2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Slovenia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 400

Game reference

Mónica Renteria

Goalies

Pia Dukarič

Referee:

Kaylen Erchul
Linesmen:

Jennifer Berezowski

Anastasiia Kurashova

	0–1	08:04 – Lončar (PP)
	0–2	15:53 – Confidenti
	0–3	27:09 – Confidenti (Pren)
	0–4	31:35 – Pren (Confidenti)
	0–5	55:05 – Confidenti (Pren)
	0–6	58:02 – Pazlar (SH)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

23

Shots

31

1 April 2018
13:00

Great Britain

3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

North Korea

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 356

Game reference

Nicole Jackson

Goalies

Ri Pom

Referee:

Anniina Nurmi
Linesmen:

Jennifer Berezowski

Zita Gebora

Ganney (Lane, Herbert) – 17:43	1–0
Taylor (Allen, Henry) – 25:14	2–0
	2–1	29:12 – Kim Un-h. (Kim H., Jong Su.)
Farman (Lane, Henry) – 45:59	3–1

2 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

14

1 April 2018
16:30

Australia

4–1
(3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 348

Game reference

Michelle Coonan

Goalies

Mónica Renteria

Referee:

Kaylen Erchul
Linesmen:

Liv Andersson

Anastasiia Kurashova

Padjen – 03:19	1–0
Padjen (Kiliwnik) – 06:13	2–0
Kiliwnik (Cochrane, Godfrey) (PP) – 11:06	3–0
Harvey – 22:18	4–0
	4–1	39:40 – Chávez (Téllez, J. Rojas) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

10 min

41

Shots

8

1 April 2018
20:00

Netherlands

2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 450

Game reference

Nadia Zijlstra

Goalies

Pia Dukarič

Referee:

Darja Abrosimova
Linesmen:

Milla Ronkainen

Wang Hui

Barbier (Zwarthoed, Wielenga) – 09:56	1–0
Hamers (Zwarthoed) (PP) – 25:12	2–0
	2–1	51:16 – Confidenti (Duh, Pren) (PP)

12 min

Penalties

14 min

55

Shots

12

3 April 2018
13:00

Netherlands

6–0
(2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Australia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 344

Game reference

Lisa Daams

Goalies

Michelle Coonan

Referee:

Ulrike Winklmayr
Linesmen:

Jennifer Berezowski

Catherine Goutama

Zwarthoed (Even) (SH) – 10:07	1–0
Schollaardt (Huisman, Hamers) – 13:52	2–0
Tjin-a-Ton (Wielenga) (PP) – 32:54	3–0
Barbier (Zwarthoed, Even) – 42:27	4–0
Van der Zande (Huisman) – 47:12	5–0
Wielenga (Zwarthoed, Barbier) – 48:08	6–0

4 min

Penalties

8 min

45

Shots

12

3 April 2018
16:30

Great Britain

5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 357

Game reference

Samantha Bolwell

Goalies

Mónica Renteria
Daniela Castro

Referee:

Anniina Nurmi
Linesmen:

Liv Andersson

Milla Ronkainen

Lane (Hill, Taylor) (PP) – 13:28	1–0
Ashton (Hutchinson) – 25:32	2–0
Allen (Hill, Ganney) (PP) – 31:16	3–0
Henry (Gale) (PP) – 41:19	4–0
Adams (Bloom) – 43:10	5–0

6 min

Penalties

12 min

56

Shots

5

3 April 2018
20:00

North Korea

5–4
(2–0, 1–2, 2–2)

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 499

Game reference

Ri Pom
So Jong-sim

Goalies

Pia Dukarič

Referee:

Kaylen Erchul
Linesmen:

