2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia  Spain  Bulgaria
Dates	31 March – 6 April 2018 17–23 March 2018 4–9 December 2017
Teams	17
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2018 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 Maribor, Slovenia, from 31 March to 6 April 2018,^[1] the Division II Group B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2018,^[2] and the Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 December 2017.^[3]

The Netherlands won the Division II Group A tournament and will play in Division I next year.^[4] Spain took home the top spot in the Division II Group B tournament and were promoted to Division II Group A for next year,^[5] while Croatia won the Division II Group B Qualification tournament.^[6]

Division II Group A[]

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	31 March – 6 April 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per match)
Attendance	5,784 (386 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Julie Zwarthoed (11 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	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	Host, placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A last year.
Mexico	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and was promoted.

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
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	24	3	+21	15	Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	17	7	+10	12
3	North Korea	5	3	0	0	2	14	15	−1	9
4	Australia	5	2	0	0	3	10	17	−7	6
5	Slovenia (H)	5	1	0	0	4	14	15	−1	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	3	25	−22	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

31 March 2018 13:00

Great Britain

5–1 (0–0, 0–1, 5–0)

Australia

, Maribor Attendance: 370

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Catherine Goutama Mila Ronkainen
	0–1 38:25 – () (Ganney) – 46:58 1–1 Taylor () – 49:07 2–1 Taylor () – 50:49 3–1 Ganney () – 52:04 4–1 Ganney – 54:32 5–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	31

31 March 2018 16:30

North Korea

2–5 (1–2, 0–0, 1–3)

Netherlands

, Maribor Attendance: 372

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Zita Gebora Wang Hui
	0–1 05:46 – () Kim Un-h. (Kim H.) – 05:56 1–1 1–2 11:10 – (, ) 1–3 41:38 – () Ryo () (PP) – 43:37 2–3 2–4 53:55 – (Huisman, ) 2–5 55:06 – (Van Nes, )
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	11	Shots	41

31 March 2018 20:00

Mexico

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Slovenia

, Maribor Attendance: 400

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 08:04 – (PP) 0–2 15:53 – 0–3 27:09 – Confidenti () 0–4 31:35 – Pren (Confidenti) 0–5 55:05 – Confidenti (Pren) 0–6 58:02 – (SH)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	31

1 April 2018 13:00

Great Britain

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

North Korea

, Maribor Attendance: 356

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Zita Gebora
	Ganney (, ) – 17:43 1–0 Taylor (, ) – 25:14 2–0 2–1 29:12 – Kim Un-h. (Kim H., Jong Su.) Farman (Lane, Henry) – 45:59 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	14

1 April 2018 16:30

Australia

4–1 (3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Mexico

, Maribor Attendance: 348

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Liv Andersson Anastasiia Kurashova
	– 03:19 1–0 Padjen () – 06:13 2–0 Kiliwnik (, ) (PP) – 11:06 3–0 – 22:18 4–0 4–1 39:40 – (, ) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	8

1 April 2018 20:00

Netherlands

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

, Maribor Attendance: 450

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Milla Ronkainen Wang Hui
	(Zwarthoed, ) – 09:56 1–0 (Zwarthoed) (PP) – 25:12 2–0 2–1 51:16 – (, ) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	55	Shots	12

3 April 2018 13:00

Netherlands

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Australia

, Maribor Attendance: 344

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Catherine Goutama
	Zwarthoed () (SH) – 10:07 1–0 (, ) – 13:52 2–0 () (PP) – 32:54 3–0 (Zwarthoed, Even) – 42:27 4–0 (Huisman) – 47:12 5–0 Wielenga (Zwarthoed, Barbier) – 48:08 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	12

3 April 2018 16:30

Great Britain

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Mexico

, Maribor Attendance: 357

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Liv Andersson Milla Ronkainen
	(, Taylor) (PP) – 13:28 1–0 () – 25:32 2–0 (Hill, Ganney) (PP) – 31:16 3–0 () (PP) – 41:19 4–0 () – 43:10 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	5

3 April 2018 20:00

North Korea

5–4 (2–0, 1–2, 2–2)

Slovenia

, Maribor Attendance: 499

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Zita Gebora Anastasiia Kurashova
	Kim H. (Jong Su., ) – 09:21 1–0 Kim H. (Jong Su., Kim Un-h.) – 11:26 2–0 2–1 27:57 – (, ) 2–2 31:40 – Confidenti (, Pren) Kim H. () – 35:03 3–2 3–3 41:10 – Pren (Confidenti) Kim H. (Choe J.) – 50:27 4–3 Kim Un-h. (Jong Su.) (PP) – 53:55 5–3 5–4 58:58 – (Pren, E. Dukarič) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	52	Shots	16

