2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Spain  Iceland
Dates	29 March – 4 April (cancelled) 23–29 February
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2019 2021 (cancelled) →

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament would have been held in Granada, Spain from 29 March to 4 April and the Group B tournament was held in Akureyri, Iceland from 23 to 29 February 2020.^[1]

On 2 March 2020, the Group A tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Australia won the Group B tournament and were originally promoted, while Ukraine were relegated.^[3] However, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Group A tournament[]

2020 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	29 March – 4 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and was relegated.
Great Britain	Placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
Spain	Host, placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.
Mexico	Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.
North Korea	Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[4]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to 2021 Division I A
2	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Spain (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to 2021 Division II B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

29 March 2020 13:00

Chinese Taipei

Cancelled

Mexico

, Jaca

29 March 2020 16:30

Great Britain

Cancelled

North Korea

, Jaca

29 March 2020 20:00

Spain

Cancelled

Latvia

, Jaca

30 March 2020 13:00

North Korea

Cancelled

Chinese Taipei

, Jaca

30 March 2020 16:30

Latvia

Cancelled

Mexico

, Jaca

30 March 2020 20:00

Great Britain

Cancelled

Spain

, Jaca

1 April 2020 13:00

Latvia

Cancelled

North Korea

, Jaca

1 April 2020 16:30

Great Britain

Cancelled

Chinese Taipei

, Jaca

1 April 2020 20:00

Spain

Cancelled

Mexico

, Jaca

3 April 2020 13:00

Mexico

Cancelled

Great Britain

, Jaca

3 April 2020 16:30

Chinese Taipei

Cancelled

Latvia

, Jaca

3 April 2020 20:00

North Korea

Cancelled

Spain

, Jaca

4 April 2020 13:00

Latvia

Cancelled

Great Britain

, Jaca

4 April 2020 16:30

Mexico

Cancelled

North Korea

, Jaca

4 April 2020 20:00

Spain

Cancelled

Chinese Taipei

, Jaca

Group B tournament[]

2020 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Dates	23–29 February
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	106 (7.07 per match)
Attendance	1,957 (130 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(13 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A previous year and was relegated.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.
Iceland	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B previous year.
Turkey	Placed 4th in Division II B previous year.
Croatia	Placed 5th in Division II B previous year.
Ukraine	Placed 1st in Division II B Q previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and eight linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[5]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	0	39	4	+35	15
2	Iceland (H)	5	4	0	0	1	25	7	+18	12
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	20	16	+4	9
4	Turkey	5	1	1	0	3	10	14	−4	5
5	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	5	39	−34	2[a]
6	Ukraine (R)	5	0	0	2	3	7	26	−19	2[a]	Relegation to 2021 Division III

Results[]

All times are local (UTC±0).

23 February 2020 13:00

Ukraine

2–3 OT (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Turkey

, Akureyri Attendance: 20

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Faye Andrews
	0–1 03:50 – () 0–2 15:17 – () (SH) – 21:03 1–2 (PP2) – 36:19 2–2 2–3 62:33 – (Uygun)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	25

23 February 2020 16:30

New Zealand

11–1 (2–0, 5–0, 4–1)

Croatia

, Akureyri Attendance: 17

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Klaudia Chrapek Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	(, ) – 07:14 1–0 Shields () – 09:57 2–0 (Shields) – 24:20 3–0 Gregory (Kivell) – 25:14 4–0 Horner-Pascoe (C. Heale) – 30:56 5–0 C. Heale (Shields) – 34:18 6–0 (Gregory) – 39:53 7–0 Gregory (Shields) – 41:07 8–0 Murray () – 42:17 9–0 9–1 42:36 – () Shields (C. Heale, Horner-Pascoe) – 45:52 10–1 Murray () – 48:29 11–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	10

23 February 2020 20:00

Iceland

1–6 (0–4, 1–2, 0–0)

Australia

, Akureyri Attendance: 317

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Baiba Dzene Eva Mária Moleková
	0–1 03:45 – (, ) 0–2 12:24 – (Moore) (PP) 0–3 14:13 – () 0–4 19:25 – Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris) 0–5 20:40 – Green () 0–6 22:13 – Ayris (, ) – 38:37 1–6
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	31

24 February 2020 13:00

Croatia

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

Ukraine

, Akureyri Attendance: 15

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		Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Eva Mária Moleková Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir
	() (PP) – 14:30 1–0 1–1 24:11 –
	Smolec	Shootout
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	43

24 February 2020 16:30

Australia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Turkey

, Akureyri Attendance: 20

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Anina Egli
	(, ) (PP) – 14:40 1–0 1–1 21:18 – (, ) (PP) Clark-Crumpton (, ) – 30:20 2–1
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	20

24 February 2020 20:00

New Zealand

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Iceland

, Akureyri Attendance: 333

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Faye Andrews Klaudia Chrapek
	0–1 14:31 – () 0–2 15:09 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir () 0–3 27:18 – () (PP) () – 48:17 1–3 1–4 48:54 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	45

