2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2018 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia   Spain   Bulgaria
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	31 March – 6 April 2018 17–23 March 2018 4–9 December 2017
Teams	17
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See also: 2018 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II consisted of three international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A, Division II B and Division II B Qualification represent the fourth, fifth and sixth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

The Netherlands won the Division II Group A tournament and will play in Division I next year. ^[1] Spain took home the top spot in the Division II Group B tournament and were promoted to Division II Group A for next year, ^[2] while Croatia won the Division II Group B Qualification tournament. ^[3]

Similar to last year, there are no relegations to lower divisions this year either.

Division II Group A

2018 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Maribor
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 March – 6 April 2018
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per game)
Attendance	5,784 (386 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Julie Zwarthoed (11 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 31 March to 6 April 2018. ^{[4] [5]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Great Britain	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
North Korea	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Slovenia	Hosts; placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A last year.
Mexico	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[6]

Referees Darja Abrosimova Kaylen Erchul Anniina Nurmi Ulrike Winklmayr

Linesmen Liv Andersson Jennifer Berezowski Zita Gebora Catherine Goutama Anastasiia Kurashova Milla Ronkainen Wang Hui

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	24	3	+21	15	Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	17	7	+10	12
3	North Korea	5	3	0	0	2	14	15	−1	9
4	Australia	5	2	0	0	3	10	17	−7	6
5	Slovenia (H)	5	1	0	0	4	14	15	−1	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	3	25	−22	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

Match results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

31 March 2018 13:00

Great Britain

5–1 (0–0, 0–1, 5–0)

Australia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 370

Game reference
	Samantha Bolwell	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Catherine Goutama Mila Ronkainen
	0–1 38:25 – Clark-Crumpton (Horrocks) Hill (Ganney) – 46:58 1–1 Taylor (Lewis) – 49:07 2–1 Taylor (Allen) – 50:49 3–1 Ganney (Lane) – 52:04 4–1 Ganney – 54:32 5–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	31

31 March 2018 16:30

North Korea

2–5 (1–2, 0–0, 1–3)

Netherlands

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 372

Game reference
	Ri Pom	Goalies	Lisa Daams	Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Zita Gebora Wang Hui
	0–1 05:46 – Van Nes (Barbier) Kim Un-h. (Kim H.) – 05:56 1–1 1–2 11:10 – Even (Wortel, Huisman) 1–3 41:38 – Hamers (Tjin-a-Ton) Ryo (Kim K.) (PP) – 43:37 2–3 2–4 53:55 – Schollaardt (Huisman, Dijkema) 2–5 55:06 – Haverkorn (Van Nes, Milders)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	11	Shots	41

31 March 2018 20:00

Mexico

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Slovenia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Mónica Renteria	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 08:04 – Lončar (PP) 0–2 15:53 – Confidenti 0–3 27:09 – Confidenti (Pren) 0–4 31:35 – Pren (Confidenti) 0–5 55:05 – Confidenti (Pren) 0–6 58:02 – Pazlar (SH)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	31

1 April 2018 13:00

Great Britain

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

North Korea

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 356

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Ri Pom	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Zita Gebora
	Ganney (Lane, Herbert) – 17:43 1–0 Taylor (Allen, Henry) – 25:14 2–0 2–1 29:12 – Kim Un-h. (Kim H., Jong Su.) Farman (Lane, Henry) – 45:59 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	14

1 April 2018 16:30

Australia

4–1 (3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Mexico

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 348

Game reference
	Michelle Coonan	Goalies	Mónica Renteria	Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Liv Andersson Anastasiia Kurashova
	Padjen – 03:19 1–0 Padjen (Kiliwnik) – 06:13 2–0 Kiliwnik (Cochrane, Godfrey) (PP) – 11:06 3–0 Harvey – 22:18 4–0 4–1 39:40 – Chávez (Téllez, J. Rojas) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	8

