2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

See also: 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

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.^[1][2][3] Venues included the Sandman Centre, and the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 March – 4 April 2016
Opened by	David Johnston
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	107 (5.1 per game)
Attendance	41,109 (1,958 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hilary Knight (9 points)
Awards
MVP	Hilary Knight
Official website
Official website
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Two-time defending champions, the United States, defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1–0 in overtime, securing their third consecutive and seventh title overall.^[4] Russia won the bronze medal by defeating Finland in a shootout.^[5]

Venues

Kamloops
Sandman Centre Capacity: 5,464	McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre Capacity: 1,000

Participating teams

Group A  United States  Canada – Hosts  Finland  Russia

Group B  Sweden   Switzerland  Japan  Czech Republic – Promoted from 2015 Division I Group A

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melanie Bordeleau Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova Jerilyn Glenn Gabriella Gran Nicole Hertrich Aina Hove Jamie Huntley Miyuki Nakayama

Linesmen Bettina Angerer Michaela Frattarelli Charlotte Girard Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson Ilona Novotná Nataša Pagon Vanessa Stratton Johanna Tauriainen

Rosters

Main article: 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship 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 16 September 2015.^[7]

All times are local (Pacific Time Zone – UTC−7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Semifinals
2	Canada (H)	3	2	0	0	1	15	5	+10	6
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	7	11	−4	3	Quarterfinals
4	Russia	3	0	0	0	3	4	21	−17	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

28 March 2016 15:30

Russia

3–5 (0–1, 2–1, 1–3)

Finland

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 1,107

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Michaela Frattarelli Charlotte Girard
	0–1 18:42 – Niskanen (Saari) Gavrilova – 31:44 1–1 1–2 34:12 – Hiirikoski (Lindstedt, Välilä) (PP) Shibanova (Vafina, Pirogova) (PP) – 35:43 2–2 2–3 43:31 – Niskanen (Jalosuo) (PP) Gavrilova (PP) – 47:05 3–3 3–4 48:07 – Savolainen (Niskanen) 3–5 50:35 – Tulus (Saari, Jalosuo)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	28

28 March 2016 19:30

United States

3–1 (0–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Canada

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 5,580

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Emerance Maschmeyer	Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 40:14 – Fortino (Spooner, Poulin) Knight (M. Lamoureux, J. Lamoureux) – 49:58 1–1 Decker (M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 53:55 2–1 Knight (Decker) (ENG) – 59:40 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	23

29 March 2016 15:30

Finland

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 1,149

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Vanessa Stratton
	Karvinen (Valila, Jalosuo) – 05:03 1–0 1–1 19:02 – Knight (Stecklein) 1–2 35:09 – J. Lamoureux (Darkangelo, Pankowski)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	7	Shots	51

29 March 2016 19:30

Canada

8–1 (0–1, 6–0, 2–0)

Russia

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,453

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Anna Prugova Maria Sorokina	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Nataša Pagon
	0–1 13:29 – Gavrilova (Vafina, Smolentseva) Johnston (Jenner, Rougeau) (SH) – 20:40 1–1 Krzyzanik (Jenner, Johnstone) – 23:07 2–1 Wakefield (Johnston) – 23:42 3–1 Mikkelson (Saulnier, Wickenheiser) – 24:42 4–1 Mikkelson (Watchorn, Johnston) (PP2) – 25:20 5–1 Krzyzaniak (Wakefield, Jenner) (PP) – 37:05 6–1 Poulin (Jenner) (SH) – 53:19 7–1 Clark (Saulnier, Turnbull) – 57:52 8–1
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	14

31 March 2016 15:30

United States

8–0 (3–0, 0–0, 5–0)

Russia

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 1,323

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Maria Sorokina	Referees: Anna Eskola Aina Hove Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Jenni Heikkinen
	Coyne (Pankowski) – 05:07 1–0 M. Lamoureux (Darkangelo, Skarupa) – 06:29 2–0 Keller (Skarupa, Carpenter) – 14:19 3–0 M. Lamoureux (Decker) (PP) – 44:54 4–0 Darkangelo (J. Lamoureux) – 46:19 5–0 Knight (Coyne) – 49:10 6–0 Knight (Coyne, Decker) (PP2) – 56:17 7–0 Pankowski (J. Lamoureux) (PP) – 57:14 8–0
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	16

31 March 2016 19:30

Canada

6–1 (1–0, 4–1, 1–0)

