2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2019 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Great Britain  Romania  South Africa
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	2–8 April 2019 1–7 April 2019 13–18 January 2019
Teams	17
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The 2019 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.

Slovenia earned promotion in Division II Group A; Chinese Taipei won the Division II Group B and Ukraine the qualification tournament, both teams got promoted for the next year, while Australia and Romania were relegated.^[1][2][3]

2019 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Great Britain
City	Dumfries
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–8 April 2019
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	84 (5.6 per game)
Attendance	5,501 (367 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Pia Pren (20 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 2 to 8 April 2019.^[4][5]

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	3	1	1	0	24	11	+13	12	Promoted to the 2022 Division I B
2	Great Britain (H)	5	3	1	0	1	13	9	+4	11
3	Spain	5	2	1	1	1	11	11	0	9
4	Mexico	5	2	0	1	2	14	18	−4	7
5	North Korea	5	1	1	1	2	12	13	−1	6
6	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	10	22	−12	0	Relegated to the 2020 Division II B

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

2 April 2019 13:00

Spain

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

Slovenia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 507

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Joanna Pobożniak
	Sans (SH) – 24:06 1–0 1–1 36:20 – Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren) (PP) 1–2 38:30 – Blazinšek (Lončar, Pren) L. Abrisqueta (Álvarez, V. Abrisqueta) (PP) – 43:27 2–2 L. Abrisqueta (Ramos) (PP) – 47:37 3–2 3–3 49:28 – Confidenti (Pren)
	Rivera Merino Ramos Senac Gómez	Shootout	Kraner Blazinšek Pren Confidenti E. Dukarič
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	32

2 April 2019 16:30

North Korea

2–4 (2–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Mexico

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 192

Game reference
	Ri Pom	Goalies	Mónica Rentería	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Amy Campbell Oksana Shestakova
	Jong (Kim H., Hwang Chung-g.) – 02:38 1–0 Kim H. – 12:42 2–0 2–1 14:54 – Téllez (J. Rojas) 2–2 16:05 – J. Rojas (Cruz) 2–3 18:39 – J. Rojas (Téllez, G. Rojas) 2–4 33:06 – G. Rojas (Téllez)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	14

2 April 2019 20:00

Australia

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 462

Game reference
	Michelle Coonan	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Ekaterina Smirnova
	0–1 15:34 – Scoon (Bloom) 0–2 50:17 – A. Headland Clark-Crumpton – 58:50 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	32

4 April 2019 13:00

North Korea

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Australia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 452

Game reference
	So Jong-sim	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Amy Campbell Wong Tsui Yi
	Kim Un-j. (Hwang S.) – 01:32 1–0 1–1 29:53 – Walker Jang) – 31:44 2–1 2–2 39:07 – Van der Wolf (Tihema) Jong (SH) – 49:08 3–2 Jong (Choe) (PP) – 57:23 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	30

4 April 2019 16:30

Mexico

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Spain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 271

Game reference
	Mónica Rentería	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Jennifer Cameron
	0–1 02:48 – Muñoz (L. Danielsson) 0–2 36:49 – Muñoz (S. Danielsson, López)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	11	Shots	32

4 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

2–4 (1–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Slovenia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 427

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Oksana Shestakova
	Culshaw – 19:36 1–0 1–1 26:18 – Blazinšek (Lončar, Pren) (PP) 1–2 40:34 – Confidenti (Pren) (PP) 1–3 42:27 – Confidenti (Pren) 1–4 52:34 – Pren (Confidenti) Lane (Allen) – 56:36 2–4
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	17

5 April 2019 13:00

North Korea

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

Spain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 350

Game reference
	So Jong-sim	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Amy Campbell
	0–1 23:35 – V. Abrisqueta (Ramos, Álvarez) (PP) Kim K. – 44:50 1–1
	Jong Rim Kim Un-j. Kim H. Choe Kim Un-j. Jong	Shootout	Rivera Ramos Muñoz Merino V. Abrisqueta Rivera V. Abrisqueta
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	39

5 April 2019 16:30

Australia

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 243

Game reference
	Michelle Coonan Keesha Atkins	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Ekaterina Smirnova
	0–1 05:55 – Blazinšek (Pren) Van der Wolf (Clark-Crumpton) 10:50 1–1 1–2 20:30 – Pren (Blazinšek) 1–3 25:08 – Confidenti (Pren, Blazinšek) (PP) 1–4 34:09 – Pren (Confidenti, Blazinšek) 1–5 43:52 – Blazinšek (Pren, Confidenti) 1–6 56:26 – Pren (Confidenti, Lončar)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

