2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Bled, Slovenia, running from 2 to 8 April 2016, Group B in Jaca, Spain on 29 February–6 March 2016 and Group B qualification in Sofia, Bulgaria on 7–10 December 2015.[1]

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia  Spain  Bulgaria
Dates	2–8 April 29 February–6 March 7–10 December 2015
Teams	15
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
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Venues

Group A	Group B	Group B Qualification
Bled	Jaca	Sofia
Ledena dvorana Bled Capacity: 5,000	Pabellón de Hielo Capacity: 3,579	Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

Group A tournament

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	120 (8 per match)
Attendance	5,035 (336 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Karolina Późniewska (14 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
North Korea	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Great Britain	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
South Korea	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Poland	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Croatia	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Slovenia	Host, placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees Dina Allen Ainslie Gardner Tijana Haack Debby Hengst

Linesmen Magdaléna Čerhitová Fu Zhennan Jessica Lundgren Linnea Sainio Gabriela Šťastná Olga Steinberg Yuka Tochigi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Poland (P)	5	4	0	0	1	37	9	+28	12[lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to Division I B
2	South Korea	5	4	0	0	1	15	3	+12	12[lower-alpha 1]
3	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	34	3	+31	12[lower-alpha 1]
4	North Korea	5	2	0	0	3	21	23	−2	6
5	Slovenia (H)	5	1	0	0	4	9	27	−18	3
6	Croatia (R)	5	0	0	0	5	4	55	−51	0	Relegation to Division II B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Poland 3 Pts, 3–3 GD; South Korea 3 Pts, 2–2 GD; Great Britain 3 Pts, 2–2 GD. After the tie is broken, head-to-head is used and South Korea defeated Great Britain 1–0.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

2 April 2016 13:00

South Korea

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

North Korea

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies	So Jong-sim	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Jessica Lundgren
	Park C. (Park Y.) (PP) – 12:31 1–0 1–1 17:11 – Han (Jin) Park Y. (Lee K.) – 29:59 2–1 Jo (Choi J., Lee K.) (PP) – 56:06 3–1 Choi J. (Lee K.) (PP) – 58:26 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	20

2 April 2016 16:30

Great Britain

19–1 (7–1, 4–0, 8–0)

Croatia

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson Samantha Bolwell	Goalies	Petra Belobrk Lana Belić	Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Olga Steinberg
	Herbert (Hill) – 06:03 1–0 Newman (Bloom, Allen) – 06:30 2–0 Newman (Allen, Bloom) – 09:13 3–0 Bloom (Scoon) – 09:37 4–0 Henry (Ganney) – 11:11 5–0 Allen (Bloom, Scoon) – 12:24 6–0 6–1 13:40 – Smolec (Kadijević) Allen (Hill, Halliwell) – 17:10 7–1 Henry (Bloom, Douglas) – 22:47 8–1 Farman (SH2) – 30:32 9–1 Hutchinson (Ganney, Henry) – 35:19 10–1 Allen (Farman) – 37:05 11–1 Herbert (Henry, Farman) (PP) – 41:10 12–1 Campbell (Adams, Durnell) – 42:30 13–1 Ashton (Marsden, Herbert) – 47:51 14–1 Henry (Ganney) – 49:59 15–1 Herbert (Marsden, Ashton) – 51:40 16–1 Allen (Newman, Bloom) – 55:31 17–1 Ashton (Herbert, Marsden) – 57:19 18–1 Ganney (Lane, Henry) – 59:36 19–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	58	Shots	15

2 April 2016 20:00

Slovenia

2–9 (0–4, 2–5, 0–0)

