2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III
International ice hockey competition
2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III Host country Bulgaria City Sofia Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 4–10 December 2019 Teams 6 Games played 15 Goals scored 91 (6.07 per game) Attendance 3,304 (220 per game) Scoring leader(s) Klara Miuller (10 points)www.iihf.com
The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation .
The tournament was played in Sofia , Bulgaria, from 4 to 10 December 2019.[ 1] [ 2]
South Africa won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B.[ 3]
Participating teams
Team
Qualification
Romania
Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and were relegated.
Belgium
Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification previous year.
South Africa
Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification previous year.
Hong Kong
Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification previous year.
Bulgaria
Hosts; placed 5th in Division II B Qualification previous year.
Lithuania
First time participating in World Championship.
Match officials
Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[ 4]
Referees
Linesmen
Gabrielle Aston
Shauna Neary
Rita Rygh
Laura White
Final standings
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:
^ a b Romania 2–4 Belgium
Match results
All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2 ).
Game reference Shaylene Swanepoel Rachel van der Merwe Goalies Andrea Kurkó Nadina Niciu Referee: Laura WhiteLinesmen: Aino Härkönen Michelle Müller0–1 03:15 – Elekes (Dávid , Barta ) 0–2 05:31 – Voicu Schuurman – 06:381–2 1–3 14:55 – Oprea (Popescu , Barta) 1–4 18:44 – Dávid (Popescu, Bálint ) (PP) 1–5 24:08 – Bálint (Popescu, Oprea) 1–6 24:27 – Laczkó-Szabó (Csiszér , Voicu) (EA) 1–7 26:20 – Elekes (Sârbu , Szopos ) 1–8 30:12 – Dávid (SH) 1–9 38:33 – Csiszér (Voicu, Laczkó-Szabó) 1–10 42:19 – Voicu (Laczkó-Szabó, Szopos) Rhode (Schuurman) – 45:502–10 Jamieson (Van Doesburgh ) – 47:413–10 Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) (SH) – 54:27 4–10 4–11 58:20 – Csiszér (Voicu, Laczkó-Szabó)
4 min Penalties 6 min 19 Shots 27
Awards and statistics
Awards
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
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.
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
External links
Current champions (2024): Canada Tournaments Championships (Top Division)
Qualification Division I Division II Division III