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2016 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates28 March – 4 April 2016
Opened byDavid Johnston
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (7th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played21
Goals scored107 (5.1 per game)
Attendance41,109 (1,958 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Hilary Knight (9 points)
MVPUnited States Hilary Knight
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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.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1–0 in overtime, securing their seventh title.[4] Russia won the bronze medal by defeating Finland in a shootout.[5]

Venues

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

Participating teams

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Match officials

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

Rosters

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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

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The schedule was announced on 16 September 2015.[7]

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

Group A

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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)		 FinlandSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,107
Game reference
Nadezhda MorozovaGoaliesMeeri RäisänenReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
United States Michaela Frattarelli
France Charlotte Girard
0–118:42 – Niskanen (Saari)
Gavrilova – 31:441–1
1–234:12 – Hiirikoski (Lindstedt, Välilä) (PP)
Shibanova (Vafina, Pirogova) (PP) – 35:432–2
2–343:31 – Niskanen (Jalosuo) (PP)
Gavrilova (PP) – 47:053–3
3–448:07 – Savolainen (Niskanen)
3–550:35 – Tulus (Saari, Jalosuo)
8 minPenalties8 min
25Shots28
28 March 2016
19:30		United States 3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)		 CanadaSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 5,580
Game reference
Alex RigsbyGoaliesEmerance MaschmeyerReferees:
Sweden Gabriella Gran
Norway Aina Hove
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
0–140:14 – Fortino (Spooner, Poulin)
Knight (M. Lamoureux, J. Lamoureux) – 49:581–1
Decker (M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 53:552–1
Knight (Decker) (ENG) – 59:403–1
6 minPenalties12 min
38Shots23
29 March 2016
15:30		Finland 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 United StatesSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,149
Game reference
Meeri RäisänenGoaliesJessie VetterReferees:
Canada Melanie Bordeleau
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Canada Vanessa Stratton
Karvinen (Valila, Jalosuo) – 05:031–0
1–119:02 – Knight (Stecklein)
1–235:09 – J. Lamoureux (Darkangelo, Pankowski)
10 minPenalties2 min
7Shots51
29 March 2016
19:30		Canada 8–1
(0–1, 6–0, 2–0)		 RussiaSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,453
Game reference
Charline LabontéGoaliesAnna Prugova
Maria Sorokina		Referees:
Germany Nicole Hertrich
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Austria Bettina Angerer
Slovenia Nataša Pagon
0–113:29 – Gavrilova (Vafina, Smolentseva)
Johnston (Jenner, Rougeau) (SH) – 20:401–1
Krzyzanik (Jenner, Johnstone) – 23:072–1
Wakefield (Johnston) – 23:423–1
Mikkelson (Saulnier, Wickenheiser) – 24:424–1
Mikkelson (Watchorn, Johnston) (PP2) – 25:205–1
Krzyzaniak (Wakefield, Jenner) (PP) – 37:056–1
Poulin (Jenner) (SH) – 53:197–1
Clark (Saulnier, Turnbull) – 57:528–1
16 minPenalties10 min
33Shots14
31 March 2016
15:30		United States 8–0
(3–0, 0–0, 5–0)		 RussiaSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,323
Game reference
Nicole HensleyGoaliesMaria SorokinaReferees:
Switzerland Anna Eskola
Norway Aina Hove
Linesmen:
Austria Bettina Angerer
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
Coyne (Pankowski) – 05:071–0
M. Lamoureux (Darkangelo, Skarupa) – 06:292–0
Keller (Skarupa, Carpenter) – 14:193–0
M. Lamoureux (Decker) (PP) – 44:544–0
Darkangelo (J. Lamoureux) – 46:195–0
Knight (Coyne) – 49:106–0
Knight (Coyne, Decker) (PP2) – 56:177–0
Pankowski (J. Lamoureux) (PP) – 57:148–0
4 minPenalties14 min
39Shots16
31 March 2016
19:30		Canada 6–1
(1–0, 4–1, 1–0)		 FinlandSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,234
Game reference
Emerance MaschmeyerGoaliesMeeri Räisänen
Anni Keisala		Referees:
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
United States Jerilyn Glenn
Linesmen:
United States Michaela Frattarelli
France Charlotte Girard
Poulin (Agosta, Spooner) – 01:041–0
Johnston (Fortino, Wakefield) (PP) – 28:012–0
2–128:22 – Nieminen (Välilä) (PP)
Jenner (Wakefield, Johnston) – 33:353–1
Saulnier (Turnbull) – 34:334–1
Wakefield – 36:065–1
Wakefield (Johnston, Watchorn) (PP) – 58:186–1
10 minPenalties12 min
41Shots19

