2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

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2015 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates28 March – 4 April 2015
Opened byCarl XVI Gustaf
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (6th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored115 (5.75 per game)
Attendance15,522 (776 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Hilary Knight (12 points)
MVPUnited States Hilary Knight[1]

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.[2][3] Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds Ishall.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their sixth title.[4] Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.[5]

Participating teams

The tournament was contested between eight teams divided into two groups.

Venues

Malmö Malmö
Malmö Isstadion
Capacity: 5,750 		Rosengårds Ishall

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.[6]

Rosters

Main article: 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.[7]

All times are local (

UTC+2
).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 17 5 +12 9 Semifinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 12 6 +6 6
3  Finland 3 0 1 0 2 6 12 −6 2 Quarterfinals
4  Russia 3 0 0 1 2 4 16 −12 1
Source: IIHF
28 March 2015
16:00
Coyne (Bellamy, Schleper) (PP) – 18:29
3–1
3–220:57 – Wakefield (Spooner, Jenner)
Knight (Coyne, Decker) – 46:294–2
8 minPenalties12 min34Shots11
28 March 2015
20:00
Valila) – 24:31
1–1
1–234:25 – Sosina
Lindstedt (Karvinen, Tapani) – 37:292–2
Hiirikoski MISS
Tuominen MISS
Karvinen MISS
Tuominen GOALShootoutMISS Belyakova
MISS Gavrilova
MISS Kadirova
MISS
Sosina6 minPenalties8 min21Shots15
29 March 2015
16:00
Birchard) – 01:05
1–0
Fortino (Poulin, Johnston) – 07:172–0
Birchard – 19:593–0
Poulin (Ouellette, Johnston) – 32:254–0
10 minPenalties6 min43Shots19
29 March 2015
20:00
Coyne (Decker, Knight) – 21:16
3–1
Brandt (Keller) (SH) – 36:184–1
4 minPenalties12 min53Shots12
31 March 2015
12:00		Russia 2–9
(0–1, 2–4, 0–4)		 United StatesMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 349
Game reference
Maria Sorokina
Valeria Tarakanova		GoaliesMolly SchausReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Finland Kaisa Ketonen
Linesmen:
Canada Stephanie Gagnon
Sweden Veronica Johansson
0–111:03 – Lamoureux (Schleper, Duggan)
0–222:58 – Knight (Decker, Stecklein)
0–325:31 – Duggan (Carpenter)
Sosina (Shukina, Goncharenko) – 26:571–3
Belyakova (Gavrilova) – 29:012–3
2–437:59 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP)
2–539:15 – Brandt (Skarupa)
2–644:16 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP)
2–747:55 – Carpenter (Lamoureux, Stecklein)
2–853:10 – Decker (Knight)
2–957:35 – Knight (Keller) (PP)
22 minPenalties4 min
5Shots49
31 March 2015
16:00
Saulnier
) – 54:10		5–1
5–254:17 – Hiirikoski (Valila)
Spooner (Birchard, Wakefield) (PP) – 57:176–2
4 minPenalties6 min29Shots17

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden (H) 3 2 0 1 0 10 6 +4 7 Quarterfinals
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Japan 3 1 1 0 1 6 6 0 5 Relegation round
4  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
28 March 2015
12:00
SO: 0–1)
 JapanMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,943
Game reference
Sara GrahnGoaliesNana FujimotoReferees:
Finland Anna Eskola
Finland Kaisa Ketonen
Linesmen:
Austria Bettia Angerer
Estonia Kaire Leet
Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) – 04:301–0
1–118:50 – Shishiuchi (Yoneyama)
Grahm (Andersson) (PP) – 29:362–1
2–244:59 – Nakamura (Aoki, Ukita) (PP)
2–346:32 – Osawa (Iwahara, A. Toko)
Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) (PP) – 49:393–3
Winberg MISS
Johansson MISS		ShootoutGOAL Kubo
MISS Ukita
GOAL Osawa
10 minPenalties14 min
34Shots20
28 March 2015
14:00
Staenz (PP)
1–450:10 – S. Marty (Stalder, Staenz) (PP)
Lanzl (Spielberger) (EA) – 57:232–4
2–559:34 – Stalder (ENG)
10 minPenalties6 min30Shots24
29 March 2015
12:00
Staenz (J. Marty) (PP2, EA) – 57:55
1–3
Staenz (S. Marty, J. Marty) (PP, EA) – 59:582–3
14 minPenalties12 min26Shots21
29 March 2015
14:00		Japan 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 GermanyRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 108
Game reference
Nana FujimotoGoaliesIvonne SchröderReferees:
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
Sweden Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:
United States Kate Connolly
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
Adachi (Hirano) – 05:271–0
Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:352–0
16 minPenalties10 min
16Shots25
31 March 2015
14:00
Staenz
(ENG) – 59:15		3–0
12 minPenalties6 min26Shots36
31 March 2015
20:00		Germany 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 SwedenMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,274
Game reference
Jennifer HarßGoaliesSara GrahnReferees:
Finland Anna Eskola
France Marie Picavet
Linesmen:
Estonia Kaire Leet
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
0–100:51 – Borgqvist (Nordin)
0–232:50 – Borgqvist (Bäcklin, Andersson) (PP2)
0–339:16 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin)
0–455:10 – Borgqvist
14 minPenalties10 min
15Shots45

