2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Great Britain  Romania  South Africa
Dates	2–8 April 1–7 April 13–18 January
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 2 to 8 April, the Group B tournament in Brașov, Romania from 1 to 7 April and the Group B qualification tournament from 13 to 18 January 2019.^[1]

Slovenia earned promotion in Group A, Chinese Taipei won the Group B and Ukraine the qualification tournament, both teams got promoted for the next year, while Australia and Romania were relegated.^[2][3][4]

Group A tournament[]

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Great Britain
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	84 (5.6 per match)
Attendance	5,501 (367 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(20 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Great Britain	Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
North Korea	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Australia	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Slovenia	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Mexico	Placed 6th in Division II A last year.
Spain	Placed 1st in Division II B 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	Slovenia (P)	5	3	1	1	0	24	11	+13	12	Promotion to 2020 Division I B
2	Great Britain (H)	5	3	1	0	1	13	9	+4	11
3	Spain	5	2	1	1	1	11	11	0	9
4	Mexico	5	2	0	1	2	14	18	−4	7
5	North Korea	5	1	1	1	2	12	13	−1	6
6	Australia (R)	5	0	0	0	5	10	22	−12	0	Relegation to 2020 Division II B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

2 April 2019 13:00

Spain

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

Slovenia

, Dumfries Attendance: 507

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies		Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Joanna Pobożniak
	(SH) – 24:06 1–0 1–1 36:20 – (, ) (PP) 1–2 38:30 – Blazinšek (, Pren) (, ) (PP) – 43:27 2–2 L. Abrisqueta () (PP) – 47:37 3–2 3–3 49:28 – Confidenti (Pren)
	Ramos	Shootout	Blazinšek Pren Confidenti
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	32

2 April 2019 16:30

North Korea

2–4 (2–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Mexico

, Dumfries Attendance: 192

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Amy Campbell Oksana Shestakova
	Jong (Kim H., Hwang Chung-g.) – 02:38 1–0 Kim H. – 12:42 2–0 2–1 14:54 – () 2–2 16:05 – J. Rojas () 2–3 18:39 – J. Rojas (Téllez, ) 2–4 33:06 – G. Rojas (Téllez)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	14

2 April 2019 20:00

Australia

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

, Dumfries Attendance: 462

Game reference
		Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Ekaterina Smirnova
	0–1 15:34 – () 0–2 50:17 – – 58:50 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	32

4 April 2019 13:00

North Korea

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Australia

, Dumfries Attendance: 452

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Amy Campbell Wong Tsui Yi
	() – 01:32 1–0 1–1 29:53 – ) – 31:44 2–1 2–2 39:07 – () Jong (SH) – 49:08 3–2 Jong () (PP) – 57:23 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	30

4 April 2019 16:30

Mexico

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Spain

, Dumfries Attendance: 271

Game reference
		Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Jennifer Cameron
	0–1 02:48 – () 0–2 36:49 – Muñoz (, )
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	11	Shots	32

4 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

2–4 (1–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Slovenia

, Dumfries Attendance: 427

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Oksana Shestakova
	– 19:36 1–0 1–1 26:18 – (, ) (PP) 1–2 40:34 – (Pren) (PP) 1–3 42:27 – Confidenti (Pren) 1–4 52:34 – Pren (Confidenti) () – 56:36 2–4
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	17

5 April 2019 13:00

North Korea

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

Spain

, Dumfries Attendance: 350

Game reference
		Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Amy Campbell
	0–1 23:35 – (, ) (PP) – 44:50 1–1
	Jong Kim H. Kim Un-j. Jong	Shootout	Ramos V. Abrisqueta Rivera V. Abrisqueta
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	39

5 April 2019 16:30

Australia

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

, Dumfries Attendance: 243

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Ekaterina Smirnova
	0–1 05:55 – () () 10:50 1–1 1–2 20:30 – Pren (Blazinšek) 1–3 25:08 – (Pren, Blazinšek) (PP) 1–4 34:09 – Pren (Confidenti, Blazinšek) 1–5 43:52 – Blazinšek (Pren, Confidenti) 1–6 56:26 – Pren (Confidenti, )
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

