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This article is about the Top Division championship. For all three division championships, see 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.
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)
Awards
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.

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

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 (Central European Summer Time – 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		United States 4–2
(3–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 CanadaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,724
Game reference
Jessica VetterGoaliesGeneviève LacasseReferees:
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
France Marie Picavet
Linesmen:
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
Lamoureux (Picard, Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP2) – 04:041–0
1–107:23 – Jenner (Spooner, Wakefield)
Bellamy (PP) – 11:452–1
Coyne (Bellamy, Schleper) (PP) – 18:293–1
3–220:57 – Wakefield (Spooner, Jenner)
Knight (Coyne, Decker) – 46:294–2
8 minPenalties12 min
34Shots11
28 March 2015
20:00		Finland 3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 329
Game reference
Meeri RäisänenGoaliesValeria TarakanovaReferees:
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Sweden Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:
United States Kate Connolly
Germany Lisa Linnek
0–123:31 – Pavlova (Gavrilova, Sosina) (PP)
Kilponen (Valila) – 24:311–1
1–234:25 – Sosina
Lindstedt (Karvinen, Tapani) – 37:292–2
Hiirikoski MISS
Tuominen MISS
Karvinen MISS
Tuominen GOAL		ShootoutMISS Belyakova
MISS Gavrilova
MISS Kadirova
MISS Sosina
6 minPenalties8 min
21Shots15
29 March 2015
16:00		Canada 4–0
(3–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 363
Game reference
Ann-Renée DesbiensGoaliesYulia Leskina
Maria Sorokina		Referees:
United States Jamie Huntley
Finland Kaisa Ketonen
Linesmen:
Estonia Kaire Leet
Norway Anna Nygard
Ouellette (Krzyzaniak, Birchard) – 01:051–0
Fortino (Poulin, Johnston) – 07:172–0
Birchard – 19:593–0
Poulin (Ouellette, Johnston) – 32:254–0
10 minPenalties6 min
43Shots19
29 March 2015
20:00		United States 4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 FinlandMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 312
Game reference
Alex Rigsby
Molly Schaus		GoaliesMeeri RäisänenReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Sweden Gabriella Gran
Linesmen:
Austria Bettia Angerer
Sweden Veronica Johansson
0–110:01 – Tapani (Valila)
Knight (Decker) – 10:291–1
Knight (Decker) (PP) – 18:122–1
Coyne (Decker, Knight) – 21:163–1
Brandt (Keller) (SH) – 36:184–1
4 minPenalties12 min
53Shots12
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		Canada 6–2
(2–1, 2–0, 2–1)		 FinlandMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 298
Game reference
Geneviève LacasseGoaliesEveliina SuonpääReferees:
Sweden Gabriella Gran
United States Katie Guay
Linesmen:
Germany Lisa Linnek
Norway Anna Nygard
Lacquette (Johnston, Poulin) (PP) – 08:561–0
Spooner (Wakefield) – 11:082–0
2–112:32 – Hiirikoski (Valila, Tuominen) (PP)
Wakefield (Spooner) – 36:363–1
Birchard (Clark) – 37:134–1
Clark (Saulnier) – 54:105–1
5–254:17 – Hiirikoski (Valila)
Spooner (Birchard, Wakefield) (PP) – 57:176–2
4 minPenalties6 min
29Shots17

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		Sweden 3–4 GWS
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(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		Germany 2–5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–3)		  SwitzerlandRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 129
Game reference
Jennifer HarßGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferees:
Sweden Gabriella Gran
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Norway Anna Nygard
0–115:26 – S. Marty (N. Waidacher)
Fiegert (Karpf, Seitz) – 29:361–1
1–238:28 – J. Marty (Stalder, S. Marty) (PP)
1–342:16 – Staenz (PP)
1–450:10 – S. Marty (Stalder, Staenz) (PP)
Lanzl (Spielberger) (EA) – 57:232–4
2–559:34 – Stalder (ENG)
10 minPenalties6 min
30Shots24
29 March 2015
12:00		Switzerland 2–3
(0–2, 0–0, 2–1)		 SwedenMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,372
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesSara GrahnReferees:
United States Katie Guay
France Marie Picavet
Linesmen:
Canada Stephanie Gagnon
Germany Lisa Linnek
0–106:24 – Grahm (Borgqvist)
0–218:07 – Andersson (Löwenhielm) (PP)
0–346:56 – Johansson (Wester)
Staenz (J. Marty) (PP2, EA) – 57:551–3
Staenz (S. Marty, J. Marty) (PP, EA) – 59:582–3
14 minPenalties12 min
26Shots21
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		Switzerland 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 JapanRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 112
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesNana FujimotoReferees:
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Sweden Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:
Austria Bettia Angerer
United States Kate Connolly
Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:591–0
Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:032–0
Staenz (ENG) – 59:153–0
12 minPenalties6 min
26Shots36
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		Japan 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT 1–0)		 GermanyRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 83
Game reference
Nana FujimotoGoaliesIvonne SchröderReferees:
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
Sweden Gabriella Gran
Linesmen:
Austria Bettia Angerer
Canada Stephanie Gagnon
0–107:52 – Delabre (T. Eisenschmid, 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 min
34Shots22
3 April 2015
14:00		Germany 1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–1)		 JapanRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 109
Game reference
Jennifer HarßGoaliesNana FujimotoReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Finland Anna Eskola
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Norway Anna Nygard
0–104:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP)
Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:421–1
1–262:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP)
14 minPenalties16 min
22Shots19

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		Finland 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 322
Game reference
Meeri RäisänenGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Estonia Kaire Leet
Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:471–0
Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:262–0
Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:493–0
10 minPenalties12 min
31Shots15
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		United States 13–1
(4–1, 6–0, 3–0)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 426
Game reference
Jessica Vetter
Alex Rigsby		GoaliesYulia Leskina
Valeria Tarakanova		Referees:
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Sweden Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:
Canada Stephanie Gagnon
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
0–100:44 – Gavrilova
Decker (Knight, Stecklein) – 10:031–1
Decker (Coyne) (PP) – 14:142–1
Lamoureux-Kolls (Decker, Knight) – 14:323–1
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 min
50Shots8
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		Finland 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 448
Game reference
Meeri RäisänenGoaliesMaria SorokinaReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Estonia Kaire Leet
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
Lindstedt (Karvinen) (PP) – 04:351–0
Karvinen (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 16:462–0
Välimäki (Rantamäki, Karvinen) – 35:393–0
3–151:48 – Burina (Shukina)
Rantamäki (ENG) – 59:484–1
8 minPenalties14 min
26Shots22

Final

4 April 2015
16:00		United States 7–5
(4–2, 1–3, 2–0)		 CanadaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,523
Game reference
Jessica Vetter
Alex Rigsby		GoaliesAnn-Renée Desbiens
Genevieve Lacasse		Referees:
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Sweden Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Pankowski (Anderson, Trivigno) – 02:511–0
Knight (Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP) – 06:382–0
Keller (Duggan, Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:593–0
3–112:25 – Johnston (Jenner, Lacquette) (PP)
Schleper (Lamoureux-Kolls, Cameranesi) – 17:084–1
4–217:47 – Poulin
Skarupa (Brandt, Cameranesi) – 27:335–2
5–330:03 – Lacquette (Ouellette)
5–431:41 – Johnston (Poulin)
5–532:06 – Ouellette (Lacquette)
Decker (Knight, Coyne) – 51:426–5
Coyne (PP) – 53:187–5
6 minPenalties10 min
36Shots27

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
United States 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.