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2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

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.

Participating teams

The tournament was contested between eight teams divided into two groups.

Group A
Group B

Venues

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 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees
  • Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
  • Anna Eskola
  • Kaisa Ketonen
  • Marie Picavet
  • Nicole Hertrich
  • Gabriella Gran
  • Katarina Timglas
  • Drahomira Fialova
  • Katie Guay
  • Jamie Huntley
Linesmen
  • Bettia Angerer
  • Stephanie Gagnon
  • Ilona Novotná
  • Kaire Leet
  • Jenni Heikkinen
  • Lisa Linnek
  • Anna Nygard
  • Veronica Johansson
  • Kate Connolly

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 10 September 2014.

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

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

Final round

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

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Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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

<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position<br> Source: IIHF.com</small>

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.

<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>

Awards

<small>Source: IIHF.com</small>

  • All-star team
  • Goaltender:
  • Defence: ,
  • Forwards: , ,

References

External links