5 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Mexico

, Dumfries Attendance: 485

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 23:52 – (, ) () – 33:02 1–1 (, ) – 35:19 2–1 2–2 44:23 – G. Rojas (Téllez) (Farman, ) (PP) – 61:02 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	11

7 April 2019 13:00

Mexico

7–4 (0–1, 3–1, 4–2)

Australia

, Dumfries Attendance: 262

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 11:45 – (PP) 0–2 20:20 – (, ) (, ) – 24:23 1–2 (, ) (PP) – 27:16 2–2 González (, Téllez) (PP) – 34:31 3–2 (Téllez) – 47:31 4–2 (González, ) – 48:15 5–2 5–3 49:24 – Godfrey (Moore) Ayala (Téllez) (PP2) – 51:14 6–3 Chávez (SH) – 55:35 7–3 7–4 59:59 – ()
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	27

7 April 2019 16:30

Slovenia

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

North Korea

, Dumfries Attendance: 317

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Amy Campbell
	() – 01:30 1–0 1–1 08:27 – Jong (Kim Un-h.) (, ) (SH) – 23:42 2–1 Confidenti (, Pren) – 28:57 3–1 3–2 33:45 – Kim Un-h. () (SH) 3–3 34:18 – (SH)
	Blazinšek Pren Confidenti E. Dukarič	Shootout	Jong Kim H. Kim Un-h. Hwang S.
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

7 April 2019 20:00

Spain

1–4 (1–0, 0–1, 0–3)

Great Britain

, Dumfries Attendance: 487

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Ekaterina Smirnova
	(, ) – 05:02 1–0 1–1 05:02 – () 1–2 43:57 – () 1–3 55:42 – (Farman, Bloom) (PP) 1–4 59:19 – Bloom () (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	37

8 April 2019 13:00

Slovenia

7–1 (4–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Mexico

, Dumfries Attendance: 153

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 10:51 – () (PP) (, ) (PP) – 14:59 1–1 Pren (Blazinšek, Lončar) – 16:44 2–1 Pren (Lončar, ) – 17:30 3–1 Blazinšek (, Pren) – 18:59 4–1 Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren) – 36:56 5–1 Confidenti – 39:59 6–1 () – 44:40 7–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	23

8 April 2019 16:30

Australia

2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Spain

, Dumfries Attendance: 218

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Amy Campbell Ekaterina Smirnova
	() – 03:01 1–0 1–1 14:04 – (, ) (PP) (, Van der Wolf) (PP) – 38:57 2–1 2–2 49:28 – (, L. López) 2–3 58:30 – ()
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	24

8 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

North Korea

, Dumfries Attendance: 675

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies		Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Joanna Pobożniak
	0–1 02:59 – (Kim H.) – 27:49 1–1 (, ) – 34:40 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	13

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman: Hwang Chung-gum
  • 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	6	14	20	+12	0	F
	5	7	7	14	+13	4	F
	5	7	6	13	+12	0	F
	5	2	8	10	−1	0	F
	5	1	6	7	+12	4	D
	5	4	2	6	0	2	F
	5	3	2	5	+2	2	F
	5	3	2	5	−2	0	F
Jong Su-hyon	5	4	0	4	+3	2	F
	5	2	2	4	+4	2	F
	5	2	2	4	−1	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
	310:00	10	1.94	175	94.29	0
	289:21	9	1.87	133	93.23	0
Alba Gonzalo	248:59	7	1.69	100	93.00	1
Nicole Jackson	238:31	7	1.76	68	89.71	0
	281:02	17	3.63	154	88.96	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 II B

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	1–7 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	96 (6.4 per match)
Attendance	1,275 (85 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(13 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei (P)	5	5	0	0	0	20	8	+12	15	Promotion to 2020 Division II A
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	21	12	+9	9
4	Turkey	5	1	0	1	3	15	23	−8	4
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	7	15	−8	3
6	Romania (H, R)	5	0	1	0	4	15	27	−12	2	Relegation to 2020 Division II B Q

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

1 April 2019 13:00

New Zealand

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 25

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Mai Mizuhori
	0–1 16:17 – () (PP) 0–2 29:31 – 0–3 49:36 – Hsu Ti. () (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	32