Poland

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 540

Game reference
	Ines Confidenti Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Martyna Sass	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Gabriela Šťastná Yuka Tochigi
	0–1 08:32 – Bigos (Wieczorek) (PP) 0–2 12:31 – Chrapek (Czaplik, Późniewska) (PP) 0–3 12:53 – Frąckowiak (Wieczorek) 0–4 17:02 – Wieczorek 0–5 24:51 – Frąckowiak (Wieczorek, Bigos) Kolman (Pren, Duh) – 27:22 1–5 1–6 27:43 – Późniewska (Czaplik, Kosakowska) 1–7 29:08 – Frąckowiak (Wieczorek) 1–8 31:23 – Wieczorek (Bigos) S. Confidenti (Kolman, Pren) (PP) – 33:35 2–8 2–9 35:17 – Tokarska
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	48

3 April 2016 13:00

Great Britain

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

South Korea

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 245

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Gabriela Šťastná
	0–1 22:01 – Ko (Han S., Park J.) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	34

3 April 2016 16:30

Croatia

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 860

Game reference
	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Ines Confidenti	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Yuka Tochigi
	Širanović (Gurka, Klanac) – 03:51 1–0 1–1 17:33 – Pren (S. Confidenti, Lepir) 1–2 24:59 – S. Confidenti (Pren (PP) 1–3 33:23 – Pren (S. Confidenti, Lepir) 1–4 36:27 – Dukarič (Duh, Kraner) 1–5 42:39 – Pren (Svetina, Lončar) 1–6 56:28 – Manfreda (Kraner, Kolman)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	49

3 April 2016 20:00

North Korea

4–9 (2–3, 1–2, 1–4)

Poland

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 205

Game reference
	So Jong-sim	Goalies	Martyna Sass	Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Olga Steinberg
	Hwang C.-s. (Jin, Kim Un H.) (PP) – 05:18 1–0 1–1 07:20 – Późniewska (Czaplik) (PP) Choe J. (Kim Un-j.) – 08:28 2–1 2–2 11:27 – Czaplik (Późniewska) (PP) 2–3 16:04 – Późniewska (Czaplik, Czarnecka) (PP) 2–4 25:48 – Czaplik (Późniewska) Kim Un H. (Won, Jin) (PP2) – 28:06 3–4 3–5 35:52 – Późniewska (Kosakowska) 3–6 42:14 – Tomczok (Cygan) 3–7 43:23 – Bigos (Frąckowiak, Późniewska) Won (Ri U.) (SH) – 49:14 4–7 4–8 54:54 – Cygan (Łaskawska) (PP) 4–9 59:20 – Frąckowiak
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	30

5 April 2016 13:00

North Korea

8–2 (2–2, 2–0, 4–0)

Croatia

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
	So Jong-sim	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Linnea Sainio
	0–1 01:43 – Metelko (Filipec, Lovrenčić) 0–2 02:54 – Smolec Ryo (Jong, Choe J.) – 12:48 1–2 Choe U. (Kim Un-j.) – 16:45 2–2 Han (Won, Ri U.) – 24:41 3–2 Choe J. (Ri U.) – 34:18 4–2 Kim H. (SH) – 41:53 5–2 Han (Choe J., Jin) – 42:30 6–2 Kim K. – 47:19 7–2 Choe J. (Ri U., Han) – 50:54 8–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	54	Shots	15

5 April 2016 16:30

South Korea

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Poland

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 325

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies	Martyna Sass	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Fu Zhennan
	0–1 44:29 – Frąckowiak (Bigos) 0–2 53:00 – Frąckowiak (Bigos) Park Y. (SH) – 59:28 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	30

5 April 2016 20:00

Great Britain

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 670

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Gabriela Šťastná Olga Steinberg
	Ganney (Hill) (SH) – 00:30 1–0 Newman (Halliwell, Herbert) (PP) – 17:38 2–0 Lane (Henry) – 18:49 3–0 Adams (Durnell, Campbell) (PP2) – 33:40 4–0 Henry (Ganney, Lane) – 37:39 5–0 Ashton (Marsden) – 45:23 6–0
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	51	Shots	26