1 April 2018 20:00

Netherlands

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Nadia Zijlstra	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Milla Ronkainen Wang Hui
	Barbier (Zwarthoed, Wielenga) – 09:56 1–0 Hamers (Zwarthoed) (PP) – 25:12 2–0 2–1 51:16 – Confidenti (Duh, Pren) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	55	Shots	12

3 April 2018 13:00

Netherlands

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Australia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 344

Game reference
	Lisa Daams	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Catherine Goutama
	Zwarthoed (Even) (SH) – 10:07 1–0 Schollaardt (Huisman, Hamers) – 13:52 2–0 Tjin-a-Ton (Wielenga) (PP) – 32:54 3–0 Barbier (Zwarthoed, Even) – 42:27 4–0 Van der Zande (Huisman) – 47:12 5–0 Wielenga (Zwarthoed, Barbier) – 48:08 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	12

3 April 2018 16:30

Great Britain

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Mexico

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 357

Game reference
	Samantha Bolwell	Goalies	Mónica Renteria Daniela Castro	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Liv Andersson Milla Ronkainen
	Lane (Hill, Taylor) (PP) – 13:28 1–0 Ashton (Hutchinson) – 25:32 2–0 Allen (Hill, Ganney) (PP) – 31:16 3–0 Henry (Gale) (PP) – 41:19 4–0 Adams (Bloom) – 43:10 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	5

3 April 2018 20:00

North Korea

5–4 (2–0, 1–2, 2–2)

Slovenia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 499

Game reference
	Ri Pom So Jong-sim	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Zita Gebora Anastasiia Kurashova
	Kim H. (Jong Su., Jin) – 09:21 1–0 Kim H. (Jong Su., Kim Un-h.) – 11:26 2–0 2–1 27:57 – E. Dukarič (Confidenti, Pren) 2–2 31:40 – Confidenti (Porekar, Pren) Kim H. (Choe J.) – 35:03 3–2 3–3 41:10 – Pren (Confidenti) Kim H. (Choe J.) – 50:27 4–3 Kim Un-h. (Jong Su.) (PP) – 53:55 5–3 5–4 58:58 – Kraner (Pren, E. Dukarič) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	52	Shots	16

4 April 2018 13:00

Mexico

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Netherlands

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 341

Game reference
	Mónica Renteria Daniela Castro	Goalies	Nadia Zijlstra	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Zita Gebora Milla Ronkainen
	0–1 02:17 – Wielenga (Barbier, Zwarthoed) 0–2 26:42 – Dijkema (Huisman, Hamers) (PP) 0–3 27:57 – Zwarthoed 0–4 30:14 – Tjin-a-Ton (Noe, Van Nes) 0–5 40:44 – Zwarthoed (Noe, Wielenga) 0–6 47:07 – Wielenga (Barbier) 0–7 54:35 – Zwarthoed (Wielenga, Hamers)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	4	Shots	52

4 April 2018 16:30

Australia

1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

North Korea

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 340

Game reference
	Ashleigh Brown	Goalies	Ri Pom	Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Wang Hui
	Clark-Crumpton (Horrocks, Van der Wolf) – 28:09 1–0 1–1 41:23 – Ryo (Kim Un-j., Hwang S.) 1–2 55:49 – Kim Un-h. (Kim H., Jong Su.) 1–3 58:37 – Jin (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	33

4 April 2018 20:00

Slovenia

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Great Britain

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 462

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Liv Andersson Catherine Goutama
	0–1 16:45 – Hill (Cornford) 0–2 21:56 – Henry (Gale, Taylor) 0–3 24:50 – Taylor (Allen, Henry) 0–4 48:11 – Herbert (Hutchinson) Confidenti (Pren) – 54:24 1–4
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	51

6 April 2018 13:00

North Korea

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Mexico

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 332

Game reference
	Ri Pom	Goalies	Mónica Renteria	Referee: Darja Abrosimova Linesmen: Catherine Goutama Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 11:11 – G. Rojas Kim H. (Jin, Choe J.) – 13:44 1–1 Kim Un-h. (Jong Su.) – 35:48 2–1 Kim Un-h. (Jin, Kim H.) (PP) – 58:32 3–1 3–2 59:58 – Càrdenas (Téllez, Chávez)
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	19

