2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Austria  Poland
Dates	15–21 April 2017 8–14 April 2017
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 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 Graz, Austria, from 15 to 21 April 2017,^[1] and the Division I Group B tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 8 to 14 April 2017.^[2]

Venues[]

Division I Group A	Division I Group B
Graz	Katowice
Eisstadion Liebenau Capacity: 4,050	Capacity: 1,500

Division I Group A[]

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Dates	15–21 April 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	65 (4.33 per match)
Attendance	5,454 (364 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Denise Altmann (12 points)

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

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

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	17	4	+13	15	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Austria (H)	5	4	0	0	1	20	12	+8	12
3	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	17	14	+3	6[a]
4	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	5	12	−7	6[a]
5	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	5	11	−6	6[a]
6	France	5	0	0	0	5	1	12	−11	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

15 April 2017 13:00

Denmark

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

France

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Lisa Jensen	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Svenja Strohmenger
	Brix (Frandsen) (SH) – 19:58 1–0
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	32

15 April 2017 16:30

Hungary

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 228

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Anne Kuonen Michaela Štefková
	0–1 06:51 – A. Toko (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	11	Shots	34

15 April 2017 20:00

Norway

4–6 (2–2, 0–2, 2–2)

Austria

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 669

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies		Referee: Kristine Morrison Linesmen: Jodi Price Vanessa Stratton
	0–1 01:12 – (Altmann, ) (PP) 0–2 04:49 – () Dalen () – 06:21 1–2 Haug Hansen (, ) (PP) – 18:33 2–2 2–3 28:40 – Altmann (Schafzahl, ) 2–4 38:27 – Altmann (Schafzahl, ) 2–5 40:57 – Wittich (Altmann, Meixner) (PP2) (Fischer, ) – 46:12 3–5 3–6 48:53 – (, Weber) (PP) Dalen – 58:42 4–6
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	33

16 April 2017 13:00

Japan

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 72

Game reference
	Akane Konishi	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Kristine Morrison Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Vanessa Stratton
	Osawa (M. Fujimoto) – 09:23 1–0 Ukita (Yoneyama, A. Toko) – 33:40 2–0 Nakamura (Osawa, Hori) – 41:56 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	6

16 April 2017 16:30

France

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Norway

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 107

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Jodi Price Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 01:12 – Haug Hansen (, ) 0–2 33:46 – (, ) 0–3 47:57 – (, Haug Hansen)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	25

16 April 2017 20:00

Austria

4–2 (1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 618

Game reference
		Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Anne Kuonen Michaela Štefková
	0–1 03:11 – Gasparics () (Weber, ) – 11:14 1–1 (, Altmann) (PP) – 22:40 2–1 2–2 31:14 – Dabasi (, ) (PP) Altmann (Wittich, Schafzahl) (PP2) – 36:18 3–2 Altmann (Meixner, ) – 46:09 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	34	Shots	22

18 April 2017 13:00

Japan

5–3 (2–2, 2–0, 1–1)

Norway

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Michaela Štefková Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 03:13 – Haug Hansen (, ) 0–2 08:51 ��� (Haug Hansen, Dalen) (PP) Osawa (Yoneyama) (SH) – 09:07 1–2 Hosoyamada (Yoneyama) (PP) – 19:21 2–2 Hosoyamada (A. Toko) (PP) – 34:38 3–2 Shishiuchi (Yoneyama, Osawa) (PP) – 38:31 4–2 4–3 41:56 – Haug Hansen (, Fischer) (PP) Hosoyamada (SH, ENG) – 59:06 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	48	Shots	19

18 April 2017 16:30

Hungary

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 132

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Julia Kainberger
	K. Jókai Szilágyi (, Z. Jókai Szilágyi) – 07:52 1–0 Gasparics (PS) – 59:05 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	20	Shots	13

18 April 2017 20:00

France

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Austria

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 603

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kristine Morrison Linesmen: Jodi Price Vanessa Stratton
	0–1 26:44 – Altmann (Meixner) Escudero (Parment, Rozier) – 35:33 1–1 1–2 39:14 – Weber (, ) 1–3 44:21 – Meixner (Granitz)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	25

20 April 2017 13:00

France

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Hungary

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 84

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Anne Kuonen
	0–1 23:02 – () (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	22

20 April 2017 16:30

Denmark

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Norway

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 127

Game reference
	Lisa Jensen	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Svenja Strohmenger
	Andersen (N. Jensen) – 09:41 1–0 1–1 14:22 – (, ) Brix (N. Jensen) (PP) – 17:32 2–1 Friis-Hansen (Persson) – 42:32 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	29

20 April 2017 20:00

Austria

1–4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Japan

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 1,138

Game reference
		Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Jodi Price Vanessa Stratton
	0–1 11:36 – Kubo (Ukita) 0–2 16:22 – Kubo (Koike, Ukita) (PP) 0–3 23:45 – M. Fujimoto (Yoneyama) 0–4 27:04 – Suzuki (H. Toko) (Weber, ) (PP) – 35:32 1–4
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	28

