2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea  Iceland  Taiwan
Dates	2–8 April (Group A) 27 February – 5 March (Group B) 12–17 December (Qualification)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017, Group B in Akureyri, Iceland from 27 February to 5 March 2017 and the qualification in Taipei, Taiwan from 12 to 17 December 2016.^[1]

Venues[]

Group A tournament[]

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	84 (5.6 per match)
Attendance	20,611 (1,374 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Angela Taylor (12 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[2]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	21	3	+18	15	Promoted to 2018 Division I B
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	0	1	17	10	+7	12
3	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	20	16	+4	7
4	North Korea	5	1	1	0	3	10	13	−3	5
5	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	9	22	−13	3[a]
6	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	7	20	−13	3[a]

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

2 April 2017 12:00

Australia

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

North Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 1,923

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Brienne Stewart
	0–1 07:52 – Kim Un-h. () () – 16:17 1–1 () – 48:56 2–1
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	32

2 April 2017 16:30

Great Britain

4–5 (0–1, 3–3, 1–1)

Netherlands

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 409

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Jenni Jaatinen
	0–1 00:31 – Zwarthoed () 0–2 27:28 – (Zwarthoed, ) (Taylor, ) – 27:46 1–2 1–3 31:14 – Hamers () Marsden (Taylor, ) – 31:51 2–3 Ganney (Henry) – 35:08 3–3 3–4 38:32 – Van Nes (Wielenga) 3–5 46:46 – () (Marsden, ) – 58:12 4–5
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	43

2 April 2017 21:00

South Korea

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 1,096

Game reference
	Han Do-hee	Goalies		Referee: Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Aiko Hoshi Bente Owren
	Kim H. (Choi J.) – 04:36 1–0 1–1 08:20 – (, ) Jo (Eom) – 27:06 2–1 Choi J. (Park Yo.) (PP) – 31:24 3–1 Im (Griffin) – 47:32 4–1 Park J. (Park C.) – 49:09 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	78	Shots	12

3 April 2017 16:30

Netherlands

4–2 (1–0, 2–2, 1–0)

North Korea

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 1,048

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Lee Kyung-sun
	Zwarthoed () – 08:47 1–0 1–1 22:41 – Kim Un-h. (PS) 1–2 28:28 – Kim H. (Jong) (PP) () – 31:21 2–2 Wielenga (Keijzer) (PP) – 38:59 3–2 Keijzer (Zwarthoed) (PP2) – 49:07 4–2
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	19

3 April 2017 21:00

Slovenia

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Australia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 247

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Aiko Hoshi Bente Owren
	(, ) – 06:26 1–0 Pren (S. Confidenti) (SH) – 19:48 2–0 Pren () (SH) – 22:56 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	45

3 April 2017 21:00

South Korea

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 1,228

Game reference
	Han Do-hee	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Jenni Jaatinen Brienne Stewart
	Park J. – 15:55 1–0 Han (Park J.) – 19:56 2–0 2–1 24:07 – Ganney () Kim H. (Jo) – 54:43 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	20

5 April 2017 12:00

Netherlands

5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 851

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Jenni Jaatinen Lee Kyung-sun
	0–1 00:30 – () () – 06:26 1–1 (Zwarthoed) – 18:38 2–1 Zwarthoed (, ) – 31:45 3–1 (Zwarthoed, Milders) – 31:56 4–1 De Jong (Milders, Wielenga) (SH) – 50:37 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	72	Shots	8

5 April 2017 16:30

Great Britain

2–3 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) OT: (0–1)

North Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 1,627

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Aiko Hoshi Brienne Stewart
	0–1 37:54 – Jong (Ryo, Hwang C.) (SH) 0–2 42:07 – (, Kim Un-h.) (PP) Taylor (, ) – 49:53 1–2 Ganney (Taylor, ) – 50:49 2–2 2–3 61:59 – Jin (Won)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	30

5 April 2017 21:00

South Korea

8–1 (2–0, 5–0, 1–1)

