2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2016 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were the 18th such series of tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. These tournaments also served as qualifications for the 2017 competition and finalized seeding for the 2018 Winter Olympics qualification.

2016 Women's Ice Hockey
World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	Canada  Denmark  Italy  Slovenia  Spain  Bulgaria
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
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Championship (Top Division)

Main article: 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

The Top Division tournament was played in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, from 28 March to 4 April 2016.^[1][2][3]

Rank Team  United States  Canada  Russia 4  Finland 5  Sweden 6  Czech Republic 7   Switzerland 8  Japan Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

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

Division I

Main article: 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Aalborg, Denmark, from 25 to 31 March 2016.^[4][5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	16	7	+9	12[a]	Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
2	France	5	4	0	0	1	15	9	+6	12[a]
3	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	16	10	+6	11
4	Denmark (H)	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
5	Norway	5	0	1	1	3	10	17	−7	3
6	Slovakia	5	0	0	1	4	7	20	−13	1	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

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
Notes:

1. France 0–5 Germany

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 4 to 10 April 2016.^[6][7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	15	10	+5	12	Promoted to the 2017 Division I A
2	Latvia	5	3	0	0	2	16	15	+1	9
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	13	14	−1	7
4	Italy (H)	5	1	1	1	2	11	13	−2	6[a]
5	China	5	2	0	0	3	10	10	0	6[a]
6	Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	11	14	−3	5	Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

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
Notes:

1. Italy 3–2 China

Division II

Main article: 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 2 to 8 April 2016.^[8][9]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland	5	4	0	0	1	37	9	+28	12[a]	Promoted to the 2017 Division I B
2	South Korea	5	4	0	0	1	15	3	+12	12[a]
3	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	34	3	+31	12[a]
4	North Korea	5	2	0	0	3	21	23	−2	6
5	Slovenia (H)	5	1	0	0	4	9	27	−18	3
6	Croatia	5	0	0	0	5	4	55	−51	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division II B[b]

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
Notes:

1. Poland 3 Pts, 3–3 GD; South Korea 3 Pts, 2–2 GD; Great Britain 3 Pts, 2–2 GD. After the tie is broken, head-to-head is used and South Korea defeated Great Britain 1–0.
2. Croatia actually did not participate in 2017. Their next World Championship participation was in the 2018 Division II B Qualification.

Division II Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 29 February to 6 March 2016.^[10][11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	0	1	0	32	6	+26	13	Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	0	1	26	8	+18	12
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	21	10	+11	9
4	Mexico	5	2	1	0	2	13	9	+4	8
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	4	13	40	−27	3
6	Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	8	40	−32	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division II B Qualification

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

Division II Group B Qualification

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 7 to 10 December 2015.^[12][13]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Romania	3	2	0	1	0	15	9	+6	7	Promoted to the 2017 Division II B
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	15	9	+6	6
3	South Africa	3	1	1	0	1	12	8	+4	5
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	0	3	8	24	−16	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