2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

2015 edition of the IIHF Women's World Championship the Top Division championship all three division championships 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships IIHF Women's World Championship 2015 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship logo.svg x240px Sweden 28 March – 4 April 2015 Carl XVI Gustaf 8 2 1 ihw USA 6 CAN FIN RUS 20 115 USA Hilary Knight 12 USA Hilary Knighthttp://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/knight-named-mvp/ Knight named MVP 4 April 2015 worldwomen2015.com 2013 (Top Division)left ← 2014 (Div. I & II) 2016 The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 16th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was played in Malmö, Sweden, from 28 March to 4 April 2015.2015 IIHF Women's World Championship official website2015 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds Ishall. The United States securing their second consecutive and sixth title overall, after defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5.http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/usa-can-gold/ Living the American dream 4 April 2015 worldwomen2015.com Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/fin-rus-bronze/ Finns finish off Russia 4 April 2015 worldwomen2015.com 4 April 2015 10 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150410055336/http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/fin-rus-bronze/ dead Participating teams The tournament was contested between eight teams divided into two groups. 60% Group A USA CAN RUS FIN Group B GER SUI SWE JPN Venues MalmöMalmö Malmö IsstadionCapacity: 5,750 Rosengårds Ishall220px 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. Match officials 10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Competition officials auto Referees CAN Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie FIN Anna Eskola FIN Kaisa Ketonen FRA Marie Picavet GER Nicole Hertrich SWE Gabriella Gran SWE Katarina Timglas SUI Drahomira Fialova USA Katie Guay USA Jamie Huntley 5em Linesmen AUT Bettia Angerer CAN Stephanie Gagnon CZE Ilona Novotná EST Kaire Leet FIN Jenni Heikkinen GER Lisa Linnek NOR Anna Nygard SWE Veronica Johansson USA Kate Connolly Rosters 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate. Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 10 September 2014.http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/derby-opens-women%E2%80%99s-worlds/ Derby opens Women's Worlds 2014-09-10 worldwomen2015.com 2014-09-22 2015-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403070221/http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/derby-opens-women%E2%80%99s-worlds/ dead All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2). Group A main WL OT complete IIHF USA CAN FIN RUS 0 0 1 2 4 16 3 0 0 0 17 5 2 0 0 1 12 6 0 1 0 2 6 12 RUS FIN USA CAN S S Q Q Q green1 Semifinals blue1 Quarterfinals #eeeeee 28 March 2015 16:00 USA CAN 4–2 1–01–12–13–13–24–2 (3–1, 0–1, 1–0) Jessica Vetter Geneviève Lacasse Lamoureux (Picard, Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP2) – 04:04Bellamy (PP) – 11:45Coyne (Bellamy, Schleper) (PP) – 18:29Knight (Coyne, Decker) – 46:29 07:23 – Jenner (Spooner, Wakefield)20:57 – Wakefield (Spooner, Jenner) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 1,724 SUI Drahomira Fialova FRA Marie Picavet FIN Jenni Heikkinen CZE Ilona Novotná https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486A03_74_3_0.pdf 8 12 34 11 #eeffff 28 March 2015 20:00 FIN RUS 3–2 GWS 0–11–11–22–2 (0–0, 2–2, 0–0)(OT 0–0)(SO: 1–0) Meeri Räisänen Valeria Tarakanova Kilponen (Valila) – 24:31Lindstedt (Karvinen, Tapani) – 37:29 Hiirikoski Tuominen Karvinen Tuominen 23:31 – Pavlova (Gavrilova, Sosina) (PP)34:25 – Sosina Belyakova Gavrilova Kadirova Sosina Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 329 GER Nicole Hertrich SWE Katarina Timglas USA Kate Connolly GER Lisa Linnek https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486A04_74_3_0.pdf 6 8 21 15 #eeeeee 29 March 2015 16:00 CAN RUS 4–0 