Finland

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,234

Game reference
	Emerance Maschmeyer	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen Anni Keisala	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jerilyn Glenn Linesmen: Michaela Frattarelli Charlotte Girard
	Poulin (Agosta, Spooner) – 01:04 1–0 Johnston (Fortino, Wakefield) (PP) – 28:01 2–0 2–1 28:22 – Nieminen (Välilä) (PP) Jenner (Wakefield, Johnston) – 33:35 3–1 Saulnier (Turnbull) – 34:33 4–1 Wakefield – 36:06 5–1 Wakefield (Johnston, Watchorn) (PP) – 58:18 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	0	7	3	+4	8	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	0	1	8	6	+2	5
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	1	1	6	7	−1	4	Relegation round
4	Japan	3	0	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

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.

28 March 2016 13:00

Switzerland

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Japan

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Nataša Pagon
	Meier (Stalder, Müller) (PP) – 07:33 1–0 1–1 18:22 – Osawa (Takeda, Adachi) Stalder (Bullo, Meier) (PP2) – 31:50 2–1 Staenz (Meier) – 41:10 3–1 Meier (Altmann, Bullo) – 47:04 4–1 4–2 49:47 – Hirano (Yoneyama, Osawa) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	28

28 March 2016 17:00

Sweden

3–2 (0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 613

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Anna Eskola Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Vanessa Stratton
	0–1 29:14 – Herzigová (Křížová, Hymlarová) Küller (Rask) (SH) – 37:36 1–1 Olsson (Eliasson, L. Johansson) (PP) – 41:22 2–1 2–2 47:58 – Lédlová (Vanišová) Carlsson – 59:52 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	18

29 March 2016 13:00

Switzerland

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 570

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jerilyn Glenn Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Jenni Heikkinen
	0–1 21:53 – Vanišová (Horálková) (PP) 0–2 23:11 – Vanišová Müller (Meier, Ruegg) (PP) – 27:50 1–2 1–3 54:25 – Kolowratová (Polenská, Horálková) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	17

29 March 2016 17:00

Japan

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Sweden

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 612

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Aina Hove Linesmen: Michaela Frattarelli Ilona Novotná
	0–1 40:59 – Winberg 0–2 45:33 – Eliasson (L. Johansson) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	35

31 March 2016 13:00

Czech Republic

3–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Japan

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 782

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabriella Gran Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 04:55 – Osawa (Shishiuchi, Yoneyama) (PP) Polenská (Křížová, Hymlarová) – 39:19 1–1 Tejralová (Polenská, Křížová) – 47:48 2–1 2–2 49:57 – Hori (Adachi)
	Polenská Pejzlová Hymlarová Povová Hymlarová Herzigová Hymlarová	Shootout	Kubo Yoneyama Osawa Osawa Kubo Ono Ukita
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	28

31 March 2016 17:00

Sweden

2–1 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Switzerland

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 874

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Vanessa Stratton
	0–1 04:21 – Raselli (Staenz) L. Johansson (Eliasson, Winberg) (PP) – 39:34 1–1
	Olsson Borgqvist	Shootout	Zollinger Stalder Meier
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	22

Relegation round

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

1 April 2016 13:00

Switzerland

3–1 (2–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 522

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 01:49 – Adachi (Hirano, Suzuki) Stiefel (Staenz, Benz) (PP) – 06:59 1–1 Meier (Stalder, Altmann) – 18:40 2–1 Stalder (Rüegg) (PP) – 22:36 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	15

3 April 2016 13:00

Japan

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 791

Game reference
	Akane Konishi	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Ilona Novotná
	0–1 08:50 – Raselli (Rüegg, Stalder) (PP) 0–2 31:16 – Stiefel (Meier, Stalder) 0–3 32:30 – Stalder (Waidacher) 0–4 59:22 – Meier (Stalder) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	23

Switzerland won series 2–0; Japan were relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

9

A4

Russia

4

A4

Russia

0

B1

Sweden

1

A1

United States (OT)

1

A2

Canada

0

A2

Canada

5

A3

Finland

5

A3

Finland

3

B2

Czech Republic

0

Bronze medal game

A4

Russia (GWS)

1

A3

Finland

0

Quarterfinals

1 April 2016 15:30

Russia

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 1,126

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Anna Eskola Jerilyn Glenn Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Nataša Pagon
	Pavlova (Sosina, Goncharenko) – 03:40 1–0 1–1 05:56 – Olofsson (Carlsson) (PP) Sosina (Goncharenko) – 08:49 2–1 Burina (Pirogova, Sosina) (PP) – 24:49 3–1 Sosina (ENG) – 59:47 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	27

