2019 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019.[2]

See also: 2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
2019 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates4–14 April
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (9th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Canada
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored152 (5.24 per match)
Attendance51,247 (1,767 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Hilary Knight
(11 points)
MVP Jenni Hiirikoski[1]
WebsiteWebsite
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The United States won their ninth title (and fifth consecutive) after a shootout win over Finland.[3] Canada claimed the bronze medal by defeating Russia 7–0.[4]

After the 2017 tournament, it was announced that tournament would expand to ten teams for 2019, having been played with eight teams since the first tournament in 1990, except in 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2009, where nine teams played. The 2004 edition featured nine teams when Japan was promoted from Division II but no team was relegated from the top division in 2003, due to the cancellation of the top division tournament in China because of the outbreak of the SARS disease.[5] Two teams were relegated from the top division in 2004, going back to eight teams for 2005, but due to the success of the 9-team pool in 2004, IIHF decided to expand again to nine teams for 2007.[6] Reverting to eight teams after the 2009 tournament.[7] To bring the tournament to ten teams, Czech Republic which had lost the 2017 Relegation Round, stayed in the top division. Joined by Division I Group A Champions, Japan (2017) and France (2018)

Venue
Espoo
Espoo Metro Areena main rink
Capacity: 6,982		 Espoo Metro Areena second rink

23 games were played in the main arena, while six games were played at a secondary rink.

Format

The ten teams were split into two groups according to their rankings. In Group A, all teams advanced to the quarterfinals and three teams from Group B advanced. The bottom two Group B teams were relegated. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system was used.

Participants

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen are selected for the tournament.[8]

RefereesLinesmen

Rosters
Main article: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 20 August 2018.[9][10]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 4 0 0 0 27 4 +23 12 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 4 3 0 0 1 19 5 +14 9
3  Finland (H) 4 2 0 0 2 13 14 −1 6
4  Russia 4 1 0 0 3 3 20 −17 3
5   Switzerland 4 0 0 0 4 3 22 −19 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.
4 April 2019
16:00		Switzerland  0–6
(0–2, 0–0, 0–4)		 CanadaEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 649
4 April 2019
19:30		Finland 2–6
(1–1, 1–0, 0–5)		 United StatesEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 4,046
5 April 2019
19:30		Russia 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 629
6 April 2019
16:00		Russia 0–4
(0–1, 0–0, 0–3)		 FinlandEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 5,723
6 April 2019
19:30		United States 3–2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 CanadaEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 3,102
7 April 2019
19:30		Switzerland  0–8
(0–3, 0–1, 0–4)		 United StatesEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 343
8 April 2019
16:00		Finland 6–2
(2–1, 2–1, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 3,226
8 April 2019
19:30		Canada 5–1
(1–0, 4–0, 0–1)		 RussiaEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 285
9 April 2019
16:00		United States 10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)		 RussiaEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 954
9 April 2019
19:30		Canada 6–1
(2–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 FinlandEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 4,752

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Czech Republic 4 4 0 0 0 13 5 +8 12 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 4 1 1 1 1 7 8 −1 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Japan 4 2 0 0 2 9 8 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  Sweden (R) 4 1 0 1 2 8 11 −3 4 Relegation to 2020 Division I
5  France (R) 4 0 1 0 3 5 10 −5 2
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.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Japan 2–3 Germany
4 April 2019
12:30		Germany 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 SwedenEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 1,893
4 April 2019
18:00		France 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 JapanEspoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo
Attendance: 202
5 April 2019
16:00		Czech Republic 3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 FranceEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 553
6 April 2019
12:30		Sweden 3–5
(2–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 Czech RepublicEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 1,024
6 April 2019
18:00		Japan 2–3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)		 GermanyEspoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo
Attendance: 135
7 April 2019
16:00		France 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)		 SwedenEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 553
8 April 2019
12:30		Japan 1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 1,232
8 April 2019
18:00		Germany 2–3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 FranceEspoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo
Attendance: 136
9 April 2019
12:30		Sweden 2–3
(1–0, 0–1, 1–2)		 JapanEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 1,380
9 April 2019
18:00		Czech Republic 2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 GermanyEspoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo
Attendance: 102

