2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia  Spain  Bulgaria
Dates	2–8 April 2016 29 February – 6 March 2016 7–10 December 2015
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was three international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II Group A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 2 to 8 April 2016,^[1] the Division II Group B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 29 February to 6 March 2016,^[2] and the Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 7 to 10 December 2015.^[3]

Venues[]

Division II Group A	Division II Group B	Division II Group B Qualification
Bled	Jaca	Sofia
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 3,579	Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

Division II Group A[]

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	2–8 April 2016
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	120 (8 per match)
Attendance	5,035 (336 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(14 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
North Korea	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Great Britain	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
South Korea	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Poland	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Croatia	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Slovenia	Host, placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

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

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	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

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

2 April 2016 13:00

South Korea

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

North Korea

, Bled Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies		Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Jessica Lundgren
	Park C. (Park Y.) (PP) – 12:31 1–0 1–1 17:11 – () Park Y. () – 29:59 2–1 Jo (Choi J., Lee K.) (PP) – 56:06 3–1 Choi J. (Lee K.) (PP) – 58:26 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	20

2 April 2016 16:30

Great Britain

19–1 (7–1, 4–0, 8–0)

Croatia

, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Olga Steinberg
	() – 06:03 1–0 (, ) – 06:30 2–0 Newman (Allen, Bloom) – 09:13 3–0 Bloom () – 09:37 4–0 (Ganney) – 11:11 5–0 Allen (Bloom, Scoon) – 12:24 6–0 6–1 13:40 – () Allen (Hill, Halliwell) – 17:10 7–1 Henry (Bloom, ) – 22:47 8–1 Farman (SH2) – 30:32 9–1 (Ganney, Henry) – 35:19 10–1 Allen (Farman) – 37:05 11–1 Herbert (Henry, Farman) (PP) – 41:10 12–1 (, ) – 42:30 13–1 (, Herbert) – 47:51 14–1 Henry (Ganney) – 49:59 15–1 Herbert (Marsden, Ashton) – 51:40 16–1 Allen (Newman, Bloom) – 55:31 17–1 Ashton (Herbert, Marsden) – 57:19 18–1 Ganney (, Henry) – 59:36 19–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	58	Shots	15

2 April 2016 20:00

Slovenia

2–9 (0–4, 2–5, 0–0)

Poland

, Bled Attendance: 540

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Gabriela Šťastná Yuka Tochigi
	0–1 08:32 – (Wieczorek) (PP) 0–2 12:31 – (, ) (PP) 0–3 12:53 – (Wieczorek) 0–4 17:02 – Wieczorek 0–5 24:51 – Frąckowiak (Wieczorek, Bigos) (, ) – 27:22 1–5 1–6 27:43 – Późniewska (Czaplik, ) 1–7 29:08 – Frąckowiak (Wieczorek) 1–8 31:23 – Wieczorek (Bigos) (Kolman, Pren) (PP) – 33:35 2–8 2–9 35:17 –
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	48

3 April 2016 13:00

Great Britain

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

South Korea

, Bled Attendance: 245

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Gabriela Šťastná
	0–1 22:01 – Ko (Han S., Park J.) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	34

3 April 2016 16:30

Croatia

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

, Bled Attendance: 860

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Yuka Tochigi
	(, ) – 03:51 1–0 1–1 17:33 – (, ) 1–2 24:59 – S. Confidenti (Pren (PP) 1–3 33:23 – Pren (S. Confidenti, ) 1–4 36:27 – (, ) 1–5 42:39 – Pren (, ) 1–6 56:28 – (Kraner, )
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	49

3 April 2016 20:00

North Korea

4–9 (2–3, 1–2, 1–4)

Poland

, Bled Attendance: 205

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Olga Steinberg
	(, Kim Un H.) (PP) – 05:18 1–0 1–1 07:20 – () (PP) () – 08:28 2–1 2–2 11:27 – Czaplik (Późniewska) (PP) 2–3 16:04 – Późniewska (Czaplik, ) (PP) 2–4 25:48 – Czaplik (Późniewska) Kim Un H. (, Jin) (PP2) – 28:06 3–4 3–5 35:52 – Późniewska () 3–6 42:14 – () 3–7 43:23 – (, Późniewska) Won () (SH) – 49:14 4–7 4–8 54:54 – Cygan () (PP) 4–9 59:20 – Frąckowiak
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	30

