2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2016 Women's Ice Hockey
World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	Canada   Denmark   Italy   Slovenia   Spain   Bulgaria
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
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The 2016 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were the 18th such series of tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. These tournaments also served as qualifications for the 2017 competition and finalized seeding for the 2018 Winter Olympics qualification.

Championship (Top Division)

Main article: 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

The Top Division tournament was played in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, from 28 March to 4 April 2016. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Rank Team   United States   Canada   Russia 4   Finland 5   Sweden 6   Czech Republic 7    Switzerland 8   Japan Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final A1   United States 9 A4   Russia 4 A4   Russia 0 B1   Sweden 1 A1   United States (OT) 1 A2   Canada 0 A2   Canada 5 A3   Finland 5 A3   Finland 3 B2   Czech Republic 0 Bronze medal game A4   Russia (GWS) 1 A3   Finland 0

Division I

Main article: 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Aalborg, Denmark, from 25 to 31 March 2016. ^{[4] [5]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	16	7	+9	12 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
2	France	5	4	0	0	1	15	9	+6	12 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	16	10	+6	11
4	Denmark (H)	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
5	Norway	5	0	1	1	3	10	17	−7	3
6	Slovakia	5	0	0	1	4	7	20	−13	1	Relegated to the 2017 Division I 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
Notes:

1. France 0–5 Germany

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 4 to 10 April 2016. ^{[6] [7]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	15	10	+5	12	Promoted to the 2017 Division I A
2	Latvia	5	3	0	0	2	16	15	+1	9
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	13	14	−1	7
4	Italy (H)	5	1	1	1	2	11	13	−2	6 [lower-alpha 1]
5	China	5	2	0	0	3	10	10	0	6 [lower-alpha 1]
6	Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	11	14	−3	5	Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

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
Notes:

1. Italy 3–2 China

Division II

Main article: 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Division II Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 2 to 8 April 2016. ^{[8] [9]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland	5	4	0	0	1	37	9	+28	12 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2017 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	5	0	0	0	5	4	55	−51	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division II B [lower-alpha 2]

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
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.
2. Croatia actually did not participate in 2017. Their next World Championship participation was in the 2018 Division II B Qualification.

Division II Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 29 February to 6 March 2016. ^{[10] [11]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	0	1	0	32	6	+26	13	Promoted to the 2017 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	5	0	0	0	5	8	40	−32	0	Relegated to the 2017 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

Division II Group B Qualification

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 7 to 10 December 2015. ^{[12] [13]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Romania	3	2	0	1	0	15	9	+6	7	Promoted to the 2017 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

References

1. "2016 IIHF Women's World Championship website". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
2. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Top Division at www.iihf.com
3. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Top Division statistics
4. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A official website
5. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A statistics
6. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B official website
7. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B statistics
8. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A official website
9. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A statistics
10. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B official website
11. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B statistics
12. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification official website
13. 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification statistics

External links

• Official website of IIHF