1–02–03–04–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0) Ann-Renée Desbiens Yulia LeskinaMaria Sorokina Ouellette (Krzyzaniak, Birchard) – 01:05Fortino (Poulin, Johnston) – 07:17Birchard – 19:59Poulin (Ouellette, Johnston) – 32:25 Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 363 USA Jamie Huntley FIN Kaisa Ketonen EST Kaire Leet NOR Anna Nygard https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486A07_74_3_0.pdf 10 6 43 19 #eeffff 29 March 2015 20:00 USA FIN 4–1 0–11–12–13–14–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0) Alex RigsbyMolly Schaus Meeri Räisänen Knight (Decker) – 10:29Knight (Decker) (PP) – 18:12Coyne (Decker, Knight) – 21:16Brandt (Keller) (SH) – 36:18 10:01 – Tapani (Valila) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 312 CAN Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie SWE Gabriella Gran AUT Bettia Angerer SWE Veronica Johansson https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486A08_74_3_0.pdf 4 12 53 12 #eeeeee 31 March 2015 12:00 RUS USA 2–9 0–10–20–31–32–32–42–52–62–72–82–9 (0–1, 2–4, 0–4) Maria SorokinaValeria Tarakanova Molly Schaus Sosina (Shukina, Goncharenko) – 26:57Belyakova (Gavrilova) – 29:01 11:03 – Lamoureux (Schleper, Duggan)22:58 – Knight (Decker, Stecklein)25:31 – Duggan (Carpenter)37:59 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP)39:15 – Brandt (Skarupa)44:16 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP)47:55 – Carpenter (Lamoureux, Stecklein)53:10 – Decker (Knight)57:35 – Knight (Keller) (PP) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 349 CAN Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie FIN Kaisa Ketonen CAN Stephanie Gagnon SWE Veronica Johansson https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486A09_74_3_0.pdf 22 4 5 49 #eeffff 31 March 2015 16:00 CAN FIN 6–2 1–02–02–13–14–15–15–26–2 (2–1, 2–0, 2–1) Geneviève Lacasse Eveliina Suonpää Lacquette (Johnston, Poulin) (PP) – 08:56Spooner (Wakefield) – 11:08Wakefield (Spooner) – 36:36Birchard (Clark) – 37:13Clark (Saulnier) – 54:10Spooner (Birchard, Wakefield) (PP) – 57:17 12:32 – Hiirikoski (Valila, Tuominen) (PP)54:17 – Hiirikoski (Valila) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 298 SWE Gabriella Gran USA Katie Guay GER Lisa Linnek NOR Anna Nygard https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486A11_74_3_0.pdf 4 6 29 17 Group B main WL OT complete IIHF SWE SUI JPN GER 2 0 1 0 10 6 H 2 0 0 1 10 5 1 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 3 2 11 SWE SUI JPN GER Q Q R R Q blue1 Quarterfinals red1 Relegation round #eeeeee 28 March 2015 12:00 SWE JPN 3–4 GWS 1–01–12–12–22–33–3 (1–1, 1–0, 1–2)(OT 0–0)(SO: 0–1) Sara Grahn Nana Fujimoto Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) – 04:30Grahm (Andersson) (PP) – 29:36Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) (PP) – 49:39 Winberg Johansson 18:50 – Shishiuchi (Yoneyama)44:59 – Nakamura (Aoki, Ukita) (PP)46:32 – Osawa (Iwahara, A. Toko) Kubo Ukita Osawa Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 2,943 FIN Anna Eskola FIN Kaisa Ketonen AUT Bettia Angerer EST Kaire Leet https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486B01_74_3_0.pdf 10 14 34 20 #eeffff 28 March 2015 14:00 GER SUI 2–5 0–11–11–21–31–42–42–5 (0–1, 1–1, 1–3) Jennifer Harß Florence Schelling Fiegert (Karpf, Seitz) – 29:36Lanzl (Spielberger) (EA) – 57:23 15:26 – S. Marty (N. Waidacher)38:28 – J. Marty (Stalder, S. Marty) (PP)42:16 – Staenz (PP)50:10 – S. Marty (Stalder, Staenz) (PP)59:34 – Stalder (ENG) Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö 129 SWE Gabriella Gran USA Jamie Huntley SWE Veronica Johansson NOR Anna Nygard https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486B02_74_4_0.pdf 10 6 30 24 #eeeeee 29 March 2015 12:00 SUI SWE 2–3 0–10–20–31–32–3 (0–2, 0–0, 2–1) Florence Schelling Sara Grahn Staenz (J. Marty) (PP2, EA) – 57:55Staenz (S. Marty, J. Marty) (PP, EA) – 59:58 06:24 – Grahm (Borgqvist)18:07 – Andersson (Löwenhielm) (PP)46:56 – Johansson (Wester) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 2,372 USA Katie Guay FRA