The 2018 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.

The Netherlands won the Division II Group A tournament and will play in Division I next year. Spain took home the top spot in the Division II Group B tournament and were promoted to Division II Group A for next year, while Croatia won the Division II Group B Qualification tournament.

Similar to last year, there are no relegations to lower divisions this year either.

Division II Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 31 March to 6 April 2018.2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A official website2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A statistics

Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division II A last year.Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.Placed 4th in Division II A last year.Hosts; placed 5th in Division II A last year.Placed 6th in Division II A last year.Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Div II A assignments

Referees Darja Abrosimova Kaylen Erchul Anniina Nurmi Ulrike Winklmayr

Linesmen Liv Andersson Jennifer Berezowski Zita Gebora Catherine Goutama Anastasiia Kurashova Milla Ronkainen Wang Hui

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: Pia Dukarič Best Defenseman: Kayleigh Hamers Best Forward: Pia Pren Source: IIHF.com

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Julie Zwarthoed 5 5 6 11 +13 2 F Pia Pren 5 2 9 11 +5 2 F Sara Confidenti 5 6 4 10 +5 4 F Savine Wielenga 5 4 6 10 +11 2 F Kim Hyang-mi 5 5 4 9 +5 0 F Kim Un-hyang 5 6 1 7 +6 4 F Kayleigh Hamers 5 3 4 7 +5 0 D Angela Taylor 5 4 2 6 +4 4 F Zoe Barbier 5 2 4 6 +10 0 F Jong Su-hyon 5 0 6 6 +5 2 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 Samantha Bolwell 120:00 1 0.50 36 97.22 1 Nadia Zijlstra 180:00 1 0.33 35 97.14 2 Pia Dukarič 299:45 15 3.00 221 93.21 1 Lisa Daams 120:00 2 1.00 23 91.30 1 Nicole Jackson 180:00 6 2.00 58 89.66 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 Valdemoro, Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2018.2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B official website2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B statistics

Participating teams Team QualificationHosts; placed 2nd in Division II B last year.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 6th in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification last year and were promoted.

Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Div II B assignments

Referees Sintija Čamāne Lisa Grison Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Liu Chunhua

Linesmen Bettina Angerer Alba Calero Jennifer Cameron Claudia de la Pompa Fu Zhennan Loise Larsen Linnea Sainio

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: Elena Álvarez Best Forward: Silvia Björgvinsdóttir Source: IIHF.com

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Caitlin Heale 5 7 8 15 +7 2 F Anjali Thakker 5 4 11 15 +6 2 F Yeh Hui-chen 5 11 3 14 +4 2 F Silvia Björgvinsdóttir 5 9 3 12 +4 4 F Hsu Ting-yu 5 3 8 11 +5 4 F Vega Muñoz 5 3 8 11 +8 2 F Sarah Shantz-Smiley 5 2 9 11 +2 4 F Çağla Baktıroğlu 5 6 4 10 0 4 F Betül Taygar 5 8 1 9 −8 6 F Flosrún Jóhannesdóttir 5 4 4 8 +1 2 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 Alba Gonzalo 255:04 4 0.94 87 95.40 0 Hsu Tzu-ting 221:23 11 2.98 118 90.68 0 Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 224:04 9 2.41 83 89.16 0 Lochlyn Hyde 295:42 20 4.06 164 87.80 0 Kübra Dadaşoğlu 275:47 27 5.87 201 86.57 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 4 to 9 December 2017.2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification official website2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification statistics

Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.Hosts; placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.Placed 5th in Division II B Qualification last year.Did not participate last year.

Match officials 3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Div II B Q assignments

Referees Olga Steinberg Maria Fuhrberg Michaela Matejova

Linesmen Yvonne Grascher Vitaliya Khamitsevich Julia Mannlein Tatiana Kasášová Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir

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 Ela Filipeć 4 6 10 16 +17 2 D Sonja Frere 4 4 4 8 +11 0 F Vesna Gurka 4 3 5 8 +11 2 F Dalene Rhode 4 6 1 7 +5 0 F Ana Širanović 4 3 4 7 +11 2 F Femke Bosmans 4 6 0 6 +7 0 F Martina Smolec 4 1 5 6 +8 2 D Tijana Delić 4 4 1 4 +8 0 F Axelle Franck 4 3 1 4 +4 0 F Cato Boon 4 2 2 4 +6 2 F Valerie Jenaer 4 2 2 4 +4 0 F Chloe Schuurman 4 2 2 4 0 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 Nina van Orshaegen 180:00 1 0.33 40 97.50 1 Petra Belobrk 218:12 2 0.55 57 96.49 2 Shaylene Swanepoel 180:00 8 2.67 56 85.71 0 Chau Nga-sze 240:00 33 8.25 176 81.25 0 Katrin Stankova 152:05 19 7.50 90 78.89 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