Group B

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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)		 JapanMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,000
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesNana FujimotoReferees:
Canada Melanie Bordeleau
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Austria Bettina Angerer
Slovenia Nataša Pagon
Meier (Stalder, Müller) (PP) – 07:331–0
1–118:22 – Osawa (Takeda, Adachi)
Stalder (Bullo, Meier) (PP2) – 31:502–1
Staenz (Meier) – 41:103–1
Meier (Altmann, Bullo) – 47:044–1
4–249:47 – Hirano (Yoneyama, Osawa) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
32Shots28
28 March 2016
17:00		Sweden 3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 Czech RepublicMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 613
Game reference
Sara GrahnGoaliesKlára PeslarováReferees:
Switzerland Anna Eskola
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
Linesmen:
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
Canada Vanessa Stratton
0–129:14 – Herzigová (Křížová, Hymlarová)
Küller (Rask) (SH) – 37:361–1
Olsson (Eliasson, L. Johansson) (PP) – 41:222–1
2–247:58 – Lédlová (Vanišová)
Carlsson – 59:523–2
8 minPenalties6 min
31Shots18
29 March 2016
13:00		Switzerland 1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 570
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesKlára PeslarováReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
United States Jerilyn Glenn
Linesmen:
France Charlotte Girard
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
0–121:53 – Vanišová (Horálková) (PP)
0–223:11 – Vanišová
Müller (Meier, Ruegg) (PP) – 27:501–2
1–354:25 – Kolowratová (Polenská, Horálková) (PP)
18 minPenalties12 min
23Shots17
29 March 2016
17:00		Japan 0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)		 SwedenMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 612
Game reference
Nana FujimotoGoaliesSara GrahnReferees:
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
Norway Aina Hove
Linesmen:
United States Michaela Frattarelli
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
0–140:59 – Winberg
0–245:33 – Eliasson (L. Johansson) (PP)
6 minPenalties10 min
16Shots35
31 March 2016
13:00		Czech Republic 3–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 JapanMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 782
Game reference
Klára PeslarováGoaliesNana FujimotoReferees:
Sweden Gabriella Gran
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
0–104:55 – Osawa (Shishiuchi, Yoneyama) (PP)
Polenská (Křížová, Hymlarová) – 39:191–1
Tejralová (Polenská, Křížová) – 47:482–1
2–249:57 – Hori (Adachi)
Polenská MISS
Pejzlová MISS
Hymlarová GOAL
Povová MISS
Hymlarová GOAL
Herzigová MISS
Hymlarová GOAL		ShootoutMISS Kubo
MISS Yoneyama
GOAL Osawa
MISS Osawa
GOAL Kubo
MISS Ono
MISS Ukita
8 minPenalties12 min
33Shots28
31 March 2016
17:00		Sweden 2–1 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		  SwitzerlandMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 874
Game reference
Sara GrahnGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferees:
Canada Melanie Bordeleau
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
Linesmen:
Slovenia Nataša Pagon
Canada Vanessa Stratton
0–104:21 – Raselli (Staenz)
L. Johansson (Eliasson, Winberg) (PP) – 39:341–1
Olsson MISS
Borgqvist GOAL		ShootoutMISS Zollinger
MISS Stalder
MISS Meier
6 minPenalties16 min
39Shots22

Relegation round

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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)		 JapanMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 522
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesNana FujimotoReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Sweden Gabriella Gran
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
0–101:49 – Adachi (Hirano, Suzuki)
Stiefel (Staenz, Benz) (PP) – 06:591–1
Meier (Stalder, Altmann) – 18:402–1
Stalder (Rüegg) (PP) – 22:363–1
10 minPenalties12 min
27Shots15
3 April 2016
13:00		Japan 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)		  SwitzerlandMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 791
Game reference
Akane KonishiGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Canada Melanie Bordeleau
Linesmen:
Finland Jenni Heikkinen
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
0–108:50 – Raselli (Rüegg, Stalder) (PP)
0–231:16 – Stiefel (Meier, Stalder)
0–332:30 – Stalder (Waidacher)
0–459:22 – Meier (Stalder) (ENG)
6 minPenalties6 min
20Shots23
Switzerland won series 2–0; Japan were relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Final round

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Bracket

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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

