2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Kamloops, Canada from 28 March to 4 April 2016.
United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1–0 after overtime, securing their seventh title. Russia won the bronze medal by beating Finland 1–0 after shootout.
==Venues==
Sandman CentreCapacity: 5,464	McArthur Island Sport and Event CentreCapacity: 1,000
 	
Kamloops 	Kamloops
==Participants==
;Group A
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* – Hosts
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;Group B
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* – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2015
==Match officials==
10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Assignments
;Referees
* Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
* Melanie Bordeleau
* Anna Eskola
* Drahomira Fialova
* Jerilyn Glenn
* Gabriella Gran
* Nicole Hertrich
* Aina Hove
* Jamie Huntley
* Miyuki Nakayama
;Linesman
* Bettina Angerer
* Michaela Frattarelli
* Charlotte Girard
* Jenni Heikkinen
* Veronica Johansson
* Ilona Novotná
* Nataša Pagon
* Vanessa Stratton
* Johanna Tauriainen
==Rosters==
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate.
==Preliminary round==
The schedule was announced on 16 September 2015.
All times are local (UTC−7).
===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==
===Bracket===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
==Statistics==
===Final standings===
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	 Relegated to Division I A 
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight 	5 	7	2	9 	+8 	0 	F
Christine Meier 	5 	4	5	9 	+5 	0 	F
Jocelyne Lamoureux 	5 	3	5	8 	+8 	2 	F
Lara Stalder 	5 	3	5	8 	+5 	12 	F
Rebecca Johnston 	5 	2	5	7 	+3 	0 	F
Monique Lamoureux 	5 	2	5	7 	+7 	4 	D
Natalie Spooner 	5 	3	3	6 	+3 	2 	F
Jenn Wakefield 	5 	3	3	6 	+3 	4 	F
Brianna Decker 	5 	2	4	6 	+5 	2 	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5 	2	4	6 	+4 	6 	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
Alex Rigsby 	192:30	1 	0.31	72 	98.61	2
Emerance Maschmeyer	191:23	4 	1.25	90 	95.56	0
Florence Schelling 	303:49	8 	1.58	117	93.16	1
Sara Grahn 	301:52	8 	1.59	101	92.08	1
Meeri Räisänen 	346:07	14	2.43	176	92.05	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
===Awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender: Emerance Maschmeyer
**Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
**Best Forward: Hilary Knight
Source: IIHF.com
*All-star team
**Goaltender: Meeri Räisänen
**Defense: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski
**Forwards: Hilary Knight, Rebecca Johnston, Christine Meier
*MVP: Hilary Knight
Source: IIHF.com
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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