Szpyt-Jucha
	0–1 05:51 – Björgvinsdóttir (Hjaltested) Lin Yi. (Sha) – 18:24 1–1 1–2 19:19 – Leifsdóttir Hsieh C. (Huang Y.) – 26:33 2–2
	Chao Huang Y. Lin Yi. Pan	Shootout	Björgvinsdóttir Hjaltested Björnsdóttir Arnadóttir Leifsdóttir
	8 min	Penalties	39 min
	42	Shots	24

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Līga Miljone	4	7	2	9	+5	4	F
Vega Muñoz	4	3	5	8	+6	0	F
Linda Rulle	4	4	3	7	+4	0	F
Krista Yip-Chuck	4	2	4	6	+2	4	F
Agnese Apsīte	4	1	5	6	+7	0	F
Anna Lagzdiņa	4	2	3	5	+2	0	F
Haizea Fernández	4	3	1	4	+5	0	F
Bridget O'Hare	4	0	4	4	+6	4	D
Claudia Castellanos	4	3	0	3	+2	6	F
Aija Balode	4	2	1	3	+5	2	D
Sunna Björgvinsdóttir	4	2	1	3	+3	2	F
Sofia Scilipoti	4	2	1	3	+2	6	F
Claudia Téllez	4	2	1	3	+1	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Kristiāna Apsīte	240:00	3	0.75	102	97.06	2
Hsu Tzu-ting	185:00	7	2.27	110	93.64	0
Alba Gonzalo	217:28	6	1.66	77	92.21	1
Birta Helgadóttir	181:55	12	3.96	122	90.16	0
Mónica Rentería	190:37	11	3.46	103	89.32	1

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player[4]
Goaltender	Mónica Rentería
Defenceman	Aija Balode
Forward	Līga Miljone

Group B tournament

2023 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–26 February
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	84 (8.4 per game)
Attendance	1,900 (190 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sharna Godfrey (14 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 2nd in 2022 Division II B.
Turkey	Placed 3rd in 2022 Division II B.
South Africa	Host, placed 4th in 2022 Division II B.
Croatia	Placed 5th in 2022 Division II B.
New Zealand	Did not participate last year.
Belgium	Placed 1st in 2022 Division III A and was promoted.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	4	4	0	0	0	19	4	+15	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2	Australia	4	3	0	0	1	34	3	+31	9
3	New Zealand	4	2	0	0	2	24	11	+13	6
4	South Africa (H)	4	1	0	0	3	4	20	−16	3
5	Croatia	4	0	0	0	4	3	46	−43	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III A
–	Turkey[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. ↑ Turkey withdrew before the tournament due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.^[6]

Results

All times are local (UTC+2)

20 February 2023 16:00

Croatia

1–15 (1–4, 0–3, 0–8)

New Zealand

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Julija Baždar Lucija Pretula	Goalies	Lochlyn Hyde	Referee: Davida Paul Linesmen: Alba Calero Bernadett Holzer
	0–1 02:32 – C. Heale (Lilly) (PP) 0–2 03:55 – Mills (Heale, Kloss) Matak (Marinković, E. Čavka) (PP) – 06:11 1–2 1–3 14:38 – Lilly (C. Heale) (PP) 1–4 15:38 – Kloss (Mulari) 1–5 25:13 – Shields (A. Heale, Mulari) (PP) 1–6 31:53 – Murray (Lilly, Whitman) 1–7 39:26 – C. Heale (Shields) 1–8 41:25 – C. Heale 1–9 49:47 – Mulari (Kloss, Richmond) 1–10 53:00 – Mills (Mulari) 1–11 53:54 – Murray 1–12 57:19 – Jones (Mulari) 1–13 59:16 – A. Heale (C. Heale, Whitman) 1–14 59:44 – Kloss (Mulari, Mills) 1–15 59:58 – Mills (Mulari)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	61

20 February 2023 20:00

Australia

10–0 (2–0, 5–0, 3–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Sasha King	Goalies	Shaylene Rorke Monique van Dyk	Referee: Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Danielle Rostan
	Godfrey (Kiliwnik) – 01:02 1–0 Aparicio (Clark-Crompton, Cochrane) – 11:25 2–0 Sammons (Godfrey, Goonan) – 27:15 3–0 Badaoui (Lukowiak) – 29:45 4–0 Clark-Crompton – 33:39 5–0 Godfrey (Sammons, Kiliwnik) – 35:34 6–0 Aparicio (Clark-Crompton, Cochrane) – 36:34 7–0 Nottle (Pullen, Walker) – 48:31 8–0 Clark-Crumpton (Aparicio) – 56:34 9–0 Kiliwnik (Godfrey, Sammons) – 58:55 10–0
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	3

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21 February 2023 20:00

Belgium

10–1 (3–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Croatia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Nina van Orshaegen Charlotte Swinnen	Goalies	Julija Baždar	Referee: Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Bernadett Holzer Michele Müller
	De Guchtenaere (Van Calster) (PP) – 05:41 1–0 Steeno (De Guchtenaere) – 13:46 2–0 De Guchtenaere (Steeno) – 19:13 3–0 De Guchtenaere (Van Calster, Steeno) – 28:35 4–0 Paulissen – 28:41 5–0 Van Calster – 31:37 6–0 6–1 34:32 – E. Čavka (Marinković, Pack) Paulissen (De Wolf) – 49:52 7–1 De Guchtenaere (Steeno) (SH) – 52:02 8–1 Maka (Azitemina) – 54:18 9–1 Terwangne (Van Calster) – 55:01 10–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	48	Shots	13

