2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	Sweden  France  China  Great Britain  Spain  Hong Kong
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
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The 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships were the 17th such series of tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. These championships also served as qualifications for the 2016 competition.

The Top Division tournament was played in Malmö, Sweden, from 28 March to 4 April 2015.^[1][2]

Rank Team  United States  Canada  Finland 4  Russia 5  Sweden 6   Switzerland 7  Japan 8  Germany Relegated to the 2016 Division I A

Quarterfinals Semifinals 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 Bronze medal game A4  Russia 1 A3  Finland 4

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Rouen, France, from 12 to 18 April 2015.^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	0	20	4	+16	15	Promoted to the 2016 Top Division
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	25	10	+15	12
3	France (H)	5	2	0	1	2	17	15	+2	7
4	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	12	18	−6	6
5	Norway	5	1	1	0	3	12	18	−6	5
6	Latvia	5	0	0	0	5	6	27	−21	0	Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Beijing, China, from 6 to 12 April 2015.^[4]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovakia	5	4	1	0	0	21	8	+13	14	Promoted to the 2016 Division I A
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	0	1	16	6	+10	11
3	China (H)	5	3	0	1	1	21	15	+6	10
4	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	10	12	−2	6
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	11	14	−3	4
6	North Korea	5	0	0	0	5	6	30	−24	0	Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 30 March to 5 April 2015.^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	30	2	+28	15	Promoted to the 2016 Division I B
2	Great Britain (H)	5	4	0	0	1	23	5	+18	12
3	South Korea	5	2	1	0	2	21	8	+13	8
4	Poland	5	1	1	1	2	17	17	0	6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	9	45	−36	3
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	1	4	5	28	−23	1	Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 7 to 13 March 2015.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	4	0	0	1	28	9	+19	12	Promoted to the 2016 Division II A
2	Mexico	5	3	0	1	1	13	7	+6	10
3	Spain (H)	5	2	1	0	2	15	11	+4	8
4	Iceland	5	1	1	2	1	13	16	−3	7
5	Australia	5	2	0	0	3	8	13	−5	6
6	Belgium	5	0	1	0	4	5	26	−21	2	Relegated to the 2016 Division II B Qualification[a]

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Hong Kong, from 18 to 21 February 2015.^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Turkey	3	3	0	0	0	23	8	+15	9	Promoted to the 2016 Division II B
2	Hong Kong (H)	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	+2	6
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	13	12	+1	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	4	22	−18	0

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