The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.
Venues Division I Group A Division I Group BRouenBeijing Île LacroixCapacity: 2,747 Capital Indoor StadiumCapacity: 18,000
Division I Group A
The Division I Group A tournament was played in Rouen, France, from 12 to 18 April 2015.2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationLost Top Division playoff last year.Placed 2nd in Division I A last year.Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.Hosts; placed 4th in Division I A last year.Placed 5th in Division I A last year.Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.
Match officials 4 Referees and 8 linesman were selected for the tournament.
Referees Zuzana Findurová Lisa Grison Michaela Kiefer Melissa Szkola
Linesman Anne Boniface Charlotte Girard Mirjam Gruber Daniela Kiefer Anne-Ruth Kuonen Justine Todd Sueva Torribio Jenni Visala
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Klára Peslarová Best Defenseman: Aneta Tejralová Best Forward: Anna Meixner Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Anna Meixner 5 8 3 11 +9 2 F Eva Beiter 5 7 3 10 +10 2 F Denise Altmann 5 2 7 9 +8 4 F Victoria Hummel 5 3 5 8 +8 2 F Marion Allemoz 5 4 3 7 −1 2 F Alena Polenská 5 4 3 7 +6 0 F Kateřina Mrázová 5 3 4 7 +5 2 F Emmanuelle Passard 5 3 4 7 0 0 F Madelen Haug-Hansen 5 4 2 6 +2 2 F Tereza Vanišová 5 4 2 6 +4 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 Klára Peslarová 240:00 2 0.50 43 95.35 2 Caroline Baldin 201:16 9 2.68 98 90.82 1 Evija Tētiņa 277:53 23 4.97 221 89.59 0 Paula Marchhart 240:00 10 2.50 94 89.36 0 Toini Nilsen 181:38 9 2.97 76 88.16 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 I Group B
The Division I Group B tournament was played in Beijing, China, from 6 to 12 April 2015.2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.Hosts; placed 2nd in Division I B last year.Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.Placed 4th in Division I B last year.Placed 5th in Division I B last year.Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 Referees and 7 linesman were selected for the tournament.
Referees Henna Åberg Katja Bandlofsky Brandy Dewar Samantha Hiller
Linesman Tanja Cadonau Michela Frattarelli Tomomi Kaneko Stina Nilsson Sang Hong Gabriela Šťastná Harriet Weegh
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Time in China – UTC+8).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Claudia van Leeuwen Best Defenseman: Franciska Kiss-Simon Best Forward: Zhang Mengying Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Zhang Mengying 5 7 2 9 +3 2 F Yu Baiwei 5 3 6 9 +2 4 D Sun Rui 5 4 4 8 +3 4 F Nikola Gápová 5 4 3 7 +2 4 F Mieneke de Jong 5 3 3 6 +2 14 F Mária Herichová 5 3 3 6 +2 4 F Beatrix Larger 5 4 1 5 0 2 F Lívia Lúčová 5 2 3 5 +1 4 F Savine Wielenga 5 2 3 5 +1 0 F Valentina Bettarini 5 1 4 5 0 4 D Qi Xueting 5 1 4 5 0 0 D Lenka Sroková 5 1 4 5 +3 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 Claudia van Leeuwen 283:27 4 0.85 132 96.97 2 Monika Kvaková 125:00 3 1.44 42 92.86 1 Romana Kiapešová 180:00 5 1.67 64 92.19 1 Anikó Németh 297:56 12 2.42 136 91.18 0 Shi Yao 276:20 14 3.04 148 90.54 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 Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info