26 February 2020 13:00

Australia

15–0 (4–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Croatia

, Akureyri Attendance: 22

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		Goalies		Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Baiba Dzene Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir
	() – 02:59 1–0 () – 05:03 2–0 (Roberts, ) – 12:27 3–0 () – 14:55 4–0 Reynolds (Cochrane) – 24:43 5–0 () – 28:02 6–0 (Clark-Crumpton) – 30:46 7–0 Clark-Crumpton (Padjen) – 34:08 8–0 Aparicio (Morre, Cochrane) (PP) – 39:08 9–0 (Moore) (SH) – 45:20 10–0 Godfrey (Padjen, Harvey) (SH) – 45:32 11–0 Ayris (Tihema, Padjen) (PP) – 47:24 12–0 Clark-Crumpton (Green, Moore) (PP) – 50:19 13–0 Aparicio (Green, ) – 54:40 14–0 Moore (Badaoui) (PP) – 56:52 15–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	90	Shots	3

26 February 2020 16:30

New Zealand

5–3 (3–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Ukraine

, Akureyri Attendance: 20

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Anina Egli Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	() (PP) – 02:36 1–0 Kivell (, ) (PP) – 06:22 2–0 2–1 10:09 – (SH) Kivell (PP2) – 18:42 3–1 3–2 21:49 – () (PP) Kivell (Gregory) 35:25 4–2 4–3 41:27 – Chyzhova () Shields (Woodyear-Smith) 47:32 5–3
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	44	Shots	25

26 February 2020 20:00

Iceland

6–0 (3–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Turkey

, Akureyri Attendance: 370

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Klaudia Chrapek Eva Mária Moleková
	() – 06:13 1–0 (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 10:19 2–0 (, ) – 19:47 3–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir – 46:57 4–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir () – 53:36 5–0 Su. Björgvinsdóttir () – 56:27 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	9

27 February 2020 13:00

Ukraine

1–9 (0–2, 0–2, 1–5)

Australia

, Akureyri Attendance: 12

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Faye Andrews Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	0–1 07:08 – (Moore) 0–2 19:16 – Moore (, ) (PP) 0–3 37:13 – () 0–4 39:05 – Cochrane (Godfrey, ) 0–5 40:38 – Clark-Crumpton (, Farrier) 0–6 42:57 – Farrier (Ayris) 0–7 49:29 – Ayris (Farrier) 0–8 53:18 – Farrier (Clark-Crumpton) () – 53:52 1–8 1–9 55:27 – Godfrey (Farrier, Ayris) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	9	Shots	45

27 February 2020 16:30

Turkey

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

New Zealand

, Akureyri Attendance: 17

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Anina Egli Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir
	0–1 30:45 – () () – 44:24 1–1 1–2 47:54 – (, )
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	30

27 February 2020 20:00

Croatia

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Iceland

, Akureyri Attendance: 320

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		Goalies		Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Baiba Dzene
	0–1 16:33 – () (PP) 0–2 23:22 – () 0–3 25:06 – (, ) 0–4 37:05 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP) 0–5 41:41 – Shantz-Smiley (, ) 0–6 51:05 – (Garðarsdóttir, Johannesdóttir) 0–7 52:09 – ()
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	5	Shots	66

29 February 2020 13:00

Turkey

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Croatia

, Akureyri Attendance: 12

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Klaudia Chrapek Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	() – 08:33 1–0 1–1 09:38 – (, ) 1–2 27:52 – Kadijević () Demirkol () – 36:52 2–2 () – 37:25 3–2 () (SH) – 52:29 4–2 Taygar () (SH, EN) – 58:27 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	33

29 February 2020 16:30

Australia

7–1 (1–1, 2–0, 4–0)

New Zealand

, Akureyri Attendance: 42

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Anina Egli Eva Mária Moleková
	0–1 02:44 – () (SH) – 04:23 1–1 – 22:09 2–1 () – 27:15 3–1 Godfrey () – 41:12 4–1 Tihema (Godfrey, Moore) – 45:04 5–1 Farrier – 47:55 6–1 Godfrey () – 55:11 7–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	24

29 February 2020 20:00

Iceland

7–0 (0–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Ukraine

, Akureyri Attendance: 420

showGame reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Faye Andrews
	() – 21:18 1–0 (, ) – 27:03 2–0 (Kjartansdóttir, ) – 32:54 3–0 () – 33:37 4–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 34:59 5–0 (Kjartansdóttir, Gardarsdóttir) (PP) – 41:27 6–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 58:43 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	10

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Award[6]	Player
Best Goalkeeper
Best Defenceman
Best Forward

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	8	5	13	+11	2	F
	5	9	2	11	+10	4	F
	5	4	7	11	+12	4	F
	5	4	6	11	+13	4	D
	5	6	3	9	+13	0	F
	5	5	4	9	+11	6	F
	5	5	3	8	0	0	F
Georgia Moore	5	2	6	8	+11	0	D
	5	4	3	7	+3	6	F
	5	3	4	7	+3	12	F
	5	3	4	7	0	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
	180:00	3	1.00	67	95.52	0
	189:17	3	0.95	49	93.88	1
	299:50	14	2.80	181	92.27	0
	120:00	1	0.50	12	91.67	1
	167:55	11	3.93	123	91.06	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

References[]

External links[]

• Group A website
• Group B website