4 April 2018 13:00

Mexico

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Netherlands

, Maribor Attendance: 341

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Zita Gebora Milla Ronkainen
	0–1 02:17 – (, Zwarthoed) 0–2 26:42 – (, ) (PP) 0–3 27:57 – Zwarthoed 0–4 30:14 – (, ) 0–5 40:44 – Zwarthoed (Noe, Wielenga) 0–6 47:07 – Wielenga (Barbier) 0–7 54:35 – Zwarthoed (Wielenga, Hamers)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	4	Shots	52

4 April 2018 16:30

Australia

1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

North Korea

, Maribor Attendance: 340

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Wang Hui
	(, ) – 28:09 1–0 1–1 41:23 – Ryo (, ) 1–2 55:49 – Kim Un-h. (Kim H., Jong Su.) 1–3 58:37 – (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	33

4 April 2018 20:00

Slovenia

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Great Britain

, Maribor Attendance: 462

Game reference
		Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Liv Andersson Catherine Goutama
	0–1 16:45 – (Cornford) 0–2 21:56 – (, Taylor) 0–3 24:50 – Taylor (, Henry) 0–4 48:11 – () () – 54:24 1–4
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	51

6 April 2018 13:00

North Korea

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Mexico

, Maribor Attendance: 332

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Catherine Goutama Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 11:11 – Kim H. (, ) – 13:44 1–1 Kim Un-h. (Jong Su.) – 35:48 2–1 Kim Un-h. (Jin, Kim H.) (PP) – 58:32 3–1 3–2 59:58 – (, )
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	19

6 April 2018 16:30

Netherlands

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

, Maribor Attendance: 377

Game reference
		Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Milla Ronkainen
	(, Zwarthoed) (PP) – 21:06 1–0 Hamers (Wielenga) – 26:47 2–0 Zwarthoed (Wielenga, ) – 39:17 3–0 (Milders, Hamers) (PP) – 40:35 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	19

6 April 2018 20:00

Slovenia

2–4 (0–4, 2–0, 0–0)

Australia

, Maribor Attendance: 436

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wang Hui
	0–1 08:23 – (SH) 0–2 11:18 – Tihema () 0–3 13:21 – () 0–4 15:02 – () (, ) (PP) – 26:49 1–4 E. Dukarič (Pren, ) – 34:11 2–4
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	20	Shots	40

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
Julie Zwarthoed	5	5	6	11	+13	2	F
	5	2	9	11	+5	2	F
	5	6	4	10	+5	4	F
	5	4	6	10	+11	2	F
Kim Hyang-mi	5	5	4	9	+5	0	F
Kim Un-hyang	5	6	1	7	+6	4	F
	5	3	4	7	+5	0	D
Angela Taylor	5	4	2	6	+4	4	F
	5	2	4	6	+10	0	F
Jong Su-hyon	5	0	6	6	+5	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	1	0.50	36	97.22	1
	180:00	1	0.33	35	97.14	2
	299:45	15	3.00	221	93.21	1
	120:00	2	1.00	23	91.30	1
Nicole Jackson	180:00	6	2.00	58	89.66	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[]

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	17–23 March 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	132 (8.8 per match)
Attendance	3,458 (231 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(15 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Spain	Host, placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Iceland	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Romania	Placed 6th in Division II B last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification last year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[8]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain (H)	5	5	0	0	0	29	5	+24	15	Promoted to the 2019 Division II A
2	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	0	1	24	16	+8	12
3	Iceland	5	2	1	0	2	25	11	+14	8
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	1	2	24	21	+3	7
5	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	17	31	−14	3
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	12	47	−35	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

17 March 2018 13:00

New Zealand

6–3 (0–2, 6–1, 0–0)

Romania

, Valdemoro Attendance: 125

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Chunhua Linesmen: Claudia de la Pompa Loise Larsen
	0–1 01:32 – () 0–2 14:45 – () (, Mulari) – 21:54 1–2 C. Heale – 26:37 2–2 C. Heale (Mulari, Gregory) (SH) – 31:38 3–2 C. Heale (Mulari, Gregory) – 33:29 4–2 4–3 36:02 – Oprea – 36:30 5–3 Mulari (Gregory, ) (PP) – 39:05 6–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	28

