The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II consisted of three international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A, Division II B and Division II B Qualification represent the fourth, fifth and sixth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.
Venues Division II Group A Division II Group B Division II Group BQualificationBledJacaSofia Ledena dvorana BledCapacity: 5,000 Pabellón de HieloCapacity: 3,579 Winter Sports PalaceCapacity: 4,600
Division II Group A
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 2 to 8 April 2016.2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A official website2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.Placed 4th in Division II A last year.Placed 5th in Division II A last year.Hosts; placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIA officials
Referees Dina Allen Ainslie Gardner Tijana Haack Debby Hengst
Linesmen Magdaléna Čerhitová Fu Zhennan Jessica Lundgren Linnea Sainio Gabriela Šťastná Olga Steinberg Yuka Tochigi
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: Nicole Jackson Best Defenseman: Lee Kyou-sun Best Forward: Katarzyna Frąckowiak Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Karolina Późniewska 5 7 7 14 +10 2 F Magdaleną Czaplik 5 3 8 11 +10 2 F Katarzyna Frąckowiak 5 8 2 10 +9 6 F Leanne Ganney 5 5 5 10 +11 4 F Katie Henry 5 4 6 10 +11 6 F Saffron Allen 5 5 3 8 +8 4 F Choe Jong-hui 5 4 4 8 +5 6 F Kamila Wieczorek 5 2 6 8 +8 0 F Sophie Herbert 5 4 3 7 +9 6 F Pia Pren 5 4 3 7 –3 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 Nicole Jackson 271:02 3 0.66 125 97.60 2 Shin So-jung 239:48 3 0.75 76 96.05 2 Martyna Sass 299:05 9 1.81 135 93.33 1 Pia Dukarič 123:05 10 4.87 101 90.10 0 Ines Confidenti 176:55 17 5.77 131 87.02 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 II Group B
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 29 February to 6 March 2016.2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B official website2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II A and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B last year.Placed 4th in Division II B last year.Placed 5th in Division II B last year.*Placed 1st in Division II B qualification last year and were promoted. * Australia announced their intention to withdraw from competition in December, however have changed their plans with the tournament rescheduled for Spain.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIB officials
Referees Sintija Greiere Natascha Huizeling Zuzana Rimbalová Etsuko Wada
Linesmen Tatiana Kasášová Lee Kyung-sun Bente Owren İlksen Özdemir Tereza Štreitová Julia Tschirner Sinem Yalçındağ
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Awards and statistics
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Alba Gonzalo Best Defenseman: Vanesa Abrisqueta Best Forward: Alivia del Basso Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Alivia del Basso 5 8 11 19 +13 8 F Anjali Thakker 5 7 3 10 –4 2 F Flosrún Jóhannesdóttir 5 6 3 9 +7 4 F Shona Powell 5 5 4 9 +7 10 F Sunna Björgvinsdóttir 5 6 1 7 0 2 F Sharna Godfrey 5 3 4 7 +8 12 F Lucy Parrington 5 2 5 7 +10 4 F Silvia Björgvinsdóttir 5 5 1 6 +5 0 F Francia Hernández 5 3 3 6 +4 6 F Laura Danielsson Borrasca 5 2 4 6 0 2 F Daniela Gendron 5 2 4 6 +1 6 D 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 Alba Gonzalo 259:41 5 1.16 106 95.28 1 María Meza 251:24 6 1.43 109 94.78 0 Elise Väljaots 178:59 5 1.68 82 94.25 1 Michelle Coonan 185:00 5 1.62 39 88.64 0 Shelby Wood 196:53 26 7.92 127 83.01 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 II Group B Qualification
The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 7 to 10 December 2015.2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification official website2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in the Division II B Qualification last year.Placed 3rd in the Division II B Qualification last year.Hosts; placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.First participation since 2011.
Match officials 3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIBQ officials
Referees Elise Rasmussen Ramune Maleckienė Katarzyna Zygmunt
Linesmen Jana Gerkena Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Elizaveta Kolchina Oksana Shestakova Zuzana Svobodová
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
Statistics
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Ip Estelle Claudia 3 8 3 11 +2 4 F Wong Tsui Yi 3 5 5 10 +1 2 F Ana Voicu 3 7 2 9 +9 2 F Noémi Balló 3 4 4 8 +10 0 F Dalene Rhode 3 4 1 5 +2 2 F Chloe Schuurman 3 2 2 4 +4 2 F Mirela Zareva 3 2 2 4 –3 12 F Kong Cheryl Lauren 3 1 3 4 +1 6 F Amalia Koleva 3 3 0 3 –7 8 F Donne Oxenham 3 3 0 3 +1 2 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 Wong Ying Chi Virginia 94:25 3 1.91 36 91.67 0 Shaylene Swanepoel 121:44 5 2.46 47 89.36 0 Lee Jenny Kai-Chin 85:35 6 4.21 49 87.76 0 Vesela Krasteva 165:00 22 8.00 136 83.82 0 Beáta Antal 182:52 9 2.95 50 82.00 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