The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was played in Kamloops, Canada, from 28 March to 4 April 2016.2016 IIHF Women's World Championship official website2016 IIHF Women's World Championship at www.iihf.com2016 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics Venues included the Sandman Centre, and the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.
Two-time defending champions, the United States, securing their third consecutive and seventh title overall, after defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1–0 in overtime. Russia won the bronze medal by defeating Finland in a shootout.
Venues Kamloops Sandman CentreCapacity: 5,464 McArthur Island Sport and Event CentreCapacity: 1,000
Participating teams
Group A
– Hosts
Group B
– Promoted from 2015 Division I Group A
Match officials 10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melanie Bordeleau Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova Jerilyn Glenn Gabriella Gran Nicole Hertrich Aina Hove Jamie Huntley Miyuki Nakayama
Linesmen Bettina Angerer Michaela Frattarelli Charlotte Girard Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson Ilona Novotná Nataša Pagon Vanessa Stratton Johanna Tauriainen
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 16 September 2015.
All times are local (Pacific Time Zone – UTC−7).
Group A
Group B
Relegation round The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 Relegated to the 2017 Division I A
Statistics and awards Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Hilary Knight 5 7 2 9 +8 0 F Christine Meier 5 4 5 9 +5 0 F Jocelyne Lamoureux 5 3 5 8 +8 2 F Lara Stalder 5 3 5 8 +5 12 F Rebecca Johnston 5 2 5 7 +3 0 F Monique Lamoureux 5 2 5 7 +7 4 D Natalie Spooner 5 3 3 6 +3 2 F Jenn Wakefield 5 3 3 6 +3 4 F Brianna Decker 5 2 4 6 +5 2 F Marie-Philip Poulin 5 2 4 6 +4 6 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 Alex Rigsby 192:30 1 0.31 72 98.61 2 Emerance Maschmeyer 191:23 4 1.25 90 95.56 0 Florence Schelling 303:49 8 1.58 117 93.16 1 Sara Grahn 301:52 8 1.59 101 92.08 1 Meeri Räisänen 346:07 14 2.43 176 92.05 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
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Emerance Maschmeyer Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski Best Forward: Hilary Knight Source: IIHF.com
All-star team Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen Defence: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski Forwards: Hilary Knight, Rebecca Johnston, Christine Meier MVP: Hilary Knight Source: IIHF.com
References
External links Official website of IIHF