Marie Picavet CAN Stephanie Gagnon GER Lisa Linnek https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486B05_74_4_0.pdf 14 12 26 21 #eeffff 29 March 2015 14:00 JPN GER 2–0 1–02–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) Nana Fujimoto Ivonne Schröder Adachi (Hirano) – 05:27Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:35 Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö 108 SUI Drahomira Fialova SWE Katarina Timglas USA Kate Connolly FIN Jenni Heikkinen https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486B06_74_4_0.pdf 16 10 16 25 #eeeeee 31 March 2015 14:00 SUI JPN 3–0 1–02–03–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) Florence Schelling Nana Fujimoto Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:59Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:03Staenz (ENG) – 59:15 Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö 112 GER Nicole Hertrich SWE Katarina Timglas AUT Bettia Angerer USA Kate Connolly https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486B10_74_3_0.pdf 12 6 26 36 #eeffff 31 March 2015 20:00 GER SWE 0–4 0–10–20–30–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) Jennifer Harß Sara Grahn 00:51 – Borgqvist (Nordin)32:50 – Borgqvist (Bäcklin, Andersson) (PP2)39:16 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin)55:10 – Borgqvist Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 1,274 FIN Anna Eskola FRA Marie Picavet EST Kaire Leet CZE Ilona Novotná https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486B12_74_4_0.pdf 14 10 15 45 Relegation round The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team. #eeeeee 1 April 2015 18:00 JPN GER 3–2 OT 0–10–21–22–23–2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0)(OT 1–0) Nana Fujimoto Ivonne Schröder Ukita (PP) – 39:20Kubo (Hirano, A. Toko) – 43:30Yoneyama (A. Toko, Koike) (PP) – 69:01 07:52 – Delabre (T. Eisenschmid, Fiegert) (PP)25:23 – Delabre Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö 83 SUI Drahomira Fialova SWE Gabriella Gran AUT Bettia Angerer CAN Stephanie Gagnon https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486514_74_6_0.pdf 10 10 34 22 #eeffff 3 April 2015 14:00 GER JPN 1–2 OT 0–11–11–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–0)(OT 0–1) Jennifer Harß Nana Fujimoto Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:42 04:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP)62:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP) Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö 109 CAN Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie FIN Anna Eskola SWE Veronica Johansson NOR Anna Nygard https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486517_74_4_0.pdf 14 16 22 19 GER were relegated to the 2016 Division I A Final round thumb|right|Finland - Russia Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Bronze medal game A4 RUS 2 B1 SWE 1 A3 FIN 3 B2 SUI 0 A1 USA 13 A4 RUS 1 A2 CAN 3 A3 FIN 0 A1 USA 7 A2 CAN 5 A4 RUS 1 A3 FIN 4 Quarterfinals #eeeeee 1 April 2015 16:00 FIN SUI 3–0 1–02–03–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) Meeri Räisänen Florence Schelling Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:47Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:26Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:49 Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 322 CAN Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie USA Jamie Huntley SWE Veronica Johansson EST Kaire Leet https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486313_74_3_0.pdf 10 12 31 15 #eeffff 1 April 2015 20:00 RUS SWE 2–1 0–11–12–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0) Maria Sorokina Sara Grahn Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:30Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:34 38:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 1,714 USA Katie Guay GER Nicole Hertrich FIN Jenni Heikkinen CZE Ilona Novotná https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486315_74_3_0.pdf 8 2 25 25 Semifinals #eeeeee 3 April 2015 12:00 USA RUS 13–1 