6 April 2018 16:30

Netherlands

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 377

Game reference
	Nadia Zijlstra	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Kaylen Erchul Linesmen: Jennifer Berezowski Milla Ronkainen
	Wielenga (Hamers, Zwarthoed) (PP) – 21:06 1–0 Hamers (Wielenga) – 26:47 2–0 Zwarthoed (Wielenga, Milders) – 39:17 3–0 Van Nes (Milders, Hamers) (PP) – 40:35 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	19

6 April 2018 20:00

Slovenia

2–4 (0–4, 2–0, 0–0)

Australia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor Attendance: 436

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wang Hui
	0–1 08:23 – Tihema (SH) 0–2 11:18 – Tihema (Godfrey) 0–3 13:21 – Ayris (Matheson) 0–4 15:02 – Clark-Crumpton (Sammons) Manfreda (E. Dukarič, Pren) (PP) – 26:49 1–4 E. Dukarič (Pren, Confidenti) – 34:11 2–4
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	20	Shots	40

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Pia Dukarič
  • Best Defenseman: Kayleigh Hamers
  • Best Forward: Pia Pren

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Julie Zwarthoed	5	5	6	11	+13	2	F
Pia Pren	5	2	9	11	+5	2	F
Sara Confidenti	5	6	4	10	+5	4	F
Savine Wielenga	5	4	6	10	+11	2	F
Kim Hyang-mi	5	5	4	9	+5	0	F
Kim Un-hyang	5	6	1	7	+6	4	F
Kayleigh Hamers	5	3	4	7	+5	0	D
Angela Taylor	5	4	2	6	+4	4	F
Zoe Barbier	5	2	4	6	+10	0	F
Jong Su-hyon	5	0	6	6	+5	2	F

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
Samantha Bolwell	120:00	1	0.50	36	97.22	1
Nadia Zijlstra	180:00	1	0.33	35	97.14	2
Pia Dukarič	299:45	15	3.00	221	93.21	1
Lisa Daams	120:00	2	1.00	23	91.30	1
Nicole Jackson	180:00	6	2.00	58	89.66	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

Division II Group B

2018 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valdemoro
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–23 March 2018
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	132 (8.8 per game)
Attendance	3,458 (231 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Caitlin Heale (15 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2018. ^{[7] [8]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Spain	Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Iceland	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Romania	Placed 6th in Division II B last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[9]

Referees Sintija Čamāne Lisa Grison Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Liu Chunhua

Linesmen Bettina Angerer Alba Calero Jennifer Cameron Claudia de la Pompa Fu Zhennan Loise Larsen Linnea Sainio

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain (H)	5	5	0	0	0	29	5	+24	15	Promoted to the 2019 Division II A
2	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	0	1	24	16	+8	12
3	Iceland	5	2	1	0	2	25	11	+14	8
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	1	2	24	21	+3	7
5	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	17	31	−14	3
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	12	47	−35	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

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

17 March 2018 13:00

New Zealand

6–3 (0–2, 6–1, 0–0)

Romania

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Andrea Kurkó Andreea Herescu	Referee: Liu Chunhua Linesmen: Claudia de la Pompa Loise Larsen
	0–1 01:32 – Oprea (Balint) 0–2 14:45 – Dumitru (Miklós) C. Heale (Gregory, Mulari) – 21:54 1–2 C. Heale – 26:37 2–2 C. Heale (Mulari, Gregory) (SH) – 31:38 3–2 C. Heale (Mulari, Gregory) – 33:29 4–2 4–3 36:02 – Oprea A. Hyde – 36:30 5–3 Mulari (Gregory, Lilly) (PP) – 39:05 6–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	28

