2016 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark  Italy
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25–31 March 2016 4–10 April 2016
Teams	12
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The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

Venues

Division I Group A	Division I Group B
Aalborg	Asiago
Gigantium Capacity: 5,000	Pala Hodegart Capacity: 3,000

Division I Group A

2016 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–31 March 2016
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	77 (5.13 per game)
Attendance	3,020 (201 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Laura Kluge (9 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Aalborg, Denmark, from 25 to 31 March 2016.^[1][2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Germany	Placed 8th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
Austria	Placed 2nd in Division I A last year.
France	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Denmark	Hosts; placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Norway	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
Slovakia	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	16	7	+9	12[a]	Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
2	France	5	4	0	0	1	15	9	+6	12[a]
3	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	16	10	+6	11
4	Denmark (H)	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
5	Norway	5	0	1	1	3	10	17	−7	3
6	Slovakia	5	0	0	1	4	7	20	−13	1	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Match results

All times are local (until 26 March: Central European Time – UTC+1; from 28 March on: Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

25 March 2016 13:00

Norway

1–4 (0–1, 0–3, 1–0)

France

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 160

Game reference
	Karoline Aarvik	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Marine Dinant Trine Phillipsen
	0–1 17:34 – Allemoz (Bouché) (PP) 0–2 28:21 – Allemoz (Aurard, Passard) 0–3 34:02 – Duvin (Baudrit, Fohrer) 0–4 37:46 – Passard (Allemoz, Aurard) Dalen (Fischer) – 41:40 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	23

25 March 2016 16:30

Slovakia

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Germany

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 154

Game reference
	Romana Kiapešová	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Amy Lack Michaela Štefková
	Gápová (Klimášová) – 07:41 1–0 1–1 12:42 – Kamenik 1–2 27:29 – Kluge (Lanzl) 1–3 30:08 – Kluge (Lanzl, Anwander) (PP) Klimášová (Kapustová) – 32:54 2–3 2–4 43:24 – Anwander (Kluge)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	40

25 March 2016 20:00

Denmark

3–4 (1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Austria

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 316

Game reference
	Kamilla Lund Nielsen	Goalies	Theresa Hornich	Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Magali Anex Jamie Fenstermacher
	Persson (Jakobsen) (PP) – 08:11 1–0 1–1 12:20 – Weber (Schwärzler, Kantor) 1–2 19:20 – Schwärzler (Kantor, Weber) (PP) Jakobsen (Glud, N. Jensen) (PP) – 31:48 2–2 Gregersen (Frandsen, Asperup) (PP) – 50:58 3–2 3–3 53:23 – Weber (Schwärzler) 3–4 59:14 – Meixner (Hummel) (SH)
	20 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	31

26 March 2016 13:00

France

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 97

Game reference
	Caroline Lambert	Goalies	Jana Budajová	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Magali Anex Jamie Fenstermacher
	Aurard (Allemoz) – 00:16 1–0 Duvin (Fohrer, Andrieu) – 21:18 2–0 Baudrit (Bouché, Fohrer) – 27:48 3–0 Gendarme (Fohrer) (PP) – 50:41 4–0 Escudero (Vix, Jouanny) – 55:34 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	24

26 March 2016 16:30

Germany

3–2 (3–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Denmark

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 325

Game reference
	Ivonne Schröder	Goalies	Kamilla Lund Nielsen Lisa Jensen	Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Liv Andersson Marine Dinant
	Zorn (Bittner) – 00:21 1–0 Kluge (Anwander) (PP) – 05:50 2–0 2–1 08:17 – Langsager (Østergaard, Asperup) (PP) Rothemund (Zorn) – 13:37 3–1 3–2 16:47 – Densing (Frandsen, Brix)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	18

26 March 2016 20:00

Austria

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

Norway

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 173

Game reference
	Nicole Arnberger Theresa Hornich	Goalies	Ingrid Sandven	Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Trine Phillipsen Michaela Štefková
	0–1 05:23 – Bialik 0–2 06:53 – Henriksen (Bialik) 0–3 08:47 – Bialik (Øiseth, Engmann) Weber (Altmann, Wittich) – 24:17 1–3 Altmann (Meixner, Fazokas) – 52:20 2–3 Weber (Fazokas) (PP) – 56:40 3–3
	Meixner Altmann Kantor Altmann	Shootout	Fischer Henriksen Bialik Haug-Hansen
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	37

28 March 2016 13:00

Slovakia

1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Denmark

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 325

Game reference
	Romana Kiapešová	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Marine Dinant Michaela Štefková
	Lúčová (Ištocyová, Ihnátová) – 10:57 1–0 1–1 18:27 – Weis (PP) 1–2 21:50 – Glud (Brix) 1–3 34:24 – Glud (Jakobsen, Brix) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	29

28 March 2016 16:30

Austria

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

France

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 130

Game reference
	Theresa Hornich	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Liv Andersson Trine Phillipsen
	0–1 05:13 – Allemoz (Gedarme) 0–2 42:58 – Allemoz (Passard) Schwärzler (Altmann) – 52:09 1–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	21