17 March 2018 16:30

Chinese Taipei

6–2 (2–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Turkey

, Valdemoro Attendance: 130

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Alba Calero
	() – 04:37 1–0 Yeh (Hsieh) – 12:16 2–0 Yeh (, ) (PP) – 28:24 3–0 Yeh – 31:48 4–0 4–1 34:53 – (, ) Yeh – 41:10 5–1 5–2 43:18 – () Yeh (Hsu Ti.) (PP) – 56:04 6–2
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	58	Shots	29

17 March 2018 20:15

Iceland

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Spain

, Valdemoro Attendance: 650

Game reference
	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Fu Zhennan
	() – 06:02 1–0 1–1 21:29 – (SH) 1–2 59:11 –
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	34

18 March 2018 13:00

Romania

4–9 (2–5, 1–3, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

, Valdemoro Attendance: 63

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Linnea Sainio
	() – 02:17 1–0 1–1 04:12 – () 1–2 13:32 – 1–3 14:35 – () 1–4 15:35 – () (PP) () – 16:10 2–4 2–5 17:26 – (Hsu Ti., Pan) () – 25:12 3–5 3–6 31:31 – Yeh (Liu C., ) 3–7 32:10 – Yeh 3–8 39:25 – Yeh (Pan, Hsu Ti.) (PP) 3–9 54:23 – Liu C. () Voicu – 55:07 4–9
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	58

18 March 2018 16:30

New Zealand

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

Iceland

, Valdemoro Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Alba Calero Fu Zhennan
	0–1 14:42 – (Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 0–2 17:12 – () (, Mulari) – 31:31 1–2 (Shields) – 40:23 2–2 Mulari (C. Heale) (SH) – 45:39 3–2 3–3 59:56 – Shantz-Smiley (Garðarsdóttir) (SH, EA)
	Mulari C. Heale Shields Kloss Mulari Shields	Shootout	Jóhannesdóttir Jóhannesdóttir Shantz-Smiley Shantz-Smiley Shantz-Smiley
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	53

18 March 2018 20:00

Spain

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Turkey

, Valdemoro Attendance: 530

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies		Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Loise Larsen
	(, ) (PP) – 02:36 1–0 1–1 05:21 – () () – 10:20 2–1 Muñoz () – 39:00 3–1 S. Danielsson (Muñoz, L. Danielsson) (ENG) – 59:38 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	19

20 March 2018 13:00

Iceland

6–2 (1–1, 0–1, 5–0)

Turkey

, Valdemoro Attendance: 130

Game reference
	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Goalies		Referee: Liu Chunhua Linesmen: Alba Calero Linnea Sainio
	0–1 02:45 – (, ) (PP) (Shantz-Smiley, ) – 13:15 1–1 1–2 36:43 – (Baktıroğlu) – 40:26 2–2 (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 42:53 3–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir – 52:22 4–2 () – 53:51 5–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP) – 55:03 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	55	Shots	15

20 March 2018 16:30

New Zealand

2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

, Valdemoro Attendance: 55

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Claudia de la Pompa
	0–1 16:05 – () 0–2 18:20 – () 0–3 19:44 – (, Pan) () – 27:19 1–3 1–4 39:40 – (Hsu Ti., ) (PP) (C. Heale, Mulari) (PP2) – 57:56 2–4 2–5 59:04 – Hsu Ti. (SH, ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	31

20 March 2018 20:00

Spain

12–0 (4–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Romania

, Valdemoro Attendance: 205

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies		Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Fu Zhennan
	(, ) – 05:30 1–0 (, ) – 12:24 2–0 S. Danielsson (Muñoz, ) – 12:38 3–0 (Muñoz) – 17:41 4–0 (PP) – 24:01 5–0 () (SH) – 25:02 6–0 V. Abrisqueta (Muñoz, L. Danielsson) (PP) – 28:23 7–0 () – 29:19 8–0 Ramos (Ibañez, ) – 30:35 9–0 Serrano (, V. Abrisqueta) – 44:37 10–0 Merino () (SH) – 56:03 11–0 Álvarez (Ortiz) – 58:46 12–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	59	Shots	14

21 March 2018 13:00

Turkey

4–11 (3–3, 0–5, 1–3)

New Zealand

, Valdemoro Attendance: 95

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Linnea Sainio
	– 00:39 1–0 1–1 05:45 – Murray (Shields, ) Taygar () (PP) – 07:13 2–1 2–2 10:33 – Murray () 2–3 11:44 – (Mulari, ) (EA) (Baktıroğlu) – 12:30 3–3 3–4 21:30 – Woodyear-Smith (SH) 3–5 24:34 – () (PP) 3–6 26:57 – C. Heale (Mulari) 3–7 29:01 – C. Heale (Mulari, Jones) 3–8 30:13 – Mulari (C. Heale, Jones) (PP) 3–9 42:59 – (Jones, Mulari) 3–10 44:59 – (Neville-Lanb, Murray) Taygar (PP) – 47:34 4–10 4–11 51:32 – Mulari (, C. Heale)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	41