7 April 2016 13:00

Poland

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Great Britain

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 240

Game reference
	Martyna Sass	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Gabriela Šťastná
	Frąckowiak (Wieczorek, Bigos) – 01:34 1–0 1–1 29:22 – Newman (Durnell, Allen) 1–2 39:08 – Adams (Marsden, Halliwell) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	31

7 April 2016 16:30

Croatia

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

South Korea

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Lana Belić	Goalies	Han Do-hee	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Yuka Tochigi
	0–1 06:33 – Park J. (Lee K., Ko) (SH) 0–2 14:15 – Choi J. (Jo, Lee K.) (PP) 0–3 29:07 – Han S. (Park J.) 0–4 29:48 – Park J. (Han S., Ko) 0–5 30:00 – Jo (Lee K.) 0–6 49:07 – Cho (Han J.)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	7	Shots	58

7 April 2016 20:00

Slovenia

1–8 (0–2, 1–3, 0–3)

North Korea

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 430

Game reference
	Ines Confidenti	Goalies	So Jong-sim	Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Jessica Lundgren
	0–1 04:39 – Ryo (Jong, Kim K.) 0–2 17:40 – Kim H. (Ryo) 0–3 23:22 – Choe J. (Han) Pren (Kolman, S. Confidenti) – 33:08 1–3 1–4 33:16 – Kim H. 1–5 39:29 – Won (Jin, Choe J.) 1–6 51:48 – Ryo (Kim H., Kim K.) (PP2) 1–7 52:32 – Han (Ri U., Choe J.) (PP) 1–8 57:00 – Kim H. (Ryo, Jong)
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	8	Shots	59

8 April 2016 13:00

Poland

16–0 (6–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Croatia

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Martyna Sass	Goalies	Lana Belić Petra Belobrk	Referee: Tijana Haack Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Olga Steinberg
	Frąckowiak (Wieczorek) (SH) – 03:00 1–0 Późniewska (Kosakowska, Czarnecka) – 05:18 2–0 Łaskawska – 07:32 3–0 Łaskawska (Gogoc, Cygan) – 15:58 4–0 Czaplik (Późniewska) – 16:37 5–0 Łaskawska (Gogoc, Cygan) – 18:14 6–0 Tomczok (Tokarska) – 23:39 7–0 Orawska (Dziwok, Dziedzioch) – 24:47 8–0 Łaskawska (Tomczok) – 27:54 9–0 Czarnecka (Czaplik, Późniewska) – 29:25 10–0 Czarnecka (Późniewska, Czaplik) – 29:54 11–0 Późniewska – 33:51 12–0 Czarnecka (Czaplik) – 50:54 13–0 Bigos (Frąckowiak) – 53:00 14–0 Dziwok (PP) – 55:04 15–0 Późniewska (Czaplik, Czarnecka) – 55:53 16–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	70	Shots	9

8 April 2016 16:30

North Korea

0–7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Great Britain

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 150

Game reference
	So Jong-sim Ri Pom	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Linnea Sainio
	0–1 07:36 – Ganney (Henry, Lane) 0–2 14:34 – Ganney (Farman) 0–3 30:50 – Ganney 0–4 39:56 – Allen (Campbell, Newman) 0–5 43:05 – Marsden (Ashton, Herbert) 0–6 45:58 – Ashton (Marsden) 0–7 56:35 – Durnell (Ganney, Henry)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	28

8 April 2016 20:00

South Korea

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

Ledena dvorana Bled, Bled Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies	Ines Confidenti Pia Dukarič	Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Yuka Tochigi
	Han S. (Park J., Park C.) – 04:38 1–0 Choi J. (Park J., Park Y.) – 11:50 2–0 Park C. (Jung, Han J.) – 25:38 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	5

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

Group B tournament

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	29 February–6 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	113 (7.53 per match)
Attendance	7,633 (509 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Alivia del Basso (19 points)
MVP	Alivia del Basso
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Placed 6th in Division II A and were relegated.
Mexico	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Spain	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Iceland	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Australia	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 1st in Division II B qualification last year and were promoted.