5 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Mexico

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 485

Game reference
	Samantha Bolwell	Goalies	Monica Renteria	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 23:52 – Téllez (G. Rojas, J. Rojas) Marsden (C. Headland) – 33:02 1–1 Allen (Pearson, Traill) – 35:19 2–1 2–2 44:23 – G. Rojas (Téllez) Lewis (Farman, Towns) (PP) – 61:02 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	11

7 April 2019 13:00

Mexico

7–4 (0–1, 3–1, 4–2)

Australia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 262

Game reference
	Mónica Rentería	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 11:45 – Godfrey (PP) 0–2 20:20 – Clark-Crumpton (Tihema, Van der Wolf) Larios (Amaya, Cardenas) – 24:23 1–2 Chávez (González, Téllez) (PP) – 27:16 2–2 González (Ayala, Téllez) (PP) – 34:31 3–2 J. Rojas (Téllez) – 47:31 4–2 G. Rojas (González, Cruz) – 48:15 5–2 5–3 49:24 – Godfrey (Moore) Ayala (Téllez) (PP2) – 51:14 6–3 Chávez (SH) – 55:35 7–3 7–4 59:59 – Sammons (Matheson)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	27

7 April 2019 16:30

Slovenia

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

North Korea

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 317

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič	Goalies	So Jong-sim	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Amy Campbell
	E. Dukarič (Breznik) – 01:30 1–0 1–1 08:27 – Jong (Kim Un-h.) Confidenti (Lončar, Pren) (SH) – 23:42 2–1 Confidenti (Blazinšek, Pren) – 28:57 3–1 3–2 33:45 – Kim Un-h. (Choe) (SH) 3–3 34:18 – Hwang S. (SH)
	Pezdir Blazinšek Pren Confidenti E. Dukarič	Shootout	Jong Kim H. Kim Un-j. Kim Un-h. Hwang S.
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

7 April 2019 20:00

Spain

1–4 (1–0, 0–1, 0–3)

Great Britain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 487

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Ekaterina Smirnova
	Moreno (Senac Gómez, Merino) – 05:02 1–0 1–1 05:02 – A. Headland (Lane) 1–2 43:57 – Allen (Bloom) 1–3 55:42 – Marsden (Farman, Bloom) (PP) 1–4 59:19 – Bloom (Ashton) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	37

8 April 2019 13:00

Slovenia

7–1 (4–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Mónica Rentería	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 10:51 – Senac Gómez (Téllez) (PP) Lončar (Pren, Blazinšek) (PP) – 14:59 1–1 Pren (Blazinšek, Lončar) – 16:44 2–1 Pren (Lončar, Porekar) – 17:30 3–1 Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren) – 18:59 4–1 Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren) – 36:56 5–1 Confidenti – 39:59 6–1 E. Dukarič (Pezdir) – 44:40 7–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	23

8 April 2019 16:30

Australia

2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Spain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 218

Game reference
	Keesha Atkins	Goalies	Laura López	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Amy Campbell Ekaterina Smirnova
	Van der Wolf (Clark-Crumpton) – 03:01 1–0 1–1 14:04 – Senac Gómez (Muñoz, V. Abrisqueta) (PP) McFadden (Sammons, Van der Wolf) (PP) – 38:57 2–1 2–2 49:28 – Rivero (Moreno, L. López) 2–3 58:30 – Ramos (Martin)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	24

8 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

North Korea

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 675

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	So Jong-sim	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Joanna Pobożniak
	0–1 02:59 – Jang (Kim H.) Lane – 27:49 1–1 Douglas (Towns, Hill) – 34:40 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	13

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Pia Dukarič
  • Best Defenseman: Hwang Chung-gum
  • Best Forward: Pia Pren

Source: IIHF.com

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Pia Pren	5	6	14	20	+12	0	F
Sara Confidenti	5	7	7	14	+13	4	F
Julija Blazinšek	5	7	6	13	+12	0	F
Claudia Téllez	5	2	8	10	−1	0	F
Nina Lončar	5	1	6	7	+12	4	D
Joanna Rojas	5	4	2	6	0	2	F
Giovanna Rojas	5	3	2	5	+2	2	F
Kristelle van der Wolf	5	3	2	5	−2	0	F
Jong Su-hyon	5	4	0	4	+3	2	F
Saffron Allen	5	2	2	4	+4	2	F
Michelle Clark-Crumpton	5	2	2	4	−1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Pia Dukarič	310:00	10	1.94	175	94.29	0
So Jong-sim	289:21	9	1.87	133	93.23	0
Alba Gonzalo	248:59	7	1.69	100	93.00	1
Nicole Jackson	238:31	7	1.76	68	89.71	0
Mónica Rentería	281:02	17	3.63	154	88.96	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

