2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

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.

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
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates28 March – 4 April 2015
Teams8
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 played20
Goals scored115 (5.75 per match)
Attendance15,522 (776 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Hilary Knight
(12 points)
MVP Hilary Knight[1]
2016 →

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]

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]

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)		 CanadaMalmö 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)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 329
29 March 2015
16:00		Canada 4–0
(3–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 363
29 March 2015
20:00		United States 4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 FinlandMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 312
31 March 2015
12:00		Russia 2–9
(0–1, 2–4, 0–4)		 United StatesMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 349
31 March 2015
16:00		Canada 6–2
(2–1, 2–0, 2–1)		 FinlandMalmö 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)		 JapanMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,943
28 March 2015
14:00		Germany 2–5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–3)		  SwitzerlandRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 129
29 March 2015
12:00		Switzerland  2–3
(0–2, 0–0, 2–1)		 SwedenMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 2,372
29 March 2015
14:00		Japan 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 GermanyRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 108
31 March 2015
14:00		Switzerland  3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 JapanRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 112
31 March 2015
20:00		Germany 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 SwedenMalmö 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)		 GermanyRosengårds Ishall, Malmö
Attendance: 83
3 April 2015
14:00		Germany 1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–1)		 JapanRosengårds 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)		  SwitzerlandMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 322
1 April 2015
20:00		Russia 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 SwedenMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,714

Semifinals
3 April 2015
12:00		United States 13–1
(4–1, 6–0, 3–0)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 426
3 April 2015
16:00		Canada 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 FinlandMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 584

Bronze medal game
4 April 2015
12:00		Finland 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 RussiaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 448

Gold medal game
4 April 2015
16:00		United States 7–5
(4–2, 1–3, 2–0)		 CanadaMalmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,523

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 Knight57512+86F
Brianna Decker55611+80F
Anna Borgqvist4538+62F
Jocelyne Lamoureux4538+32F
Natalie Spooner5437+66F
Kendall Coyne5347+80F
Anne Schleper4167+42D
Monique Lamoureux5167+72D
Erika Grahm4426+72F
Marie-Philip Poulin5336+42F

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 Schelling236:1371.7811894.071
Nana Fujimoto315:3281.5212893.751
Meeri Räisänen301:27101.9914893.241
Ann-Renée Desbiens140:0041.715893.102
Ivonne Schröder127:0041.894991.840

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

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References
  1. "Knight named MVP". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
  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.
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