Australia

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 1,042

Game reference
	Han Do-hee	Goalies		Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Bente Owren
	Park J. (Jo) – 05:02 1–0 Park Ye. (Choi J.) (PP) – 11:28 2–0 Han S. (Park J., Eom) (PP) – 20:52 3–0 (Im) – 24:41 4–0 Park J. (Park Ye., Eom) (PP) – 30:47 5–0 (Park J., Eom) (PP) – 34:50 6–0 Eom (Han S.) (PP) – 39:59 7–0 7–1 48:27 – () Choi Y – 59:43 8–1
	0 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	5

6 April 2017 16:30

Slovenia

2–8 (0–4, 0–3, 2–1)

Great Britain

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 396

Game reference
		Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Bente Owren
	0–1 09:47 – Ganney (, ) 0–2 12:24 – (, Taylor) (PP) 0–3 14:09 – (Taylor) 0–4 16:57 – Mardsen (Taylor) 0–5 20:16 – Henry (Farman, Lane) (PP) 0–6 27:13 – () 0–7 30:01 – Henry (Taylor, Mardsen) 0–8 43:09 – Farman (Allen) () – 47:03 1–8 () – 58:48 2–8
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	59

6 April 2017 21:00

Australia

1–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Netherlands

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 367

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Aiko Hoshi Lee Kyung-sun
	0–1 06:44 – () (SH) 0–2 09:00 – (, Zwarthoed) 0–3 34:15 – (, ) () – 35:38 1–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	26

6 April 2017 21:00

North Korea

0–3 (0–2, 0–1, 0–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 5,800

Game reference
		Goalies	Han Do-hee	Referee: Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Jenni Jaatinen Brienne Stewart
	0–1 08:13 – Park Ye. (Park Yo., Griffin) (PP) 0–2 11:27 – Jo (Park Ye., Park Yo.) (PP) 0–3 37:57 – (Park J., Kim S.)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	29

8 April 2017 12:00

North Korea

4–2 (0–2, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 1,539

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Aiko Hoshi Jenni Jaatinen
	0–1 00:25 – () 0–2 07:34 – S. Confidenti (, ) (Ryo, Jong) – 26:41 1–2 Jong (Kim H.) – 34:23 2–2 () – 44:58 3–2 Kim K. – 58:14 4–2
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	70	Shots	13

8 April 2017 16:30

Netherlands

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

South Korea

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 2,482

Game reference
		Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Brienne Stewart
	0–1 36:04 – Han (Park J., Cho) 0–2 42:53 – Han (Park J., ) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	11	Shots	30

8 April 2017 21:00

Great Britain

5–3 (2–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Australia

Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung Attendance: 556

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Bente Owren
	(Taylor) – 05:29 1–0 Taylor () – 11:19 2–0 2–1 19:30 – () 2–2 21:35 – () (PP) Marsden () – 24:23 3–2 3–3 28:54 Matheson (, Van der Wolf) (PP) (Taylor, ) – 44:18 4–3 Taylor (, ) (PP) – 58:50 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	20

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Han Do-hee
  • 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
Angela Taylor	5	3	9	12	+8	2	F
Park Jong-ah	5	4	6	10	+5	0	F
	5	5	4	9	+7	4	F
	5	4	4	8	–1	4	F
Julie Zwarthoed	5	3	5	8	+7	2	F
	5	3	4	7	+1	6	F
	5	3	3	6	+3	10	F
	5	1	5	6	+5	0	F
Han Soo-jin	5	4	1	5	+4	2	F
Jo Su-sie	5	2	3	5	+3	0	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
Han Do-hee	240:00	3	0.75	63	95.24	1
	201:01	16	4.57	221	92.76	1
	180:00	5	1.67	66	92.42	0
	252:49	11	2.61	110	90.00	0
Nicole Jackson	291:16	15	3.09	140	89.29	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

Group B tournament[]

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Dates	27 February – 5 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	109 (7.27 per match)
Attendance	3,429 (229 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Anjali Thakker (15 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Spain	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Iceland	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Mexico	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Romania	Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification last year and were promoted.
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were allowed to remain because of Croatia's withdrawal.