21 March 2018 16:30

Romania

1–12 (0–5, 1–2, 0–5)

Iceland

, Valdemoro Attendance: 85

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Chunhua Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Claudia de la Pompa
	0–1 01:06 – (, ) 0–2 05:25 – () (SH) 0–3 10:23 – (Ingadóttir, ) 0–4 12:05 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 0–5 15:46 – Geirsdóttir (Ingadóttir) () (PP) – 21:01 1–5 1–6 26:01 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir () (PP2) 1–7 33:26 – Geirsdóttir (Ágústsdóttir) 1–8 40:09 – Geirsdóttir 1–9 45:36 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir () 1–10 48:13 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Jóhannesdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) 1–11 53:30 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley, Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) 1–12 59:18 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	13	Shots	59

21 March 2018 20:00

Chinese Taipei

1–6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Spain

, Valdemoro Attendance: 455

Game reference
		Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Loise Larsen
	0–1 12:22 – (, ) 0–2 15:56 – (, ) 0–3 24:20 – () 0–4 31:50 – Merino () 0–5 37:04 – (Senac Gomez, Merino) () – 43:26 1–5 1–6 51:04 – S. Danielsson (Muñoz)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	38

23 March 2018 13:00

Iceland

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei

, Valdemoro Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Goalies		Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Alba Calero Linnea Sainio
	0–1 02:46 – () 0–2 33:46 – (Yeh) (, Shantz-Smiley) – 38:31 1–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) – 44:31 2–2 2–3 44:31 – () (PP) 2–4 59:49 – Hsieh (Hsu Ti., Yeh) (PP, ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	20

23 March 2018 16:30

Spain

5–2 (2–0, 3–0, 0–2)

New Zealand

, Valdemoro Attendance: 555

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies		Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Fu Zhennan
	() – 03:07 1–0 (SH) – 07:11 2–0 (V. Abrisqueta) – 28:14 3–0 (Muñoz) – 28:47 4–0 (, ) – 35:40 5–0 5–1 46:02 – (, Mulari) 5–2 58:30 – (C. Heale) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	25

23 March 2018 20:00

Turkey

8–4 (2–2, 1–2, 5–0)

Romania

, Valdemoro Attendance: 175

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Claudia de la Pompa Loise Larsen
	0–1 02:20 – () 0–2 02:37 – () – 06:28 1–2 Baktıroğlu (SH) – 14:06 2–2 Baktıroğlu (SH) – 23:58 3–2 3–3 29:33 – Popescu (Ballo) (PP) 3–4 36:11 – Ballo (Popescu) () – 47:08 4–4 Taygar (PP) – 53:28 5–4 Baktıroğlu – 57:53 6–4 Baktıroğlu () – 58:15 7–4 Taygar (Yılmaz, ) (PP) – 59:50 8–4
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	30

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	7	8	15	+7	2	F
Anjali Thakker	5	4	11	15	+6	2	F
	5	11	3	14	+4	2	F
	5	9	3	12	+4	4	F
	5	3	8	11	+5	4	F
	5	3	8	11	+8	2	F
Sarah Shantz-Smiley	5	2	9	11	+2	4	F
	5	6	4	10	0	4	F
	5	8	1	9	−8	6	F
	5	4	4	8	+1	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
Alba Gonzalo	255:04	4	0.94	87	95.40	0
	221:23	11	2.98	118	90.68	0
Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	224:04	9	2.41	83	89.16	0
	295:42	20	4.06	164	87.80	0
	275:47	27	5.87	201	86.57	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[]

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	4–9 December 2017
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	70 (7 per match)
Attendance	1,366 (137 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(16 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 5th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Croatia	Did not participate last year.

Match officials[]

3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[9]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia	4	4	0	0	0	27	2	+25	12	Promoted to the 2019 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	26	2	+24	9
3	South Africa	4	2	0	0	2	12	8	+4	6
4	Hong Kong	4	1	0	0	3	4	33	−29	3
5	Bulgaria (H)	4	0	0	0	4	3	27	−24	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

4 December 2017 15:30

Croatia

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 75

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	() – 09:51 1–0 (, Širanović) – 22:05 2–0 Filipeć (Širanović, ) (SH) – 35:25 3–0 (, Filipeć) – 39:47 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	16

