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. Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds Ishall.
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Sweden 2 (in 1 host city) 28 March – 4 April 2015 Carl XVI Gustaf 8 United States (6th title) Canada Finland Russia 20 115 (5.75 per game) 15,522 (776 per game) Hilary Knight (12 points) Hilary Knight
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. Venues included the Malmö Isstadion , and Rosengårds Ishall.
The United States securing their second consecutive and sixth title overall, after defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.
The tournament was contested between eight teams divided into two groups.
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Malmö Malmö Malmö IsstadionCapacity: 5,750 Rosengårds Ishall
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.
10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
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.
The schedule was announced on 10 September 2014.
All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2 ).
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28 March 201516:00 United States 4–2(3–1, 0–1, 1–0) Canada Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 1,724
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28 March 201520:00 Finland 3–2 GWS(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)(OT 0–0)(SO: 1–0) Russia Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 329
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29 March 201516:00 Canada 4–0(3–0, 1–0, 0–0) Russia Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 363
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29 March 201520:00 United States 4–1(2–1, 2–0, 0–0) Finland Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 312
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31 March 201512:00 Russia 2–9(0–1, 2–4, 0–4) United States Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 349
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31 March 201516:00 Canada 6–2(2–1, 2–0, 2–1) Finland Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 298
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28 March 201512:00 Sweden 3–4 GWS(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)(OT 0–0)(SO: 0–1) Japan Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 2,943
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28 March 201514:00 Germany 2–5(0–1, 1–1, 1–3) Switzerland Rosengårds Ishall, MalmöAttendance: 129
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29 March 201512:00 Switzerland 2–3(0–2, 0–0, 2–1) Sweden Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 2,372
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29 March 201514:00 Japan 2–0(1–0, 0–0, 1–0) Germany Rosengårds Ishall, MalmöAttendance: 108
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Nana Fujimoto Goalies Ivonne Schröder Referees: Drahomira Fialova Katarina TimglasLinesmen: Kate Connolly Jenni Heikkinen Adachi (Hirano) – 05:271–0Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:352–0 Adachi (Hirano) – 05:27 1–0 Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:35 2–0 Adachi (Hirano) – 05:27 1–0 Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:35 2–0 16 min Penalties 10 min 16 Shots 25
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31 March 201514:00 Switzerland 3–0(1–0, 1–0, 1–0) Japan Rosengårds Ishall, MalmöAttendance: 112
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Florence Schelling Goalies Nana Fujimoto Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina TimglasLinesmen: Bettia Angerer Kate Connolly Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:591–0Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:032–0Staenz (ENG) – 59:153–0 Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:59 1–0 Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:03 2–0 Staenz (ENG) – 59:15 3–0 Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:59 1–0 Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:03 2–0 Staenz (ENG) – 59:15 3–0 12 min Penalties 6 min 26 Shots 36
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31 March 201520:00 Germany 0–4(0–1, 0–2, 0–1) Sweden Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 1,274
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
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1 April 201518:00 Japan 3–2 OT(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)(OT 1–0) Germany Rosengårds Ishall, MalmöAttendance: 83
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3 April 201514:00 Germany 1–2 OT(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)(OT 0–1) Japan Rosengårds Ishall, MalmöAttendance: 109
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Jennifer Harß Goalies Nana Fujimoto Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Anna EskolaLinesmen: Veronica Johansson Anna Nygard 0–104:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP)Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:421–11–262:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP) 0–1 04:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP) Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:42 1–1 1–2 62:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP) 0–1 04:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP) Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:42 1–1 1–2 62:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP) 14 min Penalties 16 min 22 Shots 19
Germany were relegated to the 2016 Division I A
Finland - Russia
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1 April 201516:00 Finland 3–0(1–0, 0–0, 2–0) Switzerland Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 322
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Meeri Räisänen Goalies Florence Schelling Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jamie HuntleyLinesmen: Veronica Johansson Kaire Leet Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:471–0Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:262–0Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:493–0 Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:47 1–0 Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:26 2–0 Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:49 3–0 Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:47 1–0 Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:26 2–0 Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:49 3–0 10 min Penalties 12 min 31 Shots 15
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1 April 201520:00 Russia 2–1(0–0, 0–1, 2–0) Sweden Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 1,714
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Maria Sorokina Goalies Sara Grahn Referees: Katie Guay Nicole HertrichLinesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Ilona Novotná 0–138:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin)Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:301–1Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:342–1 0–1 38:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin) Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:30 1–1 Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:34 2–1 0–1 38:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin) Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:30 1–1 Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:34 2–1 8 min Penalties 2 min 25 Shots 25
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3 April 201512:00 United States 13–1(4–1, 6–0, 3–0) Russia Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 426
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3 April 201516:00 Canada 3–0(1–0, 0–0, 2–0) Finland Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 584
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Ann-Renée Desbiens Goalies Meeri Räisänen Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jamie HuntleyLinesmen: Kaire Leet Ilona Novotná Poulin (PP) – 06:321–0Spooner – 40:252–0Spooner – 50:083–0 Poulin (PP) – 06:32 1–0 Spooner – 40:25 2–0 Spooner – 50:08 3–0 Poulin (PP) – 06:32 1–0 Spooner – 40:25 2–0 Spooner – 50:08 3–0 6 min Penalties 8 min 43 Shots 19
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4 April 201512:00 Finland 4–1(2–0, 1–0, 1–1) Russia Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 448
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4 April 201516:00 United States 7–5(4–2, 1–3, 2–0) Canada Malmö Isstadion, MalmöAttendance: 1,523
Rank Team
United States Canada Finland 4 Russia 5 Sweden 6 Switzerland 7 Japan 8 Germany
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Relegated to the 2016 Division I A
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Hilary Knight 5 7 5 12 +8 6 F Brianna Decker 5 5 6 11 +8 0 F Anna Borgqvist 4 5 3 8 +6 2 F Jocelyne Lamoureux 4 5 3 8 +3 2 F Natalie Spooner 5 4 3 7 +6 6 F Kendall Coyne 5 3 4 7 +8 0 F Anne Schleper 4 1 6 7 +4 2 D Monique Lamoureux 5 1 6 7 +7 2 D Erika Grahm 4 4 2 6 +7 2 F 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
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 Schelling 236:13 7 1.78 118 94.07 1 Nana Fujimoto 315:32 8 1.52 128 93.75 1 Meeri Räisänen 301:27 10 1.99 148 93.24 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens 140:00 4 1.71 58 93.10 2 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
Best players selected by the directorate:
Best Goaltender: Nana Fujimoto
Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
Best Forward: Hilary Knight
Source: IIHF.com
All-star team
Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen (FIN)
Defence: Monique Lamoureux (USA), Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
Forwards: Brianna Decker (USA), Hilary Knight (USA), Natalie Spooner (CAN)
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