2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary  China
Dates	7–13 April 6–12 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2018 2020 (cancelled) →

The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament ran by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 7 to 13 April and the Group B tournament in Beijing, China from 6 to 12 April 2019.^[1]

Hungary and Denmark earned promotion to the top division in Group A, while the Netherlands gained promotion after their Group B win. Italy and Latvia got relegated by finishing last in their respective group.^[2][3]

Group A tournament[]

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	7–13 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	80 (5.33 per match)
Attendance	7,527 (502 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Fanni Gasparics (12 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Austria	Placed 2nd in Division I A last year.
Hungary	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.
Slovakia	Placed 6th in Division I A last year.
Italy	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was 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	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary (H, P)	5	4	0	1	0	20	6	+14	13	2020 World Championship
2	Denmark (P)	5	3	0	0	2	18	16	+2	9[a]
3	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	12	10	+2	9[a]
4	Austria	5	2	1	0	2	20	13	+7	8
5	Slovakia	5	1	1	1	2	7	12	−5	6
6	Italy (R)	5	0	0	0	5	3	23	−20	0	Relegation to 2020 Division I B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 April 2019 13:30

Slovakia

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Denmark

, Budapest Attendance: 165

Game reference
	Jana Budajová	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Marine Dinant Sara Strong
	0–1 08:41 – Jakobsen 0–2 13:32 – Jakobsen (Persson, Glud) (PS) – 52:29 1–2 1–3 53:23 – N. Jensen (Frandsen, Glud) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	29

7 April 2019 17:00

Norway

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Hungary

, Budapest Attendance: 1,172

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Meghan Anne MacTavish Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Vitaliya Khamitsevich
	0–1 43:22 – (PP) () – 45:56 1–1 1–2 58:48 – Gasparics (, Nooren)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	25

7 April 2019 20:30

Italy

1–4 (0–1, 1–3, 0–0)

Austria

, Budapest Attendance: 95

Game reference
	Giulia Mazzocchi	Goalies		Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Beth Bowshall Adrienn Paulheim
	0–1 03:02 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 20:09 – (Altmann, Meixner) (PP) 0–3 27:25 – Schafzahl (Hanser, ) () (PP) – 28:30 1–3 1–4 32:24 – ()
	22 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	36

8 April 2019 13:30

Denmark

6–1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Italy

, Budapest Attendance: 65

Game reference
	Lisa Jensen	Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Kamila Smetková
	Glud (Frandsen, N. Jensen) (PP) – 13:33 1–0 – 26:28 2–0 Friis-Hansen (N. Jensen) – 28:36 3–0 3–1 32:31 – Asperup (M. Hansen, Brix) (PP) – 34:05 4–1 Persson () – 50:51 5–1 Brix (Mic. Hansen) (PP) – 52:57 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	14

8 April 2019 17:00

Hungary

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

Slovakia

, Budapest Attendance: 878

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Jana Budajová	Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Marine Dinant Sara Strong
	(, ) (PP) – 04:52 1–0 1–1 45:58 – (Čupková)
	Dabasi Gasparics Kiss-Simon Huszák	Shootout	Čupková Hlinková
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	42

8 April 2019 20:30

Austria

4–5 (2–4, 2–1, 0–0)

Norway

, Budapest Attendance: 115

Game reference
		Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referee: Meghan Anne MacTavish Linesmen: Vitaliya Khamitsevich Adrienn Paulheim
	0–1 03:05 – Haug Hansen (, Dalen) 0–2 10:07 – (Dalen, Haug Hansen) (PP) 0–3 12:08 – Haug Hansen (Sirum, ) Meixner (Altmann, ) – 13:33 1–3 1–4 18:27 – Dalen (, Bialik) () – 19:22 2–4 Altmann (Väärälä) – 20:36 3–4 (Verworner) – 04:52 4–4 4–5 27:10 – Bialik (Haug Hansen, )
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	26

10 April 2019 13:30

Italy

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Norway

, Budapest Attendance: 72

Game reference
	Giulia Mazzocchi	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Marine Dinant Kamila Smetková
	0–1 19:34 – (, ) 0–2 46:25 – Biseth (, Tendenes)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	30