Zita Gebora

Anastasiia Kurashova

Kim H. (Jong Su., Jin) – 09:21	1–0
Kim H. (Jong Su., Kim Un-h.) – 11:26	2–0
	2–1	27:57 – E. Dukarič (Confidenti, Pren)
	2–2	31:40 – Confidenti (Porekar, Pren)
Kim H. (Choe J.) – 35:03	3–2
	3–3	41:10 – Pren (Confidenti)
Kim H. (Choe J.) – 50:27	4–3
Kim Un-h. (Jong Su.) (PP) – 53:55	5–3
	5–4	58:58 – Kraner (Pren, E. Dukarič) (PP)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

52

Shots

16

4 April 2018
13:00

0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Netherlands

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 341

Game reference

Mónica Renteria
Daniela Castro

Goalies

Nadia Zijlstra

Referee:

Anniina Nurmi
Linesmen:

Zita Gebora

Milla Ronkainen

	0–1	02:17 – Wielenga (Barbier, Zwarthoed)
	0–2	26:42 – Dijkema (Huisman, Hamers) (PP)
	0–3	27:57 – Zwarthoed
	0–4	30:14 – Tjin-a-Ton (Noe, Van Nes)
	0–5	40:44 – Zwarthoed (Noe, Wielenga)
	0–6	47:07 – Wielenga (Barbier)
	0–7	54:35 – Zwarthoed (Wielenga, Hamers)

6 min

Penalties

2 min

4

Shots

52

4 April 2018
16:30

Australia

1–3
(0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

North Korea

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 340

Game reference

Ashleigh Brown

Goalies

Ri Pom

Referee:

Darja Abrosimova
Linesmen:

Anastasiia Kurashova

Wang Hui

Clark-Crumpton (Horrocks, Van der Wolf) – 28:09	1–0
	1–1	41:23 – Ryo (Kim Un-j., Hwang S.)
	1–2	55:49 – Kim Un-h. (Kim H., Jong Su.)
	1–3	58:37 – Jin (ENG)

8 min

Penalties

2 min

20

Shots

33

4 April 2018
20:00

1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Great Britain

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 462

Game reference

Pia Dukarič

Goalies

Nicole Jackson

Referee:

Ulrike Winklmayr
Linesmen:

Liv Andersson

Catherine Goutama

	0–1	16:45 – Hill (Cornford)
	0–2	21:56 – Henry (Gale, Taylor)
	0–3	24:50 – Taylor (Allen, Henry)
	0–4	48:11 – Herbert (Hutchinson)
Confidenti (Pren) – 54:24	1–4

4 min

Penalties

6 min

16

Shots

51

6 April 2018
13:00

North Korea

3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 332

Game reference

Ri Pom

Goalies

Mónica Renteria

Referee:

Darja Abrosimova
Linesmen:

Catherine Goutama

Anastasiia Kurashova

	0–1	11:11 – G. Rojas
Kim H. (Jin, Choe J.) – 13:44	1–1
Kim Un-h. (Jong Su.) – 35:48	2–1
Kim Un-h. (Jin, Kim H.) (PP) – 58:32	3–1
	3–2	59:58 – Càrdenas (Téllez, Chávez)

2 min

Penalties

10 min

30

Shots

19

6 April 2018
16:30

Netherlands

4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 377

Game reference

Nadia Zijlstra

Goalies

Nicole Jackson

Referee:

Kaylen Erchul
Linesmen:

Jennifer Berezowski

Milla Ronkainen

Wielenga (Hamers, Zwarthoed) (PP) – 21:06	1–0
Hamers (Wielenga) – 26:47	2–0
Zwarthoed (Wielenga, Milders) – 39:17	3–0
Van Nes (Milders, Hamers) (PP) – 40:35	4–0

12 min

Penalties

14 min

28

Shots

19

6 April 2018
20:00

2–4
(0–4, 2–0, 0–0)

Australia

Ledna Dvorana, Maribor
Attendance: 436

Game reference

Pia Dukarič

Goalies

Michelle Coonan

Referee:

Anniina Nurmi
Linesmen:

Liv Andersson

Wang Hui

	0–1	08:23 – Tihema (SH)
	0–2	11:18 – Tihema (Godfrey)
	0–3	13:21 – Ayris (Matheson)
	0–4	15:02 – Clark-Crumpton (Sammons)
Manfreda (E. Dukarič, Pren) (PP) – 26:49	1–4
E. Dukarič (Pren, Confidenti) – 34:11	2–4

6 min

Penalties

18 min

20

Shots

40

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper: Pia Dukarič
- Best Defenseman: Kayleigh Hamers
- Best Forward: Pia Pren

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Julie Zwarthoed	5	5	6	11	+13	2	F
Pia Pren	5	2	9	11	+5	2	F
Sara Confidenti	5	6	4	10	+5	4	F
Savine Wielenga	5	4	6	10	+11	2	F
Kim Hyang-mi	5	5	4	9	+5	0	F
Kim Un-hyang	5	6	1	7	+6	4	F
Kayleigh Hamers	5	3	4	7	+5	0	D
Angela Taylor	5	4	2	6	+4	4	F
Zoe Barbier	5	2	4	6	+10	0	F
Jong Su-hyon	5	0	6	6	+5	2	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
Samantha Bolwell	120:00	1	0.50	36	97.22	1
Nadia Zijlstra	180:00	1	0.33	35	97.14	2
Pia Dukarič	299:45	15	3.00	221	93.21	1
Lisa Daams	120:00	2	1.00	23	91.30	1
Nicole Jackson	180:00	6	2.00	58	89.66	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
Spain	Host, placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Iceland	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Romania	Placed 6th in Division II B last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification last year and was promoted.

Match officials

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

Referees

Sintija Čamāne
Lisa Grison
Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen
Liu Chunhua

Linesmen

Bettina Angerer
Alba Calero
Jennifer Cameron
Claudia de la Pompa
Fu Zhennan
Loise Larsen
Linnea Sainio

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	29	5	+24	15	Promoted to 2019 Division II A
2	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	0	1	24	16	+8	12
3	Iceland	5	2	1	0	2	25	11	+14	8
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	1	2	24	21	+3	7
5	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	17	31	−14	3
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	12	47	−35	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

17 March 2018
13:00

New Zealand

6–3
(0–2, 6–1, 0–0)

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 125

Game reference

Lochlyn Hyde

Goalies

Andrea Kurkó
Andreea Herescu

Referee:

Liu Chunhua
Linesmen:

Claudia de la Pompa

Loise Larsen

	0–1	01:32 – Oprea (Balint)
	0–2	14:45 – Dumitru (Miklós)
C. Heale (Gregory, Mulari) – 21:54	1–2
C. Heale – 26:37	2–2
C. Heale (Mulari, Gregory) (SH) – 31:38	3–2
C. Heale (Mulari, Gregory) – 33:29	4–2
	4–3	36:02 – Oprea
A. Hyde – 36:30	5–3
Mulari (Gregory, Lilly) (PP) – 39:05	6–3

8 min

Penalties

8 min

47

Shots

28

17 March 2018
16:30

Chinese Taipei

6–2
(2–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 130

Game reference

Hsu Tzu-ting
Wang Yun-tzu

Goalies

Kübra Dadaşoğlu

Referee:

Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen
Linesmen:

Bettina Angerer

Alba Calero

Yeh (Hsieh) – 04:37	1–0
Yeh (Hsieh) – 12:16	2–0
Yeh (Teng, Hsu Ti.) (PP) – 28:24	3–0
Yeh – 31:48	4–0
	4–1	34:53 – Yurt (Taygar, D. Lökbaş)
Yeh – 41:10	5–1
	5–2	43:18 – Demirkol (Baktıroğlu)
Yeh (Hsu Ti.) (PP) – 56:04	6–2

0 min

Penalties

6 min

58

Shots

29

17 March 2018
20:15

Iceland

1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Spain

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 650

Game reference

Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir

Goalies

Alba Gonzalo

Referee:

Sintija Čamāne
Linesmen:

Jennifer Cameron

Fu Zhennan

Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Ágústsdóttir) – 06:02	1–0
	1–1	21:29 – Merino (SH)
	1–2	59:11 – V. Abrisqueta

10 min

Penalties

6 min

19

Shots

34

18 March 2018
13:00

4–9
(2–5, 1–3, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 63

Game reference

Andreea Herescu

Goalies

Wang Yun-tzu
Hsu Tzu-ting

Referee:

Lisa Grison
Linesmen:

Jennifer Cameron

Linnea Sainio

Dumitru (Miklós) – 02:17	1–0
	1–1	04:12 – Tsai (Yao)
	1–2	13:32 – Hsieh
	1–3	14:35 – Pan (Hsu Ti.)
	1–4	15:35 – Yeh (Liu C.) (PP)
Popescu (Balló) – 16:10	2–4
	2–5	17:26 – Tao (Hsu Ti., Pan)
Ana (Sándor) – 25:12	3–5
	3–6	31:31 – Yeh (Liu C., Teng)
	3–7	32:10 – Yeh
	3–8	39:25 – Yeh (Pan, Hsu Ti.) (PP)
	3–9	54:23 – Liu C. (Huang Y.)
Ana – 55:07	4–9

8 min

Penalties

6 min

18

Shots

58

18 March 2018
16:30

New Zealand

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

Iceland

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 120

Game reference

Lochlyn Hyde

Goalies

Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir

Referee:

Sintija Čamāne
Linesmen:

Alba Calero

Fu Zhennan

	0–1	14:42 – Jóhannesdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) (PP)
	0–2	17:12 – Leifsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir)
Gerken (C. Heale, Mulari) – 31:31	1–2
Kloss (Shields) – 40:23	2–2
Mulari (C. Heale) (SH) – 45:39	3–2
	3–3	59:56 – Shantz-Smiley (Garðarsdóttir) (SH, EA)

Mulari

C. Heale

Shields

Kloss

Jones

Mulari

Shields

Shootout

Guðbjartsdóttir

Jóhannesdóttir

Su. Björgvinsdóttir

Shantz-Smiley

18 min

Penalties

12 min

23

Shots

53

18 March 2018
20:00

Spain

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 530

Game reference

Alba Gonzalo

Goalies

Kübra Dadaşoğlu

Referee:

Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen
Linesmen:

Bettina Angerer

Loise Larsen

S. Danielsson (Ortiz, Muñoz) (PP) – 02:36	1–0
	1–1	05:21 – Taygar (D. Lökbaş)
Ramos (Moreno) – 10:20	2–1
Muñoz (L. Danielsson) – 39:00	3–1
S. Danielsson (Muñoz, L. Danielsson) (ENG) – 59:38	4–1

8 min

Penalties

10 min

44

Shots

19

20 March 2018
13:00

Iceland

6–2
(1–1, 0–1, 5–0)

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 130

Game reference

Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir

Goalies

Kübra Dadaşoğlu
Merve Karataş

Referee:

Liu Chunhua
Linesmen:

Alba Calero

Linnea Sainio

	0–1	02:45 – Baktıroğlu (Demirkol, A. Lökbaş) (PP)
Jóhannesdóttir (Shantz-Smiley, Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 13:15	1–1
	1–2	36:43 – Taygar (Baktıroğlu)
Su. Björgvinsdóttir – 40:26	2–2
Snorradóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 42:53	3–2
Si. Björgvinsdóttir – 52:22	4–2
Garðarsdóttir (Karvelsdóttir) – 53:51	5–2
Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP) – 55:03	6–2

10 min

Penalties

8 min

55

Shots

15

20 March 2018
16:30

New Zealand

2–5
(0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 55

Game reference

Lochlyn Hyde

Goalies

Hsu Tzu-ting

Referee:

Lisa Grison
Linesmen:

Jennifer Cameron

Claudia de la Pompa

	0–1	16:05 – Hsu Ti. (Tao)
	0–2	18:20 – Pan (Huang M.)
	0–3	19:44 – Yao (Lin Ye., Pan)
C. Heale (A. Hyde) – 27:19	1–3
	1–4	39:40 – Teng (Hsu Ti., Yeh) (PP)
Lilly (C. Heale, Mulari) (PP2) – 57:56	2–4
	2–5	59:04 – Hsu Ti. (SH, ENG)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

31

Shots

31

20 March 2018
20:00

Spain

12–0
(4–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 205

Game reference

Alba Gonzalo
Esther García

Goalies

Andrea Kurkó
Andreea Herescu

Referee:

Sintija Čamāne
Linesmen:

Bettina Angerer

Fu Zhennan

Muñoz (S. Danielsson, Danielsson) – 05:30	1–0
Ibañez (Moreno, Ramos) – 12:24	2–0
S. Danielsson (Muñoz, Ortiz) – 12:38	3–0
Álvarez (Muñoz) – 17:41	4–0
V. Abrisqueta (PP) – 24:01	5–0
L. Abrisqueta (Merino) (SH) – 25:02	6–0
V. Abrisqueta (Muñoz, L. Danielsson) (PP) – 28:23	7–0
Serrano (Sans) – 29:19	8–0
Ramos (Ibañez, Grande) – 30:35	9–0
Serrano (Villar, V. Abrisqueta) – 44:37	10–0
Merino (Senac Gomez) (SH) – 56:03	11–0
Álvarez (Ortiz) – 58:46	12–0

8 min

Penalties

8 min

59

Shots

14

21 March 2018
13:00

4–11
(3–3, 0–5, 1–3)

New Zealand

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 95

Game reference

Kübra Dadaşoğlu
Merve Karataş

Goalies

Lochlyn Hyde
Tabitha Crump

Referee:

Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen
Linesmen:

Jennifer Cameron

Linnea Sainio

Taygar – 00:39	1–0
	1–1	05:45 – Murray (Shields, Woodyear-Smith)
Taygar (Baktıroğlu) (PP) – 07:13	2–1
	2–2	10:33 – Murray (A. Hyde)
	2–3	11:44 – Lilly (Mulari, C. Heale) (EA)
D. Lökbaş (Baktıroğlu) – 12:30	3–3
	3–4	21:30 – Woodyear-Smith (SH)
	3–5	24:34 – Jones (Neville-Lamb) (PP)
	3–6	26:57 – C. Heale (Mulari)
	3–7	29:01 – C. Heale (Mulari, Jones)
	3–8	30:13 – Mulari (C. Heale, Jones) (PP)
	3–9	42:59 – Kloss (Jones, Mulari)
	3–10	44:59 – Gregory (Neville-Lanb, Murray)
Taygar (PP) – 47:34	4–10
	4–11	51:32 – Mulari (Gerken, C. Heale)

12 min

Penalties

6 min

19

Shots

41

21 March 2018
16:30

1–12
(0–5, 1–2, 0–5)

Iceland

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 85

Game reference

Andreea Herescu
Andrea Kurkó

Goalies

Kristin Þorbjörnsdóttir

Referee:

Liu Chunhua
Linesmen:

Bettina Angerer

Claudia de la Pompa

	0–1	01:06 – Jóhannesdóttir (Snorradóttir, Si. Björgvinsdóttir)
	0–2	05:25 – Ingadóttir (Ágústsdóttir) (SH)
	0–3	10:23 – Sigurðardóttir (Ingadóttir, Geirsdóttir)
	0–4	12:05 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley) (PP)
	0–5	15:46 – Geirsdóttir (Ingadóttir)
Oprea (Ana) (PP) – 21:01	1–5
	1–6	26:01 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP2)
	1–7	33:26 – Geirsdóttir (Ágústsdóttir)
	1–8	40:09 – Geirsdóttir
	1–9	45:36 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Gardarsdóttir)
	1–10	48:13 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Jóhannesdóttir, Shantz-Smiley)
	1–11	53:30 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley, Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP)
	1–12	59:18 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Shantz-Smiley)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

