The 2016 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 BAalborgAsiago GigantiumCapacity: 5,000 Pala HodegartCapacity: 3,000

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Aalborg, Denmark, from 25 to 31 March 2016.2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A official website2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A statistics

Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 8th in Top Division last year and were relegated.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 were promoted.

Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IA assignments

Referees Henna Aberg Deana Cuglietta Katie Guay Yana Zueva

Linesmen Liv Andersson Magali Anex Marine Dinant Jamie Fenstermacher Amy Lack Trine Phillipsen Michaela Štefková

Final standings

Match results All times are local (until 26 March: Central European Time – UTC+1; from 28 March on: Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Caroline Baldin Best Defenseman: Josefine Hansen Best Forward: Laura Kluge Source: IIHF.com

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS 5 6 3 9 +4 2 F 5 5 4 9 +4 0 F 5 3 6 9 +3 0 F 5 3 3 6 –2 16 F 5 3 3 6 +3 2 F 5 4 1 5 +3 4 F 5 3 2 5 +4 4 F 5 3 2 5 +6 4 F 5 2 3 5 +9 2 F 5 2 3 5 –2 0 F 5 2 3 5 +4 2 F 5 2 3 5 +7 4 D 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 180:00 2 0.67 53 96.23 2 180:00 4 1.33 70 94.29 0 218:33 6 1.65 81 92.59 0 284:18 7 1.48 93 92.47 0 120:00 5 2.50 58 91.38 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

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 4 to 10 April 2016.2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B official website2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B statistics

Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.Placed 4th in Division I B last year.Hosts; 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 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB assignments

Referees Nikoleta Celárová Maija Kontturi Lacey Senuk Ramona Weiss

Linesmen Anina Egli Mirjam Gruber Michaela Kúdeľová Anne-Ruth Kuonen Joanna Pobożniak Jodi Price Svenja Strohmenger

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: Anikó Németh Best Defenseman: Bernadett Németh Best Forward: Alyona Fux Source: IIHF.com

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS 5 5 3 8 +4 0 F 5 3 5 8 +7 2 F 5 2 6 8 +1 2 F 5 7 0 7 0 2 F 5 4 3 7 +5 4 F 5 3 4 7 +4 4 F 5 4 2 6 –2 4 F 5 2 3 5 +1 10 F 5 2 3 5 –1 4 F 5 3 1 4 –2 0 F 5 3 1 4 +3 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 298:42 9 1.81 135 93.33 0 304:38 14 2.76 186 92.47 0 240:00 11 2.75 134 91.79 0 240:00 7 1.75 76 90.79 0 226:26 10 2.65 108 90.74 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