2015 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Sweden |
Dates | 28 March – 4 April 2015 |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (6th title) |
Runner-up | Canada |
Third place | Finland |
Fourth place | Russia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 115 (5.75 per match) |
Attendance | 15,522 (776 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) |
Hilary Knight (12 points) |
MVP | Hilary Knight[1] |
2016 → |
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]
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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 linesman were selected for the tournament.[5]
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Rosters
Each teams 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.[6]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 1 |
28 March 2015 16:00 | United States | 4–2 (3–1, 0–1, 1–0) | Canada | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,724 |
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Jessica Vetter | Goalies | Geneviève Lacasse | Referees: Drahomira Fialova Marie Picavet Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Ilona Novotná | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | Russia | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 329 |
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Meeri Räisänen | Goalies | Valeria Tarakanova | Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Kate Connolly Lisa Linnek | |||||||||||
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Hiirikoski Tuominen Karvinen Tuominen | Shootout | Belyakova Gavrilova Kadirova Sosina | ||||||||||||
6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 15 |
29 March 2015 16:00 | Canada | 4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0) | Russia | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 363 |
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Ann-Renée Desbiens | Goalies | Yulia Leskina Maria Sorokina | Referees: Jamie Huntley Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Kaire Leet Anna Nygard | |||||||||||
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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) | Finland | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 312 |
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Alex Rigsby Molly Schaus | Goalies | Meeri Räisänen | Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Veronica Johansson | ||||||||||||||
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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) | United States | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 349 |
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Maria Sorokina Valeria Tarakanova | Goalies | Molly Schaus | Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Veronica Johansson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | Finland | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 298 |
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Geneviève Lacasse | Goalies | Eveliina Suonpää | Referees: Gabriella Gran Katie Guay Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Anna Nygard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 17 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Advance to quarterfinals |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Advance to relegation round |
4 | Germany | 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) | Japan | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,943 |
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Sara Grahn | Goalies | Nana Fujimoto | Referees: Anna Eskola Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Kaire Leet | |||||||||||||||||
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Winberg Johansson | Shootout | Kubo Ukita Osawa | ||||||||||||||||||
10 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 20 |
28 March 2015 14:00 | Germany | 2–5 (0–1, 1–1, 1–3) | Switzerland | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 129 |
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Jennifer Harß | Goalies | Florence Schelling | Referees: Gabriella Gran Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Anna Nygard | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | Sweden | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,372 |
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Florence Schelling | Goalies | Sara Grahn | Referees: Katie Guay Marie Picavet Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Lisa Linnek | ||||||||||||||
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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) | Germany | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 108 |
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Nana Fujimoto | Goalies | Ivonne Schröder | Referees: Drahomira Fialova Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Kate Connolly Jenni Heikkinen | |||||
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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) | Japan | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 112 |
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Florence Schelling | Goalies | Nana Fujimoto | Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Kate Connolly | ||||||||
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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) | Sweden | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,274 |
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Jennifer Harß | Goalies | Sara Grahn | Referees: Anna Eskola Marie Picavet Linesmen: Kaire Leet Ilona Novotná | |||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
15 | Shots | 45 |
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 | 3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT 1–0) | Germany | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 83 |
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Nana Fujimoto | Goalies | Ivonne Schröder | Referees: Drahomira Fialova Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Stephanie Gagnon | ||||||||||||||
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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) | Japan | Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 109 |
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Jennifer Harß | Goalies | Nana Fujimoto | Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Anna Eskola Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Anna Nygard | ||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||
22 | Shots | 19 |
Final round
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 | Third place | |||||||
B2 | Switzerland | 0 | A4 | Russia | 1 | ||||||||
A3 | Finland | 4 |
Quarterfinals
1 April 2015 16:00 | Finland | 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Switzerland | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 322 |
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Meeri Räisänen | Goalies | Florence Schelling | Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Kaire Leet | ||||||||
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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) | Sweden | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,714 |
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Maria Sorokina | Goalies | Sara Grahn | Referees: Katie Guay Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Ilona Novotná | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
25 | Shots | 25 |
Semifinals
3 April 2015 12:00 | United States | 13–1 (4–1, 6–0, 3–0) | Russia | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 426 |
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Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby | Goalies | Yulia Leskina Valeria Tarakanova | Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Jenni Heikkinen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | Finland | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 584 |
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Ann-Renée Desbiens | Goalies | Meeri Räisänen | Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Kaire Leet Ilona Novotná | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
43 | Shots | 19 |
Bronze medal game
4 April 2015 12:00 | Finland | 4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1) | Russia | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 448 |
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Meeri Räisänen | Goalies | Maria Sorokina | Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Kaire Leet Ilona Novotná | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 22 |
Gold medal game
4 April 2015 16:00 | United States | 7–5 (4–2, 1–3, 2–0) | Canada | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,523 |
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Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby | Goalies | Ann-Renée Desbiens Genevieve Lacasse | Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 27 |
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
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Canada | |
Finland | |
4 | Russia |
5 | Sweden |
6 | Switzerland |
7 | Japan |
8 | Germany |
Relegated to Division I A |
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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Hilary Knight | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +8 | 6 | F |
Brianna Decker | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +8 | 0 | F |
Anna Borgqvist | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 2 | F |
Jocelyne Lamoureux | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +3 | 2 | F |
Natalie Spooner | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 6 | F |
Kendall Coyne | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +8 | 0 | F |
Anne Schleper | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 2 | D |
Monique Lamoureux | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 2 | D |
Erika Grahm | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 2 | F |
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 |
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Florence Schelling | 236:13 | 7 | 1.78 | 118 | 94.07 | 1 |
Nana Fujimoto | 315:32 | 8 | 1.52 | 128 | 93.75 | 1 |
Meeri Räisänen | 301:27 | 10 | 1.99 | 148 | 93.24 | 1 |
Ann-Renée Desbiens | 140:00 | 4 | 1.71 | 58 | 93.10 | 2 |
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: Nana Fujimoto
- Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
- Best Forward: Hilary Knight
Source: IIHF.com
- All-star team[1]
- Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen (FIN)
- Defense: Monique Lamoureux (USA), Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
- Forwards: Brianna Decker (USA), Hilary Knight (USA), Natalie Spooner (CAN)
References
- 1 2 "Knight named MVP". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Living the American dream". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Finns finish off Russia". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "28 tournaments confirmed". iihfworlds2014.com. 2014-05-23.
- ↑ Competition officials
- ↑ "Derby opens Women's Worlds". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-09-10.