13

Shots

59

21 March 2018
20:00

Chinese Taipei

1–6
(0–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Spain

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 455

Game reference

Hsu Tzu-ting

Goalies

Alba Gonzalo
Esther García

Referee:

Lisa Grison
Linesmen:

Fu Zhennan

Loise Larsen

	0–1	12:22 – Danielsson (Muñoz, Álvarez)
	0–2	15:56 – Moreno (Merino, Ramos)
	0–3	24:20 – Martín (Senac Gomez)
	0–4	31:50 – Merino (V. Abrisqueta)
	0–5	37:04 – L. Abrisqueta (Senac Gomez, Merino)
Hsieh (Hsu Ti.) – 43:26	1–5
	1–6	51:04 – S. Danielsson (Muñoz)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

19

Shots

38

23 March 2018
13:00

Iceland

2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 85

Game reference

Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir
Birta Thorbjornsdottir

Goalies

Hsu Tzu-ting

Referee:

Sintija Čamāne
Linesmen:

Alba Calero

Linnea Sainio

	0–1	02:46 – Yeh (Hsieh)
	0–2	33:46 – Teng (Yeh)
Jóhannesdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) – 38:31	1–2
Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir, Shantz-Smiley) (PP) – 44:31	2–2
	2–3	44:31 – Hsu Ti. (Pan) (PP)
	2–4	59:49 – Hsieh (Hsu Ti., Yeh) (PP, ENG)

10 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

20

23 March 2018
16:30

Spain

5–2
(2–0, 3–0, 0–2)

New Zealand

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 555

Game reference

Alba Gonzalo
Esther García

Goalies

Lochlyn Hyde

Referee:

Lisa Grison
Linesmen:

Bettina Angerer

Fu Zhennan

Merino (V. Abrisqueta) – 03:07	1–0
Muñoz (SH) – 07:11	2–0
L. Abrisqueta (V. Abrisqueta) – 28:14	3–0
S. Danielsson (Muñoz) – 28:47	4–0
Ibañez (Martín, Ramos) – 35:40	5–0
	5–1	46:02 – Kloss (C. Heale, Mulari)
	5–2	58:30 – Jones (C. Heale) (PP)

16 min

Penalties

6 min

37

Shots

25

23 March 2018
20:00

Turkey

8–4
(2–2, 1–2, 5–0)

Francisco Fernández Ochoa City Ice Rink, Valdemoro
Attendance: 175

Game reference

Kübra Dadaşoğlu

Goalies

Andrea Kurkó
Andreea Herescu

Referee:

Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen
Linesmen:

Claudia de la Pompa

Loise Larsen

	0–1	02:20 – Csiszér (Oprea)
	0–2	02:37 – Popescu (Ballo)
Baktıroğlu – 06:28	1–2
Baktıroğlu (SH) – 14:06	2–2
Baktıroğlu (SH) – 23:58	3–2
	3–3	29:33 – Popescu (Ballo) (PP)
	3–4	36:11 – Ballo (Popescu)
Taygar (Yılmaz) – 47:08	4–4
Taygar (PP) – 53:28	5–4
Baktıroğlu – 57:53	6–4
Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş) – 58:15	7–4
Taygar (Yılmaz, Demirkol) (PP) – 59:50	8–4

18 min

Penalties

16 min

46

Shots

30

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper: Alba Gonzalo
- Best Defenseman: Elena Álvarez
- Best Forward: Silvia Björgvinsdóttir

