2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Bled, Slovenia, running from 2 to 8 April 2016, Group B in Jaca, Spain on 29 February–6 March 2016 and Group B qualification in Sofia, Bulgaria on 7–10 December 2015.
==Venues==
Group A 	Group B 	Group B Qualification
Bled 	Jaca 	Sofia
Ledena dvorana BledCapacity: 5,000	Pabellón de HieloCapacity: 3,579	Winter Sports PalaceCapacity: 4,600
==Group A tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
 	Host, placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIA Assignsments
;Referees
* Dina Allen
* Ainslie Gardner
* Tijana Haack
* Debby Hengst
;Linesmen
* Magdaléna Čerhitová
* Fu Zhennan
* Jessica Lundgren
* Linnea Sainio
* Gabriela Šťastná
* Olga Steinberg
* Yuka Tochigi
===Standings===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	37	9 	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	15	3 	12
 	5 	4	1 	0 	1	34	3 	12
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	21	23	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	9 	27	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	4 	55	0
Tiebreakers:Poland Pts, 3–3 GD; South Korea 3 Pts, 2–2 GD; Great Britain 3 Pts, 2–2 GD. After the tie is broken, head-to-head is used and South Korea defeated Great Britain 1–0.
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Nicole Jackson
**Best Defenseman: Lee Kyou-sun
**Best Forward: Katarzyna Frąckowiak
Source: IIHF.com
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Karolina Późniewska 	5 	7	7	14 	+10	2 	F
Magdaleną Czaplik 	5 	3	8	11 	+10	2 	F
Katarzyna Frąckowiak	5 	8	2	10 	+9 	6 	F
Leanne Ganney 	5 	5	5	10 	+11	4 	F
Katie Henry 	5 	4	6	10 	+11	6 	F
Saffron Allen 	5 	5	3	8 	+8 	4 	F
Choe Jong-hui 	5 	4	4	8 	+5 	6 	F
Kamila Wieczorek 	5 	2	6	8 	+8 	0 	F
Sophie Herbert 	5 	4	3	7 	+9 	6 	F
Pia Pren 	5 	4	3	7 	–3 	2 	F
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.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Nicole Jackson 	271:02	3 	0.66	125	97.60	2
Shin So-jung 	239:48	3 	0.75	76 	96.05	2
Martyna Sass 	299:05	9 	1.81	135	93.33	1
Pia Dukarič 	123:05	10	4.87	101	90.10	0
Ines Confidenti	176:55	17	5.77	131	87.02	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
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division II A and were relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
 	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division II B qualification last year and were promoted.
*Australia announced their intention to withdraw from competition in December, however have changed their plans with the tournament rescheduled for Spain.
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIB Officials
;Referees
* Sintija Greiere
* Natascha Huizeling
* Zuzana Rimbalová
* Etsuko Wada
;Linesmen
* Tatiana Kasášová
* Lee Kyung-sun
* Bente Owren
* İlksen Özdemir
* Tereza Štreitová
* Julia Tschirner
* Sinem Yalçındağ
===Standings===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0 	1 	0	32	6 	13
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	26	8 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	21	10	9
 	5 	2	2 	0 	2	13	9 	8
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	13	40	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	8 	40	0
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Alba Gonzalo
**Best Defenseman: Vanesa Abrisqueta
**Best Forward: Alivia del Basso
Source: IIHF.com
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Alivia del Basso 	5 	8	11	19 	+13	8 	F
Anjali Thakker 	5 	7	3 	10 	–4 	2 	F
Flosrún Jóhannesdóttir 	5 	6	3 	9 	+7 	4 	F
Shona Powell 	5 	5	4 	9 	+7 	10 	F
Sunna Björgvinsdóttir 	5 	6	1 	7 	0 	2 	F
Sharna Godfrey 	5 	3	4 	7 	+8 	12 	F
Lucy Parrington 	5 	2	5 	7 	+10	4 	F
Silvia Björgvinsdóttir 	5 	5	1 	6 	+5 	0 	F
Francia Hernández 	5 	3	3 	6 	+4 	6 	F
Laura Danielsson Borrasca	5 	2	4 	6 	0 	2 	F
Daniela Gendron 	5 	2	4 	6 	+1 	6 	D
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.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Alba Gonzalo 	259:41	5 	1.16	106	95.28	1
María Meza 	251:24	6 	1.43	109	94.78	0
Elise Väljaots 	178:59	5 	1.68	82 	94.25	1
Michelle Coonan	185:00	5 	1.62	39 	88.64	0
Shelby Wood 	196:53	26	7.92	127	83.01	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
==Group B Qualification tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 2nd in the Division II B Qualification last year.
 	Placed 3rd in the Division II B Qualification last year.
 	Host, placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
 	Had not participated since 2011
===Match officials===
3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Competition officials
;Referees
* Elise Rasmussen
* Ramune Maleckienė
* Katarzyna Zygmunt
;Linesmen
* Jana Gerkena
* Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
* Elizaveta Kolchina
* Oksana Shestakova
* Zuzana Svobodová
===Standings===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	0 	1 	0	15	9 	7
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	15	9 	6
 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	12	9 	5
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	8 	24	0
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ip Estelle Claudia	3 	8	3	11 	+2 	4 	F
Wong Tsui Yi 	3 	5	5	10 	+1 	2 	F
Ana Voicu 	3 	7	2	9 	+9 	2 	F
Noémi Balló 	3 	4	4	8 	+10	0 	F
Dalene Rhode 	3 	4	1	5 	+2 	2 	F
Chloe Schuurman 	3 	2	2	4 	+4 	2 	F
Mirela Zareva 	3 	2	2	4 	–3 	12 	F
Kong Cheryl Lauren	3 	1	3	4 	+1 	6 	F
Amalia Koleva 	3 	3	0	3 	–7 	8 	F
Donne Oxenham 	3 	3	0	3 	+1 	2 	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
Wong Ying Chi Virginia	94:25 	3 	1.91	36 	91.67	0
Shaylene Swanepoel 	121:44	5 	2.46	47 	89.36	0
Lee Jenny Kai-Chin 	85:35 	6 	4.21	49 	87.76	0
Vesela Krasteva 	165:00	22	8.00	136	83.82	0
Beáta Antal 	182:52	9 	2.95	50 	82.00	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
==References==
Division II
2016
2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II
2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II
2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II
World
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