2019 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
City	Brașov
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–7 April 2019
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	96 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	1,275 (85 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Silvía Björgvinsdóttir (13 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 1 to 7 April 2019.^[7][8]

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	5	5	0	0	0	20	8	+12	15	Promoted to the 2022 Division II A
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	21	12	+9	9
4	Turkey	5	1	0	1	3	15	23	−8	4
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	7	18	−11	3
6	Romania (H)	5	0	1	0	4	15	27	−12	2	Relegated to the 2020 Division III

All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

1 April 2019 13:00

New Zealand

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 25

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Mai Mizuhori
	0–1 16:17 – Teng (Hsu Ti.) (PP) 0–2 29:31 – Yeh 0–3 49:36 – Hsu Ti. (Pan) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	32

1 April 2019 16:30

Croatia

3–6 (2–3, 0–0, 1–3)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Julia Johansson Julia Mannlein
	Širanović (PP) – 03:59 1–0 E. Čavka (T. Čavka) – 05:48 2–0 2–1 10:18 – Taygar (Baktıroğlu, Demirkol) (PP) 2–2 11:29 – Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş) 2–3 12:38 – Baktıroğlu (Uygun) Širanović (Grašić, Delić) – 45:43 3–3 3–4 49:25 – Taygar 3–5 56:06 – Oğuz (Baktıroğlu) 3–6 59:59 – Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	47

1 April 2019 20:00

Iceland

9–5 (3–1, 3–2, 3–2)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Anastasiia Kurashova
	Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 00:14 1–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 02:29 2–0 Árnadóttir (Leifsdóttir, Ingadóttir) – 03:11 3–0 3–1 04:52 – Voicu (Balló) (PP) 3–2 23:47 – Oprea (Popescu) Ingadóttir (SH) – 28:29 4–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 31:22 5–2 5–3 33:15 – Oprea (Sajtos) Ingadóttir (Leifsdóttir, Kjartansdóttir) – 33:51 6–3 Snorradóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 40:12 7–3 Kjartansdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 43:52 8–3 8–4 44:23 – Balló (Csiszér, Voicu) 8–5 50:37 – Oprea (Mathe) Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 53:15 9–5
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	16

2 April 2019 13:00

Chinese Taipei

5–3 (1–0, 1–1, 3–2)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Wang Yun-tzu	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Julia Johansson Anastasiia Kurashova
	Hsu Ti.) – 08:25 1–0 1–1 24:08 – Baktıroğlu Yeh (Wang Hsu.) – 26:30 2–1 Yeh – 41:07 3–1 Teng (Liu C., Chang) – 43:45 4–1 4–2 48:32 – Koçak (Uygun) (PP) 4–3 53:17 – Baktıroğlu (Taygar) Tao (Hsieh) – 54:24 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	20

2 April 2019 16:30

Iceland

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

New Zealand

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Goalies	Grace Harrison	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Mai Mizuhori
	Gardarsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 00:33 1–0 1–1 19:54 – Horner-Pascoe (Shields, Lilly) (PP) 1–2 58:32 – Horner-Pascoe (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	25

2 April 2019 20:00

Romania

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Andrea Kurko	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Julia Mannlein
	0–1 02:29 – Širanović (Filipec) (PP) 0–2 14:14 – Širanović (Smolec) (SH) Oprea (PP) – 51:07 1–2 1–3 59:36 – Širanović (SH, EN)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	30

4 April 2019 13:00

Iceland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Telma Matthíasdóttir	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Julia Johansson
	Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP2) – 31:56 1–0 Árnadóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 47:30 2–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir) – 58:33 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	14

4 April 2019 16:30

New Zealand

4–2 (0–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Grace Harrison Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Bente Owren
	0–1 08:44 – Baktıroğlu (Uygun) Shields (Horner-Pascoe) – 24:53 1–1 Horner-Pascoe – 32:37 2–1 Shields (Shattock) – 34:42 3–1 Shattock (Orr, Read) – 37:41 4–1 4–2 42:09 – D. Lökbaş (Taygar)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	23