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	Qualification
1	Mexico (P)	5	4	0	0	1	19	9	+10	12	Promoted to 2018 Division II A
2	Spain	5	3	1	0	1	26	7	+19	11
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	1	1	20	13	+7	10
4	Iceland (H)	5	2	0	0	3	19	13	+6	6[a]
5	Turkey	5	2	0	0	3	15	31	−16	6[a]
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	10	36	−26	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC±0).

27 February 2017 13:00

Turkey

3–5 (1–3, 1–2, 1–0)

New Zealand

, Akureyri Attendance: 164

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Veronika Dopitová Julia Weegh
	() – 04:46 1–0 1–1 08:21 – Murray (Thakker) 1–2 16:37 – Thakker (, Murray) (PP) 1–3 19:23 – Thakker (Goulding) (SH) 1–4 21:44 – Thakker (SH) 1–5 28:23 – () Baktıroğlu () (PP) – 38:06 2–5 (Tayğar, Baktıroğlu) (EA) – 58:48 3–5
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	39

27 February 2017 16:30

Mexico

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Spain

, Akureyri Attendance: 280

Game reference
		Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Linn Forsberg Leigh Hetherington
	(, ) (PP) – 01:30 1–0 Chávez (Tellez) (PP2) – 14:54 2–0 2–1 34:18 – (PP) – 54:38 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	17	Shots	24

27 February 2017 20:00

Iceland

7–2 (3–0, 1–0, 3–2)

Romania

, Akureyri Attendance: 420

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katalin Gérnyi Linesmen: Senovwa Mollen Julia Tschirner
	() – 05:49 1–0 () (PP) – 06:17 2–0 (SH) – 15:57 3–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir () – 29:36 4–0 4–1 42:01 – () (, Guðbjartsdóttir) (PP) – 44:59 5–1 () – 49:51 6–1 6–2 52:05 – () Baldursdóttir (Jóhannesdóttir, ) (PP) – 59:35 7–2
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	51	Shots	22

28 February 2017 13:00

Spain

3–2 OT (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 1–0)

New Zealand

, Akureyri Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies		Referee: Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Linn Forsberg Julia Weegh
	0–1 14:26 – Goulding (, ) (PP) 0–2 14:57 – Shields (Murray, Thakker) () – 15:50 1–2 (, ) (PP) – 19:32 2–2 – 62:26 3–2
	27 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	25

28 February 2017 16:30

Romania

4–6 (2–3, 1–2, 1–1)

Turkey

, Akureyri Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Veronika Dopitová Julia Tschirner
	0–1 00:40 – 0–2 03:06 – Baktıroğlu () – 04:23 1–2 () (PP) – 12:35 2–2 2–3 18:15 – Voicu () (PP) – 20:15 3–3 3–4 22:29 – Baktıroğlu 3–5 38:24 – Baktıroğlu (SH) 3–6 54:11 – (Baktıroğlu) Popescu – 59:17 4–6
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	42

28 February 2017 20:00

Iceland

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Mexico

, Akureyri Attendance: 350

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Leigh Hetherington Oksana Shestakova
	0–1 15:04 – () () (PP) – 15:10 1–1 1–2 21:38 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir () (PP) – 39:22 2–2 2–3 56:09 – Tellez 2–4 59:04 – (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	23

2 March 2017 13:00

Spain

8–1 (1–1, 1–0, 6–0)

Romania

, Akureyri Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies		Referee: Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Veronika Dopitová Leigh Hetherington
	0–1 09:40 – () (, ) – 11:27 1–1 (, ) – 37:15 2–1 () – 44:09 3–1 S. Danielsson (L. Danielsson) – 46:21 4–1 Muñoz – 46:53 5–1 A. Merino – 47:12 6–1 A. Merino (, Villar) (PP) – 47:55 7–1 Sans (Rivera) – 54:12 8–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	50	Shots	16

2 March 2017 16:30

Mexico

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

New Zealand

, Akureyri Attendance: 95

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katalin Gérnyi Linesmen: Linn Forsberg Julia Tschirner
	() – 34:56 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	28

