2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

2015 Ice Hockey Women's World Championship
Tournament details

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]
← 2013 (Top Division) ← 2014 (Div. I & II) 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 4–1.^[3]

Teams

The tournament was contested between eight teams from 28 March to 4 April 2015 in Malmö, Sweden.^[4]

Group A

Group B

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]

Referees

Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Anna Eskola
Kaisa Ketonen
Marie Picavet
Nicole Hertrich
Gabriella Gran
Katarina Timglas
Drahomira Fialova
Katie Guay
Jamie Huntley

Linesman

Bettia Angerer
Stephanie Gagnon
Ilona Novotná
Kaire Leet
Jenni Heikkinen
Lisa Linnek
Anna Nygard
Veronica Johansson
Kate Connolly

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
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	Advance to semifinals
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	Advance to quarterfinals

Source: IIHF

28 March 2015
16:00

United States

4–2
(3–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Canada

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,724

Game reference

Jessica Vetter

Goalies

Geneviève Lacasse

Referees:

Drahomira Fialova

Marie Picavet
Linesmen:

Jenni Heikkinen

Ilona Novotná

Lamoureux (Picard, Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP2) – 04:04	1–0
	1–1	07:23 – Jenner (Spooner, Wakefield)
Bellamy (PP) – 11:45	2–1
Coyne (Bellamy, Schleper) (PP) – 18:29	3–1
	3–2	20:57 – Wakefield (Spooner, Jenner)
Knight (Coyne, Decker) – 46:29	4–2

8 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

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

Game reference

Meeri Räisänen

Goalies

Valeria Tarakanova

Referees:

Nicole Hertrich

Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:

Kate Connolly

Lisa Linnek

	0–1	23:31 – Pavlova (Gavrilova, Sosina) (PP)
Kilponen (Valila) – 24:31	1–1
	1–2	34:25 – Sosina
Lindstedt (Karvinen, Tapani) – 37:29	2–2

Hiirikoski

Tuominen

Karvinen

Tuominen

Shootout

Belyakova

Gavrilova

Kadirova

Sosina

6 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

29 March 2015
16:00

Canada

4–0
(3–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 363

Game reference

Ann-Renée Desbiens

Goalies

Yulia Leskina
Maria Sorokina

Referees:

Jamie Huntley

Kaisa Ketonen
Linesmen:

Kaire Leet

Anna Nygard

Ouellette (Krzyzaniak, Birchard) – 01:05	1–0
Fortino (Poulin, Johnston) – 07:17	2–0
Birchard – 19:59	3–0
Poulin (Ouellette, Johnston) – 32:25	4–0

10 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

29 March 2015
20:00

United States

4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 312

Game reference

Alex Rigsby
Molly Schaus

Goalies

Meeri Räisänen

Referees:

Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie

Gabriella Gran
Linesmen:

Bettia Angerer

Veronica Johansson

	0–1	10:01 – Tapani (Valila)
Knight (Decker) – 10:29	1–1
Knight (Decker) (PP) – 18:12	2–1
Coyne (Decker, Knight) – 21:16	3–1
Brandt (Keller) (SH) – 36:18	4–1

4 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

31 March 2015
12:00

Russia

2–9
(0–1, 2–4, 0–4)

United States

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 349

Game reference

Maria Sorokina
Valeria Tarakanova

Goalies

Molly Schaus

Referees:

Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie

Kaisa Ketonen
Linesmen:

Stephanie Gagnon

Veronica Johansson

	0–1	11:03 – Lamoureux (Schleper, Duggan)
	0–2	22:58 – Knight (Decker, Stecklein)
	0–3	25:31 – Duggan (Carpenter)
Sosina (Shukina, Goncharenko) – 26:57	1–3
Belyakova (Gavrilova) – 29:01	2–3
	2–4	37:59 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP)
	2–5	39:15 – Brandt (Skarupa)
	2–6	44:16 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP)
	2–7	47:55 – Carpenter (Lamoureux, Stecklein)
	2–8	53:10 – Decker (Knight)
	2–9	57:35 – Knight (Keller) (PP)

22 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

31 March 2015
16:00

Canada

6–2
(2–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 298

Game reference

Geneviève Lacasse

Goalies

Eveliina Suonpää

Referees:

Gabriella Gran

Katie Guay
Linesmen:

Lisa Linnek

Anna Nygard

Lacquette (Johnston, Poulin) (PP) – 08:56	1–0
Spooner (Wakefield) – 11:08	2–0
	2–1	12:32 – Hiirikoski (Valila, Tuominen) (PP)
Wakefield (Spooner) – 36:36	3–1
Birchard (Clark) – 37:13	4–1
Clark (Saulnier) – 54:10	5–1
	5–2	54:17 – Hiirikoski (Valila)
Spooner (Birchard, Wakefield) (PP) – 57:17	6–2

4 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

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	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	10	5	+5	6	Advance to quarterfinals
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	Advance to relegation round

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

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

Game reference

Sara Grahn

Goalies

Nana Fujimoto

Referees:

Anna Eskola

Kaisa Ketonen
Linesmen:

Bettia Angerer

Kaire Leet

Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) – 04:30	1–0
	1–1	18:50 – Shishiuchi (Yoneyama)
Grahm (Andersson) (PP) – 29:36	2–1
	2–2	44:59 – Nakamura (Aoki, Ukita) (PP)
	2–3	46:32 – Osawa (Iwahara, A. Toko)
Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) (PP) – 49:39	3–3

Winberg

Johansson

Shootout

Kubo

Ukita

Osawa

10 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

28 March 2015
14:00

Germany

2–5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–3)

Switzerland

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 129

Game reference

Jennifer Harß

Goalies

Florence Schelling

Referees:

Gabriella Gran

Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:

Veronica Johansson

Anna Nygard

	0–1	15:26 – S. Marty (N. Waidacher)
Fiegert (Karpf, Seitz) – 29:36	1–1
	1–2	38:28 – J. Marty (Stalder, S. Marty) (PP)
	1–3	42:16 – Staenz (PP)
	1–4	50:10 – S. Marty (Stalder, Staenz) (PP)
Lanzl (Spielberger) (EA) – 57:23	2–4
	2–5	59:34 – Stalder (ENG)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

29 March 2015
12:00

Switzerland

2–3
(0–2, 0–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,372

Game reference

Florence Schelling

Goalies

Sara Grahn

Referees:

Katie Guay

Marie Picavet
Linesmen:

Stephanie Gagnon

Lisa Linnek

	0–1	06:24 – Grahm (Borgqvist)
	0–2	18:07 – Andersson (Löwenhielm) (PP)
	0–3	46:56 – Johansson (Wester)
Staenz (J. Marty) (PP2, EA) – 57:55	1–3
Staenz (S. Marty, J. Marty) (PP, EA) – 59:58	2–3

14 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

29 March 2015
14:00

Japan

2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 108

Game reference

Nana Fujimoto

Goalies

Ivonne Schröder

Referees:

Drahomira Fialova

Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:

Kate Connolly

Jenni Heikkinen

Adachi (Hirano) – 05:27	1–0
Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:35	2–0

16 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

31 March 2015
14:00

Switzerland

3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 112

Game reference

Florence Schelling

Goalies

Nana Fujimoto

Referees:

Nicole Hertrich

Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:

Bettia Angerer

Kate Connolly

Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:59	1–0
Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:03	2–0
Staenz (ENG) – 59:15	3–0

12 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

31 March 2015
20:00

Germany

0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,274

Game reference

Jennifer Harß

Goalies

Sara Grahn

Referees:

Anna Eskola

Marie Picavet
Linesmen:

Kaire Leet

Ilona Novotná

	0–1	00:51 – Borgqvist (Nordin)
	0–2	32:50 – Borgqvist (Bäcklin, Andersson) (PP2)
	0–3	39:16 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin)
	0–4	55:10 – Borgqvist

14 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

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

Game reference

Nana Fujimoto

Goalies

Ivonne Schröder

Referees:

Drahomira Fialova

Gabriella Gran
Linesmen:

Bettia Angerer

Stephanie Gagnon

	0–1	07:52 – Delabre (T. Eisenschmid, Fiegert) (PP)
	0–2	25:23 – Delabre
Ukita (PP) – 39:20	1–2
Kubo (Hirano, A. Toko) – 43:30	2–2
Yoneyama (A. Toko, Koike) (PP) – 69:01	3–2