5 April 2016 13:00

North Korea

8–2 (2–2, 2–0, 4–0)

Croatia

, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Linnea Sainio
	0–1 01:43 – (, ) 0–2 02:54 – Ryo (Jong, ) – 12:48 1–2 () – 16:45 2–2 (, ) – 24:41 3–2 Choe J. (Ri U.) – 34:18 4–2 Kim H. (SH) – 41:53 5–2 Han (Choe J., ) – 42:30 6–2 – 47:19 7–2 Choe J. (Ri U., Han) – 50:54 8–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	54	Shots	15

5 April 2016 16:30

South Korea

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Poland

, Bled Attendance: 325

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Fu Zhennan
	0–1 44:29 – () 0–2 53:00 – Frąckowiak (Bigos) Park Y. (SH) – 59:28 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	30

5 April 2016 20:00

Great Britain

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

, Bled Attendance: 670

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Gabriela Šťastná Olga Steinberg
	Ganney () (SH) – 00:30 1–0 (Halliwell, ) (PP) – 17:38 2–0 () – 18:49 3–0 (, ) (PP2) – 33:40 4–0 Henry (Ganney, Lane) – 37:39 5–0 () – 45:23 6–0
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	51	Shots	26

7 April 2016 13:00

Poland

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Great Britain

, Bled Attendance: 240

Game reference
		Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Gabriela Šťastná
	(Wieczorek, ) – 01:34 1–0 1–1 29:22 – (, ) 1–2 39:08 – (, Halliwell) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	31

7 April 2016 16:30

Croatia

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

South Korea

, Bled Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies	Han Do-hee	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Yuka Tochigi
	0–1 06:33 – Park J. (, Ko) (SH) 0–2 14:15 – Choi J. (Jo, Lee K.) (PP) 0–3 29:07 – (Park J.) 0–4 29:48 – Park J. (Han S., Ko) 0–5 30:00 – Jo (Lee K.) 0–6 49:07 – Cho ()
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	7	Shots	58

7 April 2016 20:00

Slovenia

1–8 (0–2, 1–3, 0–3)

North Korea

, Bled Attendance: 430

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Jessica Lundgren
	0–1 04:39 – Ryo (Jong, ) 0–2 17:40 – Kim H. (Ryo) 0–3 23:22 – () (, ) – 33:08 1–3 1–4 33:16 – Kim H. 1–5 39:29 – (, Choe J.) 1–6 51:48 – Ryo (Kim H., Kim K.) (PP2) 1–7 52:32 – Han (, Choe J.) (PP) 1–8 57:00 – Kim H. (Ryo, Jong)
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	8	Shots	59

8 April 2016 13:00

Poland

16–0 (6–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Croatia

, Bled Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Olga Steinberg
	(Wieczorek) (SH) – 03:00 1–0 (, ) – 05:18 2–0 – 07:32 3–0 Łaskawska (, ) – 15:58 4–0 (Późniewska) – 16:37 5–0 Łaskawska (Gogoc, Cygan) – 18:14 6–0 () – 23:39 7–0 (, ) – 24:47 8–0 Łaskawska (Tomczok) – 27:54 9–0 (Czaplik, Późniewska) – 29:25 10–0 Czarnecka (Późniewska, Czaplik) – 29:54 11–0 Późniewska – 33:51 12–0 Czarnecka (Czaplik) – 50:54 13–0 (Frąckowiak) – 53:00 14–0 Dziwok (PP) – 55:04 15–0 Późniewska (Czaplik, Czarnecka) – 55:53 16–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	70	Shots	9

8 April 2016 16:30

North Korea

0–7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Great Britain

, Bled Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Linnea Sainio
	0–1 07:36 – Ganney (, ) 0–2 14:34 – Ganney (Farman) 0–3 30:50 – Ganney 0–4 39:56 – (, ) 0–5 43:05 – (, ) 0–6 45:58 – Ashton (Marsden) 0–7 56:35 – (Ganney, Henry)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	28

8 April 2016 20:00

South Korea

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

, Bled Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies		Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Yuka Tochigi
	Han S. (Park J., Park C.) – 04:38 1–0 Choi J. (Park J., Park Y.) – 11:50 2–0 Park C. (Jung, ) – 25:38 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	5