17 March 2018 16:30

Chinese Taipei

6–2 (2–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Turkey

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 130

Game reference
	Hsu Tzu-ting Wang Yun-tzu	Goalies	Kübra Dadaşoğlu	Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Alba Calero
	Yeh (Hsieh) – 04:37 1–0 Yeh (Hsieh) – 12:16 2–0 Yeh (Teng, Hsu Ti.) (PP) – 28:24 3–0 Yeh – 31:48 4–0 4–1 34:53 – Yurt (Taygar, D. Lökbaş) Yeh – 41:10 5–1 5–2 43:18 – Demirkol (Baktıroğlu) Yeh (Hsu Ti.) (PP) – 56:04 6–2
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	58	Shots	29

17 March 2018 20:15

Iceland

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Spain

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 650

Game reference
	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Fu Zhennan
	Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Ágústsdóttir) – 06:02 1–0 1–1 21:29 – Merino (SH) 1–2 59:11 – V. Abrisqueta
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	34

18 March 2018 13:00

Romania

4–9 (2–5, 1–3, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Andreea Herescu	Goalies	Wang Yun-tzu Hsu Tzu-ting	Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Linnea Sainio
	Dumitru (Miklós) – 02:17 1–0 1–1 04:12 – Tsai (Yao) 1–2 13:32 – Hsieh 1–3 14:35 – Pan (Hsu Ti.) 1–4 15:35 – Yeh (Liu C.) (PP) Popescu (Balló) – 16:10 2–4 2–5 17:26 – Tao (Hsu Ti., Pan) Voicu (Sándor) – 25:12 3–5 3–6 31:31 – Yeh (Liu C., Teng) 3–7 32:10 – Yeh 3–8 39:25 – Yeh (Pan, Hsu Ti.) (PP) 3–9 54:23 – Liu C. (Huang Y.) Voicu – 55:07 4–9
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	58

18 March 2018 16:30

New Zealand

3–4 GWS (0–2, 1–0, 2–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Iceland

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Alba Calero Fu Zhennan
	0–1 14:42 – Jóhannesdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 0–2 17:12 – Leifsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir) Gerken (C. Heale, Mulari) – 31:31 1–2 Kloss (Shields) – 40:23 2–2 Mulari (C. Heale) (SH) – 45:39 3–2 3–3 59:56 – Shantz-Smiley (Garðarsdóttir) (SH, EA)
	Mulari C. Heale Shields Kloss Jones Mulari Shields	Shootout	Guðbjartsdóttir Jóhannesdóttir Jóhannesdóttir Su. Björgvinsdóttir Shantz-Smiley Shantz-Smiley Shantz-Smiley
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	53

18 March 2018 20:00

Spain

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 530

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Kübra Dadaşoğlu	Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Loise Larsen
	S. Danielsson (Ortiz, Muñoz) (PP) – 02:36 1–0 1–1 05:21 – Taygar (D. Lökbaş) Ramos (Moreno) – 10:20 2–1 Muñoz (L. Danielsson) – 39:00 3–1 S. Danielsson (Muñoz, L. Danielsson) (ENG) – 59:38 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	19

20 March 2018 13:00

Iceland

6–2 (1–1, 0–1, 5–0)

Turkey

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 130

Game reference
	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	Goalies	Kübra Dadaşoğlu Merve Karataş	Referee: Liu Chunhua Linesmen: Alba Calero Linnea Sainio
	0–1 02:45 – Baktıroğlu (Demirkol, A. Lökbaş) (PP) Jóhannesdóttir (Shantz-Smiley, Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 13:15 1–1 1–2 36:43 – Taygar (Baktıroğlu) Su. Björgvinsdóttir – 40:26 2–2 Snorradóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 42:53 3–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir – 52:22 4–2 Garðarsdóttir (Karvelsdóttir) – 53:51 5–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP) – 55:03 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	55	Shots	15