0–11–12–13–14–15–16–17–18–19–110–111–112–113–1 (4–1, 6–0, 3–0) Jessica VetterAlex Rigsby Yulia LeskinaValeria Tarakanova Decker (Knight, Stecklein) – 10:03Decker (Coyne) (PP) – 14:14Lamoureux-Kolls (Decker, Knight) – 14:32Knight (Keller, Schleper) – 17:58Trivigno (Stecklein, Pfalzer) (PP) – 23:40Carpenter (Lamoureux-Kolls, Picard) – 23:49Brandt (Skarupa) – 29:22Skarupa (Cameranesi, Schleper) (PP) – 32:20Lamoureux (Lamoureux-Kolls) – 34:26Pfalzer – 39:05Hickel – 48:56Keller (Lamoureux) – 49:18Decker (Coyne, Lamoureux-Kolls) – 54:03 00:44 – Gavrilova Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 426 GER Nicole Hertrich SWE Katarina Timglas CAN Stephanie Gagnon FIN Jenni Heikkinen https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486216_74_4_0.pdf 2 8 50 8 #eeffff 3 April 2015 16:00 CAN FIN 3–0 1–02–03–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) Ann-Renée Desbiens Meeri Räisänen Poulin (PP) – 06:32Spooner – 40:25Spooner – 50:08 Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 584 SUI Drahomira Fialova USA Jamie Huntley EST Kaire Leet CZE Ilona Novotná https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486218_74_3_0.pdf 6 8 43 19 Bronze medal game #FFDAB9 4 April 2015 12:00 FIN RUS 4–1 1–02–03–03–14–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1) Meeri Räisänen Maria Sorokina Lindstedt (Karvinen) (PP) – 04:35Karvinen (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 16:46Välimäki (Rantamäki, Karvinen) – 35:39Rantamäki (ENG) – 59:48 51:48 – Burina (Shukina) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 448 CAN Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie USA Jamie Huntley EST Kaire Leet CZE Ilona Novotná https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486119_74_3_0.pdf 8 14 26 22 Final #F7F6A8 4 April 2015 16:00 USA CAN 7–5 1–02–03–03–14–14–25–25–35–45–56–57–5 (4–2, 1–3, 2–0) Jessica VetterAlex Rigsby Ann-Renée DesbiensGenevieve Lacasse Pankowski (Anderson, Trivigno) – 02:51Knight (Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP) – 06:38Keller (Duggan, Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:59Schleper (Lamoureux-Kolls, Cameranesi) – 17:08Skarupa (Brandt, Cameranesi) – 27:33Decker (Knight, Coyne) – 51:42Coyne (PP) – 53:18 12:25 – Johnston (Jenner, Lacquette) (PP)17:47 – Poulin30:03 – Lacquette (Ouellette)31:41 – Johnston (Poulin)32:06 – Ouellette (Lacquette) Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 1,523 GER Nicole Hertrich SWE Katarina Timglas FIN Jenni Heikkinen SWE Veronica Johansson https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486121_74_3_0.pdf 6 10 36 27 Final standings Rank Team USA CAN FIN4 RUS5 SWE6 SUI7 JPN8 GER Relegated to the 2016 Division I A Awards and statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POSUSA Hilary Knight 5 7 5 12 +8 6 FUSA Brianna Decker 5 5 6 11 +8 0 FSWE Anna Borgqvist 4 5 3 8 +6 2 FUSA Jocelyne Lamoureux 4 5 3 8 +3 2 FCAN Natalie Spooner 5 4 3 7 +6 6 FUSA Kendall Coyne 5 3 4 7 +8 0 FUSA Anne Schleper 4 1 6 7 +4 2 DUSA Monique Lamoureux 5 1 6 7 +7 2 DSWE Erika Grahm 4 4 2 6 +7 2 FCAN Marie-Philip Poulin 5 3 3 6 +4 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% SOSUI Florence Schelling 236:13 7 1.78 118 94.07 1JPN Nana Fujimoto 315:32 8 1.52 128 93.75 1FIN Meeri Räisänen 301:27 10 1.99 148 93.24 1CAN Ann-Renée Desbiens 140:00 4 1.71 58 93.10 2GER Ivonne Schröder 127:00 4 1.89 49 91.84 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 Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: JPN Nana Fujimoto Best Defenceman: FIN Jenni Hiirikoski Best Forward: USA Hilary Knight Source: IIHF.com All-star team Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen FIN Defence: Monique Lamoureux USA, Jenni Hiirikoski FIN Forwards: Brianna Decker USA, Hilary Knight USA, Natalie Spooner CAN References External links Official website of IIHF Category:IIHF Women's World Championship Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Sweden Women's World IIHF IIHF Category:Women's ice hockey competitions in Sweden Category:International sports competitions in Malmö IIHF Category:2010s in Malmö