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Nicole Jackson
  • 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	7	7	14	+10	2	F
	5	3	8	11	+10	2	F
	5	8	2	10	+9	6	F
Leanne Ganney	5	5	5	10	+11	4	F
	5	4	6	10	+11	6	F
	5	5	3	8	+8	4	F
	5	4	4	8	+5	6	F
Kamila Wieczorek	5	2	6	8	+8	0	F
	5	4	3	7	+9	6	F
	5	4	3	7	–3	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
Nicole Jackson	271:02	3	0.66	125	97.60	2
Shin So-jung	239:48	3	0.75	76	96.05	2
	299:05	9	1.81	135	93.33	1
	123:05	10	4.87	101	90.10	0
	176:55	17	5.77	131	87.02	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

Division II Group B[]

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	29 February – 6 March 2016
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	113 (7.53 per match)
Attendance	7,633 (509 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(19 points)
MVP

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Placed 6th in Division II A and were relegated.
Mexico	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Spain	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Iceland	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Australia	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 1st in Division II B qualification last year and were promoted.

• Australia announced their intention to withdraw from competition in December,^[5] however have changed their plans with the tournament rescheduled for Spain.^[6]

Match officials[]

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

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	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

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 February 2016 13:00

Turkey

2–7 (0–2, 2–2, 0–3)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Sera Doğramacı	Goalies	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová Julia Tschirner
	0–1 01:37 – (, ) 0–2 05:16 – Jóhannesdóttir S. Demir () – 21:21 1–2 (, Baktıroğlu) – 21:33 2–2 2–3 30:06 – 2–4 39:03 – Jóhannesdóttir (, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 2–5 47:37 – Jóhannesdóttir (Ágústsdóttir) 2–6 50:32 – (Ágústsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 2–7 58:04 – (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	34

29 February 2016 16:30

Mexico

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

Australia

, Jaca Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová
	() – 04:03 1–0 1–1 31:08 – (, ) (PP)
	Gendron F. Hernández	Shootout	Newmark
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	13	Shots	46

29 February 2016 20:00

Spain

11–1 (6–0, 4–0, 1–1)

New Zealand

, Jaca Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies		Referee: Natascha Huizeling Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Bente Owren
	() – 02:51 1–0 (, ) – 08:01 2–0 () – 09:56 3–0 Muñoz (L. Danielsson Borrasca, Ortiz) – 10:36 4–0 Muñoz (L. Danielsson Borrasca) – 14:52 5–0 (Merino) – 16:44 6–0 Senac Gómez (, L. Abrisqueta) – 20:18 7–0 L. Danielsson Borrasca (Muñoz) (PP) – 21:41 8–0 Muñoz (L. Danielsson Borrasca, ) (PP) – 35:39 9–0 (PP) – 39:37 10–0 10–1 44:22 – Thakker (, ) (PP) Rivera Gil () (PP) – 57:04 11–1
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	57	Shots	12

1 March 2016 13:00

Australia

12–0 (4–0, 6–0, 2–0)

Turkey

, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Bente Owren
	(, ) – 03:10 1–0 (Del Basso) (PP) – 17:16 2–0 (Del Basso) – 17:27 3–0 (Del Basso) (Padjen) (PP) – 18:52 4–0 Del Basso (Tihema) – 20:35 5–0 (PS) – 21:55 6–0 Del Basso (Newmark) (PP) – 27:15 7–0 Newmark (, Del Basso) – 32:56 8–0 Padjen (Del Basso, Newmark) (PP) – 35:59 9–0 (Parrington, Padjen) – 39:04 10–0 Powell (, Parrington) – 43:27 11–0 Del Basso () – 44:00 12–0
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	73	Shots	12

1 March 2016 16:30

New Zealand

2–8 (1–5, 1–2, 0–1)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 135

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Natascha Huizeling Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová
	0–1 04:19 – () (PP) 0–2 05:24 – (Shantz-Smiley) 0–3 06:47 – () 0–4 11:45 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir () 0–5 15:05 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Viðarsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) Thakker () (PP) – 15:33 1–5 1–6 22:23 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Jóhannesdóttir) (Thakker, Davis) – 24:24 2–6 2–7 29:00 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (, Viðarsdóttir) (PP) 2–8 40:14 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Ingadóttir, Su. Björgvinsdóttir)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	46

1 March 2016 20:00

Mexico

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Spain

, Jaca Attendance: 650

Game reference
		Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová Julia Tschirner
	0–1 18:09 – () 0–2 20:47 – () (PP) 0–3 30:26 – () (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	31