20 March 2018 16:30

New Zealand

2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 55

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting	Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Claudia de la Pompa
	0–1 16:05 – Hsu Ti. (Tao) 0–2 18:20 – Pan (Huang M.) 0–3 19:44 – Yao (Lin Ye., Pan) C. Heale (A. Hyde) – 27:19 1–3 1–4 39:40 – Teng (Hsu Ti., Yeh) (PP) Lilly (C. Heale, Mulari) (PP2) – 57:56 2–4 2–5 59:04 – Hsu Ti. (SH, ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	31

20 March 2018 20:00

Spain

12–0 (4–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Romania

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 205

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo Esther García	Goalies	Andrea Kurkó Andreea Herescu	Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Fu Zhennan
	Muñoz (S. Danielsson, Danielsson) – 05:30 1–0 Ibañez (Moreno, Ramos) – 12:24 2–0 S. Danielsson (Muñoz, Ortiz) – 12:38 3–0 Álvarez (Muñoz) – 17:41 4–0 V. Abrisqueta (PP) – 24:01 5–0 L. Abrisqueta (Merino) (SH) – 25:02 6–0 V. Abrisqueta (Muñoz, L. Danielsson) (PP) – 28:23 7–0 Serrano (Sans) – 29:19 8–0 Ramos (Ibañez, Grande) – 30:35 9–0 Serrano (Villar, V. Abrisqueta) – 44:37 10–0 Merino (Senac Gomez) (SH) – 56:03 11–0 Álvarez (Ortiz) – 58:46 12–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	59	Shots	14

21 March 2018 13:00

Turkey

4–11 (3–3, 0–5, 1–3)

New Zealand

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 95

Game reference
	Kübra Dadaşoğlu Merve Karataş	Goalies	Lochlyn Hyde Tabitha Crump	Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Linnea Sainio
	Taygar – 00:39 1–0 1–1 05:45 – Murray (Shields, Woodyear-Smith) Taygar (Baktıroğlu) (PP) – 07:13 2–1 2–2 10:33 – Murray (A. Hyde) 2–3 11:44 – Lilly (Mulari, C. Heale) (EA) D. Lökbaş (Baktıroğlu) – 12:30 3–3 3–4 21:30 – Woodyear-Smith (SH) 3–5 24:34 – Jones (Neville-Lamb) (PP) 3–6 26:57 – C. Heale (Mulari) 3–7 29:01 – C. Heale (Mulari, Jones) 3–8 30:13 – Mulari (C. Heale, Jones) (PP) 3–9 42:59 – Kloss (Jones, Mulari) 3–10 44:59 – Gregory (Neville-Lanb, Murray) Taygar (PP) – 47:34 4–10 4–11 51:32 – Mulari (Gerken, C. Heale)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	41

21 March 2018 16:30

Romania

1–12 (0–5, 1–2, 0–5)

Iceland

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Andreea Herescu Andrea Kurkó	Goalies	Kristin Þorbjörnsdóttir	Referee: Liu Chunhua Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Claudia de la Pompa
	0–1 01:06 – Jóhannesdóttir (Snorradóttir, Si. Björgvinsdóttir) 0–2 05:25 – Ingadóttir (Ágústsdóttir) (SH) 0–3 10:23 – Sigurðardóttir (Ingadóttir, Geirsdóttir) 0–4 12:05 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) (PP) 0–5 15:46 – Geirsdóttir (Ingadóttir) Oprea (Voicu) (PP) – 21:01 1–5 1–6 26:01 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP2) 1–7 33:26 – Geirsdóttir (Ágústsdóttir) 1–8 40:09 – Geirsdóttir 1–9 45:36 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Gardarsdóttir) 1–10 48:13 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Jóhannesdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) 1–11 53:30 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley, Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) 1–12 59:18 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	13	Shots	59

21 March 2018 20:00

Chinese Taipei

1–6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Spain

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 455

Game reference
	Hsu Tzu-ting	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo Esther García	Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Fu Zhennan Loise Larsen
	0–1 12:22 – Danielsson (Muñoz, Álvarez) 0–2 15:56 – Moreno (Merino, Ramos) 0–3 24:20 – Martín (Senac Gomez) 0–4 31:50 – Merino (V. Abrisqueta) 0–5 37:04 – L. Abrisqueta (Senac Gomez, Merino) Hsieh (Hsu Ti.) – 43:26 1–5 1–6 51:04 – S. Danielsson (Muñoz)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	38

