The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was scheduled to be two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, but only one tournament was played.
The Division II Group A tournament would have been played in Granada, Spain, from 29 March to 4 April 2020.Division II Group A official website On 2 March 2020, this tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Division II Group B tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 23 to 29 February 2020.Division II Group B official websiteDivision II Group B statistics
Australia won the Division II Group B tournament and were originally promoted, while Ukraine were relegated. However, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Division II Group A
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B previous year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and were promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.Assignments
Referees Linesmen Sini Kauhanen Agnese Kārkliņa Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Jestina Vichorek Marie-Pierre Jalbert Loise Lybak Larsen Wong Tsui Yi Yuka Tochigi Katja Mrak Alba Calero Erika Greenen
Standings
Schedule All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).Div II A schedule
Division II Group B
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II A previous year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B previous year.Placed 4th in Division II B previous year.Placed 5th in Division II B previous year.Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification previous year and were promoted.
Match officials Four referees and eight linesmen are selected for the tournament.Division IIB competition officials
Referees Linesmen Ulrike Winklmayr Ilona Novotná Michaela Matejová Charlotte Hurley Faye Andrews Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir Baiba Dzene Klaudia Chrapek Eva Mária Moleková Anina Egli Fatima Al-Ali
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Western European Time – UTC±0).
Awards and statistics Awards AwardDivision IIB awards Player Best Goalkeeper Olivia Last Best Defenceman Rylie Padjen Best Forward Silvía Björgvinsdóttir
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Silvía Björgvinsdóttir 5 8 5 13 +11 2 F Michelle Clark-Crumpton 5 9 2 11 +10 4 F Natasha Farrier 5 4 7 11 +12 4 F Natalie Ayris 5 4 6 11 +13 4 D Sharna Godfrey 5 6 3 9 +13 0 F Sunna Björgvinsdóttir 5 5 4 9 +11 6 F Jana Kivell 5 5 3 8 0 0 F Georgia Moore 5 2 6 8 +11 0 D Caitlin Heale 5 4 3 7 +3 6 F Shona Green 5 3 4 7 +3 12 F Hope Gregory 5 3 4 7 0 0 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 Olivia Last 180:00 3 1.00 67 95.52 0 Birta Helgudóttir 189:17 3 0.95 49 93.88 1 Sera Doğramacı 299:50 14 2.80 181 92.27 0 Tina Girdler 120:00 1 0.50 12 91.67 1 Danielle Strayer 167:55 11 3.93 123 91.06 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