2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

This article is about the Top Division championship. For all three division championships, see 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.

The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 16th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2016 competition. Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds Ishall.

2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	28 March – 4 April 2015
Officially opened by	Carl XVI Gustaf
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	115 (5.75 per game)
Attendance	15,522 (776 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Hilary Knight (12 points)
MVP	Hilary Knight^[1]
← 2013 (Top Division) ← 2014 (Div. I & II) 2016 →

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their sixth title.^[2] Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.^[3]

Teams

The tournament was contested between eight teams from 28 March to 4 April 2015 in Malmö, Sweden.^[4]

Group A   United States   Canada   Russia   Finland

Group B   Germany   Switzerland   Sweden   Japan

Venues

Malmö	Malmö
Malmö Isstadion Capacity: 5,750	Rosengårds Ishall

Format

The preliminary round was divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advanced directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B played a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B played a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.

Match officials

10 Referees and 9 linesman were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Referees   Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie   Anna Eskola   Kaisa Ketonen   Marie Picavet   Nicole Hertrich   Gabriella Gran   Katarina Timglas   Drahomira Fialova   Katie Guay   Jamie Huntley

Linesman   Bettia Angerer   Stephanie Gagnon   Ilona Novotná   Kaire Leet   Jenni Heikkinen   Lisa Linnek   Anna Nygard   Veronica Johansson   Kate Connolly

Rosters

Main article: 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 10 September 2014.^[6]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	17	5	+12	9	Advance to semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	12	6	+6	6
3	Finland	3	0	1	0	2	6	12	−6	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Russia	3	0	0	1	2	4	16	−12	1

Source: IIHF

28 March 2015 16:00

United States

4–2 (3–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Canada

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,724

Game reference
	Jessica Vetter	Goalies	Geneviève Lacasse	Referees:   Drahomira Fialova   Marie Picavet Linesmen:   Jenni Heikkinen   Ilona Novotná
	Lamoureux (Picard, Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP2) – 04:04 1–0 1–1 07:23 – Jenner (Spooner, Wakefield) Bellamy (PP) – 11:45 2–1 Coyne (Bellamy, Schleper) (PP) – 18:29 3–1 3–2 20:57 – Wakefield (Spooner, Jenner) Knight (Coyne, Decker) – 46:29 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	11

28 March 2015 20:00

Finland

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

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 329

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Valeria Tarakanova	Referees:   Nicole Hertrich   Katarina Timglas Linesmen:   Kate Connolly   Lisa Linnek
	0–1 23:31 – Pavlova (Gavrilova, Sosina) (PP) Kilponen (Valila) – 24:31 1–1 1–2 34:25 – Sosina Lindstedt (Karvinen, Tapani) – 37:29 2–2
	Hiirikoski   Tuominen   Karvinen   Tuominen	Shootout	Belyakova   Gavrilova   Kadirova   Sosina
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	15

29 March 2015 16:00

Canada

4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 363

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Yulia Leskina Maria Sorokina	Referees:   Jamie Huntley   Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen:   Kaire Leet   Anna Nygard
	Ouellette (Krzyzaniak, Birchard) – 01:05 1–0 Fortino (Poulin, Johnston) – 07:17 2–0 Birchard – 19:59 3–0 Poulin (Ouellette, Johnston) – 32:25 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	19

29 March 2015 20:00

United States

4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 312

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby Molly Schaus	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen	Referees:   Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie   Gabriella Gran Linesmen:   Bettia Angerer   Veronica Johansson
	0–1 10:01 – Tapani (Valila) Knight (Decker) – 10:29 1–1 Knight (Decker) (PP) – 18:12 2–1 Coyne (Decker, Knight) – 21:16 3–1 Brandt (Keller) (SH) – 36:18 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	12

31 March 2015 12:00

Russia

2–9 (0–1, 2–4, 0–4)

United States

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 349

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina Valeria Tarakanova	Goalies	Molly Schaus	Referees:   Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie   Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen:   Stephanie Gagnon   Veronica Johansson
	0–1 11:03 – Lamoureux (Schleper, Duggan) 0–2 22:58 – Knight (Decker, Stecklein) 0–3 25:31 – Duggan (Carpenter) Sosina (Shukina, Goncharenko) – 26:57 1–3 Belyakova (Gavrilova) – 29:01 2–3 2–4 37:59 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP) 2–5 39:15 – Brandt (Skarupa) 2–6 44:16 – Lamoureux (Schleper) (PP) 2–7 47:55 – Carpenter (Lamoureux, Stecklein) 2–8 53:10 – Decker (Knight) 2–9 57:35 – Knight (Keller) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	5	Shots	49

31 March 2015 16:00

Canada

6–2 (2–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 298

Game reference
	Geneviève Lacasse	Goalies	Eveliina Suonpää	Referees:   Gabriella Gran   Katie Guay Linesmen:   Lisa Linnek   Anna Nygard
	Lacquette (Johnston, Poulin) (PP) – 08:56 1–0 Spooner (Wakefield) – 11:08 2–0 2–1 12:32 – Hiirikoski (Valila, Tuominen) (PP) Wakefield (Spooner) – 36:36 3–1 Birchard (Clark) – 37:13 4–1 Clark (Saulnier) – 54:10 5–1 5–2 54:17 – Hiirikoski (Valila) Spooner (Birchard, Wakefield) (PP) – 57:17 6–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	17

