2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

This article is about the Top Division championship. For all three division championships, see 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.

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.

2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 March – 4 April 2015
Opened by	Carl XVI Gustaf
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	115 (5.75 per game)
Attendance	15,522 (776 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hilary Knight (12 points)
MVP	Hilary Knight

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their sixth title. 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

• United States
• Canada
• Russia
• Finland

Group B

• Germany
• Switzerland
• Sweden
• Japan

Venues

Malmö	Malmö
Malmö Isstadion Capacity: 5,750	Rosengårds Ishall

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

Main article: 2015 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 10 September 2014.

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	17	5	12	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	12	6	6	6
3	Finland	3	0	1	0	2	6	12	−6	2	Quarterfinals
4	Russia	3	0	0	1	2	4	16	−12	1

Source: IIHF

28 March 2015 16:00

United States

4–2 (3–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Canada

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,724

Game reference
	Jessica Vetter	Goalies	Geneviève Lacasse	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Marie Picavet Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Ilona Novotná
	Lamoureux (Picard, Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP2) – 04:04 1–0 1–1 07:23 – Jenner (Spooner, Wakefield) Bellamy (PP) – 11:45 2–1 Coyne (Bellamy, Schleper) (PP) – 18:29 3–1 3–2 20:57 – Wakefield (Spooner, Jenner) Knight (Coyne, Decker) – 46:29 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	11

28 March 2015 20:00

Finland

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

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 329

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Valeria Tarakanova	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Kate Connolly Lisa Linnek
	0–1 23:31 – Pavlova (Gavrilova, Sosina) (PP) Kilponen (Valila) – 24:31 1–1 1–2 34:25 – Sosina Lindstedt (Karvinen, Tapani) – 37:29 2–2
	Hiirikoski Tuominen Karvinen Tuominen	Shootout	Belyakova Gavrilova Kadirova Sosina
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	15

29 March 2015 16:00

Canada

4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 363

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Yulia Leskina Maria Sorokina	Referees: Jamie Huntley Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Kaire Leet Anna Nygard
	Ouellette (Krzyzaniak, Birchard) – 01:05 1–0 Fortino (Poulin, Johnston) – 07:17 2–0 Birchard – 19:59 3–0 Poulin (Ouellette, Johnston) – 32:25 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	19

29 March 2015 20:00

United States

4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 312

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby Molly Schaus	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Veronica Johansson
	0–1 10:01 – Tapani (Valila) Knight (Decker) – 10:29 1–1 Knight (Decker) (PP) – 18:12 2–1 Coyne (Decker, Knight) – 21:16 3–1 Brandt (Keller) (SH) – 36:18 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	12

31 March 2015 12:00

Russia

2–9 (0–1, 2–4, 0–4)

United States

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 349

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina Valeria Tarakanova	Goalies	Molly Schaus	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Veronica Johansson
	0–1 11:03 – Lamoureux (Schleper, Duggan) 0–2 22:58 – Knight (Decker, Stecklein) 0–3 25:31 – Duggan (Carpenter) Sosina (Shukina, Goncharenko) – 26:57 1–3 Belyakova (Gavrilova) – 29:01 2–3 2–4 37:59 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP) 2–5 39:15 – Brandt (Skarupa) 2–6 44:16 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP) 2–7 47:55 – Carpenter (Lamoureux, Stecklein) 2–8 53:10 – Decker (Knight) 2–9 57:35 – Knight (Keller) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	5	Shots	49

31 March 2015 16:00

Canada

6–2 (2–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 298

Game reference
	Geneviève Lacasse	Goalies	Eveliina Suonpää	Referees: Gabriella Gran Katie Guay Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Anna Nygard
	Lacquette (Johnston, Poulin) (PP) – 08:56 1–0 Spooner (Wakefield) – 11:08 2–0 2–1 12:32 – Hiirikoski (Valila, Tuominen) (PP) Wakefield (Spooner) – 36:36 3–1 Birchard (Clark) – 37:13 4–1 Clark (Saulnier) – 54:10 5–1 5–2 54:17 – Hiirikoski (Valila) Spooner (Birchard, Wakefield) (PP) – 57:17 6–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	17