4 December 2017 19:00

Bulgaria

0–9 (0��3, 0–4, 0–2)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 230

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Olga Steinberg Linesmen: Vitaliya Khamitsevich Julia Mannlein
	0–1 00:07 – 0–2 03:00 – () 0–3 05:02 – (PP) 0–4 24:10 – F. Bosmans () 0–5 27:38 – Maka 0–6 34:11 – () 0–7 35:35 – L. Bosmans (Morel de Westgaver) (PP) 0–8 41:47 – Frere () (PP) 0–9 43:28 – (Frere)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	7	Shots	41

5 December 2017 19:00

Hong Kong

0–10 (0–1, 0–5, 0–4)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 238

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maria Fuhrberg Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	0–1 03:34 – (, ) 0–2 22:45 – (Filipeć) 0–3 24:50 – Filipeć 0–4 36:49 – (Filipeć) 0–5 38:15 – Gurka (Smolec, ) 0–6 39:30 – (Muranić, Filipeć) 0–7 41:18 – (Gurka, Filipeć) 0–8 49:30 – Smolec 0–9 56:08 – Delić (Filipeć) 0–10 57:17 – Malek
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	3	Shots	49

6 December 2017 15:30

Belgium

14–1 (3–0, 5–1, 6–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 68

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Vitaliya Khamitsevich
	() – 06:11 1–0 () – 11:35 2–0 F. Bosmans (Leyen) – 14:34 3–0 Boon () – 21:28 4–0 4–1 24:17 – () – 27:04 5–1 () – 29:29 6–1 Frere – 32:55 7–1 Boon () – 38:31 8–1 Franck (Frere) – 43:09 9–1 F. Bosmans () – 45:17 10–1 Jenaer () – 47:52 11–1 De Guchtenaere () – 49:37 12–1 Jenaer () – 51:36 13–1 Franck (Frere) – 53:17 14–1
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	61	Shots	1

6 December 2017 19:00

South Africa

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 225

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Olga Steinberg Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Julia Mannlein
	(, ) (PP) – 28:37 1–0 Rhode – 37:17 2–0 C. Schuurman (Van Doesburgh, ) – 48:26 3–0 Rhode – 56:37 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	23

7 December 2017 19:00

Croatia

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maria Fuhrberg Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	(SH) – 17:23 1–0
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	25

8 December 2017 15:30

South Africa

8–1 (2–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 68

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Olga Steinberg Linesmen: Vitaliya Khamitsevich Julia Mannlein
	(, ) (PP) – 18:38 1–0 – 19:36 2–0 () – 21:07 3–0 3–1 25:33 – Rhode (Brankin) – 26:04 4–1 Rhode – 35:43 5–1 – 37:59 6–1 (C. Schuurman) – 47:11 7–1 Rhode (Brankin, ) – 56:58 8–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	5

8 December 2017 19:00

Bulgaria

2–12 (0–5, 2–3, 0–4)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 102

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Tatiana Kasášová
	0–1 04:13 – () 0–2 05:16 – () 0–3 06:57 – (Gurka) 0–4 07:15 – (Filipeć) 0–5 16:51 – Gurka (Delić) 0–6 24:43 – Filipeć () (PP) 0–7 26:56 – () (PP) (, ) (PP) – 32:16 1–7 Evstatieva (Popova) (PP) – 35:15 2–7 2–8 36:51 – Širanović (Smolec) 2–9 44:34 – Vrbančić (Filipeć) (PP) 2–10 46:11 – Širanović (Filipeć) 2–11 49:36 – Čavka (Bednjanec) 2–12 52:39 – Čavka (Gurka)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	49

9 December 2017 14:30

Hong Kong

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maria Fuhrberg Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Vitaliya Khamitsevich
	0–1 07:20 – (, ) () (PP) – 49:29 1–1 – 54:26 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	26

9 December 2017 19:00

Belgium

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	(, ) – 19:37 1–0 (Morel de Westgaver) – 29:20 2–0 () – 34:56 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	10

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	4	6	10	16	+17	2	D
	4	4	4	8	+11	0	F
	4	3	5	8	+11	2	F
	4	6	1	7	+5	0	F
	4	3	4	7	+11	2	F
	4	6	0	6	+7	0	F
	4	1	5	6	+8	2	D
	4	4	1	4	+8	0	F
	4	3	1	4	+4	0	F
	4	2	2	4	+6	2	F
	4	2	2	4	+4	0	F
	4	2	2	4	0	4	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	1	0.33	40	97.50	1
	218:12	2	0.55	57	96.49	2
	180:00	8	2.67	56	85.71	0
	240:00	33	8.25	176	81.25	0
	152:05	19	7.50	90	78.89	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