2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Spain Iceland
Dates	29 March – 4 April (cancelled) 23–29 February
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2019 2021 (cancelled) →

The Group A tournament would have been held in Granada, Spain from 29 March to 4 April and the Group B tournament was held in Akureyri, Iceland from 23 to 29 February 2020.[1]

On 2 March 2020, the Group A tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Australia won the Group B tournament and were originally promoted, while Ukraine were relegated.[3] However, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Group A tournament

2020 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	29 March – 4 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and was relegated.
Great Britain	Placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
Spain	Host, placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.
Mexico	Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.
North Korea	Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[4]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to 2021 Division I A
2	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Spain (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to 2021 Division II B

Source:
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.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

29 March 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

29 March 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

29 March 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

30 March 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

30 March 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

30 March 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

1 April 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

1 April 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

1 April 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

3 April 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

3 April 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

3 April 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

4 April 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

4 April 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

4 April 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

Group B tournament

2020 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Dates	23–29 February
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	106 (7.07 per match)
Attendance	1,957 (130 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Silvía Björgvinsdóttir (13 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A previous year and was relegated.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.
Iceland	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B previous year.
Turkey	Placed 4th in Division II B previous year.
Croatia	Placed 5th in Division II B previous year.
Ukraine	Placed 1st in Division II B Q previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and eight linesmen are selected for the tournament.[5]

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	0	39	4	+35	15
2	Iceland (H)	5	4	0	0	1	25	7	+18	12
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	20	16	+4	9
4	Turkey	5	1	1	0	3	10	14	−4	5
5	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	5	39	−34	2[lower-alpha 1]
6	Ukraine (R)	5	0	0	2	3	7	26	−19	2[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to 2021 Division III

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; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Croatia 2–1 (GWS) Ukraine

Results

All times are local (UTC±0).

23 February 2020
13:00

2–3 OT
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)

Turkey

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20

Game reference

Nataliya Kozachuk

Goalies

Sera Doğramacı

Referee:

Ilona Novotná
Linesmen:

Fatima Al-Ali

Faye Andrews

	0–1	03:50 – Taygar (Güven)
	0–2	15:17 – D. Lökbaş (Uygun)
Chyzhova (SH) – 21:03	1–2
Dobrovolska (PP2) – 36:19	2–2
	2–3	62:33 – Oğuz (Uygun)

10 min

Penalties

12 min

32

Shots

25

23 February 2020
16:30

New Zealand

11–1
(2–0, 5–0, 4–1)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 17

Game reference

Danielle Strayer

Goalies

Petra Mlinarević
Mirna Sertić

Referee:

Michaela Matejová
Linesmen:

Klaudia Chrapek

Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir

Gregory (A. Hyde, Kivell) – 07:14	1–0
Shields (C. Heale) – 09:57	2–0
Horner-Pascoe (Shields) – 24:20	3–0
Gregory (Kivell) – 25:14	4–0
Horner-Pascoe (C. Heale) – 30:56	5–0
C. Heale (Shields) – 34:18	6–0
Lilly (Gregory) – 39:53	7–0
Gregory (Shields) – 41:07	8–0
Murray (A. Heale) – 42:17	9–0
	9–1	42:36 – Kadijević (Čavka)
Shields (C. Heale, Horner-Pascoe) – 45:52	10–1
Murray (Kloss) – 48:29	11–1

8 min

Penalties

14 min

41

Shots

10

23 February 2020
20:00

1–6
(0–4, 1–2, 0–0)

Australia

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 317

Game reference

Karitas Halldorsdóttir
Birta Helgudóttir

Goalies

Olivia Last

Referee:

Ulrike Winklmayr
Linesmen:

Baiba Dzene

Eva Mária Moleková

	0–1	03:45 – Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris)
	0–2	12:24 – Green (Moore) (PP)
	0–3	14:13 – Reynolds (Kenyon)
	0–4	19:25 – Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris)
	0–5	20:40 – Green (Aparicio)
	0–6	22:13 – Ayris
Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Blöndal, Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 38:37	1–6

12 min

Penalties

8 min

23

Shots

31

24 February 2020
13:00

Croatia

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

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 15

Game reference

Petra Mlinarević

Goalies

Nataliya Kozachuk

Referee:

