2005 IIHF Women's World Championship

2005 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates April 2 - April 9
Teams 8
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 121 (6.05 per match)
Attendance unknown (Expression error: Unrecognised word "unknown" per match)
Scoring leader(s) Krissy Wendell (9 points)

The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout. Sweden won their first ever medal at the World Women Championships, defeating Finland 5 - 2 in the bronze medal game.

Contents

Top Division

First Round

Group A

  GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 35 0 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 12 4
 Russia 3 0 1 2 3 17 1
 Kazakhstan 3 0 1 2 3 20 1

Results:

Group B

  GP W T L GF GA Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 23 3 6
 Finland 3 2 0 1 11 10 4
 China 3 0 1 2 6 16 1
 Germany 3 0 1 2 4 15 1

Results:

Final Round

Semifinals April 8

Match for third place April 9

Final April 9

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

Consolation Round 7-8 Place April 9

Consolation Round 5-6 Place April 9

Scoring leaders

  GP G A Pts PIM
Krissy Wendell,  United States 5 4 5 9 0
Jayna Hefford,  Canada 5 6 2 8 0
Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada 5 5 3 8 6
Sarah Vaillancourt,  Canada 5 3 5 8 2
Caroline Ouellette,  Canada 5 2 6 8 0
Kelly Stephens,  United States 5 3 4 7 16
Jennifer Botterill,  Canada 5 1 6 7 4
Gillian Apps,  Canada 5 4 2 6 8
Satu Hoikkala,  Finland 5 3 3 6 6
Angela Ruggiero,  United States 5 3 3 6 10

Goaltending leaders

  Mins GA GAA Sv%
Charline Labonté,  Canada 120 0 0.00 1.000
Jennifer Harss,  Germany 1 0 0.00 .000
Kim St-Pierre,  Canada 200 1 0.30 .985
Chanda Gunn,  United States 230 2 0.52 .968
Megan van Beusekom,  United States 90 2 1.33 .895
Steffi Wartosch-Kurten,  Germany 266 10 2.26 .926
Maria Onolbaeva,  Russia 282 13 2.77 .887
Annakaisa Piiroinen,  Finland 270 13 2.89 .900
Cecilia Andersson,  Sweden 91 5 3.31 .800
Kim Martin,  Sweden 209 13 3.73 .873

Awards

Championship game

Tournament

 Russia is demoted to Division I at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Division I

The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 27-April 2, 2005 in Romanshorn, Switzerland

  GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Switzerland 5 5 0 0 29 7 10
 Japan 5 4 0 1 18 8 8
 Czech Republic 5 2 1 2 13 9 5
 France 5 2 1 2 18 19 5
 Denmark 5 1 0 4 15 31 2
 Latvia 5 0 0 5 12 31 0

 Switzerland is promoted to the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships,  Latvia is demoted to Division II

27 March 2005 France  2-2
 Czech Republic
27 March 2005 Switzerland  11-0
 Denmark
27 March 2005 Latvia  1-5
 Japan
28 March 2005 Czech Republic  4-2
 Denmark
28 March 2005 Japan  5-1
 France
28 March 2005 Switzerland  5-2
 Latvia
30 March 2005 Denmark  9-4
 Latvia
30 March 2005 Japan  1-0
 Czech Republic
30 March 2005 Switzerland  7-2
 France
01 April 2005 Latvia  4-6
 France
01 April 2005 Czech Republic  1-3
 Switzerland
01 April 2005 Japan  5-3
 Denmark
02 April 2005 Czech Republic  6-1
 Latvia
02 April 2005 France  7-1
 Denmark
02 April 2005 Switzerland  3-2
 Japan

Division II

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 13–20 , 2005 in Asiago, Italy

  GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Norway 5 4 0 1 21 6 8
 Italy 5 4 0 1 21 7 8
 Slovakia 5 4 0 1 16 8 8
 North Korea 5 2 0 3 12 15 4
 Austria 5 1 0 4 10 24 2
 Netherlands 5 0 0 5 6 26 0

 Norway is promoted to Division I and the  Netherlands is demoted to Division III in the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

14 March 2005 Slovakia  2-1
 North Korea
14 March 2005 Austria  0-3
 Norway
14 March 2005 Netherlands  0-5
 Italy
15 March 2005 Norway  2-3
 Slovakia
15 March 2005 North Korea  6-0
 Netherlands
15 March 2005 Italy  6-1
 Austria
17 March 2005 Norway  7-1
 Netherlands
17 March 2005 Austria  1-8
 Slovakia
17 March 2005 North Korea  1-6
 Italy
18 March 2005 Slovakia  3-2
 Netherlands
18 March 2005 North Korea  4-3
 Austria
18 March 2005 Italy  2-5
 Norway
20 March 2005 Norway  4-0
 North Korea
20 March 2005 Netherlands  3-5
 Austria
20 March 2005 Italy  2-0
 Slovakia

Division III

The Division III IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 3–9 , 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa

  GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Slovenia 5 5 0 0 41 8 10
 Great Britain 5 4 0 1 42 6 8
 Belgium 5 2 1 2 7 20 5
 Hungary 5 2 0 3 16 14 4
 Australia 5 1 1 3 15 18 3
 South Africa 5 0 0 5 6 61 0

 Slovenia is promoted to Division II and  South Africa is demoted to Division IV in the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

03 March 2005 Hungary  0-5
 Great Britain
03 March 2005 Belgium  0-6
 Slovenia
03 March 2005 South Africa  1-11
 Australia
04 March 2005 Great Britain  11-0
 Belgium
04 March 2005 Australia  0-3
 Hungary
04 March 2005 Slovenia  19-2
 South Africa
06 March 2005 Australia  1-1
 Belgium
06 March 2005 Great Britain  1-4
 Slovenia
06 March 2005 South Africa  1-9
 Hungary
07 March 2005 Slovenia  7-1
 Australia
07 March 2005 Hungary  0-3
 Belgium
07 March 2005 Great Britain  19-0
 South Africa
09 March 2005 Slovenia  5-4
 Hungary
09 March 2005 Australia  2-6
 Great Britain
09 March 2005 Belgium  3-2
 South Africa

Division IV

The Division IV IIHF Women World Championships was held April 1–4 , 2005 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

  GP W T L GF GA Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 15 5 6
 New Zealand 3 1 1 1 9 9 3
 Romania 3 1 0 2 3 5 2
 Iceland 3 0 1 2 6 14 1

 South Korea is promoted to Division III at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

01 April 2005 New Zealand  3-0
 Romania
01 April 2005 South Korea  8-2
 Iceland
02 April 2005 Romania  2-0
 Iceland
02 April 2005 South Korea  5-2
 New Zealand
04 April 2005 Romania  1-2
 South Korea
04 April 2005 Iceland  4-4
 New Zealand

Awards and honors

Directorate Awards

All-Star team

References

  1. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, pp.544-545, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  2. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.545, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6