2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2015 Women's World Championship was the 16th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2016 competition.
United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their sixth title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.
==Teams==
The tournament was contested between eight teams from 28 March to 4 April 2015 in Malmö, Sweden.
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==Venues==
Malmö 	Malmö
Malmö IsstadionCapacity: 5,750	Rosengårds Ishall
 	
==Format==
The preliminary round was divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advanced directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B played a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B played a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.
==Match officials==
10 Referees and 9 linesman were selected for the tournament.Competition officials
;Referees
* Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
* Anna Eskola
* Kaisa Ketonen
* Marie Picavet
* Nicole Hertrich
* Gabriella Gran
* Katarina Timglas
* Drahomira Fialova
* Katie Guay
* Jamie Huntley
;Linesman
* Bettia Angerer
* Stephanie Gagnon
* Ilona Novotná
* Kaire Leet
* Jenni Heikkinen
* Lisa Linnek
* Anna Nygard
* Veronica Johansson
* Kate Connolly
==Preliminary round==
The schedule was announced on 10 September 2014.
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Group A===
===Group B===
==Relegation series==
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
==Final round==
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Ranking and statistics==
===Final standings===
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===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight 	5 	7	5	12 	+8 	6 	F
Brianna Decker 	5 	5	6	11 	+8 	0 	F
Anna Borgqvist 	4 	5	3	8 	+6 	2 	F
Jocelyne Lamoureux 	4 	5	3	8 	+3 	2 	F
Natalie Spooner 	5 	4	3	7 	+6 	6 	F
Kendall Coyne 	5 	3	4	7 	+8 	0 	F
Anne Schleper 	4 	1	6	7 	+4 	2 	D
Monique Lamoureux 	5 	1	6	7 	+7 	2 	D
Erika Grahm 	4 	4	2	6 	+7 	2 	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5 	3	3	6 	+4 	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
Florence Schelling	236:13	7 	1.78	118	94.07	1
Nana Fujimoto 	315:32	8 	1.52	128	93.75	1
Meeri Räisänen 	301:27	10	1.99	148	93.24	1
Ann-Renée Desbiens	140:00	4 	1.71	58 	93.10	2
Ivonne Schröder 	127:00	4 	1.89	49 	91.84	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
===Awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Nana Fujimoto
** Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
** Best Forward: Hilary Knight
Source: IIHF.com
*All-star team
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**Defense: , 
**Forwards: , , 
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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