2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II
Year:2020
Country:Spain
Country2:Iceland
Dates:29 March – 4 April 2020
(cancelled)
23–29 February 2020
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Nextseason:(cancelled) 2021
2022

See also: 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was scheduled to be two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, but only one tournament was played.

The Division II Group A tournament would have been played in Granada, Spain, from 29 March to 4 April 2020.[1] On 2 March 2020, this tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The Division II Group B tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 23 to 29 February 2020.[3] [4]

Australia won the Division II Group B tournament and were originally promoted, while Ukraine were relegated.[5] However, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Division II Group A

Tourney Name:IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A
Year:2020
Size:x240px
Country:Spain
Dates:29 March – 4 April 2020
(cancelled)
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Website:www.iihf.com

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and were relegated.
Placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.
Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.
Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.
Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and were promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[6]

Schedule

All times are local (Central European Summer TimeUTC+2).[7]

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Division II Group B

Tourney Name:IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B
Year:2020
Size:x240px
Country:Iceland
City:Akureyri
Dates:23–29 February 2020
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:106
Scoring Leader: Silvía Björgvinsdóttir
Points:13
Website:www.iihf.com

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division II A previous year and were relegated.
Placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.
Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B previous year.
Placed 4th in Division II B previous year.
Placed 5th in Division II B previous year.
Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification previous year and were promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and eight linesmen are selected for the tournament.[8]

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Western European TimeUTC±0).

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Awards and statistics

Awards

Award[9] Player
Best Goalkeeper Olivia Last
Best Defenceman Rylie Padjen
Best Forward Silvía Björgvinsdóttir

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
5 8 5 13 +11 2 F
5 9 2 11 +10 4 F
5 4 7 11 +12 4 F
5 4 6 11 +13 4 D
5 6 3 9 +13 0 F
5 5 4 9 +11 6 F
5 5 3 8 0 0 F
5 2 6 8 +11 0 D
5 4 3 7 +3 6 F
5 3 4 7 +3 12 F
5 3 4 7 0 0 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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
180:00 3 1.00 67 95.52 0
189:17 3 0.95 49 93.88 1
299:50 14 2.80 181 92.27 0
120:00 1 0.50 12 91.67 1
167:55 11 3.93 123 91.06 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wwiia Division II Group A official website
  2. Web site: IIHF cancels March tournaments. IIHF. 2 March 2020.
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wwiib Division II Group B official website
  4. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/853/ Division II Group B statistics
  5. Web site: Australia wins Tasman battle. IIHF. 2 March 2020.
  6. https://www.iihf.com/en/static/15803/assignments-2019-20 Assignments
  7. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wwiia/schedule Div II A schedule
  8. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/853/IHW853000_35B_1_0.pdf Division IIB competition officials
  9. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/853/IHW853000_85I_1_0.pdf Division IIB awards