Ilona Novotná
Linesmen:

Eva Mária Moleková

Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir

Čavka (Smolec) (PP) – 14:30	1–0
	1–1	24:11 – Kovtun

Kadijević

Buljeta

Smolec

Shootout

Zabarna

Tsymyrenko

Chyzhova

Tkachuk

8 min

Penalties

10 min

28

Shots

43

24 February 2020
16:30

Australia

2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20

Game reference

Olivia Last

Goalies

Sera Doğramacı

Referee:

Ulrike Winklmayr
Linesmen:

Fatima Al-Ali

Anina Egli

Clark-Crumpton (Aparicio, Green) (PP) – 14:40	1–0
	1–1	21:18 – Baktıroğlu (Figenli, D. Lökbaş) (PP)
Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris) – 30:20	2–1

16 min

Penalties

4 min

41

Shots

20

24 February 2020
20:00

1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 333

Game reference

Danielle Strayer

Goalies

Birta Helgudóttir

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Faye Andrews

Klaudia Chrapek

	0–1	14:31 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir)
	0–2	15:09 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir)
	0–3	27:18 – Blöndal (Snorradóttir) (PP)
C. Heale (Kivell) – 48:17	1–3
	1–4	48:54 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir)

6 min

Penalties

10 min

18

Shots

45

26 February 2020
13:00

Australia

15–0
(4–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 22

Game reference

Tina Girdler

Goalies

Petra Mlinarević
Mirna Sertić

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Baiba Dzene

Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir

Green (Aparicio) – 02:59	1–0
Padjen (Roberts) – 05:03	2–0
Badaoui (Roberts, Tihema) – 12:27	3–0
Reynolds (Cochrane) – 14:55	4–0
Reynolds (Cochrane) – 24:43	5–0
Clark-Crumpton (Harvey) – 28:02	6–0
Ayris (Clark-Crumpton) – 30:46	7–0
Clark-Crumpton (Padjen) – 34:08	8–0
Aparicio (Morre, Cochrane) (PP) – 39:08	9–0
Godfrey (Moore) (SH) – 45:20	10–0
Godfrey (Padjen, Harvey) (SH) – 45:32	11–0
Ayris (Tihema, Padjen) (PP) – 47:24	12–0
Clark-Crumpton (Green, Moore) (PP) – 50:19	13–0
Aparicio (Green, Kenyon) – 54:40	14–0
Moore (Badaoui) (PP) – 56:52	15–0

10 min

Penalties

12 min

90

Shots

3

26 February 2020
16:30

New Zealand

5–3
(3–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20

Game reference

Lochlyn Hyde

Goalies

Nataliya Kozachuk

Referee:

Michaela Matejová
Linesmen:

Anina Egli

Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir

Kivell (Gregory) (PP) – 02:36	1–0
Kivell (Woodyear-Smith, Neville-Lamb) (PP) – 06:22	2–0
	2–1	10:09 – Chyzhova (SH)
Kivell (PP2) – 18:42	3–1
	3–2	21:49 – Kovtun (Kozub) (PP)
Kivell (Gregory) 35:25	4–2
	4–3	41:27 – Chyzhova (Dobrovolska)
Shields (Woodyear-Smith) 47:32	5–3

10 min

Penalties

20 min

44

Shots

25

26 February 2020
20:00

Iceland

6–0
(3–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 370

Game reference

Birta Helgudóttir

Goalies

Sera Doğramacı

Referee:

Ilona Novotná
Linesmen:

Klaudia Chrapek

Eva Mária Moleková

Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Blöndal) – 06:13	1–0
Snorradóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 10:19	2–0
Bergsdóttir (Hjaltested, Viðarsdóttir) – 19:47	3–0
Si. Björgvinsdóttir – 46:57	4–0
Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 53:36	5–0
Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Geirsdóttir) – 56:27	6–0

12 min

Penalties

2 min

45

Shots

9

27 February 2020
13:00

1–9
(0–2, 0–2, 1–5)

Australia

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 12

Game reference

Viktoriia Tkachenko

Goalies

Tina Girdler

Referee:

Michaela Matejová
Linesmen:

Faye Andrews

Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir

	0–1	07:08 – Clark-Crumpton (Moore)
	0–2	19:16 – Moore (Green, Cochrane) (PP)
	0–3	37:13 – Farrier (Godfrey)
	0–4	39:05 – Cochrane (Godfrey, Tihema)
	0–5	40:38 – Clark-Crumpton (Ayris, Farrier)
	0–6	42:57 – Farrier (Ayris)
	0–7	49:29 – Ayris (Farrier)
	0–8	53:18 – Farrier (Clark-Crumpton)
Tsymyrenko (Skashchuk) – 53:52	1–8
	1–9	55:27 – Godfrey (Farrier, Ayris) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

8 min

9

Shots

45

27 February 2020
16:30

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

New Zealand

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 17

Game reference

Sera Doğramacı

Goalies

Danielle Strayer

Referee:

Ulrike Winklmayr
Linesmen:

Anina Egli

Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir

	0–1	30:45 – Kivell (Gregory)
Uygun (Figenli) – 44:24	1–1
	1–2	47:54 – C. Heale (Horner-Pascoe, Smith)

4 min

Penalties

8 min

32

Shots

30

27 February 2020
20:00

0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Iceland

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 320

Game reference

Petra Mlinarević
Mirna Sertić

Goalies

Karitas Halldorsdóttir

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Fatima Al-Ali

Baiba Dzene

	0–1	16:33 – Garðarsdóttir (Leifsdóttir) (PP)
	0–2	23:22 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir)
	0–3	25:06 – Bergsdóttir (Hjaltested, Viðarsdóttir)
	0–4	37:05 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP)
	0–5	41:41 – Shantz-Smiley (Johannesdóttir, Ágústsdóttir)
	0–6	51:05 – Ingadóttir (Garðarsdóttir, Johannesdóttir)
	0–7	52:09 – Arnadóttir (Alexdóttir)

12 min

Penalties

2 min

5

Shots

66

29 February 2020
13:00

Turkey

5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 12

Game reference

Sera Doğramacı
Merve Karataş

Goalies

Petra Mlinarević

Referee:

Michaela Matejová
Linesmen:

Klaudia Chrapek

Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir

Demirkol (Dursun) – 08:33	1–0
	1–1	09:38 – Kadijević (Čavka, Vrbančić)
	1–2	27:52 – Kadijević (Matak)
Demirkol (Taygar) – 36:52	2–2
Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş) – 37:25	3–2
Güven (Oğuz) (SH) – 52:29	4–2
Taygar (A. Lökbaş) (SH, EN) – 58:27	5–2

8 min

Penalties

8 min

43

Shots

33

29 February 2020
16:30

Australia

7–1
(1–1, 2–0, 4–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 42

Game reference

Olivia Last

Goalies

Danielle Strayer

Referee:

Charlotte Hurley
Linesmen:

Anina Egli

Eva Mária Moleková

	0–1	02:44 – C. Heale (Horner-Pascoe)
Godfrey (SH) – 04:23	1–1
Padjen – 22:09	2–1
Aparicio (Farrier) – 27:15	3–1
Godfrey (Tihema) – 41:12	4–1
Tihema (Godfrey, Moore) – 45:04	5–1
Farrier – 47:55	6–1
Godfrey (Goonan) – 55:11	7–1

16 min

Penalties

12 min

53

Shots

24

29 February 2020
20:00

Iceland

7–0
(0–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 420

Game reference

Karitas Halldorsdóttir
Birta Helgudóttir

Goalies

Viktoriia Tkachenko
Nataliya Kozachuk

Referee:

Ilona Novotná
Linesmen:

Fatima Al-Ali

Faye Andrews

Gardarsdóttir (Hjaltested) – 21:18	1–0
Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Kjartansdóttir) – 27:03	2–0
Snorradóttir (Kjartansdóttir, Hafsteinsdóttir) – 32:54	3–0
Bergsdottir (Karvelsdóttir) – 33:37	4–0
Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 34:59	5–0
Johannesdóttir (Kjartansdóttir, Gardarsdóttir) (PP) – 41:27	6–0
Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 58:43	7–0

6 min

Penalties

10 min

55

Shots

10

Awards

Award[6]	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

"Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
"IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
"Australia wins Tasman battle". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
Assignments
Division IIB competition officials
Division IIB awards

External links

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