2 March 2017 20:00

Iceland

6–0 (4–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Turkey

, Akureyri Attendance: 470

Game reference
	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Goalies		Referee: Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Senovwa Mollen Julia Weegh
	(, ) – 04:53 1–0 (, Viðarsdóttir) (PP2) – 09:17 2–0 (Ágústsdóttir, Viðarsdóttir) (PP) – 15:55 3–0 Jóhannesdóttir () – 19:40 4–0 Karvelsdóttir (Ágústsdóttir, Jóhannesdóttir) (PP) – 49:36 5–0 Jóhannesdóttir (Sveinsdóttir) – 59:56 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	53	Shots	17

3 March 2017 13:00

Romania

0–6 (0–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Mexico

, Akureyri Attendance: 21

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katalin Gérnyi Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Julia Tschirner
	0–1 05:00 – () 0–2 12:17 – (, Tellez) 0–3 18:21 – Cárdenas (, ) 0–4 32:16 – G. Rojas 0–5 54:54 – (Chávez) 0–6 57:37 – Tellez
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	50

3 March 2017 16:30

Turkey

0–11 (0–2, 0–5, 0–4)

Spain

, Akureyri Attendance: 34

Game reference
		Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Leigh Hetherington Senovwa Mollen
	0–1 08:30 – () 0–2 19:18 – Muñoz 0–3 21:28 – () 0–4 25:55 – (Muñoz, S. Danielsson) (PP) 0–5 31:36 – A. Merino () (SH) 0–6 35:36 – (Muñoz, S. Danielsson) 0–7 38:08 – (, ) 0–8 46:07 – S. Danielsson (Muñoz, L. Danielsson) 0–9 53:33 – Hernández (Rivera) 0–10 57:24 – () 0–11 57:42 – Rivera (Ayala)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	69

3 March 2017 20:00

New Zealand

4–3 (1–0, 1–3, 2–0)

Iceland

, Akureyri Attendance: 578

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Veronika Dopitová Linn Forsberg
	Thakker () – 05:17 1–0 1–1 20:41 – () 1–2 26:19 – Jóhannesdóttir () (SH) 1–3 29:15 – (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (Thakker) – 30:40 2–3 Murray (Shields) – 53:34 3–3 (Thakker, Goulding) – 56:18 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	31

5 March 2017 13:00

Mexico

5–6 (2–0, 3–4, 0–2)

Turkey

, Akureyri Attendance: 52

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Julia Weegh
	() – 12:00 1–0 (, ) – 17:37 2–0 2–1 21:05 – (, ) Chávez (J. Rojas) – 21:28 3–1 3–2 22:29 – () J. Rojas (Chávez) – 24:08 4–2 4–3 25:00 – Yılmaz (Baktıroğlu) 4–4 37:15 – Baktıroğlu () J. Rojas (Chávez) – 38:36 5–4 5–5 47:03 – Baktıroğlu 5–6 59:17 – Demirkol (Baktıroğlu)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	52	Shots	26

5 March 2017 16:30

New Zealand

9–3 (1–0, 4–3, 4–0)

Romania

, Akureyri Attendance: 43

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Katalin Gérnyi Linesmen: Linn Forsberg Senovwa Mollen
	(Thakker, ) – 04:07 1–0 (Thakker) – 22:02 2–0 Thakker (Heale) – 24:48 3–0 Heale (Thakker) – 33:40 4–0 4–1 35:04 – (, ) Heale (Thakker) – 36:48 5–1 5–2 36:55 – Voicu (Popescu) 5–3 37:12 – Voicu () Thakker – 51:55 6–3 (Murray, Goulding) – 54:39 7–3 Goulding () – 58:12 8–3 Thakker (Murray) – 59:37 9–3
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	76	Shots	21

5 March 2017 20:00

Spain

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Iceland

, Akureyri Attendance: 682

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Leigh Hetherington Julia Tschirner
	() – 01:55 1–0 (L. Abrisqueta, ) – 13:29 2–0 Rivera (, L. Abrisqueta) – 22:26 3–0 3–1 50:45 – (, ) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	42	Shots	26