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
11 April
 
 
 United States4
 
13 April
 
 Japan0
 
 United States8
 
11 April
 
 Russia0
 
 Russia3
 
14 April
 
  Switzerland0
 
 United States (GWS)2
 
11 April
 
 Finland1
 
 Canada5
 
13 April
 
 Germany0
 
 Canada2
 
11 April
 
 Finland4 Third place
 
 Finland3
 
14 April
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 Russia0
 
 
 Canada7
 

Ninth place game
11 April 2019
14:00		Sweden 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)		 FranceEspoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo
Attendance: 142

Quarterfinals
11 April 2019
12:30		United States 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 JapanEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 2,483
11 April 2019
16:00		Canada 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 GermanyEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 744
11 April 2019
18:00		Russia 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandEspoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo
Attendance: 114
11 April 2019
19:30		Finland 3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 3,290

Semifinals
13 April 2019
16:00		Canada 2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 FinlandEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 4,311
13 April 2019
20:00		United States 8–0
(1–0, 5–0, 2–0)		 RussiaEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 897

Bronze medal game
14 April 2019
16:00		Canada 7–0
(2–0, 1–0, 4–0)		 RussiaEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 2,294

Final
Main article: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Final

Controversy

During the final between the United States and Finland, it appeared Finland had won 2–1 in overtime after a game-winning goal to win their first World Championship.[11] However, Finland celebrated on the ice before the Video Goal Judge initiated a video review. The goal was reviewed for over ten minutes and eventually overturned. The IIHF released a press statement the next day citing rules 186 and 183ii as the reasons for overturning the goal.[12] The United States went on to defeat Finland 2–1 in shootout. It was later announced that Finnish Ice Hockey Association would pay the Finnish team the bonus allotted for winning a gold medal, instead of the silver medal bonus.[13]


14 April 2019
20:00		United States 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 FinlandEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 6,053

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  United States 7 6 1 0 0 41 5 +36 20 Champions
2 A  Finland (H) 7 4 0 1 2 21 19 +2 13 Runners-up
3 A  Canada 7 5 0 0 2 33 9 +24 15 Third place
4 A  Russia 7 2 0 0 5 6 35 −29 6 Fourth place
5 A   Switzerland 5 0 0 0 5 3 25 −22 0 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 B  Czech Republic 5 4 0 0 1 14 8 +6 12
7 B  Germany 5 1 1 1 2 7 13 −6 6
8 B  Japan 5 2 0 0 3 9 12 −3 6
9 B  Sweden 5 2 0 1 2 11 13 −2 7 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
10 B  France 5 0 1 0 4 7 13 −6 2
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) Group; 2) position in the group; 3) number of points; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored; 6) seeding before tournament.[14]
(H) Host.

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Hilary Knight77411+134F
Natalie Spooner76410+94F
Jenni Hiirikoski72810+50D
Kendall Coyne Schofield7549+112F
Brianne Jenner7369+34F
Sarah Nurse7268+82F
Loren Gabel7617+62F
Annie Pankowski7437+102F
Dani Cameranesi7347+122F
Michelle Karvinen7337−12F

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
Alex Rigsby320:0050.9410695.282
Noora Räty354:47132.2020593.661
Jennifer Harß246:44112.6717093.530
Caroline Baldin237:46112.7815592.900
Nana Fujimoto299:20112.2015292.761

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

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  8. Assignments
  9. "Host Finland opens vs. U.S." iihf.com. 20 August 2018.
  10. "Schedule". IIHF. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  11. Weiswerda, Brennin (14 April 2019). "Controversial goalie-interference call costs Finland gold medal, USA wins in shootout". RMNB. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  12. "IIHF - Statement from IIHF". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
  13. Foster, Meredith (19 April 2019). "Team Finland prize money increased for World Championship performance". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  14. 2019 Tournament format
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