21 April 2017 13:00

Norway

6–0 (3–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Hungary

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 108

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Michaela Štefková
	(, Dalen) – 04:04 1–0 Bialik – 14:58 2–0 Dalen (Bialik, Morset) – 17:17 3–0 () (PP) – 40:24 4–0 Sirum – 41:20 5–0 Dalen (Bialik) – 52:01 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	24

21 April 2017 16:30

Japan

4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0)

France

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Akane Konishi	Goalies		Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Anne Kuonen
	Ono – 02:45 1–0 Enomoto (Ono) – 05:41 2–0 Kubo (H. Toko) – 12:07 3–0 H. Toko (M. Fujimoto, Kubo) – 38:25 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	14

21 April 2017 20:00

Austria

6–1 (0–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Eisstadion Liebenau, Graz Attendance: 1,342

Game reference
		Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Kristine Morrison Linesmen: Jodi Price Vanessa Stratton
	0–1 02:14 – Glud (, Asperup) Altmann () – 32:32 1–1 () – 33:01 2–1 Meixner (Altmann, ) – 34:25 3–1 Schafzahl – 36:58 4–1 Meixner (Altmann, (PP) – 40:54 5–1 Altmann (Meixner) (PP) – 50:03 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	24

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Anikó Németh
  • Best Defenceman: Ayaka Toko
  • Best Forward: Denise Altmann

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Denise Altmann	5	7	5	12	+6	2	F
Anna Meixner	5	3	4	7	+6	2	F
	5	2	5	7	+3	4	F
	5	2	5	7	+4	2	F
Andrea Schjelderup Dalen	5	4	2	6	+2	0	F
Madelen Haug Hansen	5	4	2	6	+2	8	F
	5	2	3	5	+1	6	F
	5	2	3	5	+2	2	D
	5	0	5	5	+4	4	F
Haruna Yoneyama	5	0	5	5	+5	0	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
Akane Konishi	120:00	0	0.00	20	100.00	2
	152:56	5	1.96	71	92.96	0
Lisa Jensen	280:06	11	2.36	148	92.57	1
Anikó Németh	289:54	10	2.07	133	92.48	2
Caroline Baldin	176:06	5	1.70	63	92.06	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 I Group B[]

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	8–14 April 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	78 (5.2 per match)
Attendance	4,632 (309 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Nicol Čupková (11 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Slovakia	Placed 6th in the Division I A and were relegated.
Latvia	Placed 2nd in the Division I B last year.
Kazakhstan	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Italy	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
China	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Poland	Host, placed 1st in Division II A 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
1	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	22	9	+13	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division I A
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	1	1	11	10	+1	10
3	Latvia	5	3	0	0	2	13	17	−4	9
4	China	5	2	1	0	2	13	6	+7	8
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	8	12	−4	4
6	Poland (H)	5	0	1	0	4	11	24	−13	2

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 April 2017 13:00

Italy

1–4 (0–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Latvia

, Katowice Attendance: 65

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Marine Ninant Daniela Kiefer
	0–1 00:33 – Miljone () 0–2 15:02 – Miljone (, ) (, ) – 32:42 1–2 1–3 37:07 – () 1–4 59:59 – Miljone (Kublina) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	24

8 April 2017 16:30

China

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

, Katowice Attendance: 85

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Joanna Pobozniak Jenna Puhakka
	Zhang M. () (SH) – 02:15 1–0 (Kong, ) (PP2) – 59:57 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	26

8 April 2017 20:00

Poland

2–7 (0–1, 2–4, 0–2)

Slovakia

, Katowice Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maria Füchsel Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Sueva Torribio
	0–1 08:31 – (, ) 0–2 20:40 – Čupková (Klimášová) (PP) () (PP2) – 22:50 1–2 1–3 26:08 – () 1–4 28:29 – Čupková (Kapustová) – 36:00 2–4 2–5 38:16 – () 2–6 52:24 – Čupková (Kapustová, ) 2–7 55:54 – Ihnaťová (Kapustová, Čupková) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	49

9 April 2017 13:00

Latvia

3–2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

China

, Katowice Attendance: 87

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Marine Dinant Sueva Torribio
	Miljone () ��� 00:39 1–0 1–1 21:09 – (He X.) 1–2 30:06 – (Fang, ) Mihejenko (, Miljone) – 37:09 2–2 (Miljone, Dekmeijere-Trigubova) (PP) – 58:21 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	32

9 April 2017 16:30

Slovakia

3–2 (3–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Italy

, Katowice Attendance: 121

Game reference
		Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Trine Phillipsen Joanna Pobożniak
	() – 01:08 1–0 () (PP) – 04:50 2–0 () – 06:09 3–0 3–1 10:25 – (, ) 3–2 46:57 – Dalprà (Furlani) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	24