23 March 2018 13:00

Iceland

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir Birta Thorbjornsdottir	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting	Referee: Sintija Čamāne Linesmen: Alba Calero Linnea Sainio
	0–1 02:46 – Yeh (Hsieh) 0–2 33:46 – Teng (Yeh) Jóhannesdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) – 38:31 1–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) – 44:31 2–2 2–3 44:31 – Hsu Ti. (Pan) (PP) 2–4 59:49 – Hsieh (Hsu Ti., Yeh) (PP, ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	20

23 March 2018 16:30

Spain

5–2 (2–0, 3–0, 0–2)

New Zealand

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 555

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo Esther García	Goalies	Lochlyn Hyde	Referee: Lisa Grison Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Fu Zhennan
	Merino (V. Abrisqueta) – 03:07 1–0 Muñoz (SH) – 07:11 2–0 L. Abrisqueta (V. Abrisqueta) – 28:14 3–0 S. Danielsson (Muñoz) – 28:47 4–0 Ibañez (Martín, Ramos) – 35:40 5–0 5–1 46:02 – Kloss (C. Heale, Mulari) 5–2 58:30 – Jones (C. Heale) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	25

23 March 2018 20:00

Turkey

8–4 (2–2, 1–2, 5–0)

Romania

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro Attendance: 175

Game reference
	Kübra Dadaşoğlu	Goalies	Andrea Kurkó Andreea Herescu	Referee: Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Linesmen: Claudia de la Pompa Loise Larsen
	0–1 02:20 – Csiszér (Oprea) 0–2 02:37 – Popescu (Ballo) Baktıroğlu – 06:28 1–2 Baktıroğlu (SH) – 14:06 2–2 Baktıroğlu (SH) – 23:58 3–2 3–3 29:33 – Popescu (Ballo) (PP) 3–4 36:11 – Ballo (Popescu) Taygar (Yılmaz) – 47:08 4–4 Taygar (PP) – 53:28 5–4 Baktıroğlu – 57:53 6–4 Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş) – 58:15 7–4 Taygar (Yılmaz, Demirkol) (PP) – 59:50 8–4
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	30

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Alba Gonzalo
  • Best Defenseman: Elena Álvarez
  • Best Forward: Silvia Björgvinsdóttir

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Caitlin Heale	5	7	8	15	+7	2	F
Anjali Thakker	5	4	11	15	+6	2	F
Yeh Hui-chen	5	11	3	14	+4	2	F
Silvia Björgvinsdóttir	5	9	3	12	+4	4	F
Hsu Ting-yu	5	3	8	11	+5	4	F
Vega Muñoz	5	3	8	11	+8	2	F
Sarah Shantz-Smiley	5	2	9	11	+2	4	F
Çağla Baktıroğlu	5	6	4	10	0	4	F
Betül Taygar	5	8	1	9	−8	6	F
Flosrún Jóhannesdóttir	5	4	4	8	+1	2	F

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
Alba Gonzalo	255:04	4	0.94	87	95.40	0
Hsu Tzu-ting	221:23	11	2.98	118	90.68	0
Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	224:04	9	2.41	83	89.16	0
Lochlyn Hyde	295:42	20	4.06	164	87.80	0
Kübra Dadaşoğlu	275:47	27	5.87	201	86.57	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

Division II Group B Qualification

2018 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–9 December 2017
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	70 (7 per game)
Attendance	1,366 (137 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ela Filipeć (16 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 December 2017. ^{[10] [11]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Hosts; placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 5th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Croatia	Did not participate last year.