• Australia announced their intention to withdraw from competition in December,[3] however have changed their plans with the tournament rescheduled for Spain.[4]

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Australia (P)	5	4	0	1	0	32	6	+26	13	Promoted to Division II A
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	0	1	26	8	+18	12
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	21	10	+11	9
4	Mexico	5	2	1	0	2	13	9	+4	8
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	4	13	40	−27	3
6	Turkey (R)	5	0	0	0	5	8	40	−32	0	Relegation to Division II B qualification

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 February 2016 13:00

Turkey

2–7 (0–2, 2–2, 0–3)

Iceland

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Sera Doğramacı Kübra Dadaşoğlu	Goalies	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová Julia Tschirner
	0–1 01:37 – Baldursdóttir (Valdimarsdóttir, Jóhannesdóttir) 0–2 05:16 – Jóhannesdóttir S. Demir (Baktıroğlu) – 21:21 1–2 Öztaşdelen (Taygar, Baktıroğlu) – 21:33 2–2 2–3 30:06 – D. Björgvinsdóttir 2–4 39:03 – Jóhannesdóttir (Ágústsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 2–5 47:37 – Jóhannesdóttir (Ágústsdóttir) 2–6 50:32 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Ágústsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 2–7 58:04 – Viðarsdóttir (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	34

29 February 2016 16:30

Mexico

2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Australia

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 200

Game reference
	María Meza	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová İlksen Özdemir
	F. Hernández (Gendron) – 04:03 1–0 1–1 31:08 – Mconie (Powell, Del Basso) (PP)
	Chávez Gendron F. Hernández	Shootout	Van der Wolf Newmark Powell
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	13	Shots	46

29 February 2016 20:00

Spain

11–1 (6–0, 4–0, 1–1)

New Zealand

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo Esther García	Goalies	Shelby Wood	Referee: Natascha Huizeling Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Bente Owren
	Sierra (Hernández) – 02:51 1–0 Muñoz (L. Danielsson Borrasca, Ortiz) – 08:01 2–0 Merino (L. Abrisqueta) – 09:56 3–0 Muñoz (L. Danielsson Borrasca, Ortiz) – 10:36 4–0 Muñoz (L. Danielsson Borrasca) – 14:52 5–0 Senac Gómez (Merino) – 16:44 6–0 Senac Gómez (Villar, L. Abrisqueta) – 20:18 7–0 L. Danielsson Borrasca (Muñoz) (PP) – 21:41 8–0 Muñoz (L. Danielsson Borrasca, S. Danielsson Borrasca) (PP) – 35:39 9–0 Rivera Gil (PP) – 39:37 10–0 10–1 44:22 – Thakker (Lilly, Jensen) (PP) Rivera Gil (Marques) (PP) – 57:04 11–1
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	57	Shots	12

1 March 2016 13:00

Australia

12–0 (4–0, 6–0, 2–0)

Turkey

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Claudia Tom	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı Kübra Dadaşoğlu	Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Bente Owren
	Tihema (Padjen, Del Basso) – 03:10 1–0 Newmark (Del Basso) (PP) – 17:16 2–0 M. Poole (Del Basso) – 17:27 3–0 (Del Basso) (Padjen) (PP) – 18:52 4–0 Del Basso (Tihema) – 20:35 5–0 Parrington (PS) – 21:55 6–0 Del Basso (Newmark) (PP) – 27:15 7–0 Newmark (Cockerell, Del Basso) – 32:56 8–0 Padjen (Del Basso, Newmark) (PP) – 35:59 9–0 Powell (Parrington, Padjen) – 39:04 10–0 Powell (Lehmann, Parrington) – 43:27 11–0 Del Basso (Harvey) – 44:00 12–0
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	73	Shots	12

1 March 2016 16:30

New Zealand

2–8 (1–5, 1–2, 0–1)