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	0	10	6	+4	7	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Japan	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5	Advance to relegation round
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

28 March 2015 12:00

Sweden

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

Japan

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,943

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees:   Anna Eskola   Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen:   Bettia Angerer   Kaire Leet
	Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) – 04:30 1–0 1–1 18:50 – Shishiuchi (Yoneyama) Grahm (Andersson) (PP) – 29:36 2–1 2–2 44:59 – Nakamura (Aoki, Ukita) (PP) 2–3 46:32 – Osawa (Iwahara, A. Toko) Grahm (Nordin, Borgqvist) (PP) – 49:39 3–3
	Winberg   Johansson	Shootout	Kubo   Ukita   Osawa
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	20

28 March 2015 14:00

Germany

2–5 (0–1, 1–1, 1–3)

Switzerland

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 129

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees:   Gabriella Gran   Jamie Huntley Linesmen:   Veronica Johansson   Anna Nygard
	0–1 15:26 – S. Marty (N. Waidacher) Fiegert (Karpf, Seitz) – 29:36 1–1 1–2 38:28 – J. Marty (Stalder, S. Marty) (PP) 1–3 42:16 – Staenz (PP) 1–4 50:10 – S. Marty (Stalder, Staenz) (PP) Lanzl (Spielberger) (EA) – 57:23 2–4 2–5 59:34 – Stalder (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	24

29 March 2015 12:00

Switzerland

2–3 (0–2, 0–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 2,372

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees:   Katie Guay   Marie Picavet Linesmen:   Stephanie Gagnon   Lisa Linnek
	0–1 06:24 – Grahm (Borgqvist) 0–2 18:07 – Andersson (Löwenhielm) (PP) 0–3 46:56 – Johansson (Wester) Staenz (J. Marty) (PP2, EA) – 57:55 1–3 Staenz (S. Marty, J. Marty) (PP, EA) – 59:58 2–3
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	21

29 March 2015 14:00

Japan

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 108

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees:   Drahomira Fialova   Katarina Timglas Linesmen:   Kate Connolly   Jenni Heikkinen
	Adachi (Hirano) – 05:27 1–0 Yoneyama (Osawa) (ENG) – 58:35 2–0
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	25

31 March 2015 14:00

Switzerland

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees:   Nicole Hertrich   Katarina Timglas Linesmen:   Bettia Angerer   Kate Connolly
	Müller (Abgottspon, Stiefel) – 13:59 1–0 Stiefel (Stalder) – 30:03 2–0 Staenz (ENG) – 59:15 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	36

31 March 2015 20:00

Germany

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,274

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees:   Anna Eskola   Marie Picavet Linesmen:   Kaire Leet   Ilona Novotná
	0–1 00:51 – Borgqvist (Nordin) 0–2 32:50 – Borgqvist (Bäcklin, Andersson) (PP2) 0–3 39:16 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin) 0–4 55:10 – Borgqvist
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	45

Relegation series

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

1 April 2015 18:00

Japan

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT 1–0)

Germany

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 83

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees:   Drahomira Fialova   Gabriella Gran Linesmen:   Bettia Angerer   Stephanie Gagnon
	0–1 07:52 – Delabre (T. Eisenschmid, Fiegert) (PP) 0–2 25:23 – Delabre Ukita (PP) – 39:20 1–2 Kubo (Hirano, A. Toko) – 43:30 2–2 Yoneyama (A. Toko, Koike) (PP) – 69:01 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	22

3 April 2015 14:00

Germany

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

Japan

Rosengårds Ishall, Malmö Attendance: 109

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees:   Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie   Anna Eskola Linesmen:   Veronica Johansson   Anna Nygard
	0–1 04:01 – Nakamura (Suzuki, Ukita) (PP) Fiegert (T. Eisenschmid, Delarbre) (PP) – 34:42 1–1 1–2 62:31 – Aoki (Ukita) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	19

Final round

 

Finland - Russia

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

13

A4

Russia

2

A4

Russia

1

B1

Sweden

1

A1

United States

7

A2

Canada

5

A2

Canada

3

A3

Finland

3

A3

Finland

0

B2

Switzerland

0

Third place

A4

Russia

1

A3

Finland

4

Quarterfinals

1 April 2015 16:00

Finland

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 322

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees:   Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie   Jamie Huntley Linesmen:   Veronica Johansson   Kaire Leet
	Karvinen (Tuominen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 13:47 1–0 Välimäki (Tapani, Nuutinen) (PP) – 50:26 2–0 Lindstedt (Karvinen, Nieminen) (ENG) – 56:49 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	15