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	0	10	6	4	7	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	10	5	5	6
3	Japan	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5	Relegation round
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

28 March 2015 12:00

Sweden

3–4 GWS (1–1, 1–0, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Japan

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,943

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Anna Eskola Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Kaire Leet
	Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) – 04:30 1–0 1–1 18:50 – Shishiuchi (Yoneyama) Grahm (Andersson) (PP) – 29:36 2–1 2–2 44:59 – Nakamura (Aoki, Ukita) (PP) 2–3 46:32 – Osawa (Iwahara, A. Toko) Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) (PP) – 49:39 3–3
	Winberg Johansson	Shootout	Kubo Ukita Osawa
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	20

28 March 2015 14:00

Germany

2–5 (0–1, 1–1, 1–3)

Switzerland

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 129

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Gabriella Gran Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Anna Nygard
	0–1 15:26 – S. Marty (N. Waidacher) Fiegert (Karpf, Seitz) – 29:36 1–1 1–2 38:28 – J. Marty (Stalder, S. Marty) (PP) 1–3 42:16 – Staenz (PP) 1–4 50:10 – S. Marty (Stalder, Staenz) (PP) Lanzl (Spielberger) (EA) – 57:23 2–4 2–5 59:34 – Stalder (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	24

29 March 2015 12:00

Switzerland

2–3 (0–2, 0–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,372

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Katie Guay Marie Picavet Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Lisa Linnek
	0–1 06:24 – Grahm (Borgqvist) 0–2 18:07 – Andersson (Löwenhielm) (PP) 0–3 46:56 – Johansson (Wester) Staenz (J. Marty) (PP2, EA) – 57:55 1–3 Staenz (S. Marty, J. Marty) (PP, EA) – 59:58 2–3
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	21

29 March 2015 14:00

Japan

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 108

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Kate Connolly Jenni Heikkinen
	Adachi (Hirano) – 05:27 1–0 Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:35 2–0
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	25

31 March 2015 14:00

Switzerland

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Kate Connolly
	Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:59 1–0 Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:03 2–0 Staenz (ENG) – 59:15 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	36

31 March 2015 20:00

Germany

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,274

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Anna Eskola Marie Picavet Linesmen: Kaire Leet Ilona Novotná
	0–1 00:51 – Borgqvist (Nordin) 0–2 32:50 – Borgqvist (Bäcklin, Andersson) (PP2) 0–3 39:16 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin) 0–4 55:10 – Borgqvist
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	45

Relegation round

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

1 April 2015 18:00

Japan

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT 1–0)

Germany

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 83

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Bettia Angerer Stephanie Gagnon
	0–1 07:52 – Delabre (T. Eisenschmid, Fiegert) (PP) 0–2 25:23 – Delabre Ukita (PP) – 39:20 1–2 Kubo (Hirano, A. Toko) – 43:30 2–2 Yoneyama (A. Toko, Koike) (PP) – 69:01 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	22

3 April 2015 14:00

Germany

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

Japan

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 109

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Anna Eskola Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Anna Nygard
	0–1 04:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP) Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:42 1–1 1–2 62:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	19

• Germany were relegated to the 2016 Division I A

Final round

Finland - Russia

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

13

A4

Russia

2

A4

Russia

1

B1

Sweden

1

A1

United States

7

A2

Canada

5

A2

Canada

3

A3

Finland

3

A3

Finland

0

B2

Switzerland

0

Bronze medal game

A4

Russia

1

A3

Finland

4

Quarterfinals

1 April 2015 16:00

Finland

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 322

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Kaire Leet
	Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:47 1–0 Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:26 2–0 Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:49 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	15

1 April 2015 20:00

Russia

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,714

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Katie Guay Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Ilona Novotná
	0–1 38:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin) Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:30 1–1 Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:34 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	25

