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 RosengÃÂ¥rds Ishall.
The United States securing their second consecutive and sixth title overall, after defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7âÂÂ5. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4âÂÂ1.
The tournament was contested between eight teams divided into two groups.
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 â UTC+2).
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
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List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/â = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position<br> Source: IIHF.com</small>
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.
<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br> Source: IIHF.com</small>
<small>Source: IIHF.com</small>