2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

2016 IIHF World Championship
	Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	28 March–4 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (7 titles)
	Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	108 (5.14 per game)
Attendance	41,109 (1,958 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hilary Knight
MVP	Hilary Knight

The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Kamloops, Canada from 28 March to 4 April 2016.^[1]

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1–0 after overtime, securing their seventh title.^[2] Russia won the bronze medal by beating Finland 1–0 after shootout.^[3]

Participants

Group A

Group B

Sweden
Switzerland
Japan
Czech Republic – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2015

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 16 September 2015.^[4]

All times are local (UTC−7).

Group A

Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	13:2	9
2.	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	13:5	6
3.	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	7:9	3
4.	Russia	3	0	0	0	3	4:21	0

28 March 2016
15:30

Russia

3–5
(0–1, 2–1, 1–3)]

Finland

Attendance: 1,107


			Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Nicole Hertrich

8 min	Penalties	8 min
25	Shots	28

28 March 2016
19:30

United States

3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Canada

Attendance: 5,580


			Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove

6 min	Penalties	12 min
38	Shots	23

29 March 2016
15:30

Finland

1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Attendance: 1,149


			Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Miyuki Nakayama

10 min	Penalties	2 min
7	Shots	51

29 March 2016
19:30

Canada

8–1
(0–1, 6–0, 2–0)

Russia

Attendance: 4,453


			Referees: Nicole Hertrich Jamie Huntley

16 min	Penalties	10 min
33	Shots	14

31 March 2016
15:30

United States

8–0
(3–0, 0–0, 5–0)

Russia

Attendance: 1,323


			Referees: Anna Eskola Aina Hove

4 min	Penalties	14 min
39	Shots	16

31 March 2016
19:30

Canada

6–1
(1–0, 4–1, 1–0)

Finland

Attendance: 4,234


			Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jerilyn Glenn

10 min	Penalties	12 min
41	Shots	19

Group B

Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Sweden	3	2	1	0	0	7:4	8
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	0	1	8:6	5
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	1	1	6:7	4
4.	Japan	3	0	0	1	2	4:9	1

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28 March 2016
13:00

Switzerland

4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Japan

Attendance: 1,000


			Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Jamie Huntley

8 min	Penalties	10 min
32	Shots	28

28 March 2016
17:00

Sweden

3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Attendance: 613


			Referees: Anna Eskola Miyuki Nakayama

8 min	Penalties	6 min
31	Shots	18

29 March 2016
13:00

Switzerland

1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Attendance: 570


			Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jerilyn Glenn

18 min	Penalties	12 min
23	Shots	17

29 March 2016
17:00

Japan

0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Attendance: 612


			Referees: Drahomira Fialova Aina Hove

6 min	Penalties	10 min
16	Shots	35

31 March 2016
13:00

Czech Republic

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

Japan

Attendance: 782


			Referees: Gabriella Gran Nicole Hertrich

8 min	Penalties	12 min
33	Shots	28

31 March 2016
17:00

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Attendance: 874


			Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Miyuki Nakayama

6 min	Penalties	16 min
39	Shots	22

Relegation series

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

1 April 2016
13:00

Switzerland

3–1
(2–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

Attendance: 522


			Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran

10 min	Penalties	12 min
27	Shots	15

3 April 2016
13:00

Japan

0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

Attendance: 791


			Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melanie Bordeleau

6 min	Penalties	6 min
20	Shots	23

Final round

Quarterfinals

1 April 2016
15:30

Russia

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Attendance: 1,126


			Referees: Anna Eskola Jerilyn Glenn

12 min	Penalties	10 min
26	Shots	27

1 April 2016
19:30

Finland

5–0
(0–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Attendance: 1,256


			Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jamie Huntley

8 min	Penalties	12 min
44	Shots	8

Semifinals

3 April 2016
15:00

United States

9–0
(5–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Russia

Attendance: 2,297


			Referees: Anna Eskola Nicole Hertrich

4 min	Penalties	8 min
40	Shots	17

3 April 2016
19:30

Canada

5–3
(1–1, 1–0, 3–2)

Finland

Attendance: 4,007


			Referees: Gabriella Gran Jamie Huntley

10 min	Penalties	6 min
39	Shots	19

Fifth place game

3 April 2016
17:00

Sweden

4–2
(0–2, 0–0, 4–0)

Czech Republic

Attendance: 612


			Referees: Jerilyn Glenn Miyuki Nakayama

10 min	Penalties	10 min
22	Shots	20

Bronze medal game

4 April 2016
15:00

Finland

0–1 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Russia

Attendance: 2,351


			Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melanie Bordeleau

10 min	Penalties	4 min
32	Shots	23

Gold medal game

4 April 2016
19:30

United States

1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)

Canada

Attendance: 5,850


			Referees: Anna Eskola Nicole Hertrich
	1–0
12 min	Penalties	6 min
34	Shots	32

Statistics

Final standings

	United States
	Canada
	Russia
4	Finland
5	Sweden
6	Czech Republic
7	Switzerland
8	Japan

	Relegated to Division I A

References

↑ "Tournament allocations". iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/tournament-allocations/.
↑ "Pure gold for America". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016. http://www.worldwomen2016.com/en/news/usa-can-gmg/.
↑ "Sosina shoots to thrill!". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016. http://www.worldwomen2016.com/en/news/fin-rus-bmg/.
↑ "Women’s Worlds schedule released". worldwomen2016.com. 16 September 2015. http://www.worldwomen2016.com/en/news/schedule/.

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[1] "Tournament allocations". iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/tournament-allocations/.

[2] "Pure gold for America". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016. http://www.worldwomen2016.com/en/news/usa-can-gmg/.

[3] "Sosina shoots to thrill!". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016. http://www.worldwomen2016.com/en/news/fin-rus-bmg/.

[4] "Women’s Worlds schedule released". worldwomen2016.com. 16 September 2015. http://www.worldwomen2016.com/en/news/schedule/.

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2016 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	28 March–4 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (7 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	108 (5.14 per game)
Attendance	41,109 (1,958 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hilary Knight
MVP	Hilary Knight

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

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