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1 April 2016
15:30		Russia 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 SwedenSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,126
Game reference
Nadezhda MorozovaGoaliesSara GrahnReferees:
Switzerland Anna Eskola
United States Jerilyn Glenn
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
Slovenia Nataša Pagon
Pavlova (Sosina, Goncharenko) – 03:401–0
1–105:56 – Olofsson (Carlsson) (PP)
Sosina (Goncharenko) – 08:492–1
Burina (Pirogova, Sosina) (PP) – 24:493–1
Sosina (ENG) – 59:474–1
12 minPenalties10 min
26Shots27
1 April 2016
19:30		Finland 5–0
(0–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 1,256
Game reference
Meeri RäisänenGoaliesKlára PeslarováReferees:
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Austria Bettina Angerer
France Charlotte Girard
Välilä (Karvinen) – 29:191–0
Niskanen (Hovi, Jalosuo) (PP) – 36:012–0
Hovi (Tuominen, Niskanen) – 39:373–0
Karvinen (Hiirikoski, Nieminen) (PP) – 42:074–0
Karvinen (Hiirikoski, Välilä) (PP) – 54:275–0
8 minPenalties12 min
44Shots8

Semifinals

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3 April 2016
15:00		United States 9–0
(5–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 RussiaSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 2,297
Game reference
Alex RigsbyGoaliesAnna Prugova
Nadezhda Morozova		Referees:
Switzerland Anna Eskola
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
Canada Vanessa Stratton
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
Stack (M. Lamoureux, Pankowski) – 06:591–0
J. Lamoureux (Darkangelo, Bozek) – 07:362–0
Bozek (Pankowski) – 10:313–0
Knight (Bellamy, M. Lamoureux) – 11:204–0
Duggan (J. Lamoureux, Hickel) – 19:445–0
J. Lamoureux (Knight, M. Lamoureux) – 25:016–0
Decker (Knight) (PP) – 37:367–0
Stack (Skarupa, Carpenter) (PP) – 39:358–0
Knight (Decker, Stecklein) – 41:239–0
4 minPenalties8 min
40Shots17
3 April 2016
19:30		Canada 5–3
(1–1, 1–0, 3–2)		 FinlandSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,007
Game reference
Charline LabontéGoaliesMeeri RäisänenReferees:
Sweden Gabriella Gran
United States Jamie Huntley
Linesmen:
Austria Bettina Angerer
Sweden Veronica Johansson
0–107:00 – Valkama
Spooner (Lacquette, Poulin) (PP) – 12:401–1
Agosta (Spooner, Lacquette) – 37:292–1
Spooner (Poulin) (SH) – 45:383–1
3–255:42 – Karvinen (Välilä, Nieminen) (PP, EA)
Turnbull (Fortino) (SH, ENG) – 56:564–2
Spooner (Poulin) (SH, ENG) – 57:435–2
5–359:27 – Saari (Savolainen)
10 minPenalties6 min
39Shots19

Fifth place game

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3 April 2016
17:00		Sweden 4–2
(0–2, 0–0, 4–0)		 Czech RepublicMcArthur Island Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 612
Game reference
Sara GrahnGoaliesKlára PeslarováReferees:
United States Jerilyn Glenn
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
Linesmen:
United States Michaela Frattarelli
France Charlotte Girard
0–107:43 – Polenská (Křížová, Hymlarová)
0–209:40 – Polenská (Ziková, Křížová) (PP)
E. Johansson (Lindh, Borgqvist) – 50:191–2
Borgqvist (Lindh, Eliasson) – 51:582–2
L. Johansson (Olsson) – 52:243–2
Küller (Winberg) (SH, ENG) – 59:084–2
10 minPenalties10 min
22Shots20

Bronze medal game

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4 April 2016
15:00		Finland 0–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 RussiaSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 2,351
Game reference
Meeri RäisänenGoaliesNadezhda MorozovaReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Canada Melanie Bordeleau
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
Canada Vanessa Stratton
Tuominen MISS
Kärnä MISS		ShootoutGOAL Shukina
MISS Dergachyova
GOAL Sosina
10 minPenalties4 min
32Shots23

Final

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4 April 2016
19:30		United States 1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)		 CanadaSandman Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 5,850
Game reference
Alex RigsbyGoaliesEmerance MaschmeyerReferees:
Switzerland Anna Eskola
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
Carpenter (J. Lamoureux, Bozek) – 72:301–0
12 minPenalties6 min
34Shots32

Final standings

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia
4  Finland
5  Sweden
6  Czech Republic
7   Switzerland
8  Japan
Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Statistics and awards

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Scoring leaders

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

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

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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
United States Alex Rigsby 192:30 1 0.31 72 98.61 2
Canada Emerance Maschmeyer 191:23 4 1.25 90 95.56 0
Switzerland Florence Schelling 303:49 8 1.58 117 93.16 1
Sweden Sara Grahn 301:52 8 1.59 101 92.08 1
Finland 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

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Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

References

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  1. ^ 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship official website
  2. ^ 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship at www.iihf.com
  3. ^ 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics
  4. ^ "Pure gold for America". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Sosina shoots to thrill!". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016.
  6. ^ "COMPETITION OFFICIALS" (PDF). IIHF. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Women's Worlds schedule released". worldwomen2016.com. 16 September 2015.
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