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward: Anjali Thakker

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Anjali Thakker	5	7	8	15	+9	2	F
	5	7	6	13	+1	0	F
	5	5	4	9	+4	4	F
	5	6	2	8	+1	6	F
	5	4	4	8	+6	4	F
	5	3	5	8	+7	6	F
	5	3	5	8	+7	2	F
	5	6	1	7	+7	4	F
	5	5	2	7	−4	14	F
	5	4	3	7	+4	4	F
	5	4	3	7	+9	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
	180:00	3	1.00	82	96.34	1
Alba Gonzalo	282:26	7	1.49	100	93.00	0
	297:47	13	2.62	117	88.89	0
	290:55	28	5.77	239	88.28	0
	199:45	12	3.60	94	87.23	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

Group B qualification tournament[]

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Dates	12–17 December
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	85 (8.5 per match)
Attendance	4,869 (487 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(15 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Hong Kong	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Belgium	Did not participate last year.
Chinese Taipei	Host, first appearance in world championships.

Match officials[]

3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei (H, P)	4	4	0	0	0	32	3	+29	12	Promoted to 2018 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	22	3	+19	9
3	South Africa	4	2	0	0	2	22	15	+7	6
4	Bulgaria	4	1	0	0	3	6	32	−26	3
5	Hong Kong	4	0	0	0	4	3	32	−29	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+8).

12 December 2016 15:30

Belgium

8–1 (3–0, 3–0, 2–1)

South Africa

, Taipei Attendance: 297

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ma Sang-hee Linesmen: Ashleigh Davidson Elizabeth Mantha
	() – 02:31 1–0 – 10:39 2–0 () – 13:00 3–0 De Decker () – 24:38 4–0 (Jenaer) – 25:42 5–0 – 32:32 6–0 De Wolf – 42:09 7–0 7–1 56:03 – () – 59:43 8–1
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	51	Shots	34

12 December 2016 19:00

Chinese Taipei

13–0 (4–0, 5–0, 4–0)

Bulgaria

, Taipei Attendance: 612

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Sayaka Akama Theodore Šteitů
	(, ) – 06:50 1–0 () – 08:59 2–0 Teng (Hsu Ti., ) (PP) – 16:18 3–0 Yeh – 17:04 4–0 Teng () – 27:39 5–0 – 27:51 6–0 Yeh () – 28:18 7–0 Yeh (Liu C., Hsu Ti.) (PP2) – 37:12 8–0 Liu C. – 39:31 9–0 Yeh (Teng, Huang M.) – 42:51 10–0 Hsu Ti. (Yeh, Liu C.) (PP) – 48:36 11–0 (Sheng) – 49:28 12–0 (, ) – 55:48 13–0
	0 min	Penalties	20 min
	74	Shots	10

13 December 2016 15:30

Hong Kong

0–7 (0–1, 0–4, 0–2)

Belgium

, Taipei Attendance: 352

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: Ashleigh Davidson Theodore Šteitů
	0–1 08:32 – () 0–2 23:52 – () 0–3 28:40 – (F. Bosmans) 0–4 36:59 – Van Calster (Morel de Westgaver) (SH) 0–5 38:16 – 0–6 43:14 – (PP) 0–7 53:43 – Frere (Van Calster, F. Bosmans) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	87

13 December 2016 19:00

South Africa

1–7 (0–2, 0–4, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

, Taipei Attendance: 479

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ma Sang-hee Linesmen: Elizabeth Mantha Yuka Tochigi
	0–1 09:19 – () 0–2 16:46 – 0–3 22:06 – Yao 0–4 26:08 – Yeh () 0–5 33:52 – Yeh (Hsu Ti., ) (PP) 0–6 38:44 – Yeh (Pan, ) (PP) – 47:44 1–6 1–7 58:03 – Yeh (Hsu Ti.)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	41

