2015 IIHF Women's World Championship
# 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 16th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2016 competition. Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds Ishall.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their sixth title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.

## Teams

The tournament was contested between eight teams from 28 March to 4 April 2015 in Malmö, Sweden.

## Venues

| Malmö | Malmö |
| - | - |
| Malmö Isstadion Capacity: 5,750 | Rosengårds Ishall |

## Format

The preliminary round was divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advanced directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B played a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B played a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.

## Match officials

10 Referees and 9 linesman were selected for the tournament.

## 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 10 September 2014.

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Advance to relegation round |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | Advance to relegation round |

## Relegation series

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

## Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | A1 | United States | 13 | | | |
| A4 | Russia | 2 | A4 | Russia | 1 | | | |
| B1 | Sweden | 1 | | | | A1 | United States | 7 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | A2 | Canada | 3 |
| A3 | Finland | 3 | A3 | Finland | 0 |
| B2 | Switzerland | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A4 | Russia | 1 |
| | | | | | | A3 | Finland | 4 |

## Ranking and statistics

### Final standings

| | United States |
| - | - |
| | Canada |
| | Finland |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Sweden |
| 6 | Switzerland |
| 7 | Japan |
| 8 | Germany |

* Relegated to Division I A

### Scoring leaders

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hilary Knight | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +8 | 6 | F |
| Brianna Decker | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +8 | 0 | F |
| Anna Borgqvist | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Jocelyne Lamoureux | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Natalie Spooner | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 6 | F |
| Kendall Coyne | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +8 | 0 | F |
| Anne Schleper | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 2 | D |
| Monique Lamoureux | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 2 | D |
| Erika Grahm | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 2 | F |
| Marie-Philip Poulin | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Florence Schelling | 236:13 | 7 | 1.78 | 118 | 94.07 | 1 |
| Nana Fujimoto | 315:32 | 8 | 1.52 | 128 | 93.75 | 1 |
| Meeri Räisänen | 301:27 | 10 | 1.99 | 148 | 93.24 | 1 |
| Ann-Renée Desbiens | 140:00 | 4 | 1.71 | 58 | 93.10 | 2 |
| Ivonne Schröder | 127:00 | 4 | 1.89 | 49 | 91.84 | 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

### Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
   * Best Goaltender: Nana Fujimoto
   * Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
   * Best Forward: Hilary Knight

Source: IIHF.com

* All-star team
   * Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen (FIN)
   * Defence: Monique Lamoureux (USA), Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
   * Forwards: Brianna Decker (USA), Hilary Knight (USA), Natalie Spooner (CAN)
