2019 IIHF Women's World Championship

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	4–14 April 2019
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (9th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	152 (5.24 per match)
Attendance	51,247 (1,767 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Template:Ihwicon Hilary Knight; (11 points)
MVP	Template:Ihwicon Jenni Hiirikoski
Website	Website
	← 2017 2021 →; 2020 →

The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019 at the Espoo Metro Areena.^[2]

The United States won their fifth consecutive and ninth overall title after a shootout win over Finland.^[3] Canada claimed the bronze medal by defeating Russia 7–0.^[4]

After the 2017 tournament, it was announced that tournament would expand to ten teams for 2019, having been played with eight teams since the first tournament in 1990, except in 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2009, where nine teams played. The 2004 edition featured nine teams when Japan was promoted from Division II but no team was relegated from the top division in 2003, due to the cancellation of the top division tournament in China because of the outbreak of the SARS disease.^[2] Two teams were relegated from the top division in 2004, going back to eight teams for 2005, but due to the success of the 9-team pool in 2004, IIHF decided to expand again to nine teams for 2007.^[5] Reverting to eight teams after the 2009 tournament.^[6] To bring the tournament to ten teams, Czech Republic which had lost the 2017 Relegation Round, stayed in the top division. Joined by Division I Group A Champions, Japan (2017) and France (2018)

Venue

Espoo Metro Areena main rink Capacity: 6,982	Espoo Metro Areena second rink
Espoo

23 games were played in the main arena, while six games were played at a secondary rink.

Format

The ten teams were split into two groups according to their rankings. In Group A, all teams advanced to the quarterfinals and three teams from Group B advanced. The bottom two Group B teams were relegated. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system was used.

Participants

Group A

Group B

Sweden
Japan – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2017
Germany
Czech Republic
France – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2018

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[7]

Referees	Linesmen
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Lacey Senuk Henna Åberg Kaisa Ketonen Nicole Hertrich Miyuki Nakayama Yana Zueva Nikoleta Celárová Maria Furberg Gabriella Gran Anna Maria Wiegand Jamie Huntley-Park	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Julia Kainberger Justine Todd Michaela Štefková Jenni Heikkinen Jenni Jaatinen Lisa Linnek Diana Mokhova Veronica Lovensno Magali Anex Jacqueline Spresser

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 20 August 2018.^[8]^[9]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	27	4	+23	12	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	1	19	5	+14	9
3	Finland (H)	4	2	2	13	14	−1	6
4	Russia	4	1	3	3	20	−17	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	4	3	22	−19	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.

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic	4	4	0	0	0	13	5	+8	12	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	4	1	1	1	1	7	8	−1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Japan	4	2	0	0	2	9	8	+1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Sweden (R)	4	1	0	1	2	8	11	−3	4	Relegation to 2020 Division I
5	France (R)	4	0	1	0	3	5	10	−5	2	Relegation to 2020 Division I

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.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Japan 2–3 Germany

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

11 April

United States	4
		13 April
Japan	0
		United States	8
11 April
		Russia	0
Russia	3
				14 April
Switzerland	0
				United States (GWS)	2
11 April
				Finland	1
Canada	5
		13 April
Germany	0
		Canada	2
11 April
		Finland	4	Third place
Finland	3
				14 April
Czech Republic	1
				Russia	0

				Canada	7

Ninth place game

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Final

Controversy

During the final between the United States and Finland, it appeared Finland had won 2–1 in overtime after a game-winning goal to win its first World Championship.^[10] However, Finland celebrated on the ice before the Video Goal Judge initiated a video review. The goal was reviewed for over ten minutes and eventually overturned. The IIHF released a press statement the next day citing rules 186 and 183ii as the reasons for overturning the goal.^[11] The United States went on to defeat Finland 2–1 in shootout. It was later announced that Finnish Ice Hockey Association would pay the Finnish team the bonus allotted for winning a gold medal, instead of the silver medal bonus.^[12] 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship final

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	7	6	1	0	0	41	5	+36	20	Champions
2	A	Finland (H)	7	4	0	1	2	21	19	+2	13	Runners-up
3	A	Canada	7	5	0	0	2	33	9	+24	15	Third place
4	A	Russia	7	2	0	0	5	6	35	−29	6	Fourth place

5	A	Switzerland	5	0	0	0	5	3	25	−22	0	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	B	Czech Republic	5	4	0	0	1	14	8	+6	12
7	B	Germany	5	1	1	1	2	7	13	−6	6
8	B	Japan	5	2	0	0	3	9	12	−3	6

9	B	Sweden	5	2	0	1	2	11	13	−2	7	2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
10	B	France	5	0	1	0	4	7	13	−6	2	2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) Group; 2) position in the group; 3) number of points; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored; 6) seeding before tournament.^[13]
(H) Host.

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Template:Ihwicon Noora Räty
- Best Defenceman: Template:Ihwicon Jenni Hiirikoski
- Best Forward: Template:Ihwicon Kendall Coyne Schofield

Source: IIHF.com

All-star team
- Goaltender: Template:Ihwicon Noora Räty
- Defence: Template:Ihwicon Jenni Hiirikoski, Template:Ihwicon Cayla Barnes
- Forwards: Template:Ihwicon Hilary Knight, Template:Ihwicon Kendall Coyne Schofield, Template:Ihwicon Michelle Karvinen
MVP: Template:Ihwicon Jenni Hiirikoski

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Template:Ihwicon Hilary Knight	7	7	4	11	+13	4	F
Template:Ihwicon Natalie Spooner	7	6	4	10	+9	4	F
Template:Ihwicon Jenni Hiirikoski	7	2	8	10	+5	0	D
Template:Ihwicon Kendall Coyne Schofield	7	5	4	9	+11	2	F
Template:Ihwicon Brianne Jenner	7	3	6	9	+3	4	F
Template:Ihwicon Sarah Nurse	7	2	6	8	+8	2	F
Template:Ihwicon Loren Gabel	7	6	1	7	+6	2	F
Template:Ihwicon Annie Pankowski	7	4	3	7	+10	2	F
Template:Ihwicon Dani Cameranesi	7	3	4	7	+12	2	F
Template:Ihwicon Michelle Karvinen	7	3	4	7	−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
Template:Ihwicon Alex Rigsby	320:00	5	0.94	106	95.28	2
Template:Ihwicon Noora Räty	354:47	13	2.20	205	93.66	1
Template:Ihwicon Jennifer Harß	246:44	11	2.67	170	93.53	0
Template:Ihwicon Caroline Baldin	237:46	11	2.78	155	92.90	0
Template:Ihwicon Nana Fujimoto	299:20	11	2.20	152	92.76	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

References

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External links

Official website

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