2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark  Italy
Dates	25–31 March 2016 4–10 April 2016
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I Group A tournament was played in Aalborg, Denmark, from 25 to 31 March 2016,^[1] and the Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 4 to 10 April 2016.^[2]

Venues[]

Group A	Group B
Aalborg	Asiago
Gigantium Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 3,000

Division I Group A[]

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Dates	25–31 March 2016
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	77 (5.13 per match)
Attendance	3,020 (201 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Laura Kluge (9 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Germany	Placed 8th in the Elite Division last year and were relegated.
Austria	Placed 2nd in Division I A last year.
France	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Denmark	Host, placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Norway	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
Slovakia	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany (P)	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 (R)	5	0	0	1	4	7	20	−13	1	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Results[]

All times are local (Until 26 March UTC+1 and from 28 March on UTC+2).

25 March 2016 13:00

Norway

1–4 (0–1, 0–3, 1–0)

France

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 160

Game reference
		Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Marine Dinant Trine Phillipsen
	0–1 17:34 – Allemoz () (PP) 0–2 28:21 – Allemoz (Aurard, Passard) 0–3 34:02 – Duvin (Baudrit, ) 0–4 37:46 – Passard (Allemoz, Aurard) Dalen () – 41:40 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	23

25 March 2016 16:30

Slovakia

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Germany

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 154

Game reference
		Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Amy Lack Michaela Štefková
	Gápová (Klimášová) – 07:41 1–0 1–1 12:42 – Kamenik 1–2 27:29 – Kluge (Lanzl) 1–3 30:08 – Kluge (Lanzl, Anwander) (PP) Klimášová (Kapustová) – 32:54 2–3 2–4 43:24 – Anwander (Kluge)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	40

25 March 2016 20:00

Denmark

3–4 (1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Austria

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 316

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Magali Anex Jamie Fenstermacher
	Persson (Jakobsen) (PP) – 08:11 1–0 1–1 12:20 – Weber (, ) 1–2 19:20 – Schwärzler (Kantor, Weber) (PP) Jakobsen (Glud, N. Jensen) (PP) – 31:48 2–2 Gregersen (Frandsen, Asperup) (PP) – 50:58 3–2 3–3 53:23 – Weber (Schwärzler) 3–4 59:14 – Meixner () (SH)
	20 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	31

26 March 2016 13:00

France

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 97

Game reference
	Caroline Lambert	Goalies	Jana Budajová	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Magali Anex Jamie Fenstermacher
	Aurard (Allemoz) – 00:16 1–0 Duvin (, ) – 21:18 2–0 Baudrit (, Fohrer) – 27:48 3–0 Gendarme (Fohrer) (PP) – 50:41 4–0 Escudero (Vix, Jouanny) – 55:34 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	24

26 March 2016 16:30

Germany

3–2 (3–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Denmark

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 325

Game reference
	Ivonne Schröder	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Liv Andersson Marine Dinant
	Zorn (Bittner) – 00:21 1–0 Kluge (Anwander) (PP) – 05:50 2–0 2–1 08:17 – (, Asperup) (PP) Rothemund (Zorn) – 13:37 3–1 3–2 16:47 – (Frandsen, Brix)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	18

26 March 2016 20:00

Austria

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

Norway

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 173

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Trine Phillipsen Michaela Štefková
	0–1 05:23 – 0–2 06:53 – (Bialik) 0–3 08:47 – Bialik (, ) Weber (Altmann, ) – 24:17 1–3 Altmann (Meixner, ) – 52:20 2–3 Weber (Fazokas) (PP) – 56:40 3–3
	Meixner Altmann Altmann	Shootout	Henriksen Bialik
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	37

28 March 2016 13:00

Slovakia

1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Denmark

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 325

Game reference
		Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Marine Dinant Michaela Štefková
	(, ) – 10:57 1–0 1–1 18:27 – Weis (PP) 1–2 21:50 – Glud (Brix) 1–3 34:24 – Glud (Jakobsen, Brix) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	29

28 March 2016 16:30

Austria

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

France

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 130

Game reference
		Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Liv Andersson Trine Phillipsen
	0–1 05:13 – Allemoz (Gedarme) 0–2 42:58 – Allemoz (Passard) (Altmann) – 52:09 1–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	21

28 March 2016 20:00

Germany

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Norway

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 157

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies		Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Amy Lack
	Strobel (Kluge, Anwander) – 15:15 1–0 Kluge (Anwander) (PP) – 30:00 2–0 Anwander (Schuster, Kluge) – 33:41 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	19

29 March 2016 13:00

Austria

4–1 (1–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Slovakia

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 93

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Amy Lack Trine Phillipsen
	– 14:59 1–0 1–1 25:14 – (Klimášová, ) (, ) (PP) – 40:55 2–1 Meixner (Altmann) – 56:18 3–1 Kantor (ENG) – 59:54 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	13

29 March 2016 16:30

France

0–5 (0–1, 0–0, 0–4)