Semifinals

3 April 2015 12:00

United States

13–1 (4–1, 6–0, 3–0)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 426

Game reference
	Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Yulia Leskina Valeria Tarakanova	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Jenni Heikkinen
	0–1 00:44 – Gavrilova Decker (Knight, Stecklein) – 10:03 1–1 Decker (Coyne) (PP) – 14:14 2–1 Lamoureux-Kolls (Decker, Knight) – 14:32 3–1 Knight (Keller, Schleper) – 17:58 4–1 Trivigno (Stecklein, Pfalzer) (PP) – 23:40 5–1 Carpenter (Lamoureux-Kolls, Picard) – 23:49 6–1 Brandt (Skarupa) – 29:22 7–1 Skarupa (Cameranesi, Schleper) (PP) – 32:20 8–1 Lamoureux (Lamoureux-Kolls) – 34:26 9–1 Pfalzer – 39:05 10–1 Hickel – 48:56 11–1 Keller (Lamoureux) – 49:18 12–1 Decker (Coyne, Lamoureux-Kolls) – 54:03 13–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	50	Shots	8

3 April 2015 16:00

Canada

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 584

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Kaire Leet Ilona Novotná
	Poulin (PP) – 06:32 1–0 Spooner – 40:25 2–0 Spooner – 50:08 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	19

Bronze medal game

4 April 2015 12:00

Finland

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 448

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Maria Sorokina	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jamie Huntley Linesmen: Kaire Leet Ilona Novotná
	Lindstedt (Karvinen) (PP) – 04:35 1–0 Karvinen (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 16:46 2–0 Välimäki (Rantamäki, Karvinen) – 35:39 3–0 3–1 51:48 – Burina (Shukina) Rantamäki (ENG) – 59:48 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	22

Final

4 April 2015 16:00

United States

7–5 (4–2, 1–3, 2–0)

Canada

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,523

Game reference
	Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens Genevieve Lacasse	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson
	Pankowski (Anderson, Trivigno) – 02:51 1–0 Knight (Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP) – 06:38 2–0 Keller (Duggan, Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:59 3–0 3–1 12:25 – Johnston (Jenner, Lacquette) (PP) Schleper (Lamoureux-Kolls, Cameranesi) – 17:08 4–1 4–2 17:47 – Poulin Skarupa (Brandt, Cameranesi) – 27:33 5–2 5–3 30:03 – Lacquette (Ouellette) 5–4 31:41 – Johnston (Poulin) 5–5 32:06 – Ouellette (Lacquette) Decker (Knight, Coyne) – 51:42 6–5 Coyne (PP) – 53:18 7–5
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	27

Final standings

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

Relegated to the 2016 Division I A

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	/−	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight	5	7	5	12	8	6	F
Brianna Decker	5	5	6	11	8	0	F
Anna Borgqvist	4	5	3	8	6	2	F
Jocelyne Lamoureux	4	5	3	8	3	2	F
Natalie Spooner	5	4	3	7	6	6	F
Kendall Coyne	5	3	4	7	8	0	F
Anne Schleper	4	1	6	7	4	2	D
Monique Lamoureux	5	1	6	7	7	2	D
Erika Grahm	4	4	2	6	7	2	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	3	3	6	4	2	F

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

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Florence Schelling	236:13	7	1.78	118	94.07	1
Nana Fujimoto	315:32	8	1.52	128	93.75	1
Meeri Räisänen	301:27	10	1.99	148	93.24	1
Ann-Renée Desbiens	140:00	4	1.71	58	93.10	2
Ivonne Schröder	127:00	4	1.89	49	91.84	0

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: Nana Fujimoto
  • Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Best Forward: Hilary Knight

Source: IIHF.com

• All-star team
  • Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen (FIN)
  • Defence: Monique Lamoureux (USA), Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
  • Forwards: Brianna Decker (USA), Hilary Knight (USA), Natalie Spooner (CAN)

External links

• Official website of IIHF