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Caitlin Heale	5	7	8	15	+7	2	F
Anjali Thakker	5	4	11	15	+6	2	F
Yeh Hui-chen	5	11	3	14	+4	2	F
Silvia Björgvinsdóttir	5	9	3	12	+4	4	F
Hsu Ting-yu	5	3	8	11	+5	4	F
Vega Muñoz	5	3	8	11	+8	2	F
Sarah Shantz-Smiley	5	2	9	11	+2	4	F
Çağla Baktıroğlu	5	6	4	10	0	4	F
Betül Taygar	5	8	1	9	−8	6	F
Flosrún Jóhannesdóttir	5	4	4	8	+1	2	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%
Alba Gonzalo	255:04	4	0.94	87	95.40
Hsu Tzu-ting	221:23	11	2.98	118	90.68
Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir	224:04	9	2.41	83	89.16
Lochlyn Hyde	295:42	20	4.06	164	87.80
Kübra Dadaşoğlu	275:47	27	5.87	201	86.57

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

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	4–9 December 2017
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	70 (7 per match)
Attendance	1,366 (137 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ela Filipeć (16 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 5th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Croatia	Did not participate last year.

Match officials

3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[7]

Referees

Olga Steinberg
Maria Fuhrberg
Michaela Matejova

Linesmen

Yvonne Grascher
Vitaliya Khamitsevich
Julia Mannlein
Tatiana Kasášová
Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (P)	4	4	0	27	2	+25	12	Promoted to 2019 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	1	26	2	+24	9
3	South Africa	4	2	2	12	8	+4	6
4	Hong Kong	4	1	3	4	33	−29	3
5	Bulgaria (H)	4	0	4	3	27	−24	0

Source: IIHF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

4 December 2017
15:30

Croatia

4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 75

Game reference

Petra Belobrk

Goalies

Shaylene Swanepoel

Referee:

Michaela Matejova
Linesmen:

Yvonne Grascher

Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir

Širanović (Vrbančić) – 09:51	1–0
Delić (Filipeć, Širanović) – 22:05	2–0
Filipeć (Širanović, Smolec) (SH) – 35:25	3–0
Bednjanec (Gurka, Filipeć) – 39:47	4–0

14 min

Penalties

10 min

29

Shots

16

4 December 2017
19:00

0–9
(0–3, 0–4, 0–2)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 230

Game reference

Paulina Georgieva
Katrin Stankova

Goalies

Nina Van Orshaegen
Liesl Kuypers

Referee:

Olga Steinberg
Linesmen:

Vitaliya Khamitsevich

Julia Mannlein

	0–1	00:07 – F. Bosmans
	0–2	03:00 – Maka (Jenaer)
	0–3	05:02 – L. Bosmans (PP)
	0–4	24:10 – F. Bosmans (Morel de Westgaver)
	0–5	27:38 – Maka
	0–6	34:11 – Clincke (Frere)
	0–7	35:35 – L. Bosmans (Morel de Westgaver) (PP)
	0–8	41:47 – Frere (Boon) (PP)
	0–9	43:28 – Franck (Frere)

12 min

Penalties

8 min

7

Shots

41

5 December 2017
19:00

Hong Kong

0–10
(0–1, 0–5, 0–4)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 238

Game reference

Chau Nga-sze

Goalies

Petra Belobrk
Julija Baždar

Referee:

Maria Fuhrberg
Linesmen:

Tatiana Kasášová

Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir

	0–1	03:34 – Gurka (Filipeć, Smolec)
	0–2	22:45 – Muranić (Filipeć)
	0–3	24:50 – Filipeć
	0–4	36:49 – Metelko (Filipeć)
	0–5	38:15 – Gurka (Smolec, Širanović)
	0–6	39:30 – Malek (Muranić, Filipeć)
	0–7	41:18 – Delić (Gurka, Filipeć)
	0–8	49:30 – Smolec
	0–9	56:08 – Delić (Filipeć)
	0–10	57:17 – Malek

