2015 IIHF Women's World Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 28 March – 4 April 2015 |
Opened by | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 20 |
Goals scored | 115 (5.75 per game) |
Attendance | 15,522 (776 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
MVP | ![]() |
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.
The United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their second consecutive and sixth title overall.[4] Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.[5]
Participating teams
[edit]The tournament was contested between eight teams divided into two groups.
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Venues
[edit]Malmö | Malmö |
Malmö Isstadion Capacity: 5,750 |
Rosengårds Ishall |
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Format
[edit]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
[edit]10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]
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Rosters
[edit]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
[edit]The schedule was announced on 10 September 2014.[7]
All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | Semifinals |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 | |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 1 |
28 March 2015 16:00 | United States ![]() | 4–2 (3–1, 0–1, 1–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,724 |
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Jessica Vetter | Goalies | Geneviève Lacasse | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 11 |
28 March 2015 20:00 | Finland ![]() | 3–2 GWS (0–0, 2–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 329 |
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Meeri Räisänen | Goalies | Valeria Tarakanova | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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Hiirikoski ![]() Tuominen ![]() Karvinen ![]() Tuominen ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 15 |
29 March 2015 16:00 | Canada ![]() | 4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 363 |
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Ann-Renée Desbiens | Goalies | Yulia Leskina Maria Sorokina | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
43 | Shots | 19 |
29 March 2015 20:00 | United States ![]() | 4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 312 |
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Alex Rigsby Molly Schaus | Goalies | Meeri Räisänen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
53 | Shots | 12 |
31 March 2015 12:00 | Russia ![]() | 2–9 (0–1, 2–4, 0–4) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 349 |
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Maria Sorokina Valeria Tarakanova | Goalies | Molly Schaus | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Shots | 49 |
31 March 2015 16:00 | Canada ![]() | 6–2 (2–1, 2–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 298 |
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Geneviève Lacasse | Goalies | Eveliina Suonpää | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 17 |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Relegation round |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
28 March 2015 12:00 | Sweden ![]() | 3–4 GWS (1–1, 1–0, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,943 |
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Sara Grahn | Goalies | Nana Fujimoto | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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Winberg ![]() Johansson ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
10 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 20 |
28 March 2015 14:00 | Germany ![]() | 2–5 (0–1, 1–1, 1–3) | ![]() | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 129 |
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Jennifer Harß | Goalies | Florence Schelling | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 24 |
29 March 2015 12:00 | Switzerland ![]() | 2–3 (0–2, 0–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,372 |
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Florence Schelling | Goalies | Sara Grahn | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 21 |
29 March 2015 14:00 | Japan ![]() | 2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 108 |
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Nana Fujimoto | Goalies | Ivonne Schröder | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||
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16 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||
16 | Shots | 25 |
31 March 2015 14:00 | Switzerland ![]() | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 112 |
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Florence Schelling | Goalies | Nana Fujimoto | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
26 | Shots | 36 |
31 March 2015 20:00 | Germany ![]() | 0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,274 |
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Jennifer Harß | Goalies | Sara Grahn | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
15 | Shots | 45 |
Relegation round
[edit]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 ![]() | 3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT 1–0) | ![]() | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 83 |
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Nana Fujimoto | Goalies | Ivonne Schröder | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 22 |
3 April 2015 14:00 | Germany ![]() | 1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT 0–1) | ![]() | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 109 |
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Jennifer Harß | Goalies | Nana Fujimoto | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||
22 | Shots | 19 |
Germany were relegated to the 2016 Division I A
Final round
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Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 13 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 2 | A4 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 1 | A1 | ![]() | 7 | |||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 3 | A3 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 0 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 4 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]1 April 2015 16:00 | Finland ![]() | 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 322 |
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Meeri Räisänen | Goalies | Florence Schelling | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
31 | Shots | 15 |
1 April 2015 20:00 | Russia ![]() | 2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,714 |
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Maria Sorokina | Goalies | Sara Grahn | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
25 | Shots | 25 |
Semifinals
[edit]3 April 2015 12:00 | United States ![]() | 13–1 (4–1, 6–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 426 |
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Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby | Goalies | Yulia Leskina Valeria Tarakanova | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Shots | 8 |
3 April 2015 16:00 | Canada ![]() | 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 584 |
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Ann-Renée Desbiens | Goalies | Meeri Räisänen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
43 | Shots | 19 |
Bronze medal game
[edit]4 April 2015 12:00 | Finland ![]() | 4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 448 |
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Meeri Räisänen | Goalies | Maria Sorokina | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 22 |
Final
[edit]4 April 2015 16:00 | United States ![]() | 7–5 (4–2, 1–3, 2–0) | ![]() | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,523 |
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Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby | Goalies | Ann-Renée Desbiens Genevieve Lacasse | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 27 |
Final standings
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Relegated to the 2016 Division I A |
Awards and statistics
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +8 | 6 | F |
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5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +8 | 0 | F |
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4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 2 | F |
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4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +3 | 2 | F |
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5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 6 | F |
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5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +8 | 0 | F |
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4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 2 | D |
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5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 2 | D |
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4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 2 | F |
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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
[edit]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 |
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236:13 | 7 | 1.78 | 118 | 94.07 | 1 |
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315:32 | 8 | 1.52 | 128 | 93.75 | 1 |
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301:27 | 10 | 1.99 | 148 | 93.24 | 1 |
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140:00 | 4 | 1.71 | 58 | 93.10 | 2 |
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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
[edit]- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender:
Nana Fujimoto
- Best Defenceman:
Jenni Hiirikoski
- Best Forward:
Hilary Knight
- Best Goaltender:
Source: IIHF.com
- All-star team[1]
- Goaltender:
Meeri Räisänen (FIN)
- Defence:
Monique Lamoureux (USA),
Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
- Forwards:
Brianna Decker (USA),
Hilary Knight (USA),
Natalie Spooner (CAN)
- Goaltender:
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Knight named MVP". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
- ^ 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship official website
- ^ 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics
- ^ "Living the American dream". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Finns finish off Russia". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
- ^ Competition officials
- ^ "Derby opens Women's Worlds". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-09-10.
External links
[edit]- 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championships
- IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Sweden
- 2014–15 in women's ice hockey
- 2014–15 in Swedish ice hockey
- 2015 in ice hockey
- Sports competitions at Stadionområdet (Malmö)
- March 2015 sports events in Europe
- April 2015 sports events in Europe
- Women's ice hockey competitions in Sweden
- International sports competitions in Malmö
- 2015 in Swedish women's sport
- 2010s in Malmö