1 April 2019 16:30

Croatia

3–6 (2–3, 0–0, 1–3)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 35

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Julia Johansson Julia Mannlein
	(PP) – 03:59 1–0 () – 05:48 2–0 2–1 10:18 – (, ) (PP) 2–2 11:29 – Baktıroğlu () 2–3 12:38 – Baktıroğlu () Širanović (, ) – 45:43 3–3 3–4 49:25 – Taygar 3–5 56:06 – (Baktıroğlu) 3–6 59:59 – Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	47

1 April 2019 20:00

Iceland

9–5 (3–1, 3–2, 3–2)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Anastasiia Kurashova
	() – 00:14 1–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 02:29 2–0 (, ) – 03:11 3–0 3–1 04:52 – () (PP) 3–2 23:47 – () Ingadóttir (SH) – 28:29 4–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 31:22 5–2 5–3 33:15 – Oprea () Ingadóttir (Leifsdóttir, ) – 33:51 6–3 (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 40:12 7–3 Kjartansdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 43:52 8–3 8–4 44:23 – Balló (, Voicu) 8–5 50:37 – Oprea () Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 53:15 9–5
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	16

2 April 2019 13:00

Chinese Taipei

5–3 (1–0, 1–1, 3–2)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 20

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Julia Johansson Anastasiia Kurashova
	) – 08:25 1–0 1–1 24:08 – () – 26:30 2–1 Yeh – 41:07 3–1 (, ) – 43:45 4–1 4–2 48:32 – () (PP) 4–3 53:17 – Baktıroğlu () () – 54:24 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	20

2 April 2019 16:30

Iceland

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

New Zealand

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
		Goalies	Grace Harrison	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Mai Mizuhori
	() – 00:33 1–0 1–1 19:54 – (Shields, ) (PP) 1–2 58:32 – Horner-Pascoe (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	25

2 April 2019 20:00

Romania

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Julia Mannlein
	0–1 02:29 – () (PP) 0–2 14:14 – Širanović () (SH) (PP) – 51:07 1–2 1–3 59:36 – Širanović (SH, EN)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	30

4 April 2019 13:00

Iceland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Julia Johansson
	(PP2) – 31:56 1–0 () – 47:30 2–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir () – 58:33 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	14

4 April 2019 16:30

New Zealand

4–2 (0–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Grace Harrison	Goalies		Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Bente Owren
	0–1 08:44 – () Shields () – 24:53 1–1 Horner-Pascoe – 32:37 2–1 Shields () – 34:42 3–1 Shattock (, ) – 37:41 4–1 4–2 42:09 – ()
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	23

4 April 2019 20:00

Chinese Taipei

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Julia Mannlein
	0–1 06:08 – (, ) 0–2 10:35 – Voicu (Balló, ) (, ) (PP) – 12:19 1–2 1–3 21:33 – Voicu (Balló) Liu C. (PP) – 22:25 2–3 (Hsu Ti., ) (PP) – 48:39 3–3 (Yeh) (PP) – 54:14 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	16

5 April 2019 13:00

Turkey

0–6 (0–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Iceland

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Julia Johansson Mai Mizuhori
	0–1 05:50 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 33:10 – () (PP) 0–3 34:54 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (, Gardarsdóttir) 0–4 42:21 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (, Gardarsdóttir) (PP2) 0–5 45:58 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) 0–6 59:02 – (Karvelsdóttir)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	39

5 April 2019 16:30

Croatia

0–3 (0–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Chinese Taipei

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 35

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Bente Owren
	0–1 04:19 – () 0–2 04:44 – (Hsieh) 0–3 25:29 – (EA)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	30

5 April 2019 20:00

Romania

1–7 (0–2, 0–2, 1–3)

New Zealand

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 07:00 – Shields () 0–2 15:42 – Horner-Pascoe (Shields, Murray) 0–3 26:02 – Shields () (PP) 0–4 38:31 – Horner-Pascoe () – 44:17 1–4 1–5 44:39 – Woodyear-Smith (Horner-Pascoe) 1–6 55:20 – Murray (Horner-Pascoe) 1–7 59:40 – Woodyear-Smith
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	50