Germany

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 155

Game reference
	Caroline Lambert	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Marine Dinant Jamie Fenstermacher
	0–1 02:48 – Spielberger (Zorn, Bittner) 0–2 45:20 – Lanzl (Anwander, Eisenschmid) (PP) 0–3 46:46 – Kluge (Lanzl, Fiegert) (PP) 0–4 53:36 – Kluge (Lanzl, Anwander) (PP) 0–5 59:59 – Zorn (Spielberger, Fiegert)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	34

29 March 2016 20:00

Denmark

3–2 (2–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Norway

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 215

Game reference
	Lisa Jensen	Goalies		Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Amy Lack Trine Phillipsen
	Jakobsen (Asperup) – 03:17 1–0 Gregersen (Brix) – 05:12 2–0 2–1 16:36 – Dalen (, ) Jakobsen (Weis, Andersen) – 26:28 3–1 3–2 49:09 – Dalen (, Holøs)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	23

31 March 2016 13:00

Germany

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Austria

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Ivonne Schröder	Goalies		Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Liv Andersson Magali Anex
	0–1 05:53 – (Meixner) 0–2 13:06 – Meixner (, ) Anwander (Spielberger) – 45:39 1–2 1–3 59:16 – () (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	26

31 March 2016 16:30

Norway

4–3 OT (0–1, 2–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Slovakia

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 253

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Trine Phillipsen
	0–1 10:55 – () – 28:34 1–1 – 32:07 2–1 2–2 36:20 – Lúčová (Ihnátová, Kapustová) Dalen (Henriksen, ) – 41:33 3–2 3–3 46:59 – Kapustová – 61:44 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	20

31 March 2016 20:00

France

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 365

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Amy Lack Michaela Štefková
	0–1 06:48 – Brix (Glud, ) Passard (Allemoz, Aurard) (PP) – 10:31 1–1 Passard (Allemoz, Parment) (PP) – 13:52 2–1 2–2 33:05 – Persson (Glud, Jakobsen) (PP) Allemoz (Passard, Aurard) (PP) – 50:03 3–2 Parment (ENG) – 58:59 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	21

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Caroline Baldin
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward: Laura Kluge

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	Laura Kluge	5	6	3	9	+4	2	F
	Marion Allemoz	5	5	4	9	+4	0	F
	Manuela Anwander	5	3	6	9	+3	0	F
	Josefine Jakobsen	5	3	3	6	–2	16	F
	Emmanuelle Passard	5	3	3	6	+3	2	F
	Janine Weber	5	4	1	5	+3	4	F
		5	3	2	5	+4	4	F
	Anna Meixner	5	3	2	5	+6	4	F
	Denise Altmann	5	2	3	5	+9	2	F
	Silke Glud	5	2	3	5	–2	0	F
		5	2	3	5	+4	2	F
		5	2	3	5	+7	4	D

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
	Jennifer Harß	180:00	2	0.67	53	96.23	2
	Caroline Baldin	180:00	4	1.33	70	94.29	0
	Lisa Jensen	218:33	6	1.65	81	92.59	0
		284:18	7	1.48	93	92.47	0
	Caroline Lambert	120:00	5	2.50	58	91.38	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

Division I Group B[]

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	4–10 April 2016
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	76 (5.07 per match)
Attendance	3,855 (257 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(8 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.
Netherlands	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
China	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Hungary	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Italy	Host, placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Kazakhstan	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary (P)	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 (R)	5	1	1	0	3	11	14	−3	5	Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

4 April 2016 13:30

Kazakhstan

2–5 (2–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Latvia

, Asiago Attendance: 40

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Michaela Kúdeľová
	() (SH) – 12:48 1–0 1–1 13:01 – () (PP) Fux (Tukhtieva) – 15:56 2–1 2–2 37:15 – Miljone () 2–3 39:51 – Miljone () 2–4 46:39 – Miljone (SH) 2–5 51:46 – Koka
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	34

4 April 2016 17:00

Hungary

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

, Asiago Attendance: 320

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies		Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Jodi Price
	() (PP) – 04:10 1–0 1–1 35:58 – () () – 49:02 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	11

4 April 2016 20:30

Italy

3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

China

, Asiago Attendance: 480

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 09:29 – Zhang (, ) (, ) (PP2) – 16:29 1–1 Dalpra (De la Forest de Divonne, Furlani) (PP) – 24:04 2–1 2–2 39:58 – Zhang (Yu, Fang) (PP) Furlani (, Bettarini) (PP) – 51:56 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	15	Shots	12

5 April 2016 13:30

Latvia

2–5 (0–2, 1–1, 1–2)

Hungary

, Asiago Attendance: 70

Game reference
		Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Anina Egli Michaela Kúdeľová
	0–1 02:17 – (PP) 0–2 06:15 – () (, Koka) (PP) – 25:42 1–2 1–3 30:37 – () 1–4 46:48 – (Jókai Szilágyi, ) (PP) Koka () – 50:08 2–4 2–5 55:17 – Brgles (B. Németh)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	36