Relegation round

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
Fiegert) (PP)
0–225:23 – Delabre
Ukita (PP) – 39:201–2
Kubo (Hirano, A. Toko) – 43:302–2
Yoneyama (A. Toko, Koike) (PP) – 69:013–2
10 minPenalties10 min34Shots22
3 April 2015
14:00
Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:42
1–1
1–262:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP)
14 minPenalties16 min22Shots19

Final round

Finland - Russia
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1  United States 13
A4  Russia 2 A4  Russia 1
B1  Sweden 1 A1  United States 7
A2  Canada 5
A2  Canada 3
A3  Finland 3 A3  Finland 0
B2   Switzerland 0 Bronze medal game
A4  Russia 1
A3  Finland 4

Quarterfinals

1 April 2015
16:00
Nieminen
) (ENG) – 56:49		3–0
10 minPenalties12 min31Shots15
1 April 2015
20:00		Russia 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 SwedenMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,714
Game reference
Maria SorokinaGoaliesSara GrahnReferees:
United States Katie Guay
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
0–138:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin)
Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:301–1
Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:342–1
8 minPenalties2 min
25Shots25

Semifinals

3 April 2015
12:00
Lamoureux-Kolls (Decker, Knight) – 14:32
3–1
Knight (Keller, Schleper) – 17:584–1
Trivigno (Stecklein, Pfalzer) (PP) – 23:405–1
Carpenter (Lamoureux-Kolls, Picard) – 23:496–1
Brandt (Skarupa) – 29:227–1
Skarupa (Cameranesi, Schleper) (PP) – 32:208–1
Lamoureux (Lamoureux-Kolls) – 34:269–1
Pfalzer – 39:0510–1
Hickel – 48:5611–1
Keller (Lamoureux) – 49:1812–1
Decker (Coyne, Lamoureux-Kolls) – 54:0313–1
2 minPenalties8 min50Shots8
3 April 2015
16:00		Canada 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 FinlandMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 584
Game reference
Ann-Renée DesbiensGoaliesMeeri RäisänenReferees:
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Estonia Kaire Leet
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
Poulin (PP) – 06:321–0
Spooner – 40:252–0
Spooner – 50:083–0
6 minPenalties8 min
43Shots19

Bronze medal game

4 April 2015
12:00
Burina (Shukina
)
Rantamäki (ENG) – 59:484–1
8 minPenalties14 min26Shots22

Final

4 April 2015
16:00
Coyne
) – 51:42		6–5
Coyne (PP) – 53:187–5
6 minPenalties10 min36Shots27

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
4  Russia
5  Sweden
6   Switzerland
7  Japan
8  Germany
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 POS
United States Hilary Knight 5 7 5 12 +8 6 F
United States Brianna Decker 5 5 6 11 +8 0 F
Sweden Anna Borgqvist 4 5 3 8 +6 2 F
United States Jocelyne Lamoureux 4 5 3 8 +3 2 F
Canada Natalie Spooner 5 4 3 7 +6 6 F
Kendall Coyne
 5 3 4 7 +8 0 F
United States Anne Schleper 4 1 6 7 +4 2 D
United States Monique Lamoureux 5 1 6 7 +7 2 D
Sweden Erika Grahm 4 4 2 6 +7 2 F
Canada 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% SO
Switzerland Florence Schelling 236:13 7 1.78 118 94.07 1
Japan Nana Fujimoto 315:32 8 1.52 128 93.75 1
Finland Meeri Räisänen 301:27 10 1.99 148 93.24 1
Canada Ann-Renée Desbiens 140:00 4 1.71 58 93.10 2
Germany 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

Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. ^ a b "Knight named MVP". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
  2. ^ 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship official website
  3. ^ 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics
  4. ^ "Living the American dream". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Finns finish off Russia". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
  6. ^ Competition officials
  7. ^ "Derby opens Women's Worlds". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-09-10.

External links

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