The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was played in Kamloops, Canada, from 28 March to 4 April 2016. Venues included the Sandman Centre, and the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.
Two-time defending champions, the United States, securing their third consecutive and seventh title overall, after defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1âÂÂ0 in overtime. Russia won the bronze medal by defeating Finland in a shootout.
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 16 September 2015.
All times are local (Pacific Time Zone â UTCâÂÂ7).
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>
<small>Source: IIHF.com</small>