4 April 2019 20:00

Chinese Taipei

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Wang Yun-tzu	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Julia Mannlein
	0–1 06:08 – Voicu (Balló, Sajtos) 0–2 10:35 – Voicu (Balló, Csiszér) Liu C. (Hsu Ti., Teng) (PP) – 12:19 1–2 1–3 21:33 – Voicu (Balló) Liu C. (PP) – 22:25 2–3 Yeh (Hsu Ti., Jan) (PP) – 48:39 3–3 Pan (Yeh) (PP) – 54:14 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	16

5 April 2019 13:00

Turkey

0–6 (0–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Iceland

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Sera Doğramacı Kübra Dadaşoğlu	Goalies	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Julia Johansson Mai Mizuhori
	0–1 05:50 – Gardarsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir, Kjartansdóttir) (PP) 0–2 33:10 – Karvelsdóttir (Ingadóttir) (PP) 0–3 34:54 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Gardarsdóttir) 0–4 42:21 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Snorradóttir, Gardarsdóttir) (PP2) 0–5 45:58 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) 0–6 59:02 – Hjaltested (Karvelsdóttir)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	39

5 April 2019 16:30

Croatia

0–3 (0–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Chinese Taipei

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting Wang Yun-tzu	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Bente Owren
	0–1 04:19 – Yeh (Hsieh) 0–2 04:44 – Hsu Ti. (Hsieh) 0–3 25:29 – Liu C. (EA)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	30

5 April 2019 20:00

Romania

1–7 (0–2, 0–2, 1–3)

New Zealand

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Nadina Niciu	Goalies	Lochlyn Hyde	Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 07:00 – Shields (Horner-Pascoe) 0–2 15:42 – Horner-Pascoe (Shields, Murray) 0–3 26:02 – Shields (Jones) (PP) 0–4 38:31 – Horner-Pascoe (Woodyear-Smith) Balló – 44:17 1–4 1–5 44:39 – Woodyear-Smith (Horner-Pascoe) 1–6 55:20 – Murray (Horner-Pascoe) 1–7 59:40 – Woodyear-Smith
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	50

7 April 2019 13:00

New Zealand

5–1 (0–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Mai Mizuhori
	Shattock (Woodyear-Smith, Gerken) (SH) – 28:42 1–0 Gregory (C. Heale) – 30:50 2–0 Fuller (Gerken) – 42:45 3–0 A. Heale (Horner-Pascoe) – 43:45 4–0 4–1 48:06 – Smolec Jones (Murray, Horner-Pascoe) – 51:54 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	42	Shots	21

7 April 2019 16:30

Chinese Taipei

5–2 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Iceland

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 50

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	Hsu Tzu-ting	Goalies	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Bente Owren
	Tao (Pan) – 14:33 1–0 1–1 29:59 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) Hsieh (Hsu Ti.) – 30:27 2–1 Yeh – 39:08 3–1 3–2 50:06 – Gardarsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Su. Björgvinsdóttir) Yeh – 51:43 4–2 Tao (Lin) – 51:56 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	38

7 April 2019 20:00

Turkey

4–5 OT (3–1, 0–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 300

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	Sera Doğramacı	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Julia Johansson Anne-Ruth Kuonen
	Baktıroğlu (A. Lökbaş) (PP) – 04:19 1–0 1–1 13:21 – Oprea (Popescu) Baktıroğlu – 14:17 2–1 D. Lökbaş (Baktıroğlu) – 18:16 3–1 3–2 20:59 – Balló (Adorján) 3–3 22:16 – Voicu 3–4 47:35 – Voicu (Balló) D. Lökbaş – 49:32 4–4 4–5 62:57 – Csiszér (Voicu) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	26

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Hsu Tzu-ting
  • Best Defenseman: Krystie Woodyear-Smith
  • Best Forward: Silvia Björgvinsdóttir

Source: IIHF.com

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Silvía Björgvinsdóttir	5	8	5	13	+5	0	F
Jasmine Horner-Pascoe	5	6	6	12	+6	2	F
Çağla Baktıroğlu	5	8	3	11	+3	0	F
Sunna Björgvinsdóttir	5	2	9	11	+6	4	F
Yeh Hui-chen	5	7	1	8	+9	4	F
Ana Voicu	5	6	2	8	−1	26	F
Noémi Balló	5	3	5	8	0	0	F
Hannah Shields (ice hockey)	5	4	3	7	+7	2	F
Hsu Ting-yu	5	3	4	7	+9	0	F
Kolbrun Gardarsdóttir	5	3	3	6	+6	4	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Hsu Tzu-ting	166:53	2	0.72	85	97.65	1
Lochlyn Hyde	160:00	4	1.50	66	93.94	0
Grace Harrison	138:24	4	1.73	64	93.75	0
Petra Belobrk	300:00	18	3.60	193	90.67	0
Karítas Halldórsdóttir	238:45	12	3.02	101	88.12	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

