2016 IIHF Women's World Championship






































































2016 IIHF World Championship
2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country
 Canada
Dates 28 March–4 April
Teams 8
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg

 United States (7th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg

 Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg

 Russia
Fourth place
 Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 108 (5.14 per match)
Attendance 41,109 (1,958 per match)
Scoring leader(s)
United States Hilary Knight
(9 points)
MVP
United States Hilary Knight
Website Website

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The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Kamloops, Canada from 28 March to 4 April 2016.[1]


United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1–0 after overtime, securing their seventh title.[2]Russia won the bronze medal by defeating Finland in a shootout.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Venues


  • 2 Participants


  • 3 Match officials


  • 4 Rosters


  • 5 Preliminary round


    • 5.1 Group A


    • 5.2 Group B




  • 6 Relegation series


  • 7 Final round


    • 7.1 Bracket


      • 7.1.1 Quarterfinals


      • 7.1.2 Semifinals


      • 7.1.3 Fifth place game


      • 7.1.4 Bronze medal game


      • 7.1.5 Gold medal game






  • 8 Statistics


    • 8.1 Final standings


    • 8.2 Scoring leaders


    • 8.3 Leading goaltenders


    • 8.4 Awards




  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





Venues










Sandman Centre
Capacity: 5,464

McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre
Capacity: 1,000

Interior Savings Centre - Interior.JPG

Kamloops


Participants











Match officials


10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]











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 16 September 2015.[5]


All times are local (UTC−7).



Group A








































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification
1

 United States
3
3
0
0
0
13
2
+11
9
Advance to semifinals
2

 Canada (H)
3
2
0
0
1
15
5
+10
6
3

 Finland
3
1
0
0
2
7
11
−4
3
Advance to quarterfinals
4

 Russia
3
0
0
0
3
4
21
−17
0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.







28 March 2016
15:30
Russia 
3–5
(0–1, 2–1, 1–3)
 Finland
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,107




























28 March 2016
19:30
United States 
3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)
 Canada
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 5,580




























29 March 2016
15:30
Finland 
1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)
 United States
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,149




























29 March 2016
19:30
Canada 
8–1
(0–1, 6–0, 2–0)
 Russia
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,453




























31 March 2016
15:30
United States 
8–0
(3–0, 0–0, 5–0)
 Russia
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,323




























31 March 2016
19:30
Canada 
6–1
(1–0, 4–1, 1–0)
 Finland
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,234























Group B








































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification
1

 Sweden
3
2
1
0
0
7
3
+4
8
Advance to quarterfinals
2

 Czech Republic
3
1
1
0
1
8
6
+2
5
3

  Switzerland
3
1
0
1
1
6
7
−1
4
Advance to relegation round
4

 Japan
3
0
0
1
2
4
9
−5
1

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.







28 March 2016
13:00
Switzerland  
4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 Japan
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,000




























28 March 2016
17:00
Sweden 
3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)
 Czech Republic
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 613




























29 March 2016
13:00
Switzerland  
1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)
 Czech Republic
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 570




























29 March 2016
17:00
Japan 
0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 Sweden
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 612




























31 March 2016
13:00
Czech Republic 
3–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

 Japan
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 782

































31 March 2016
17:00
Sweden 
2–1 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

  Switzerland
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 874




























Relegation series


The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.








1 April 2016
13:00
Switzerland  
3–1
(2–1, 1–0, 0–0)
 Japan
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 522




























3 April 2016
13:00
Japan 
0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
  Switzerland
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 791






















Switzerland won series 2–0


Final round



Bracket





















































































































 
Quarterfinals
 
 
Semifinals
 
 
Final
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A1

 United States

9
 
 
A4

 Russia

4
 
 
A4

 Russia
0
 
 
 
B1

 Sweden
1
 
 
 
 
A1

 United States (OT)

1
 
 
 
A2

 Canada
0
 
 
 
 
A2

 Canada

5
 
 
 
A3

 Finland

5
 
 
A3

 Finland
3
 

Third place
 
B2

 Czech Republic
0
 

A4

 Russia (GWS)

1
 


A3

 Finland
0


Quarterfinals








1 April 2016
15:30
Russia 
4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 Sweden
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,126




























1 April 2016
19:30
Finland 
5–0
(0–0, 3–0, 2–0)
 Czech Republic
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,256























Semifinals








3 April 2016
15:00
United States 
9–0
(5–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 Russia
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 2,297




























3 April 2016
19:30
Canada 
5–3
(1–1, 1–0, 3–2)
 Finland
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,007























Fifth place game








3 April 2016
17:00
Sweden 
4–2
(0–2, 0–0, 4–0)
 Czech Republic
McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 612























Bronze medal game








4 April 2016
15:00
Finland 
0–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

 Russia
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 2,351




























Gold medal game








4 April 2016
19:30
United States 
1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)

 Canada
Sandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 5,850























Statistics



Final standings



































Gold medal icon.svg
 United States
Silver medal icon.svg
 Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg
 Russia
4
 Finland
5
 Sweden
6
 Czech Republic
7
  Switzerland
8
 Japan




 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 2 9 +8 0 F

Switzerland Christine Meier
5 4 5 9 +5 0 F

United States Jocelyne Lamoureux
5 3 5 8 +8 2 F

Switzerland Lara Stalder
5 3 5 8 +5 12 F

Canada Rebecca Johnston
5 2 5 7 +3 0 F

United States Monique Lamoureux
5 2 5 7 +7 4 D

Canada Natalie Spooner
5 3 3 6 +3 2 F

Canada Jenn Wakefield
5 3 3 6 +3 4 F

United States Brianna Decker
5 2 4 6 +5 2 F

Canada Marie-Philip Poulin
5 2 4 6 +4 6 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position

Source: IIHF.com



Leading goaltenders


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

United States Alex Rigsby
192:30 1 0.31 72 98.61 2

Canada Emerance Maschmeyer
191:23 4 1.25 90 95.56 0

Switzerland Florence Schelling
303:49 8 1.58 117 93.16 1

Sweden Sara Grahn
301:52 8 1.59 101 92.08 1

Finland Meeri Räisänen
346:07 14 2.43 176 92.05 1

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: Canada Emerance Maschmeyer

    • Best Defenceman: Finland Jenni Hiirikoski

    • Best Forward: United States Hilary Knight



Source: IIHF.com



  • All-star team

    • Goaltender: Finland Meeri Räisänen

    • Defence: United States Monique Lamoureux, Finland Jenni Hiirikoski

    • Forwards: United States Hilary Knight, Canada Rebecca Johnston, Switzerland Christine Meier




  • MVP: United States Hilary Knight


Source: IIHF.com



References





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  2. ^ "Pure gold for America". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016.


  3. ^ "Sosina shoots to thrill!". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016.


  4. ^ COMPETITION OFFICIALS (PDF), International Ice Hockey Federation, 1 April 2016


  5. ^ "Women's Worlds schedule released". worldwomen2016.com. 16 September 2015.




External links


  • Official website








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