15 December 2016 15:30

South Africa

11–0 (3–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Bulgaria

, Taipei Attendance: 238

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Sayaka Akama Yuka Tochigi
	(, ) – 03:42 1–0 (Roos, ) – 13:16 2–0 (, ) – 14:33 3–0 C. Schuurman (D. Verwey) – 23:55 4–0 (Jamieson, Roos) – 31:33 5–0 (C. Schuurman, ) – 35:12 6–0 N. Schuurman (Skinner, C. Schuurman) – 42:43 7–0 C. Schuurman (SH) – 48:16 8–0 Skinner (C. Schuurman) (PP) – 56:43 9–0 Van Doesburgh – 57:47 10–0 (Skinner, Van Doesburgh) – 59:59 11–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	67	Shots	16

15 December 2016 19:00

Chinese Taipei

10–1 (3–1, 4–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

, Taipei Attendance: 635

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: Elizabeth Mantha Theodore Streitu
	() – 02:09 1–0 (, ) – 03:40 2–0 () (PP) – 05:36 3–0 3–1 11:06 – (, ) (PP) – 20:19 4–1 (, Liu A.) – 25:23 5–1 (Liu C., Yeh) (PP) – 31:16 6–1 Teng (Liu A.) – 38:03 7–1 Hsu Ti. (Teng, Huang M.) (PP) – 42:06 8–1 Yeh (Huang M.) (SH) – 54:05 9–1 (Huang M., ) (PP) – 57:28 10–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	76	Shots	9

16 December 2016 15:30

Bulgaria

0–6 (0–0, 0–3, 0–3)

Belgium

, Taipei Attendance: 382

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ma Sang-hee Linesmen: Theodore Streitu Yuka Tochigi
	0–1 22:02 – (, ) 0–2 25:37 – L. Bosmans (De Decker) 0–3 36:10 – () 0–4 43:55 – Clincke () 0–5 52:51 – () 0–6 59:08 –
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	8	Shots	57

16 December 2016 19:00

Hong Kong

0–9 (0–4, 0–3, 0–2)

South Africa

, Taipei Attendance: 577

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Sayaka Akama Ashleigh Davidson
	0–1 13:01 – () 0–2 16:06 – 0–3 17:14 – (N. Schuurman, ) 0–4 19:24 – Van Doesburgh (N. Schuurman) (PP) 0–5 27:44 – (N. Schuurman) 0–6 28:40 – (Van Doesburgh) 0–7 32:59 – (Skinner) (PP) 0–8 44:11 – C. Schuurman (Skinner, N. Schuurman) (PP) 0–9 54:50 – C. Schuurman (Verwey)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	3	Shots	63

17 December 2016 15:30

Bulgaria

6–2 (0–1, 4–1, 2–0)

Hong Kong

, Taipei Attendance: 485

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: Sayaka Akama Ashleigh Davidson
	0–1 05:19 – (SH) – 22:11 1–1 – 25:07 2–1 (Zareva) – 28:57 3–1 (PP) – 32:28 4–1 4–2 39:18 – () Lisichkova (SH2) – 47:22 5–2 (Lisichkova) – 53:59 6–2
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	27

17 December 2016 19:00

Belgium

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Chinese Taipei

, Taipei Attendance: 812

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Elizabeth Mantha Yuka Tochigi
	(, ) – 20:23 1–0 1–1 34:34 – (, ) (PP) 1–2 36:38 – Liu C. (, ) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	38

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • 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
	4	11	4	15	+8	0	F
	4	4	6	10	+8	0	F
	4	5	4	9	+8	0	F
	4	5	3	8	+11	0	D
	4	5	3	8	+5	2	F
	4	3	5	8	+5	2	D
	4	0	8	8	+6	0	D
	4	3	4	7	+1	2	F
	4	1	6	7	+4	0	F
	4	4	1	5	+8	2	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
	120:00	2	1.00	54	96.30	0
	179:49	3	1.00	81	96.30	0
	120:00	1	0.50	19	94.74	1
	107:15	13	7.27	126	89.68	0
	119:21	7	3.52	62	88.71	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

See also[]

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References[]