1 April 2015 20:00

Russia

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,714

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees:   Katie Guay   Nicole Hertrich Linesmen:   Jenni Heikkinen   Ilona Novotná
	0–1 38:48 – Borgqvist (Grahm, Nordin) Sosina (Gavrilova, Goncharenko) – 45:30 1–1 Sosina (Pavlova, Gavrilova) – 54:34 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	25

Semifinals

3 April 2015 12:00

United States

13–1 (4–1, 6–0, 3–0)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 426

Game reference
	Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Yulia Leskina Valeria Tarakanova	Referees:   Nicole Hertrich   Katarina Timglas Linesmen:   Stephanie Gagnon   Jenni Heikkinen
	0–1 00:44 – Gavrilova Decker (Knight, Stecklein) – 10:03 1–1 Decker (Coyne) (PP) – 14:14 2–1 Lamoureux-Kolls (Decker, Knight) – 14:32 3–1 Knight (Keller, Schleper) – 17:58 4–1 Trivigno (Stecklein, Pfalzer) (PP) – 23:40 5–1 Carpenter (Lamoureux-Kolls, Picard) – 23:49 6–1 Brandt (Skarupa) – 29:22 7–1 Skarupa (Cameranesi, Schleper) (PP) – 32:20 8–1 Lamoureux (Lamoureux-Kolls) – 34:26 9–1 Pfalzer – 39:05 10–1 Hickel – 48:56 11–1 Keller (Lamoureux) – 49:18 12–1 Decker (Coyne, Lamoureux-Kolls) – 54:03 13–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	50	Shots	8

3 April 2015 16:00

Canada

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Finland

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 584

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen	Referees:   Drahomira Fialova   Jamie Huntley Linesmen:   Kaire Leet   Ilona Novotná
	Poulin (PP) – 06:32 1–0 Spooner – 40:25 2–0 Spooner – 50:08 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	19

Bronze medal game

4 April 2015 12:00

Finland

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 448

Game reference
	Meeri Räisänen	Goalies	Maria Sorokina	Referees:   Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie   Jamie Huntley Linesmen:   Kaire Leet   Ilona Novotná
	Lindstedt (Karvinen) (PP) – 04:35 1–0 Karvinen (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 16:46 2–0 Välimäki (Rantamäki, Karvinen) – 35:39 3–0 3–1 51:48 – Burina (Shukina) Rantamäki (ENG) – 59:48 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	22

Gold medal game

4 April 2015 16:00

United States

7–5 (4–2, 1–3, 2–0)

Canada

Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,523

Game reference
	Jessica Vetter Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens Genevieve Lacasse	Referees:   Nicole Hertrich   Katarina Timglas Linesmen:   Jenni Heikkinen   Veronica Johansson
	Pankowski (Anderson, Trivigno) – 02:51 1–0 Knight (Lamoureux-Kolls) (PP) – 06:38 2–0 Keller (Duggan, Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:59 3–0 3–1 12:25 – Johnston (Jenner, Lacquette) (PP) Schleper (Lamoureux-Kolls, Cameranesi) – 17:08 4–1 4–2 17:47 – Poulin Skarupa (Brandt, Cameranesi) – 27:33 5–2 5–3 30:03 – Lacquette (Ouellette) 5–4 31:41 – Johnston (Poulin) 5–5 32:06 – Ouellette (Lacquette) Decker (Knight, Coyne) – 51:42 6–5 Coyne (PP) – 53:18 7–5
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	27

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

	United States
	Canada
	Finland
4	Russia
5	Sweden
6	Switzerland
7	Japan
8	Germany

Relegated to Division I A

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight	5	7	5	12	+8	6	F
Brianna Decker	5	5	6	11	+8	0	F
Anna Borgqvist	4	5	3	8	+6	2	F
Jocelyne Lamoureux	4	5	3	8	+3	2	F
Natalie Spooner	5	4	3	7	+6	6	F
Kendall Coyne	5	3	4	7	+8	0	F
Anne Schleper	4	1	6	7	+4	2	D
Monique Lamoureux	5	1	6	7	+7	2	D
Erika Grahm	4	4	2	6	+7	2	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	3	3	6	+4	2	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
Florence Schelling	236:13	7	1.78	118	94.07	1
Nana Fujimoto	315:32	8	1.52	128	93.75	1
Meeri Räisänen	301:27	10	1.99	148	93.24	1
Ann-Renée Desbiens	140:00	4	1.71	58	93.10	2
Ivonne Schröder	127:00	4	1.89	49	91.84	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

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender:   Nana Fujimoto
  • Best Defenceman:   Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Best Forward:   Hilary Knight

Source: IIHF.com

• All-star team^[1]
  • Goaltender:   Meeri Räisänen (FIN)
  • Defence:   Monique Lamoureux (USA),   Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
  • Forwards:   Brianna Decker (USA),   Hilary Knight (USA),   Natalie Spooner (CAN)

References

1. "Knight named MVP". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
2. "Living the American dream". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
3. "Finns finish off Russia". worldwomen2015.com. 4 April 2015.
4. "28 tournaments confirmed". iihfworlds2014.com. 2014-05-23.
5. Competition officials
6. "Derby opens Women's Worlds". worldwomen2015.com. 2014-09-10.

External links

• Official website