2019_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship

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

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship

2019 edition of the IIHF Women's World Championship

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]^[3]^[4]

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The United States won their fifth consecutive and ninth overall title after a shootout win over Finland.^[5] Canada claimed the bronze medal by defeating Russia 7–0.^[6]

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.^[4] 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.^[7] Reverting to eight teams after the 2009 tournament.^[8] 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)

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[table_hth_GER0.52360650735144-12] Japan 2–3 Germany

[table_note_res_S0.17086594699457-16] Sweden were originally supposed to be relegated to Division I A, but that was not played in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, Sweden were supposed to play in the 2022 Division I A, but in the end they remained in the Top Division as a substitute for the expelled Russia.

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2019 IIHF Women's World Championship official website

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2019 IIHF Women's World Championship statistics

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2019 Tournament format

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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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	4	1	0	1	2	8	11	−3	4	Ninth place game
5	France	4	0	1	0	3	5	10	−5	2	Ninth place game

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

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	Did not play World Championship in 2021^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	B	France	5	0	1	0	4	7	13	−6	2	Relegated to the 2022 Division I A

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight	7	7	4	11	+13	4	F
Natalie Spooner	7	6	4	10	+9	4	F
Jenni Hiirikoski	7	2	8	10	+5	0	D
Kendall Coyne Schofield	7	5	4	9	+11	2	F
Brianne Jenner	7	3	6	9	+3	4	F
Sarah Nurse	7	2	6	8	+8	2	F
Loren Gabel	7	6	1	7	+6	2	F
Annie Pankowski	7	4	3	7	+10	2	F
Dani Cameranesi	7	3	4	7	+12	2	F
Michelle Karvinen	7	3	4	7	−1	2	F

2019_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship

Venue

Format

Participating teams

Match officials

Rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Ninth place game

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Controversy

Final standings

Awards and statistics

Awards

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

References

External links

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Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Alex Rigsby	320:00	5	0.94	106	95.28	2
Noora Räty	354:47	13	2.20	205	93.66	1
Jennifer Harß	246:44	11	2.67	170	93.53	0
Caroline Baldin	237:46	11	2.78	155	92.90	0
Nana Fujimoto	299:20	11	2.20	152	92.76	1

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