5 April 2016 17:00

China

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

, Asiago Attendance: 50

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Anne-Ruth Kuonen
	0–1 36:01 – (, ) (Fang, Yu) – 51:25 1–1 1–2 51:49 – (Koroleva, Tukhtieva)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	31

5 April 2016 20:30

Netherlands

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

Italy

, Asiago Attendance: 700

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Jodi Price Svenja Strohmenger
	– 31:01 1–0 1–1 50:18 – De la Forest de Divonne () (PP)
	De Jong	Shootout	Larger
	43 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	32

7 April 2016 13:30

Netherlands

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

China

, Asiago Attendance: 50

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Svenja Strohmenger
	(, ) – 13:57 1–0 1–1 29:19 – Liu Z. (Zhang, ) (PP) 1–2 36:33 – Kong (Zhang) 1–3 44:43 – Fang (Kong, Zhang)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	28

7 April 2016 17:00

Kazakhstan

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Hungary

, Asiago Attendance: 65

Game reference
		Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Anne-Ruth Kuonen
	(, ) (PP) – 11:19 1–0 1–1 12:32 – () () – 20:36 2–1 2–2 31:08 – (Jókai-Szilágyi) (PP) 2–3 48:00 – Dabasi (, )
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	34

7 April 2016 20:30

Latvia

4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Italy

, Asiago Attendance: 450

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Anina Egli Jodi Price
	(, Koka) – 00:14 1–0 1–1 15:13 – (Bettarini) 1–2 32:00 – De la Forest de Divonne (Bettarini, ) (PP) Koka () – 38:44 2–2 2–3 49:39 – () Miljone (Geca-Miljone) – 52:55 3–3 Miljone (Geca-Miljone) – 58:12 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	36

8 April 2016 13:30

Netherlands

3–6 (1–1, 1–1, 1–4)

Kazakhstan

, Asiago Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Anina Egli Mirjam Gruber
	0–1 06:36 – () (SH) (, ) (PP) – 09:11 1–1 1–2 24:47 – Ryspek (, ) (, ) – 39:14 2–2 2–3 40:57 – Fux () 2–4 43:17 – (Fux, ) (PP) 2–5 46:12 – Fux (Tukhtieva, Moldabai) (PP) (Van Nes, ) (PP) – 58:18 3–5 3–6 59:45 – Fux (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	20

8 April 2016 17:00

China

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Latvia

, Asiago Attendance: 40

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Jodi Price
	0–1 04:50 – () () – 38:27 1–1 1–2 57:01 – (Koka) 1–3 59:46 – Miljone (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	40

8 April 2016 20:30

Hungary

4–2 (2–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Italy

, Asiago Attendance: 550

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies		Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Svenja Strohmenger
	() – 18:14 1–0 Dabasi (Jókai-Szilágyi) – 18:24 2–0 (PP) – 22:28 3–0 (Dabasi) – 33:33 4–0 4–1 34:46 – Carignano (, ) 4–2 47:42 – De la Forest de Divonne ()
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	19

10 April 2016 13:30

China

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Hungary

, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Anina Egli Joanna Pobożniak
	Yu (He) – 03:06 1–0 Zhang () – 38:05 2–0 2–1 58:26 – () (PP, EA) Zhang (Kong) (ENG) – 59:31 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	29

10 April 2016 17:00

Latvia

2–4 (1–3, 1–0, 0–1)

Netherlands

, Asiago Attendance: 110

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Jodi Price
	0–1 02:40 – (, ) 0–2 06:43 – (Zwarthoed, ) (PP) Miljone (, ) (PP) – 16:11 1–2 1–3 16:58 – () (Koka, ) – 35:54 2–3 2–4 56:34 – Zwarthoed (Wielenga, )
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	33	Shots	32

10 April 2016 20:30

Italy

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

Kazakhstan

, Asiago Attendance: 700

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Anne-Ruth Kuonen
	0–1 32:50 – Konysheva Bettarini () – 45:28 1–1
	Furlani Furlani	Shootout	Tukhtieva
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	17

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Anikó Németh
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
		5	5	3	8	+4	0	F
		5	3	5	8	+7	2	F
		5	2	6	8	+1	2	F
	Līga Miljone	5	7	0	7	0	2	F
	Mengying Zhang	5	4	3	7	+5	4	F
	Iveta Koka	5	3	4	7	+4	4	F
		5	4	2	6	–2	4	F
		5	2	3	5	+1	10	F
		5	2	3	5	–1	4	F
	Anna De la Forest	5	3	1	4	–2	0	F
		5	3	1	4	+3	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
		298:42	9	1.81	135	93.33	0
		304:38	14	2.76	186	92.47	0
		240:00	11	2.75	134	91.79	0
	Anikó Németh	240:00	7	1.75	76	90.79	0
		226:26	10	2.65	108	90.74	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

References[]