2 min

Penalties

8 min

3

Shots

49

6 December 2017
15:30

Belgium

14–1
(3–0, 5–1, 6–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 68

Game reference

Nina Van Orshaegen
Liesl Kuypers

Goalies

Chau Nga-sze

Referee:

Michaela Matejova
Linesmen:

Yvonne Grascher

Vitaliya Khamitsevich

F. Bosmans (Leyen) – 06:11	1–0
Boon (Clincke) – 11:35	2–0
F. Bosmans (Leyen) – 14:34	3–0
Boon (Frere) – 21:28	4–0
	4–1	24:17 – Wong
Maka (Jenaer) – 27:04	5–1
De Guchtenaere (Franck) – 29:29	6–1
Frere – 32:55	7–1
Boon (De Wolf) – 38:31	8–1
Franck (Frere) – 43:09	9–1
F. Bosmans (L. Bosmans) – 45:17	10–1
Jenaer (Van Calster) – 47:52	11–1
De Guchtenaere (Willemot) – 49:37	12–1
Jenaer (Duchateau) – 51:36	13–1
Franck (Frere) – 53:17	14–1

0 min

Penalties

4 min

61

Shots

1

6 December 2017
19:00

South Africa

4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 225

Game reference

Dominique Relleen

Goalies

Katrin Stankova

Referee:

Olga Steinberg
Linesmen:

Tatiana Kasášová

Julia Mannlein

Van Doesburgh (C. Schuurman, Rhode) (PP) – 28:37	1–0
Rhode – 37:17	2–0
C. Schuurman (Van Doesburgh, N. Schuurman) – 48:26	3–0
Rhode – 56:37	4–0

14 min

Penalties

12 min

24

Shots

23

7 December 2017
19:00

Croatia

1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 80

Game reference

Petra Belobrk

Goalies

Nina Van Orshaegen

Referee:

Maria Fuhrberg
Linesmen:

Julia Mannlein

Ìlksen Șermin Özdemir

Filipeć (SH) – 17:23

1–0

12 min

Penalties

8 min

24

Shots

25

8 December 2017
15:30

South Africa

8–1
(2–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 68

Game reference

Shaylene Swanepoel

Goalies

Chau Nga-sze

Referee:

Olga Steinberg
Linesmen:

Vitaliya Khamitsevich

Julia Mannlein

Rhode (L. Langeveld, Brankin) (PP) – 18:38	1–0
C. Schuurman – 19:36	2–0
Jamieson (Gruber) – 21:07	3–0
	3–1	25:33 – Lau
Rhode (Brankin) – 26:04	4–1
Rhode – 35:43	5–1
C. Langeveld – 37:59	6–1
N. Schuurman (C. Schuurman) – 47:11	7–1
Rhode (Brankin, Herringer) – 56:58	8–1

6 min

Penalties

8 min

40

Shots

5

8 December 2017
19:00

2–12
(0–5, 2–3, 0–4)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 102

Game reference

Paulina Georgieva

Goalies

Petra Belobrk

Referee:

Michaela Matejova
Linesmen:

Yvonne Grascher

Tatiana Kasášová

	0–1	04:13 – Čavka (Gurka)
	0–2	05:16 – Filipeć (Metelko)
	0–3	06:57 – Delić (Gurka)
	0–4	07:15 – Smolec (Filipeć)
	0–5	16:51 – Gurka (Delić)
	0–6	24:43 – Filipeć (Bednjanec) (PP)
	0–7	26:56 – Vrbančić (Širanović) (PP)
Popova (Evstatieva, Stoyanova) (PP) – 32:16	1–7
Evstatieva (Popova) (PP) – 35:15	2–7
	2–8	36:51 – Širanović (Smolec)
	2–9	44:34 – Vrbančić (Filipeć) (PP)
	2–10	46:11 – Širanović (Filipeć)
	2–11	49:36 – Čavka (Bednjanec)
	2–12	52:39 – Čavka (Gurka)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

15

Shots

49

9 December 2017
14:30

Hong Kong

2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)