7 April 2019 13:00

New Zealand

5–1 (0–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 20

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Mai Mizuhori
	(, ) (SH) – 28:42 1–0 () – 30:50 2–0 (Gerken) – 42:45 3–0 () – 43:45 4–0 4–1 48:06 – (Murray, Horner-Pascoe) – 51:54 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	42	Shots	21

7 April 2019 16:30

Chinese Taipei

5–2 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Iceland

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 50

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Bente Owren
	() – 14:33 1–0 1–1 29:59 – () () – 30:27 2–1 – 39:08 3–1 3–2 50:06 – (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Su. Björgvinsdóttir) Yeh – 51:43 4–2 Tao () – 51:56 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	38

7 April 2019 20:00

Turkey

4–5 OT (3–1, 0–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Julia Johansson Anne-Ruth Kuonen
	() (PP) – 04:19 1–0 1–1 13:21 – () Baktıroğlu – 14:17 2–1 (Baktıroğlu) – 18:16 3–1 3–2 20:59 – () 3–3 22:16 – 3–4 47:35 – Voicu (Balló) D. Lökbaş – 49:32 4–4 4–5 62:57 – (Voicu) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	26

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
	5	8	5	13	+5	0	F
	5	6	6	12	+6	2	F
	5	8	3	11	+3	0	F
	5	2	9	11	+6	4	F
	5	7	1	8	+9	4	F
	5	6	2	8	−1	26	F
	5	3	5	8	0	0	F
Hannah Shields	5	4	3	7	+7	2	F
	5	3	4	7	+9	0	F
	5	3	3	6	+6	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
	166:53	2	0.72	85	97.65	1
	160:00	4	1.50	66	93.94	0
Grace Harrison	138:24	4	1.73	64	93.75	0
	300:00	18	3.60	193	90.67	0
	238:45	12	3.02	101	88.12	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

Group B Qualification tournament[]

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	13–18 January
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	84 (8.4 per match)
Attendance	1,500 (150 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(13 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 5th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Ukraine	First time participating in the tournament.

Match officials[]

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

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine (P)	4	4	0	0	0	17	5	+12	12	Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	24	7	+17	9
3	South Africa (H)	4	2	0	0	2	21	17	+4	6
4	Hong Kong	4	0	1	0	3	11	29	−18	2
5	Bulgaria	4	0	0	1	3	11	26	−15	1

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 January 2019 14:00

Hong Kong

1–8 (1–3, 0–4, 0–1)

Belgium

, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Caroline Butt Tsang Yin
	(SH) – 02:52 1–0 1–1 04:13 – () 1–2 07:38 – () 1–3 13:32 – Jenaer () 1–4 20:21 – (Jenaer, Bosmans) 1–5 25:55 – () 1–6 31:32 – (Bosmans) (PP) 1–7 35:21 – Jenaer (De Guchtenaere) 1–8 54:55 – (De Guchtenaere, )
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	14	Shots	50

13 January 2019 19:00

Ukraine

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

South Africa

, Cape Town Attendance: 400

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		Goalies		Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sueva Torribio
	(, ) – 12:48 1–0 1–1 19:18 – (, ) (PP2) Skashchuk (Riabkina) (PP) – 24:28 2–1 Tsymyrenko (, Skashchuk) – 32:57 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	15

14 January 2019 18:00

Bulgaria

1–5 (0–3, 0–0, 1–2)

Ukraine

, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Michaela Hryzáková Sueva Torribio
	0–1 10:08 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 12:46 – (, ) 0–3 14:29 – Tkachuk (Riabkina) (, ) – 41:11 1–3 1–4 51:05 – Tkachuk (Riabkina, Dobrovolska) (PP) 1–5 51:05 –
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	40

15 January 2019 14:00

Belgium

6–0 (4–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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		Goalies		Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Tsang Yin
	(, ) (PP) – 05:07 1–0 (SH) – 13:16 2–0 Jenaer (De Guchtenaere, Bosmans) – 18:35 3–0 () – 19:38 4–0 Boon () – 47:37 5–0 De Guchtenaere (PP) – 59:43 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	9