9 April 2017 20:00

Kazakhstan

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

Poland

, Katowice Attendance: 851

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Daniela Kiefer Jenna Puhakka
	(PP) – 06:01 1–0 () – 11:06 2–0 2–1 11:44 – Wieczorek (, ) 2–2 24:39 – () 2–3 28:59 – Bigos (Późniewska) Fux (Ryspek) – 46:32 3–3
	Fux Fux Koroleva	Shootout	Późniewska Czaplik Wieczorek Wieczorek Wieczorek
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	15

11 April 2017 13:00

Slovakia

2–1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

China

, Katowice Attendance: 134

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maria Füchsel Linesmen: Daniela Kiefer Sueva Torribio
	Čupková ()(PP) – 10:25 1–0 Čupková () (SH) – 17:01 2–0 2–1 49:57 – Zhang M. (Yu, ) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	17

11 April 2017 16:30

Latvia

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

, Katowice Attendance: 50

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Joanna Pobożniak
	(Miljone) – 24:49 1–0 1–1 50:38 – () 1–2 58:52 – () (PP2)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	18

11 April 2017 20:00

Poland

1–3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Italy

, Katowice Attendance: 680

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Trine Phillipsen Jenna Puhakka
	0–1 14:26 – (, ) 0–2 18:44 – Dalprà 0–3 31:02 – () (Wieczorek) – 46:06 1–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	24

12 April 2017 13:00

Kazakhstan

4–2 (1–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Slovakia

, Katowice Attendance: 65

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Trine Phillipsen Jenna Puhakka
	() – 14:01 1–0 1–1 26:01 – (, ) () – 48:28 2–1 2–2 50:04 – () (, Fux) – 50:34 3–2 Tukhtieva (Fux) – 57:07 4–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	28

12 April 2017 16:30

Italy

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

China

, Katowice Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Giulia Mazzocchi	Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Daniela Kiefer Joanna Pobożniak
	0–1 26:40 – (, Zhang M.) (, ) (PP) – 50:01 1–1
	Furlani Furlani	Shootout	Wen Zhang M. Yu
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	34

12 April 2017 20:00

Latvia

5–4 (3–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Poland

, Katowice Attendance: 540

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maria Füchsel Linesmen: Marine Dinant Diana Mokhova
	(, Miljone) – 00:38 1–0 1–1 02:36 – () () – 10:22 2–1 (Miljone) (PP) – 18:58 3–1 3–2 22:34 – (Czaplik) (PP) Miljone – 31:49 4–2 4–3 32:41 – Późniewska () 4–4 49:47 – (Pētersone) – 58:33 5–4
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	38

14 April 2017 13:00

Kazakhstan

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Italy

, Katowice Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Marine Dinant Diana Mokhova
	(, ) – 14:55 1–0 1–1 25:35 – (, ) (PP) Fux () (PP) – 32:38 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	14	Shots	28

14 April 2017 16:30

Slovakia

8–0 (1–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Latvia

, Katowice Attendance: 124

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maria Füchsel Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Jenna Puhakka
	Čupková – 04:20 1–0 (Čupková) (PP) – 26:13 2–0 Kapustová (PP) – 31:08 3–0 (PP) – 33:02 4–0 Čupková (Kapustová) – 38:54 5–0 Ihnaťová (Čupková) – 43:33 6–0 (Čupková, Kapustová) (PP) – 54:18 7–0 () – 55:42 8–0
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	14

14 April 2017 20:00

China

6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Poland

, Katowice Attendance: 820

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Meghan Mallette Linesmen: Daniela Kiefer Trine Phillipsen
	(Zhang M.) – 15:14 1–0 () – 21:02 2–0 (Guan, Deng) – 23:56 3–0 Deng (Yu) – 25:39 4–0 He X. (Kong) – 39:49 5–0 Tian (Fang) (PP) – 49:44 6–0
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	19

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender:
  • Best Defenceman: Iveta Klimášová
  • Best Forward: Līga Miljone

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Nicol Čupková	5	7	4	11	+4	4	F
Līga Miljone	5	5	5	10	+4	14	F
	5	4	3	7	+3	6	F
	5	3	4	7	+4	6	F
	5	3	3	6	+2	0	F
Jana Kapustová	4	1	5	6	+5	4	F
	5	2	3	5	+1	2	F
	5	3	1	4	−2	10	F
	5	3	1	4	−3	2	F
Zhang Mengying	5	2	2	4	+3	0	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
	303:46	6	1.19	111	94.59	2
	305:00	10	1.97	121	91.74	0
	299:58	9	1.80	94	90.43	1
	299:48	17	3.40	173	90.17	0
Giulia Mazzocchi	182:33	7	2.30	71	90.14	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