2019 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–18 January 2019
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	84 (8.4 per game)
Attendance	1,500 (150 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Valerie Jenaer (13 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 18 January 2019.^[10][11]

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 5th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Ukraine	First time participating in the World Championship.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	4	4	0	0	0	17	5	+12	12	Promoted to the 2020 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	24	7	+17	9
3	South Africa (H)	4	2	0	0	2	21	17	+4	6
4	Hong Kong	4	0	1	0	3	11	29	−18	2
5	Bulgaria	4	0	0	1	3	11	26	−15	1

All times are local (South African Standard Time – UTC+2).

13 January 2019 14:00

Hong Kong

1–8 (1–3, 0–4, 0–1)

Belgium

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

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	Chau Nga Sze	Goalies	Maud Smits	Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Caroline Butt Tsang Yin
	Ip (SH) – 02:52 1–0 1–1 04:13 – Jenaer (Bosmans) 1–2 07:38 – Leirs (Fransen) 1–3 13:32 – Jenaer (Willemot) 1–4 20:21 – Leyen (Jenaer, Bosmans) 1–5 25:55 – Clincke (Frere) 1–6 31:32 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans) (PP) 1–7 35:21 – Jenaer (De Guchtenaere) 1–8 54:55 – Maka (De Guchtenaere, Van Hootegem)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	14	Shots	50

13 January 2019 19:00

Ukraine

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 400

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	Viktoriia Tkachenko	Goalies	Shaylene Swanepoel	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sueva Torribio
	Skashchuk (Riabkina, Tsymyrenko) – 12:48 1–0 1–1 19:18 – Van Doesburgh (Rhode, Verwey) (PP2) Skashchuk (Riabkina) (PP) – 24:28 2–1 Tsymyrenko (Dobrovolska, Skashchuk) – 32:57 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	15

14 January 2019 18:00

Bulgaria

1–5 (0–3, 0–0, 1–2)

Ukraine

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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	Katrin Stankova	Goalies	Viktoriia Tkachenko	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Michaela Hryzáková Sueva Torribio
	0–1 10:08 – Dobrovolska (Riabkina, Tkachuk) (PP) 0–2 12:46 – Tsymyrenko (Skashchuk, Tarasova) 0–3 14:29 – Tkachuk (Riabkina) Zareva (Iliycheva, Metanova) – 41:11 1–3 1–4 51:05 – Tkachuk (Riabkina, Dobrovolska) (PP) 1–5 51:05 – Makarenko
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	40

15 January 2019 14:00

Belgium

6–0 (4–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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	Maud Smits	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Tsang Yin
	Jenaer (De Guchtenaere, Bosmans) (PP) – 05:07 1–0 Clincke (SH) – 13:16 2–0 Jenaer (De Guchtenaere, Bosmans) – 18:35 3–0 Willemot (Boon) – 19:38 4–0 Boon (Frere) – 47:37 5–0 De Guchtenaere (PP) – 59:43 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	9

15 January 2019 18:00

South Africa

10–1 (4–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 200

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	Shaylene Swanepoel Rachel van der Merwe	Goalies	Virginia Wong Chau Nga Sze	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Caroline Butt Michaela Hryzáková
	Van Doesburgh (PP) – 03:28 1–0 Rhode (Gruber) – 04:12 2–0 Keuler (Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 05:41 3–0 3–1 06:46 – Ip (Li) (SH) Rhode (Van Doesburgh, Brankin) – 14:00 4–1 Van Doesburgh (Langeveld, Kleyn) – 31:05 5–1 Brankin (SH) – 32:44 6–1 Rhode – 35:40 7–1 Rhode (Grobler) – 41:33 8–1 Rhode (Keuler, Schuurman) (PP) – 49:32 9–1 Van Doesburgh (Schuurman) (PP) – 51:02 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	11

16 January 2019 18:00

Ukraine

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Belgium

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 100

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	Viktoriia Tkachenko	Goalies	Maud Smits	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Caroline Butt Sueva Torribio
	Skashchuk (Tkachuk) (PP) – 12:17 1–0 Kovitun (Hadliia) – 15:14 2–0 2–1 30:53 – Jenaer (De Guchtenaere) Tkachuk (Hadliia) – 33:18 3–1 Skashchuk – 42:52 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	16