Iceland

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Shelby Wood	Goalies	Elise Väljaots	Referee: Natascha Huizeling Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Sinem Yalçındağ
	0–1 04:19 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Baldursdóttir) (PP) 0–2 05:24 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) 0–3 06:47 – Viðarsdóttir (Gudbjartsdóttir) 0–4 11:45 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Jóhannesdóttir) 0–5 15:05 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Viðarsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) Thakker (Davis) (PP) – 15:33 1–5 1–6 22:23 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Jóhannesdóttir) Gerken (Thakker, Davis) – 24:24 2–6 2–7 29:00 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Ingadóttir, Viðarsdóttir) (PP) 2–8 40:14 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Ingadóttir, Su. Björgvinsdóttir)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	46

1 March 2016 20:00

Mexico

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Spain

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 650

Game reference
	Mónica Rentería María Meza	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová Julia Tschirner
	0–1 18:09 – Sierra (Hernández) 0–2 20:47 – L. Danielsson Borrasca (Ortiz) (PP) 0–3 30:26 – V. Abrisqueta (Gómez) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	31

3 March 2016 13:00

New Zealand

1–12 (0–2, 1–5, 0–5)

Australia

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 132

Game reference
	Daisy Hopkins Shelby Hopkins	Goalies	Claudia Tom	Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: İlksen Özdemir Julia Tschirner
	0–1 17:13 – Powell (Del Basso) (PP) 0–2 17:49 – Godfrey Thakker (Lilly) (PP2) – 20:31 1–2 1–3 22:40 – Powell (Del Basso) (PP) 1–4 25:07 – M. Poole (Costa, McOnie) 1–5 25:42 – Costa (Godfrey, Del Basso) 1–6 26:42 – Parrington 1–7 31:43 – Del Basso 1–8 42:59 – Del Basso (Powell, Newmark) 1–9 43:07 – Tihema (Parrington) 1–10 50:25 – Reynolds (McOnie) 1–11 53:25 – Godfrey (Del Basso, Powell) (PP) 1–12 54:51 – Reynolds (Cockerell)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	10	Shots	60

3 March 2016 16:30

Mexico

6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Turkey

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 550

Game reference
	María Meza	Goalies	Kübra Dadaşoğlu Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Natascha Huizeling Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Bente Owren
	Téllez (Chávez, Gendron) (PP) – 11:10 1–0 González (J. Rojas, G. Rojas) – 22:18 2–0 Larios (F. Hernández, Hurtado) – 27:17 3–0 Larios (Cruz, Meza) (PP) – 30:27 4–0 Hurtado (F. Hernández) – 42:16 5–0 F. Hernández (J. Rojas) – 45:49 6–0 6–1 54:04 – Baktıroğlu (Demirkol, S. Demir) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	14

3 March 2016 20:00

Spain

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 1,050

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová Sinem Yalçındağ
	S. Danielsson Borrasca (Ayala) – 14:17 1–0 1–1 26:56 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Baldursdóttir, Ágústsdóttir) L. Abrisqueta (Gómez, V. Abrisqueta) (PP) – 37:27 2–1 2–2 47:36 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir Merino (V. Abrisqueta, Gómez) (PP) – 54:27 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	26

5 March 2016 13:00

Iceland

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Elise Väljaots	Goalies	María Meza	Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: İlksen Özdemir Sinem Yalçındağ
	Jóhannesdóttir – 06:00 1–0 Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Viðarsdóttir) – 55:42 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	26

5 March 2016 16:30

Turkey

4–7 (0–1, 1–1, 3–5)

