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 scored108 (5.14 per game)
Attendance41,109 (1,958 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Hilary Knight (9 points)
MVPUnited States Hilary Knight
WebsiteWebsite

The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Kamloops, Canada from 28 March to 4 April 2016.[1] 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.[2] Russia won the bronze medal by defeating Finland in a shootout.[3]

Venues

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

Participants

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

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.[5]

All times are local (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 Advance to semifinals
2  Canada (H) 3 2 0 0 1 15 5 +10 6
3  Finland 3 1 0 0 2 7 11 −4 3 Advance to 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

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 2 1 0 0 7 3 +4 8 Advance to quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 0 1 8 6 +2 5
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 1 1 6 7 −1 4 Advance to 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 series

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

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 Third place
A4  Russia (GWS) 1
A3  Finland 0

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

Gold medal game

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

Statistics

Final standings

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

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United States Hilary Knight5729+80F
Switzerland Christine Meier5459+50F
United States Jocelyne Lamoureux5358+82F
Switzerland Lara Stalder5358+512F
Canada Rebecca Johnston5257+30F
United States Monique Lamoureux5257+74D
Canada Natalie Spooner5336+32F
Canada Jenn Wakefield5336+34F
United States Brianna Decker5246+52F
Canada Marie-Philip Poulin5246+46F

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
United States Alex Rigsby192:3010.317298.612
Canada Emerance Maschmeyer191:2341.259095.560
Switzerland Florence Schelling303:4981.5811793.161
Sweden Sara Grahn301:5281.5910192.081
Finland Meeri Räisänen346:07142.4317692.051

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

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

References

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  2. ↑ "Pure gold for America". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sosina shoots to thrill!". worldwomen2016.com. 5 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "COMPETITION OFFICIALS" (PDF). IIHF. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Women's Worlds schedule released". worldwomen2016.com. 16 September 2015.
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