15 January 2019 18:00

South Africa

10–1 (4–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

, Cape Town Attendance: 200

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		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Caroline Butt Michaela Hryzáková
	(PP) – 03:28 1–0 () – 04:12 2–0 (Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 05:41 3–0 3–1 06:46 – () (SH) Rhode (Van Doesburgh, ) – 14:00 4–1 Van Doesburgh (, ) – 31:05 5–1 Brankin (SH) – 32:44 6–1 Rhode – 35:40 7–1 Rhode () – 41:33 8–1 Rhode (, ) (PP) – 49:32 9–1 Van Doesburgh (Schuurman) (PP) – 51:02 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	11

16 January 2019 18:00

Ukraine

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Belgium

, Cape Town Attendance: 100

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		Goalies		Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Caroline Butt Sueva Torribio
	() (PP) – 12:17 1–0 () – 15:14 2–0 2–1 30:53 – () Tkachuk (Hadliia) – 33:18 3–1 Skashchuk – 42:52 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	16

17 January 2019 14:00

Hong Kong

2–5 (1–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Ukraine

, Cape Town Attendance: 30

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		Goalies		Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Michaela Hryzáková Tsang Yin
	0–1 01:54 – () 0–2 17:30 – (, ) – 18:26 1–2 (Ip) (PP) – 28:19 2–2 2–3 28:38 – Riabkina (, ) 2–4 30:59 – (, ) 2–5 35:51 – (Riabkina, Vansovych)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	33

17 January 2019 18:00

South Africa

8–4 (3–1, 1–2, 4–1)

Bulgaria

, Cape Town Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sueva Torribio
	() (PP) – 01:52 1–0 Van Doesburgh (, ) – 03:27 2–0 2–1 06:50 – () Schuurman – 19:24 3–1 3–2 24:39 – Metanova () Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 36:00 4–2 4–3 36:49 – Metanova 4–4 44:21 – Metanova (Rhode) (PP) – 49:35 5–4 (Van Doesburgh, Rhode) (PP) – 53:28 6–4 Verwey – 59:08 7–4 Rhode (Gruber, Keuler) – 59:42 8–4
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	50	Shots	17

18 January 2019 14:00

Bulgaria

6–7 OT (1–3, 2–0, 3–3) (OT: 0–1)

Hong Kong

, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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		Goalies		Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Tsang Yin
	0–1 00:50 – () 0–2 09:39 – Li () (, ) – 11:00 1–2 1–3 11:52 – Li (Ip) (PP) – 29:15 2–3 Metanova (Zareva, Popova) – 37:06 3–3 3–4 40:56 – Ip (SH) 3–5 47:43 – Ip (Li) (PP) 3–6 49:16 – Li () (PP) () (PP) – 52:21 4–6 Metanova (PP) – 56:08 5–6 Metanova (Zareva) – 57:56 6–6 6–7 60:25 – Kwok () (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	25

18 January 2019 18:00

Belgium

9–2 (3–0, 3–1, 3–1)

South Africa

, Cape Town Attendance: 400

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Caroline Butt Michaela Hryzáková
	(, ) – 10:46 1–0 () (PP) – 12:58 2–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Jenaer) (PP) – 16:17 3–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Jenaer) – 28:19 4–0 Bosmans (Jenaer, De Guchtenaere) – 31:23 5–0 5–1 31:58 – (, ) (PP) Jenaer (, ) – 36:07 6–1 6–2 43:27 – (PP) Jenaer (Bosmans) – 47:08 7–2 () – 55:43 8–2 (, Boon) (PP) – 59:01 9–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	13

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	8	5	13	+11	2	F
	4	7	5	12	−2	10	F
	4	6	5	11	+2	2	D
	4	4	7	11	+10	4	F
	4	2	8	10	+9	16	F
	4	7	2	9	+1	8	F
	4	5	3	8	+2	2	F
	4	2	6	8	+6	4	F
	4	4	3	7	0	0	D
	4	4	3	7	+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
	232:15	5	1.29	60	91.67	0
	240:00	7	1.75	69	89.86	1
	130:24	14	6.44	94	85.11	0
	162:58	10	3.48	66	84.85	0
	109:16	12	6.59	72	83.33	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[]

• Group A website
• Group B website
• Qualification website