3 March 2016 13:00

New Zealand

1–12 (0–2, 1–5, 0–5)

Australia

, Jaca Attendance: 132

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: Julia Tschirner
	0–1 17:13 – () (PP) 0–2 17:49 – Thakker () (PP2) – 20:31 1–2 1–3 22:40 – Powell (Del Basso) (PP) 1–4 25:07 – (, ) 1–5 25:42 – Costa (Godfrey, Del Basso) 1–6 26:42 – 1–7 31:43 – Del Basso 1–8 42:59 – Del Basso (Powell, ) 1–9 43:07 – (Parrington) 1–10 50:25 – (McOnie) 1–11 53:25 – Godfrey (Del Basso, Powell) (PP) 1–12 54:51 – Reynolds ()
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	10	Shots	60

3 March 2016 16:30

Mexico

6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Turkey

, Jaca Attendance: 550

Game reference
		Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Natascha Huizeling Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Bente Owren
	(, ) (PP) – 11:10 1–0 (, ) – 22:18 2–0 (, ) – 27:17 3–0 Larios (, ) (PP) – 30:27 4–0 Hurtado (F. Hernández) – 42:16 5–0 F. Hernández (J. Rojas) – 45:49 6–0 6–1 54:04 – (, S. Demir) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	14

3 March 2016 20:00

Spain

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 1,050

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová
	() – 14:17 1–0 1–1 26:56 – (, ) (, ) (PP) – 37:27 2–1 2–2 47:36 – (V. Abrisqueta, Gómez) (PP) – 54:27 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	26

5 March 2016 13:00

Iceland

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Mexico

, Jaca Attendance: 152

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen:
	– 06:00 1–0 () – 55:42 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	26

5 March 2016 16:30

Turkey

4–7 (0–1, 1–1, 3–5)

New Zealand

, Jaca Attendance: 354

Game reference
	Sera Doğramacı	Goalies		Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Tereza Štreitová
	0–1 19:11 – Murray (Thakker) (PP) 0–2 23:13 – (SH) (, ) – 26:31 1–2 1–3 40:48 – Murray (Shields) (SH) 1–4 42:43 – () 1–5 45:18 – Thakker (Shields) (PP) S. Demir () – 45:35 2–5 2–6 49:24 – Thakker (, ) (PP) S. Demir (Yurt) – 49:37 3–6 S. Demir – 56:13 4–6 4–7 58:15 – Thakker (Davis, )
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	30

5 March 2016 20:00

Australia

4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Spain

, Jaca Attendance: 1,600

Game reference
		Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Bente Owren Julia Tschirner
	0–1 05:59 – () – 15:08 1–1 () – 19:18 2–1 – 42:41 3–1 Tihema () (ENG) – 58:14 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	16

6 March 2016 13:00

New Zealand

2–5 (1–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Mexico

, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen:
	0–1 11:47 – (, ) (Thakker) (PP) – 14:33 1–1 1–2 16:25 – Gendron () (PP) 1–3 30:18 – (Téllez) Thakker () (PP) – 35:55 2–3 2–4 37:45 – F. Hernández (Gendron) (PP) 2–5 46:13 – Téllez ()
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	49

6 March 2016 16:30

Iceland

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Australia

, Jaca Attendance: 700

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová Julia Tschirner
	0–1 06:19 – (, ) 0–2 24:38 – (, ) (PP) () – 25:36 1–2 1–3 55:11 – Godfrey Jóhannesdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) – 58:10 2–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	35

6 March 2016 20:00

Spain

8–1 (2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Turkey

, Jaca Attendance: 900

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Lee Kyung-sun
	() (PP) – 08:26 1–0 Rivera Gil () – 17:54 2–0 – 25:49 3–0 (, ) – 28:37 4–0 Sans (Rivera Gil, ) – 29:20 5–0 Marqués () – 39:02 6–0 (Hernández) (SH) – 43:48 7–0 7–1 47:19 – (PP) Marqués (Hernández) (PP) – 49:14 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	46	Shots	11

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Alba Gonzalo
  • 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	8	11	19	+13	8	F
Anjali Thakker	5	7	3	10	–4	2	F
	5	6	3	9	+7	4	F
	5	5	4	9	+7	10	F
	5	6	1	7	0	2	F
	5	3	4	7	+8	12	F
	5	2	5	7	+10	4	F
	5	5	1	6	+5	0	F
	5	3	3	6	+4	6	F
	5	2	4	6	0	2	F
	5	2	4	6	+1	6	D