10 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

3 April 2015
14:00

Germany

1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–1)

Japan

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 109

Game reference

Jennifer Harß

Goalies

Nana Fujimoto

Referees:

Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie

Anna Eskola
Linesmen:

Veronica Johansson

Anna Nygard

	0–1	04:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP)
Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:42	1–1
	1–2	62:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP)

14 min

Penalties

16 min

Shots

Final round

Finland - Russia

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

United States

Russia

Russia

Sweden

United States

Canada

Canada

Finland

Finland

Third place

Switzerland

Russia

Finland

Quarterfinals

1 April 2015
16:00

Finland

3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 322

Game reference

Meeri Räisänen

Goalies

Florence Schelling

Referees:

Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie

Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:

Veronica Johansson

Kaire Leet

Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:47	1–0
Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:26	2–0
Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:49	3–0

10 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

1 April 2015
20:00

Russia

2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,714

Game reference

Maria Sorokina

Goalies

Sara Grahn

Referees:

Katie Guay

Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:

Jenni Heikkinen

Ilona Novotná

	0–1	38:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin)
Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:30	1–1
Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:34	2–1

8 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

Semifinals

3 April 2015
12:00

United States

13–1
(4–1, 6–0, 3–0)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 426

Game reference

Jessica Vetter
Alex Rigsby

Goalies

Yulia Leskina
Valeria Tarakanova

Referees:

Nicole Hertrich

Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:

Stephanie Gagnon

Jenni Heikkinen

	0–1	00:44 – Gavrilova
Decker (Knight, Stecklein) – 10:03	1–1
Decker (Coyne) (PP) – 14:14	2–1
Lamoureux-Kolls (Decker, Knight) – 14:32	3–1
Knight (Keller, Schleper) – 17:58	4–1
Trivigno (Stecklein, Pfalzer) (PP) – 23:40	5–1
Carpenter (Lamoureux-Kolls, Picard) – 23:49	6–1
Brandt (Skarupa) – 29:22	7–1
Skarupa (Cameranesi, Schleper) (PP) – 32:20	8–1
Lamoureux (Lamoureux-Kolls) – 34:26	9–1
Pfalzer – 39:05	10–1
Hickel – 48:56	11–1
Keller (Lamoureux) – 49:18	12–1
Decker (Coyne, Lamoureux-Kolls) – 54:03	13–1

2 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

3 April 2015
16:00

Canada

3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 584

Game reference

Ann-Renée Desbiens

Goalies

Meeri Räisänen

Referees:

Drahomira Fialova

Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:

Kaire Leet

Ilona Novotná

Poulin (PP) – 06:32	1–0
Spooner – 40:25	2–0
Spooner – 50:08	3–0

6 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

Bronze medal game

4 April 2015
12:00

Finland

4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 448

Game reference

Meeri Räisänen

Goalies

Maria Sorokina

Referees:

Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie

Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:

Kaire Leet

Ilona Novotná

Lindstedt (Karvinen) (PP) – 04:35	1–0
Karvinen (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 16:46	2–0
Välimäki (Rantamäki, Karvinen) – 35:39	3–0
	3–1	51:48 – Burina (Shukina)
Rantamäki (ENG) – 59:48	4–1

8 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

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

Game reference

Jessica Vetter
Alex Rigsby

Goalies

Ann-Renée Desbiens
Genevieve Lacasse

Referees:

Nicole Hertrich

Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:

Jenni Heikkinen

Veronica Johansson

Pankowski (Anderson, Trivigno) – 02:51	1–0
Knight (Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP) – 06:38	2–0
Keller (Duggan, Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:59	3–0
	3–1	12:25 – Johnston (Jenner, Lacquette) (PP)
Schleper (Lamoureux-Kolls, Cameranesi) – 17:08	4–1
	4–2	17:47 – Poulin
Skarupa (Brandt, Cameranesi) – 27:33	5–2
	5–3	30:03 – Lacquette (Ouellette)
	5–4	31:41 – Johnston (Poulin)
	5–5	32:06 – Ouellette (Lacquette)
Decker (Knight, Coyne) – 51:42	6–5
Coyne (PP) – 53:18	7–5

6 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

	United States
	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
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
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.

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