2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

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2015 Ice Hockey Women's World Championship
2015 IIHF Women's World Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Sweden
Dates 28 March – 4 April 2015
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Flag of the United States.svg.png United States (6 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 20
Goals scored 115  (5.75 per game)
Attendance 15,522  (776 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Hilary Knight
MVP Flag of United States Hilary Knight[1]

The 2015 Women's World Championship was the 16th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2016 competition.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their sixth title.[2] Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 3–1.[3]

Teams

The tournament was contested between eight teams from 28 March to 4 April 2015 in Malmö, Sweden.[4]

Group A
Group B

Format

The preliminary round was divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advanced directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B played a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B played a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 10 September 2014.[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 3 3 0 0 0 17:05 9
2. Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 3 2 0 0 1 12:06 6
3. Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 3 0 1 0 2 06:12 2
4. Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 3 0 0 1 2 04:16 1
28 March 2015
16:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4–2
(3–1, 0–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,724
28 March 2015
20:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–2 SO
(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 329
29 March 2015
16:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–0
(3–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 363
29 March 2015
20:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 312
31 March 2015
12:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 2–9
(0–1, 2–4, 0–4) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 349
31 March 2015
16:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–2
(2–1, 2–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 298

Group B

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 3 2 0 1 0 10:06 7
2. Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 10:05 6
3. Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 3 1 1 0 1 06:06 5
4. Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 3 0 0 0 3 02:11 0
28 March 2015
12:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 3–4 SO
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,943
28 March 2015
14:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 2–5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–3) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 129
29 March 2015
12:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 2–3
(0–2, 0–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,372
29 March 2015
14:00 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 108
31 March 2015
14:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 112
31 March 2015
20:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,274

Relegation series

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

1 April 2015
18:00 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT 1–0) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 83
3 April 2015
14:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–1) 		Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 109

Final round

Quarterfinals

1 April 2015
16:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 322
1 April 2015
20:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,714

Semifinals

3 April 2015
12:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 13–1
(4–1, 6–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 426
3 April 2015
16:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 584

Bronze medal game

4 April 2015
12:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 448

Gold medal game

4 April 2015
16:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 7–5
(4–2, 1–3, 2–0) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,523

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

Gold medal icon.png Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Silver medal icon.png Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
4 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
5 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
6 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
7 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
8 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
 Relegated to Division I A 

Division I

Main article: 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Rouen, France, from 12 to 18 April 2015.[6]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 5 5 0 0 0 20 4 +16 15
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 5 4 0 0 1 25 10 +15 12
Flag of France.svg.png France 5 2 0 1 2 17 15 +2 7
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 5 2 0 0 3 12 18 −6 6
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 5 1 1 0 3 12 18 −6 5
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 5 0 0 0 5 6 27 −21 0
Promoted to the 2016 Top Division Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Beijing, China, from 6 to 12 April 2015.[7]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 5 4 1 0 0 21 8 +13 14
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 5 3 1 0 1 16 6 +10 11
Flag of China.svg.png China 5 3 0 1 1 21 15 +6 10
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 5 2 0 0 3 10 12 −2 6
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 5 1 0 1 3 11 14 −3 4
Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea 5 0 0 0 5 6 30 −24 0
Promoted to the 2016 Division I A Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

Division II

Main article: 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 30 March to 5 April 2015.[8]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 30 2 +28 15
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain 5 4 0 0 1 23 5 +18 12
Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea 5 2 1 0 2 21 8 +13 8
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 5 1 1 1 2 17 17 0 6
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 5 1 0 0 4 9 45 −36 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 5 0 0 1 4 5 28 −23 1
Promoted to the 2016 Division I B Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 7 to 13 March 2015.[9]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 28 9 +19 12
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 5 3 0 1 1 13 7 +6 10
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 5 2 1 0 2 15 11 +4 8
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 5 1 1 2 1 13 16 −3 7
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 5 2 0 0 3 8 13 −5 6
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 5 0 1 0 4 5 26 −21 2
Promoted to the 2016 Division II A Relegated to the 2016 Division II B Qualification

Division II B Qualification

The Division II B Qualification tournament was played in Hong Kong, from 18 to 21 February 2015.[10]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 23 8 +15 9
Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png Hong Kong 3 2 0 0 1 10 8 +2 6
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 13 12 +1 3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 4 22 −18 0
Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

References

  1. ↑ "Knight named MVP". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015. http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/knight-named-mvp/. 
  2. ↑ "Living the American dream". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015. http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/usa-can-gold/. 
  3. ↑ "Finns finish off Russia". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015. http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/fin-rus-bronze/. 
  4. ↑ "28 tournaments confirmed". iihfworlds2014.com. 2014-05-23. http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/28-tournaments-confirmed/. 
  5. ↑ "Derby opens Women’s Worlds". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-09-10. http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/derby-opens-women%E2%80%99s-worlds/. 
  6. ↑ Division I A statistics
  7. ↑ Division I B statistics
  8. ↑ Division II A statistics
  9. ↑ Division II B statistics
  10. ↑ Division II B Q statistics

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