28 March 2016 20:00

Germany

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Norway

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 157

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Ingrid Sandven	Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Amy Lack
	Strobel (Kluge, Anwander) – 15:15 1–0 Kluge (Anwander) (PP) – 30:00 2–0 Anwander (Schuster, Kluge) – 33:41 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	19

29 March 2016 13:00

Austria

4–1 (1–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Slovakia

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Theresa Hornich	Goalies	Romana Kiapešová	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Amy Lack Trine Phillipsen
	Lopez – 14:59 1–0 1–1 25:14 – Gorecká (Klimášová, Ihnátová) Kantor (Hybler, Hummel) (PP) – 40:55 2–1 Meixner (Altmann) – 56:18 3–1 Kantor (ENG) – 59:54 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	13

29 March 2016 16:30

France

0–5 (0–1, 0–0, 0–4)

Germany

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 155

Game reference
	Caroline Lambert	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Deana Cuglietta Linesmen: Marine Dinant Jamie Fenstermacher
	0–1 02:48 – Spielberger (Zorn, Bittner) 0–2 45:20 – Lanzl (Anwander, Eisenschmid) (PP) 0–3 46:46 – Kluge (Lanzl, Fiegert) (PP) 0–4 53:36 – Kluge (Lanzl, Anwander) (PP) 0–5 59:59 – Zorn (Spielberger, Fiegert)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	34

29 March 2016 20:00

Denmark

3–2 (2–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Norway

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 215

Game reference
	Lisa Jensen	Goalies	Ingrid Sandven Karoline Aarvik	Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Amy Lack Trine Phillipsen
	Jakobsen (Asperup) – 03:17 1–0 Gregersen (Brix) – 05:12 2–0 2–1 16:36 – Dalen (Holøs, Pedersen) Jakobsen (Weis, Andersen) – 26:28 3–1 3–2 49:09 – Dalen (Henriksen, Holøs)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	23

31 March 2016 13:00

Germany

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Austria

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Ivonne Schröder	Goalies	Theresa Hornich	Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Liv Andersson Magali Anex
	0–1 05:53 – Schwärzler (Meixner) 0–2 13:06 – Meixner (Kantor, Fazokas) Anwander (Spielberger) – 45:39 1–2 1–3 59:16 – Schafzahl (Wittich) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	26

31 March 2016 16:30

Norway

4–3 OT (0–1, 2–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Slovakia

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 253

Game reference
	Ingrid Sandven	Goalies	Romana Kiapešová	Referee: Katie Guay Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Trine Phillipsen
	0–1 10:55 – Lúčová (Ihnátová) Fischer – 28:34 1–1 Henriksen – 32:07 2–1 2–2 36:20 – Lúčová (Ihnátová, Kapustová) Dalen (Henriksen, Morset) – 41:33 3–2 3–3 46:59 – Kapustová Aakre – 61:44 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	20

31 March 2016 20:00

France

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 365

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Amy Lack Michaela Štefková
	0–1 06:48 – Brix (Glud, Ostergaard) Passard (Allemoz, Aurard) (PP) – 10:31 1–1 Passard (Allemoz, Parment) (PP) – 13:52 2–1 2–2 33:05 – Persson (Glud, Jakobsen) (PP) Allemoz (Passard, Aurard) (PP) – 50:03 3–2 Parment (ENG) – 58:59 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	21

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Caroline Baldin
  • Best Defenseman: Josefine Hansen
  • Best Forward: Laura Kluge

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	Laura Kluge	5	6	3	9	+4	2	F
	Marion Allemoz	5	5	4	9	+4	0	F
	Manuela Anwander	5	3	6	9	+3	0	F
	Josefine Jakobsen	5	3	3	6	–2	16	F
	Emmanuelle Passard	5	3	3	6	+3	2	F
	Janine Weber	5	4	1	5	+3	4	F
	Eva-Maria Beiter Schwärzler	5	3	2	5	+4	4	F
	Anna Meixner	5	3	2	5	+6	4	F
	Denise Altmann	5	2	3	5	+9	2	F
	Silke Glud	5	2	3	5	–2	0	F
	Martine Henriksen	5	2	3	5	+4	2	F
	Esther Kantor	5	2	3	5	+7	4	D

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
	Jennifer Harß	180:00	2	0.67	53	96.23	2
	Caroline Baldin	180:00	4	1.33	70	94.29	0
	Lisa Jensen	218:33	6	1.65	81	92.59	0
	Theresa Hornich	284:18	7	1.48	93	92.47	0
	Caroline Lambert	120:00	5	2.50	58	91.38	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

Division I Group B

2016 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Asiago
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–10 April 2016
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	76 (5.07 per game)
Attendance	3,855 (257 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alyone Fux (8 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 4 to 10 April 2016.^[4][5]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.
Netherlands	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
China	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Hungary	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Italy	Hosts; placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Kazakhstan	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials

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