Match officials

3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[12]

Referees Olga Steinberg Maria Fuhrberg Michaela Matejova

Linesmen Yvonne Grascher Vitaliya Khamitsevich Julia Mannlein Tatiana Kasášová Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia	4	4	0	0	0	27	2	+25	12	Promoted to the 2019 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	26	2	+24	9
3	South Africa	4	2	0	0	2	12	8	+4	6
4	Hong Kong	4	1	0	0	3	4	33	−29	3
5	Bulgaria (H)	4	0	0	0	4	3	27	−24	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

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

4 December 2017 15:30

Croatia

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Shaylene Swanepoel	Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	Širanović (Vrbančić) – 09:51 1–0 Delić (Filipeć, Širanović) – 22:05 2–0 Filipeć (Širanović, Smolec) (SH) – 35:25 3–0 Bednjanec (Gurka, Filipeć) – 39:47 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	16

4 December 2017 19:00

Bulgaria

0–9 (0–3, 0–4, 0–2)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 230

Game reference
	Paulina Georgieva Katrin Stankova	Goalies	Nina Van Orshaegen Liesl Kuypers	Referee: Olga Steinberg Linesmen: Vitaliya Khamitsevich Julia Mannlein
	0–1 00:07 – F. Bosmans 0–2 03:00 – Maka (Jenaer) 0–3 05:02 – L. Bosmans (PP) 0–4 24:10 – F. Bosmans (Morel de Westgaver) 0–5 27:38 – Maka 0–6 34:11 – Clincke (Frere) 0–7 35:35 – L. Bosmans (Morel de Westgaver) (PP) 0–8 41:47 – Frere (Boon) (PP) 0–9 43:28 – Franck (Frere)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	7	Shots	41

5 December 2017 19:00

Hong Kong

0–10 (0–1, 0–5, 0–4)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 238

Game reference
	Chau Nga-sze	Goalies	Petra Belobrk Julija Baždar	Referee: Maria Fuhrberg Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	0–1 03:34 – Gurka (Filipeć, Smolec) 0–2 22:45 – Muranić (Filipeć) 0–3 24:50 – Filipeć 0–4 36:49 – Metelko (Filipeć) 0–5 38:15 – Gurka (Smolec, Širanović) 0–6 39:30 – Malek (Muranić, Filipeć) 0–7 41:18 – Delić (Gurka, Filipeć) 0–8 49:30 – Smolec 0–9 56:08 – Delić (Filipeć) 0–10 57:17 – Malek
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	3	Shots	49

6 December 2017 15:30

Belgium

14–1 (3–0, 5–1, 6–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Nina Van Orshaegen Liesl Kuypers	Goalies	Chau Nga-sze	Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Vitaliya Khamitsevich
	F. Bosmans (Leyen) – 06:11 1–0 Boon (Clincke) – 11:35 2–0 F. Bosmans (Leyen) – 14:34 3–0 Boon (Frere) – 21:28 4–0 4–1 24:17 – Wong Maka (Jenaer) – 27:04 5–1 De Guchtenaere (Franck) – 29:29 6–1 Frere – 32:55 7–1 Boon (De Wolf) – 38:31 8–1 Franck (Frere) – 43:09 9–1 F. Bosmans (L. Bosmans) – 45:17 10–1 Jenaer (Van Calster) – 47:52 11–1 De Guchtenaere (Willemot) – 49:37 12–1 Jenaer (Duchateau) – 51:36 13–1 Franck (Frere) – 53:17 14–1
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	61	Shots	1

6 December 2017 19:00

South Africa

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 225

Game reference
	Dominique Relleen	Goalies	Katrin Stankova	Referee: Olga Steinberg Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Julia Mannlein
	Van Doesburgh (C. Schuurman, Rhode) (PP) – 28:37 1–0 Rhode – 37:17 2–0 C. Schuurman (Van Doesburgh, N. Schuurman) – 48:26 3–0 Rhode – 56:37 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	23

7 December 2017 19:00

Croatia

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Nina Van Orshaegen	Referee: Maria Fuhrberg Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	Filipeć (SH) – 17:23 1–0
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	25