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22 February 2023 16:00

Belgium

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Australia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Nina van Orshaegen	Goalies	Imogen Perry	Referee: Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Michele Müller Joanna Pobożniak
	Bosmans (Van Calster, Steeno) (PP) – 25:21 1–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	48

22 February 2023 20:00

New Zealand

5–1 (2–0, 1–0, 2–1)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Lilly Forbes	Goalies	Shaylene Rorke	Referee: Davida Paul Linesmen: Alba Calero Danielle Rostan
	Mills (Kloss) – 13:58 1–0 Orr (Murray) – 14:43 2–0 Murray (Mulari) (PP) – 33:56 3–0 Jones – 46:34 4–0 Mulari (Kloss) – 47:51 5–0 5–1 54:26 – Van Doesburgh (Verwey) (PP2)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	49	Shots	12

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23 February 2023 20:00

Croatia

0–19 (0–2, 0–12, 0–5)

Australia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Julija Baždar Lucija Pretula	Goalies	Sasha King	Referee: Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Bernadett Holzer Danielle Rostan
	0–1 00:47 – Godfrey (Sammons, Harvey) 0–2 11:59 – Cochrane (Malcolm, Aparicio) (PP) 0–3 20:29 – Aparicio (Clark-Crumpton) 0–4 21:37 – Kiliwnik (Godfrey, Walker) 0–5 23:01 – Godfrey (Sammons, Kiliwnik) (PP) 0–6 23:22 – Cochrane 0–7 25:28 – Walker (Malcolm) 0–8 26:20 – Kiliwnik (Godfrey, Sammons) 0–9 27:22 – Clark-Crumpton (Cochrane) 0–10 28:56 – Malcolm (Tihema) 0–11 29:42 – Clark-Crumpton (Aparicio) 0–12 33:48 – Kiliwnik (Sammons, Dutton) 0–13 34:43 – Cochrane (Clark-Crumpton, Walker) 0–14 38:42 – Walker (Godfrey) 0–15 42:23 – Clark-Crumpton (Godfrey) 0–16 49:11 – Nottle (Badaoui, Harvey) 0–17 50:11 – Sammons (Rapchuk) 0–18 59:35 – Godfrey (Kiliwnik, Sammons) 0–19 59:50 – Kiliwnik (Godfrey)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	8	Shots	67

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24 February 2023 16:00

New Zealand

2–4 (2–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Belgium

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Nina van Orshaegen	Referee: Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Alba Calero Joanna Pobożniak
	0–1 00:41 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Steeno) Lilly – 05:06 1–1 Mills (Mulari, Jones) – 18:02 2–1 2–2 23:58 – De Guchtenaere (Steeno, Van Calster) 2–3 28:48 – De Guchtenaere (Steeno, Bosmans) 2–4 59:23 – De Guchtenaere (Steeno) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	19

24 February 2023 20:00

South Africa

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Croatia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Shaylene Rorke	Goalies	Julija Baždar	Referee: Davida Paul Linesmen: Michele Müller Danielle Rostan
	Rhode (SH) – 07:01 1–0 Kruger – 19:55 2–0 2–1 39:08 – E. Čavka
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	13

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26 February 2023 14:00

Australia

5–2 (0–2, 3–0, 2–0)

New Zealand

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Imogen Perry Sasha King	Goalies	Lilly Forbes	Referee: Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Michele Müller Joanna Pobożniak
	0–1 02:37 – Whitman (A. Heale) 0–2 17:43 – Murray (Orr) Godfrey (Sammons, Kiliwnik) – 25:38 1–2 Clark-Crumpton (Cochrane, Aparicio) – 31:25 2–2 Clark-Crumpton – 37:23 3–2 Sammons (Godfrey, Dutton) – 44:24 4–2 Clark-Crumpton (Aparicio, Malcolm) (PP) – 51:18 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	16

26 February 2023 18:00

South Africa

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Belgium

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Shaylene Rorke Monique van Dyk	Goalies	Nina van Orshaegen Charlotte Swinnen	Referee: Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Alba Calero Bernadett Holzer
	0–1 14:33 – Steeno (Van Calster, De Guchtenaere) (PP) 0–2 30:15 – De Wolf (Leyen, Paulissen) 0–3 33:14 – Van Calster (Steeno, Bosmans) Rhode (Kruger, Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 38:44 1–3 1–4 45:17 – Paulissen (De Wolf)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	5	Shots	47

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Sharna Godfrey	4	6	8	14	+14	2	F
Michelle Clark-Crompton	4	8	4	12	+12	2	F
Sara Sammons	4	3	8	11	+13	0	F
Anjali Mulari	4	2	9	11	+8	0	F
Anke Steeno	4	2	9	11	+8	8	F
Lotte De Guchtenaere	4	8	2	10	+9	0	F
Lindsey Kiliwnik	4	5	5	10	+13	0	F
Ashlie Aparicio	4	3	5	8	+11	2	F
Chinouk Van Calster	4	2	6	8	+9	0	D
Stephenie Cochrane	4	3	4	7	+11	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Sasha King	160:00	0	0.00	20	100.00	2
Nina van Orshaegen	180:00	3	1.00	86	96.51	1
Lilly Forbes	120:00	6	2.00	57	89.47	0
Lochlyn Hyde	118:44	4	2.02	32	87.50	0
Shaylene Rorke	190:28	16	5.04	119	86.55	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player[7]
Goaltender	Nina van Orshaegen
Defenceman	Donne van Doesburgh
Forward	Lotte De Guchtenaere

References