17 January 2019 14:00

Hong Kong

2–5 (1–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Ukraine

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

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	Chau Nga Sze	Goalies	Viktoriia Tkachenko Iryna Zaichenko	Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Michaela Hryzáková Tsang Yin
	0–1 01:54 – Riabkina (Kozub) 0–2 17:30 – Kovtun Ip (Li, Lau) – 18:26 1–2 Kwok (Ip) (PP) – 28:19 2–2 2–3 28:38 – Riabkina (Slashchova, Vansovych) 2–4 30:59 – Dobrovolska (Tkachuk, Skashchuk) 2–5 35:51 – Kozub (Riabkina, Vansovych)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	33

17 January 2019 18:00

South Africa

8–4 (3–1, 1–2, 4–1)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 200

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	Shaylene Swanepoel	Goalies	Katrin Stankova	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sueva Torribio
	Verwey (Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 01:52 1–0 Van Doesburgh (Schuurman, Rhode) – 03:27 2–0 2–1 06:50 – Metanova (Iliycheva) Schuurman – 19:24 3–1 3–2 24:39 – Metanova (Zareva) Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 36:00 4–2 4–3 36:49 – Metanova 4–4 44:21 – Metanova Keuler (Rhode) (PP) – 49:35 5–4 Gruber (Van Doesburgh, Rhode) (PP) – 53:28 6–4 Verwey – 59:08 7–4 Rhode (Gruber, Keuler) – 59:42 8–4
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	50	Shots	17

18 January 2019 14:00

Bulgaria

6–7 OT (1–3, 2–0, 3–3) (OT: 0–1)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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	Paulina Georgieva	Goalies	Chau Nga-sze	Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Tsang Yin
	0–1 00:50 – Li (Ip) 0–2 09:39 – Li (Lau) Zareva (Metanova, Popova) – 11:00 1–2 1–3 11:52 – Li (Ip) Dimitrova (PP) – 29:15 2–3 Metanova (Zareva, Popova) – 37:06 3–3 3–4 40:56 – Ip (SH) 3–5 47:43 – Ip (Li) (PP) 3–6 49:16 – Li (Kwok) (PP) Todorova (Dilova) (PP) – 52:21 4–6 Metanova (PP) – 56:08 5–6 Metanova (Zareva) – 57:56 6–6 6–7 60:25 – Kwok (Lee) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	25

18 January 2019 18:00

Belgium

9–2 (3–0, 3–1, 3–1)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 400

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	Maud Smits	Goalies	Shaylene Swanepoel	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Caroline Butt Michaela Hryzáková
	Bosmans (Jenaer, Vetters) – 10:46 1–0 Leyen (De Guchtenaere) (PP) – 12:58 2–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Jenaer) (PP) – 16:17 3–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Jenaer) – 28:19 4–0 Bosmans (Jenaer, De Guchtenaere) – 31:23 5–0 5–1 31:58 – Schuurman (Rhode, Keuler) (PP) Jenaer (Maka, Horemans) – 36:07 6–1 6–2 43:27 – Van Doesburgh (PP) Jenaer (Bosmans) – 47:08 7–2 Boon (Frere) – 55:43 8–2 Clincke (Moonen, Boon) (PP) – 59:01 9–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	13

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Viktoriia Tkachenko
  • Best Defenseman: Donne van Doesburgh
  • Best Forward: Lotte De Guchtenaere

Source: IIHF.com

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Valerie Jenaer	4	8	5	13	+11	2	F
Dalene Rhode	4	7	5	12	−2	10	F
Donne van Doesburgh	4	6	5	11	+2	2	D
Lotte De Guchtenaere	4	4	7	11	+10	4	F
Femke Bosmans	4	2	8	10	+9	16	F
Veronika Metanova	4	7	2	9	+1	8	F
Estelle Ip	4	5	3	8	+2	2	F
Ielyzaveta Riabkina	4	2	6	8	+6	4	F
Adrienne Li	4	4	3	7	0	0	D
Vladyslava Skashchuk	4	4	3	7	+3	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Viktoriia Tkachenko	232:15	5	1.29	60	91.67	0
Maud Smits	240:00	7	1.75	69	89.86	1
Katrin Stankova	130:24	14	6.44	94	85.11	0
Shaylene Swanepoel	162:58	10	3.48	66	84.85	0
Paulina Georgieva	109:16	12	6.59	72	83.33	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

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