10 April 2019 17:00

Hungary

6–2 (0–2, 4–0, 2–0)

Denmark

, Budapest Attendance: 1,054

Game reference
		Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Beth Bowshall Magdaléna Čerhitová
	0–1 09:57 – Persson (Glud) 0–2 13:28 – Persson (Jakobsen) (Gasparics, ) (PP) – 26:58 1–2 Gasparics – 30:41 2–2 Gasparics (Nooren, ) – 32:43 3–2 Nooren (Gasparics) – 34:19 4–2 (, Dabasi) (PP) – 46:42 5–2 Dabasi (EN) – 57:01 6–2
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	17

10 April 2019 20:30

Austria

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

Slovakia

, Budapest Attendance: 38

Game reference
		Goalies	Jana Budajová	Referee: Meghan Anne MacTavish Linesmen: Adrienn Paulheim Sara Strong
	0–1 06:32 – () (PP) () – 10:59 1–1 1–2 43:25 – (Čupková, T. Ištocyová) Altmann (, ) – 45:47 2–2
	Altmann	Shootout	Hlinková
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	24

12 April 2019 13:30

Norway

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

, Budapest Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Jana Budajová	Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Beth Bowshall Adrienn Paulheim
	Haug Hansen () – 03:13 1–0 (, Sirum) – 16:55 2–0 Sirum (, Haug Hansen) (PP) – 33:26 3–0 (Haug Hansen) (EN) – 56:44 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	23

12 April 2019 17:00

Hungary

9–0 (3–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

, Budapest Attendance: 1,310

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Marine Dinant Vitaliya Khamitsevich
	Gasparics () (PP) – 10:30 1–0 Dabasi () – 13:39 2–0 Gasparics (, ) – 16:30 3–0 Nooren (, Gasparics) (PP) – 21:03 4–0 Nooren (Odnoga, L. Pintér) (PP) – 23:37 5–0 (Gasparics, Nooren) – 31:17 6–0 (Gasparics, L. Pintér) (PP) – 34:12 7–0 () (PP) – 57:47 8–0 Rónai (B. Németh, Odnoga) (EA) – 58:52 9–0
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	13

12 April 2019 20:30

Denmark

3–8 (1–4, 1–2, 1–2)

Austria

, Budapest Attendance: 137

Game reference
	Lisa Jensen Cassandra Repstock-Romme	Goalies		Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sara Strong
	0–1 03:30 – () 0–2 05:17 – Altmann () 0–3 09:35 – (Wittich, ) (PP) 0–4 12:23 – (Volgger) Frandsen (Glud, Jakobsen) (PP) – 19:38 1–4 Jakobsen (Persson) – 20:19 2–4 2–5 21:48 – 2–6 35:29 – Schafzahl (Altmann) 2–7 46:47 – Meixner (PS) Persson (Jakobsen, Frandsen) (PP) – 51:15 3–7 3–8 51:44 – Matzka (Wittich, Altmann) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	26

13 April 2019 12:30

Slovakia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Italy

, Budapest Attendance: 122

Game reference
	Jana Budajová	Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Beth Bowshall Vitaliya Khamitsevich
	() – 04:10 1–0 (Halušková) – 26:00 2–0 2–1 35:58 – ()
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	19

13 April 2019 16:00

Denmark

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Norway

, Budapest Attendance: 165

Game reference
	Cassandra Repstock-Romme	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referee: Meghan Anne MacTavish Linesmen: Marine Dinant Kamila Smetková
	Jakobsen (N. Jensen, Asperup) – 09:52 1–0 Jakobsen (Oksbjerg) – 32:11 2–0 N. Jensen (Persson, Andersen) – 50:11 3–0 Glud (Persson) (EN) – 58:17 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	27

13 April 2019 19:30

Austria

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Hungary

, Budapest Attendance: 1,944

Game reference
		Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Sara Strong
	0–1 00:21 – Gasparics () Meixner – 04:01 1–1 1–2 48:46 – (Gasparics) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	33

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Ena Nystrøm
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward: Fanni Gasparics

