2015 IIHF Women's World Championship




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






























































2015 Ice Hockey Women's World Championship

2015 IIHF Women's World Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country
 Sweden
Dates
28 March – 4 April 2015
Teams
8
Venue(s)
2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg
 United States (6th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg
 Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg
 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)
United States Hilary Knight
(12 points)
MVP
United States 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]




Contents






  • 1 Teams


  • 2 Venues


  • 3 Format


  • 4 Match officials


  • 5 Rosters


  • 6 Preliminary round


    • 6.1 Group A


    • 6.2 Group B




  • 7 Relegation series


  • 8 Final round


    • 8.1 Quarterfinals


    • 8.2 Semifinals


    • 8.3 Bronze medal game


    • 8.4 Gold medal game




  • 9 Ranking and statistics


    • 9.1 Final standings


    • 9.2 Scoring leaders


    • 9.3 Goaltending leaders


    • 9.4 Awards




  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





Teams


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











Venues
















Malmö
Malmö

Malmö Isstadion
Capacity: 5,750
Rosengårds Ishall

Malmö isstadion 2.jpg


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]











Rosters


Main article: 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship 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
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

Source: IIHF







28 March 2015
16:00		 United States 
4–2
(3–1, 0–1, 1–0)
  Canada
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,724




























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

































29 March 2015
16:00		 Canada 
4–0
(3–0, 1–0, 0–0)
  Russia
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 363




























29 March 2015
20:00		 United States 
4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)
  Finland
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 312




























31 March 2015
12:00		 Russia 
2–9
(0–1, 2–4, 0–4)
  United States
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 349




























31 March 2015
16:00		 Canada 
6–2
(2–1, 2–0, 2–1)
  Finland
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 298























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
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

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

































28 March 2015
14:00		 Germany 
2–5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–3)
   Switzerland
Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 129




























29 March 2015
12:00		 Switzerland  
2–3
(0–2, 0–0, 2–1)
  Sweden
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,372




























29 March 2015
14:00		 Japan 
2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  Germany
Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 108




























31 March 2015
14:00		 Switzerland  
3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  Japan
Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 112




























31 March 2015
20:00		 Germany 
0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
  Sweden
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,274























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




























3 April 2015
14:00		 Germany 
1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–1)
  Japan
Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 109























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
  
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




























1 April 2015
20:00		 Russia 
2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)
  Sweden
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,714























Semifinals








3 April 2015
12:00		 United States 
13–1
(4–1, 6–0, 3–0)
  Russia
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 426




























3 April 2015
16:00		 Canada 
3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
  Finland
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 584























Bronze medal game








4 April 2015
12:00		 Finland 
4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
  Russia
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 448























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























Ranking and statistics



Final standings



































Gold medal icon.svg
 United States
Silver medal icon.svg
 Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg
 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

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


  • Best players selected by the directorate:

    • Best Goaltender: Japan Nana Fujimoto

    • Best Defenceman: Finland Jenni Hiirikoski

    • Best Forward: United States Hilary Knight



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)




References





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  2. ^ "Living the American dream". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.


  3. ^ "Finns finish off Russia". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.


  4. ^ "28 tournaments confirmed". iihfworlds2014.com. 2014-05-23.


  5. ^ Competition officials


  6. ^ "Derby opens Women's Worlds". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-09-10.




External links


  • Official website









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