1 April 2016 19:30

Finland

5–0 (0–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 1,256

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Charlotte Girard
	Välilä (Karvinen) – 29:19 1–0 Niskanen (Hovi, Jalosuo) (PP) – 36:01 2–0 Hovi (Tuominen, Niskanen) – 39:37 3–0 Karvinen (Hiirikoski, Nieminen) (PP) – 42:07 4–0 Karvinen (Hiirikoski, Välilä) (PP) – 54:27 5–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	8

Semifinals

3 April 2016 15:00

United States

9–0 (5–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Russia

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 2,297

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Anna Prugova Nadezhda Morozova	Referees: Anna Eskola Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Vanessa Stratton Johanna Tauriainen
	Stack (M. Lamoureux, Pankowski) – 06:59 1–0 J. Lamoureux (Darkangelo, Bozek) – 07:36 2–0 Bozek (Pankowski) – 10:31 3–0 Knight (Bellamy, M. Lamoureux) – 11:20 4–0 Duggan (J. Lamoureux, Hickel) – 19:44 5–0 J. Lamoureux (Knight, M. Lamoureux) – 25:01 6–0 Decker (Knight) (PP) – 37:36 7–0 Stack (Skarupa, Carpenter) (PP) – 39:35 8–0 Knight (Decker, Stecklein) – 41:23 9–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	17

3 April 2016 19:30

Canada

5–3 (1–1, 1–0, 3–2)

Finland

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,007

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen	Referees: Gabriella Gran Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Veronica Johansson
	0–1 07:00 – Valkama Spooner (Lacquette, Poulin) (PP) – 12:40 1–1 Agosta (Spooner, Lacquette) – 37:29 2–1 Spooner (Poulin) (SH) – 45:38 3–1 3–2 55:42 – Karvinen (Välilä, Nieminen) (PP, EA) Turnbull (Fortino) (SH, ENG) – 56:56 4–2 Spooner (Poulin) (SH, ENG) – 57:43 5–2 5–3 59:27 – Saari (Savolainen)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	19

Fifth place game

3 April 2016 17:00

Sweden

4–2 (0–2, 0–0, 4–0)

Czech Republic

McArthur Island Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 612

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Jerilyn Glenn Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Michaela Frattarelli Charlotte Girard
	0–1 07:43 – Polenská (Křížová, Hymlarová) 0–2 09:40 – Polenská (Ziková, Křížová) (PP) E. Johansson (Lindh, Borgqvist) – 50:19 1–2 Borgqvist (Lindh, Eliasson) – 51:58 2–2 L. Johansson (Olsson) – 52:24 3–2 Küller (Winberg) (SH, ENG) – 59:08 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	20

Bronze medal game

4 April 2016 15:00

Finland

0–1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Russia

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 2,351

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Nadezhda Morozova	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Vanessa Stratton
	Tuominen Kärnä	Shootout	Shukina Dergachyova Sosina
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	23

Final

4 April 2016 19:30

United States

1–0 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 1–0)

Canada

Sandman Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 5,850

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Emerance Maschmeyer	Referees: Anna Eskola Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Johanna Tauriainen
	Carpenter (J. Lamoureux, Bozek) – 72:30 1–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	32

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Russia
4	Finland
5	Sweden
6	Czech Republic
7	Switzerland
8	Japan

Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight	5	7	2	9	+8	0	F
Christine Meier	5	4	5	9	+5	0	F
Jocelyne Lamoureux	5	3	5	8	+8	2	F
Lara Stalder	5	3	5	8	+5	12	F
Rebecca Johnston	5	2	5	7	+3	0	F
Monique Lamoureux	5	2	5	7	+7	4	D
Natalie Spooner	5	3	3	6	+3	2	F
Jenn Wakefield	5	3	3	6	+3	4	F
Brianna Decker	5	2	4	6	+5	2	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	2	4	6	+4	6	F

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 Rigsby	192:30	1	0.31	72	98.61	2
Emerance Maschmeyer	191:23	4	1.25	90	95.56	0
Florence Schelling	303:49	8	1.58	117	93.16	1
Sara Grahn	301:52	8	1.59	101	92.08	1
Meeri Räisänen	346:07	14	2.43	176	92.05	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Emerance Maschmeyer
  • Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Best Forward: Hilary Knight

Source: IIHF.com

• All-star team
  • Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen
  • Defence: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Forwards: Hilary Knight, Rebecca Johnston, Christine Meier
• MVP: Hilary Knight

Source: IIHF.com