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
Alba Gonzalo	259:41	5	1.16	106	95.28	1
	251:24	6	1.43	109	94.78	0
	178:59	5	1.68	82	94.25	1
	185:00	5	1.62	39	88.64	0
	196:53	26	7.92	127	83.01	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

Division II Group B Qualification[]

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	7–10 December 2015
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	50 (8.33 per match)
Attendance	1,451 (242 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(11 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Hong Kong	Placed 2nd in the Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in the Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Romania	Had not participated since 2011

Match officials[]

3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[8]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	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

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 December 2015 16:00

South Africa

3–2 (0–1, 2–1, 0–0) OT (1–0)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramune Maleckienė Linesmen: Jana Gerkena Oksana Shestakova
	0–1 08:24 – ( (PP) – 25:40 1–1 1–2 37:32 – C. Shuurman () – 39:22 2–2 (C. Schuurman) – 62:52 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	32

7 December 2015 19:30

Bulgaria

2–9 (1–2, 1–3, 0–4)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 350

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		Goalies		Referee: Elise Rasmussen Linesmen: Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 06:08 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 08:26 – Wong T. () – 13:50 1–2 1–3 21:56 – Ip (Wong T., ) 1–4 22:53 – Ip (Wong T.) 1–5 30:06 – Ip (Wong T., Kong C.) (PP) (Zareva) (PP) – 33:15 2–5 2–6 40:24 – Ip (SH) 2–7 44:01 – Wong T. 2–8 45:26 – () 2–9 54:20 – Ip (Wong T.) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	25

8 December 2015 16:00

Hong Kong

3–5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Elise Rasmussen Linesmen: Jana Gerkena Zuzana Svobodová
	() – 06:35 1–0 Ip (PP) – 12:39 2–0 2–1 14:56 – () 2–2 20:08 – Voicu (N. Balló) 2–3 22:47 – Balló (, Voicu) Wong T. – 33:43 3–3 3–4 49:29 – 3–5 56:38 – ()
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	19	Shots	37

8 December 2015 19:30

South Africa

7–3 (2–1, 3–2, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katarzyna Zygmunt Linesmen: Elizaveta Kolchina Oksana Shestakova
	() – 06:26 1–0 1–1 14:07 – (, ) (PP) (PP) – 15:02 2–1 2–2 24:29 – Lisichkova (Rhode) (SH) – 25:45 3–2 3–3 26:26 – Koleva (, ) Rhode – 31:26 4–3 (PP) – 33:09 5–3 (PP) – 51:44 6–3 – 55:20 7–3
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	44	Shots	17

10 December 2015 16:00

Hong Kong

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 111

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramune Maleckienė Linesmen: Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Oksana Shestakova
	0–1 19:42 – (, ) – 25:35 1–1 (Ip, ) (PP2) – 46:27 2–1 2–2 49:55 – Ip () – 50:36 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	26

10 December 2015 19:30

Romania

8–3 (3–1, 2–1, 3–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 540

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katarzyna Zygmunt Linesmen: Elizaveta Kolchina Zuzana Svobodová
	() – 00:43 1–0 (N. Balló) (SH) – 03:04 2–0 Voicu – 05:57 3–0 3–1 10:27 – (PP) – 21:42 4–1 4–2 24:58 – () Voicu (N. Balló) (PP2) – 26:39 5–2 5–3 41:49 – () Voicu (Balló) – 57:35 6–3 Voicu (Bárta) – 58:12 7–3 N. Balló – 58:22 8–3
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	69	Shots	16

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	3	8	3	11	+2	4	F
	3	5	5	10	+1	2	F
	3	7	2	9	+9	2	F
	3	4	4	8	+10	0	F
	3	4	1	5	+2	2	F
	3	2	2	4	+4	2	F
	3	2	2	4	–3	12	F
	3	1	3	4	+1	6	F
	3	3	0	3	–7	8	F
	3	3	0	3	+1	2	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
	94:25	3	1.91	36	91.67	0
	121:44	5	2.46	47	89.36	0
	85:35	6	4.21	49	87.76	0
	165:00	22	8.00	136	83.82	0
	182:52	9	2.95	50	82.00	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[]

External links[]

• Official website of IIHF