New Zealand

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 354

Game reference
	Kübra Dadaşoğlu Sera Doğramacı	Goalies	Shelby Wood	Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: Lee Kyung-sun Tereza Štreitová
	0–1 19:11 – Murray (Thakker) (PP) 0–2 23:13 – Neville-Lamb (SH) S. Yılmaz (Taygar, Yurt) – 26:31 1–2 1–3 40:48 – Murray (Shields) (SH) 1–4 42:43 – Leon de la Barra (Jensen) 1–5 45:18 – Thakker (Shields) (PP) S. Demir (Uygun) – 45:35 2–5 2–6 49:24 – Thakker (Davis, Gregory) (PP) S. Demir (Yurt) – 49:37 3–6 S. Demir – 56:13 4–6 4–7 58:15 – Thakker (Davis, E. Thompson)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	30

5 March 2016 20:00

Australia

4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Spain

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 1,600

Game reference
	Michelle Coonan	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Bente Owren Julia Tschirner
	0–1 05:59 – Merino Tihema (Van der Wolf) – 15:08 1–1 Powell (Godfrey) – 19:18 2–1 Del Basso – 42:41 3–1 Tihema (Parrington) (ENG) – 58:14 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	16

6 March 2016 13:00

New Zealand

2–5 (1–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Mexico

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
	María Meza Mónica Rentería	Goalies	Daisy Hopkins	Referee: Etsuko Wada Linesmen: İlksen Özdemir Sinem Yalçındağ
	0–1 11:47 – Téllez (F. Hernández, Gendron) Neville-Lamb (Thakker) (PP) – 14:33 1–1 1–2 16:25 – Gendron (Cruz) (PP) 1–3 30:18 – Chávez (Téllez) Thakker (Leon de la Barra) (PP) – 35:55 2–3 2–4 37:45 – F. Hernández (Gendron) (PP) 2–5 46:13 – Téllez (Cárdenas)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	49

6 March 2016 16:30

Iceland

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Australia

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Elise Väljaots	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Zuzana Rimbalová Linesmen: Tereza Štreitová Julia Tschirner
	0–1 06:19 – Del Basso (Parrington, Harvey) 0–2 24:38 – Lehmann (Powell, Godfrey) (PP) Jóhannesdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 25:36 1–2 1–3 55:11 – Godfrey Jóhannesdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) – 58:10 2–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	35

6 March 2016 20:00

Spain

8–1 (2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Turkey

Pabellon de Hielo, Jaca Attendance: 900

Game reference
	Esther García Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Kübra Dadaşoğlu Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Sintija Greiere Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Lee Kyung-sun
	Sans (Rivera Gil) (PP) – 08:26 1–0 Rivera Gil (L. Abrisqueta) – 17:54 2–0 V. Abrisqueta – 25:49 3–0 Sierra (Hernández, Reventós) – 28:37 4–0 Sans (Rivera Gil, Marqués) – 29:20 5–0 Marqués (Grande) – 39:02 6–0 Ayala (Hernández) (SH) – 43:48 7–0 7–1 47:19 – Baktıroğlu (PP) Marqués (Hernández) (PP) – 49:14 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	46	Shots	11

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

Group B Qualification tournament

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	7–10 December 2015
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	50 (8.33 per match)
Attendance	1,451 (242 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ip Estelle Claudia (11 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hong Kong	Placed 2nd in the Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in the Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Romania	Had not participated since 2011

Match officials

3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees Elise Rasmussen Ramune Maleckienė Katarzyna Zygmunt

Linesmen Jana Gerkena Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Elizaveta Kolchina Oksana Shestakova Zuzana Svobodová

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania (P)	3	2	0	1	0	15	9	+6	7	Promoted to Division II B
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	15	9	+6	6
3	South Africa	3	1	1	0	1	12	8	+4	5
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	0	3	8	24	−16	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 December 2015 16:00

South Africa

3–2 (0–1, 2–1, 0–0) OT (1–0)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Shaylene Swanepoel	Goalies	Beáta Antal	Referee: Ramune Maleckienė Linesmen: Jana Gerkena Oksana Shestakova
	0–1 08:24 – Voicu Oxenham (C. Schuurman (PP) – 25:40 1–1 1–2 37:32 – Bálint C. Shuurman (Kotze) – 39:22 2–2 Rhode (C. Schuurman) – 62:52 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	32