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Fanni Gasparics	5	6	6	12	+5	2	F
	5	5	4	9	+5	0	F
Josefine Jakobsen	5	5	3	8	+7	6	F
Josefine Persson	5	4	4	8	+8	4	F
Denise Altmann	5	3	4	7	+2	2	F
Madelen Haug Hansen	5	3	4	7	+3	2	F
Silke Glud	5	2	4	6	+9	2	F
	5	5	0	5	+1	2	F
Nicoline Jensen	5	2	3	5	+2	2	F
	5	2	3	5	−2	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
Anikó Németh	245:00	3	0.73	93	96.77	1
Jana Budajová	288:01	8	1.67	125	93.60	0
Ena Nystrøm	296:47	9	1.82	118	92.37	2
	280:23	9	1.92	106	91.51	0
Giulia Mazzocchi	250:43	18	4.31	156	88.46	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[]

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	6–12 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	71 (4.73 per match)
Attendance	17,980 (1,199 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(10 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
South Korea	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Latvia	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Kazakhstan	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
China	Host, placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Poland	Placed 6th in Division I B last year.
Netherlands	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands (P)	5	5	0	0	0	17	4	+13	15	Promotion to 2020 Division I A
2	South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	17	15	+2	9[a]
3	Poland	5	3	0	0	2	13	12	+1	9[a]
4	China (H)	5	2	0	0	3	12	12	0	6
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	1	3	8	16	−8	4
6	Latvia (R)	5	0	1	0	4	4	12	−8	2	Relegation to 2020 Division II A

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+8).

6 April 2019 13:00

China

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Latvia

, Beijing Attendance: 1,510

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Veronika Lounová Jenna Puhakka
	(, Zhang) (PP) – 34:09 1–0 Lu (Ma, Yu) – 42:18 2–0 () – 58:33 3–0
	35 min	Penalties	10 min
	61	Shots	9

6 April 2019 16:30

Netherlands

5–2 (2–1, 0–0, 3–1)

South Korea

, Beijing Attendance: 1,460

Game reference
		Goalies	Han Do-hee	Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Alexandra Blair Wu Xing
	(, ) – 06:50 1–0 (, ) – 08:08 2–0 2–1 19:00 – Kim H. (Eom, Choi Ji.) (PP, EA) (Van Nes, Hamers) (PP) – 50:16 3–1 Hamers (Wielenga) (PP) – 51:00 4–1 (Wielenga, ) (SH) – 53:52 5–1 5–2 54:44 – Choi Ji.
	18 min	Penalties	26 min
	33	Shots	27

6 April 2019 20:00

Poland

5–3 (3–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

, Beijing Attendance: 1,430

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wang Hui
	(SH) – 03:01 1–0 Późniewska – 06:39 2–0 2–1 09:36 – () (Późniewska) – 19:06 3–1 (Późniewska, Czaplik) – 26:38 4–1 4–2 34:52 – (, ) Czaplik (Późniewska, Wieczorek) – 58:59 5–2 5–3 59:50 – Aldabergenova ()
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	31

7 April 2019 13:00

South Korea

2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

China

, Beijing Attendance: 1,600

Game reference
	Han Do-hee	Goalies		Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Liv Andersson Alexandra Blair
	() – 02:22 1–0 1–1 07:32 – (, ) 1–2 28:41 – Liu Z. 1–3 43:52 – Fang () 1–4 50:12 – (Ma, ) Kim H. (Eom, Park Jo.) (PP, EA) – 57:21 2–4 2–5 57:45 – Kong (Deng)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	29

7 April 2019 16:30

Kazakhstan

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Netherlands

, Beijing Attendance: 950

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Veronika Lounová Jenna Puhakka
	0–1 08:54 – () (PP) 0–2 11:08 – () (Konysheva) (PP) – 38:46 1–2 1–3 59:54 – Wielenga () (EN)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	49

7 April 2019 20:00

Latvia

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Poland

, Beijing Attendance: 450

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Loise Lybak Larsen Wang Hui
	0–1 19:31 – (, ) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	52