8 December 2017 15:30

South Africa

8–1 (2–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Shaylene Swanepoel	Goalies	Chau Nga-sze	Referee: Olga Steinberg Linesmen: Vitaliya Khamitsevich Julia Mannlein
	Rhode (L. Langeveld, Brankin) (PP) – 18:38 1–0 C. Schuurman – 19:36 2–0 Jamieson (Gruber) – 21:07 3–0 3–1 25:33 – Lau Rhode (Brankin) – 26:04 4–1 Rhode – 35:43 5–1 C. Langeveld – 37:59 6–1 N. Schuurman (C. Schuurman) – 47:11 7–1 Rhode (Brankin, Herringer) – 56:58 8–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	5

8 December 2017 19:00

Bulgaria

2–12 (0–5, 2–3, 0–4)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Paulina Georgieva	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Tatiana Kasášová
	0–1 04:13 – Čavka (Gurka) 0–2 05:16 – Filipeć (Metelko) 0–3 06:57 – Delić (Gurka) 0–4 07:15 – Smolec (Filipeć) 0–5 16:51 – Gurka (Delić) 0–6 24:43 – Filipeć (Bednjanec) (PP) 0–7 26:56 – Vrbančić (Širanović) (PP) Popova (Evstatieva, Stoyanova) (PP) – 32:16 1–7 Evstatieva (Popova) (PP) – 35:15 2–7 2–8 36:51 – Širanović (Smolec) 2–9 44:34 – Vrbančić (Filipeć) (PP) 2–10 46:11 – Širanović (Filipeć) 2–11 49:36 – Čavka (Bednjanec) 2–12 52:39 – Čavka (Gurka)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	49

9 December 2017 14:30

Hong Kong

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Chau Nga-sze	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva	Referee: Maria Fuhrberg Linesmen: Yvonne Grascher Vitaliya Khamitsevich
	0–1 07:20 – Dimitrova (Georgieva, Dilova) Ng (Shum) (PP) – 49:29 1–1 Leung – 54:26 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	26

9 December 2017 19:00

Belgium

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Nina van Orshaegen	Goalies	Shaylene Swanepoel	Referee: Michaela Matejova Linesmen: Tatiana Kasášová Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir
	Morel de Westgaver (Van Calster, Leyen) – 19:37 1–0 F. Bosmans (Morel de Westgaver) – 29:20 2–0 Frere (Clincke) – 34:56 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	10

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ela Filipeć	4	6	10	16	+17	2	D
Sonja Frere	4	4	4	8	+11	0	F
Vesna Gurka	4	3	5	8	+11	2	F
Dalene Rhode	4	6	1	7	+5	0	F
Ana Širanović	4	3	4	7	+11	2	F
Femke Bosmans	4	6	0	6	+7	0	F
Martina Smolec	4	1	5	6	+8	2	D
Tijana Delić	4	4	1	4	+8	0	F
Axelle Franck	4	3	1	4	+4	0	F
Cato Boon	4	2	2	4	+6	2	F
Valerie Jenaer	4	2	2	4	+4	0	F
Chloe Schuurman	4	2	2	4	0	4	F

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
Nina van Orshaegen	180:00	1	0.33	40	97.50	1
Petra Belobrk	218:12	2	0.55	57	96.49	2
Shaylene Swanepoel	180:00	8	2.67	56	85.71	0
Chau Nga-sze	240:00	33	8.25	176	81.25	0
Katrin Stankova	152:05	19	7.50	90	78.89	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. "Dutch delight in Maribor". iihf.com. 7 April 2018.
2. "¡Qué festival!". iihf.com. 22 March 2018.
3. "Croatia bounces back". iihf.com. 10 December 2017.
4. 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A official website
5. 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A statistics
6. Div II A assignments
7. 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B official website
8. 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B statistics
9. Div II B assignments
10. 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification official website
11. 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification statistics
12. Div II B Q assignments

External links

• Official website of IIHF
• Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info