7 December 2015 19:30

Bulgaria

2–9 (1–2, 1–3, 0–4)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Vesela Krasteva Paulina Georgieva	Goalies	Wong Ying Chi Virginia	Referee: Elise Rasmussen Linesmen: Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 06:08 – Ip (Li, Wong T.) (PP) 0–2 08:26 – Wong T. Zareva (Stoyanova) – 13:50 1–2 1–3 21:56 – Ip (Wong T., Kong C.) 1–4 22:53 – Ip (Wong T.) 1–5 30:06 – Ip (Wong T., Kong C.) (PP) Iliycheva (Zareva) (PP) – 33:15 2–5 2–6 40:24 – Ip (SH) 2–7 44:01 – Wong T. 2–8 45:26 – Low (Leung) 2–9 54:20 – Ip (Wong T.) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	25

8 December 2015 16:00

Hong Kong

3–5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Lee Jenny Kai-Chin	Goalies	Beáta Antal	Referee: Elise Rasmussen Linesmen: Jana Gerkena Zuzana Svobodová
	Wong T. (Ip) – 06:35 1–0 Ip (PP) – 12:39 2–0 2–1 14:56 – N. Balló (Voicu) 2–2 20:08 – Voicu (N. Balló) 2–3 22:47 – Balló (Bárta, Voicu) Wong T. – 33:43 3–3 3–4 49:29 – Popescu 3–5 56:38 – Biro (Oprea)
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	19	Shots	37

8 December 2015 19:30

South Africa

7–3 (2–1, 3–2, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Danielle Kotze	Goalies	Vesela Krasteva	Referee: Katarzyna Zygmunt Linesmen: Elizaveta Kolchina Oksana Shestakova
	Rhode (Jamieson) – 06:26 1–0 1–1 14:07 – Koleva (Lisichkova, Stoyanova) (PP) C. Schuurman (PP) – 15:02 2–1 2–2 24:29 – Lisichkova Keuler (Rhode) (SH) – 25:45 3–2 3–3 26:26 – Koleva (Monova, Zareva) Rhode – 31:26 4–3 Skinner (PP) – 33:09 5–3 Cronje (PP) – 51:44 6–3 Oxenham – 55:20 7–3
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	44	Shots	17

10 December 2015 16:00

Hong Kong

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 111

Game reference
	Wong Ying Chi Virginia Lee Jenny Kai-Chin	Goalies	Shaylene Swanepoel	Referee: Ramune Maleckienė Linesmen: Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Oksana Shestakova
	0–1 19:42 – Rhode Wong T. (Ip, Low) – 25:35 1–1 Kong C.. (Ip, Leung) (PP2) – 46:27 2–1 2–2 49:55 – Oxenham Ip (Kong P.) – 50:36 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	26

10 December 2015 19:30

Romania

8–3 (3–1, 2–1, 3–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 540

Game reference
	Beáta Antal	Goalies	Vesela Krasteva	Referee: Katarzyna Zygmunt Linesmen: Elizaveta Kolchina Zuzana Svobodová
	N. Balló (Bárta) – 00:43 1–0 Voicu (N. Balló) (SH) – 03:04 2–0 Voicu – 05:57 3–0 3–1 10:27 – Koleva (PP) Popescu – 21:42 4–1 4–2 24:58 – Zareva (Stoyanova) Voicu (N. Balló) (PP2) – 26:39 5–2 5–3 41:49 – Lisichkova (Petkova) Voicu (Balló) – 57:35 6–3 Voicu (Bárta) – 58:12 7–3 N. Balló – 58:22 8–3
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	69	Shots	16

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

1. "Tournament allocations". iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. IIA Assignsments
3. "Australia withdraws". iihf.com. 23 December 2015.
4. "National women's team announced". iha.org.au. 6 February 2016.
5. IIB Officials
6. Competition officials