9 April 2019 13:00

Latvia

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

Kazakhstan

, Beijing Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Alexandra Blair Wang Hui
	() – 03:19 1–0 1–1 10:00 – ()
	Pētersone Miljone	Shootout	Aldabergenova
	31 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	59

9 April 2019 16:30

Netherlands

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

China

, Beijing Attendance: 1,570

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Loise Lybak Larsen Jenna Puhakka
	– 23:06 1–0 Wielenga (, ) – 26:27 2–0 () – 41:11 3–0 (Barbier, ) – 55:08 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	19

9 April 2019 20:00

South Korea

4–3 (0–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Poland

, Beijing Attendance: 750

Game reference
	Han Do-hee	Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wu Xing
	0–1 05:32 – (Wieczorek) (PP) 0–2 06:59 – (Wieczorek) Choi Y. (Kim S.) (PP) – 32:40 1–2 Choi Ji. (Kim H., Jo) (PP) – 36:26 2–2 Park C. (Park Y., Park Jo.) – 38:33 3–2 Park Jo. – 40:47 4–2 4–3 54:29 – Wieczorek (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	35	Shots	19

10 April 2019 13:00

Latvia

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Netherlands

, Beijing Attendance: 1,650

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Loise Lybak Larsen Wu Xing
	Miljone – 10:41 1–0 1–1 35:59 – (, ) 1–2 51:12 – (, ) (PP) 1–3 58:39 – Wielenga (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	14	Shots	45

10 April 2019 16:30

China

3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Poland

, Beijing Attendance: 1,580

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Alexandra Blair Jenna Puhakka
	He X. () – 00:55 1–0 1–1 12:00 – () 1–2 32:32 – (Wieczorek, ) (PP) 1–3 37:17 – () (PP) 1–4 50:02 – Późniewska (Czaplik, Wieczorek) (PP) (PS) – 52:24 2–4 Fang (Ma) (PP) – 53:10 3–4
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	31

10 April 2019 20:00

Kazakhstan

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

South Korea

, Beijing Attendance: 280

Game reference
		Goalies	Han Do-hee	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Veronika Lounová Wang Hui
	0–1 08:26 – Park Jo. (Eom, ) (PP) 0–2 19:03 – Park Jo. (Park C., Kim S.) 0–3 23:38 – Park C. (Park Jo., Choi Y.) (PP2) 0–4 24:20 – Kim H. (Kim S., Jo) (PP) () – 51:47 1–4 1–5 54:46 – Park C. (Eom, Song) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	39

12 April 2019 13:00

Poland

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Netherlands

, Beijing Attendance: 950

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wang Hui
	0–1 20:30 – (, ) 0–2 48:52 – ()
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	46

12 April 2019 16:30

South Korea

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

, Beijing Attendance: 950

Game reference
	Han Do-hee	Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Alexandra Blair Wu Xing
	Park Jo. – 01:17 1–0 1–1 06:10 – (, ) (PP) (Park Jo.) (PP) – 18:32 2–1 Kim H. (Jo) (PP) – 34:10 3–1 Park Jo. (Choi Y.) – 50:35 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	10

12 April 2019 20:00

Kazakhstan

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

China

, Beijing Attendance: 1,650

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Loise Lybak Larsen Veronika Lounová
	() – 28:31 1–0 (, ) (PP) – 32:01 2–0 2–1 37:43 – Ma
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	38

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman: Park Chae-lin
  • Best Forward:

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	8	2	10	+5	0	F
Park Jong-ah	5	6	4	10	+1	2	F
	5	5	4	9	+3	8	F
Kim Hee-won	5	4	2	6	−3	4	F
	5	2	4	6	+3	2	F
	5	2	4	6	+4	6	D
Kamila Wieczorek	5	1	5	6	+1	4	F
	5	5	0	5	+4	2	F
	5	0	5	5	+4	2	F
	5	2	2	4	+4	0	F
Park Chae-lin	5	2	2	4	−2	0	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
	240:34	8	2.00	214	96.26	0
	239:53	3	0.75	73	95.89	2
	299:54	12	2.40	172	93.02	1
	230:32	10	2.60	136	92.65	0
	299:10	12	2.41	125	90.40	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

References[]

External links[]

• Group A website
• Group B website