2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2020 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Spain  Iceland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	29 March – 4 April 2020 (cancelled) 23–29 February 2020
Teams	12

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II Group B tournament and were originally promoted, while Ukraine were relegated.^[5] However, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.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

2020 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 March – 4 April 2020 (cancelled)
Teams	6
Official website
www.iihf.com

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and were relegated.
Great Britain	Placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
Spain	Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.
Mexico	Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.
North Korea	Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and were promoted.

Match officials

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

Referees	Linesmen
Sini Kauhanen Agnese Kārkliņa Elise Harbitz-Rasmussen Jestina Vichorek	Marie-Pierre Jalbert Loise Lybak Larsen Wong Tsui Yi Yuka Tochigi Katja Mrak Alba Calero Erika Greenen

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Spain (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Schedule

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).^[7]

29 March 2020 13:00

Chinese Taipei

Cancelled

Mexico

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

29 March 2020 16:30

Great Britain

Cancelled

North Korea

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

29 March 2020 20:00

Spain

Cancelled

Latvia

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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30 March 2020 13:00

North Korea

Cancelled

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

30 March 2020 16:30

Latvia

Cancelled

Mexico

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

30 March 2020 20:00

Great Britain

Cancelled

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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1 April 2020 13:00

Latvia

Cancelled

North Korea

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

1 April 2020 16:30

Great Britain

Cancelled

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

1 April 2020 20:00

Spain

Cancelled

Mexico

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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3 April 2020 13:00

Mexico

Cancelled

Great Britain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

3 April 2020 16:30

Chinese Taipei

Cancelled

Latvia

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

3 April 2020 20:00

North Korea

Cancelled

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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4 April 2020 13:00

Latvia

Cancelled

Great Britain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

4 April 2020 16:30

Mexico

Cancelled

North Korea

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

4 April 2020 20:00

Spain

Cancelled

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

Division II Group B

2020 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
City	Akureyri
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–29 February 2020
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	106 (7.07 per game)
Attendance	1,957 (130 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Silvía Björgvinsdóttir (13 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A previous year and were relegated.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.
Iceland	Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B previous year.
Turkey	Placed 4th in Division II B previous year.
Croatia	Placed 5th in Division II B previous year.
Ukraine	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]

Referees	Linesmen
Ulrike Winklmayr Ilona Novotná Michaela Matejová Charlotte Hurley	Faye Andrews Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir Baiba Dzene Klaudia Chrapek Eva Mária Moleková Anina Egli Fatima Al-Ali

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Australia[a]	5	5	0	0	0	39	4	+35	15
2	Iceland (H)	5	4	0	0	1	25	7	+18	12
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	20	16	+4	9
4	Turkey	5	1	1	0	3	10	14	−4	5
5	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	5	39	−34	2[b]
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	2	3	7	26	−19	2[b]	Relegated to the 2022 Division III

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
Notes:

1. Australia were originally promoted to Division II A, however, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Croatia 2–1 (GWS) Ukraine

Match results

All times are local (Western European Time – UTC±0).

23 February 2020 13:00

Ukraine

2–3 OT (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Turkey

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Nataliya Kozachuk	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Faye Andrews
	0–1 03:50 – Taygar (Güven) 0–2 15:17 – D. Lökbaş (Uygun) Chyzhova (SH) – 21:03 1–2 Dobrovolska (PP2) – 36:19 2–2 2–3 62:33 – Oğuz (Uygun)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	25

23 February 2020 16:30

New Zealand

11–1 (2–0, 5–0, 4–1)

Croatia

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 17

Game reference
	Danielle Strayer	Goalies	Petra Mlinarević Mirna Sertić	Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Klaudia Chrapek Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	Gregory (A. Hyde, Kivell) – 07:14 1–0 Shields (C. Heale) – 09:57 2–0 Horner-Pascoe (Shields) – 24:20 3–0 Gregory (Kivell) – 25:14 4–0 Horner-Pascoe (C. Heale) – 30:56 5–0 C. Heale (Shields) – 34:18 6–0 Lilly (Gregory) – 39:53 7–0 Gregory (Shields) – 41:07 8–0 Murray (A. Heale) – 42:17 9–0 9–1 42:36 – Kadijević (Čavka) Shields (C. Heale, Horner-Pascoe) – 45:52 10–1 Murray (Kloss) – 48:29 11–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	10

23 February 2020 20:00

Iceland

1–6 (0–4, 1–2, 0–0)

Australia

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 317

Game reference
	Karitas Halldorsdóttir Birta Helgudóttir	Goalies	Olivia Last	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Baiba Dzene Eva Mária Moleková
	0–1 03:45 – Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris) 0–2 12:24 – Green (Moore) (PP) 0–3 14:13 – Reynolds (Kenyon) 0–4 19:25 – Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris) 0–5 20:40 – Green (Aparicio) 0–6 22:13 – Ayris Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Blöndal, Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 38:37 1–6
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	31

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24 February 2020 13:00

Croatia

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

Ukraine

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 15

Game reference
	Petra Mlinarević	Goalies	Nataliya Kozachuk	Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Eva Mária Moleková Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir
	Čavka (Smolec) (PP) – 14:30 1–0 1–1 24:11 – Kovtun
	Kadijević Buljeta Smolec	Shootout	Zabarna Tsymyrenko Chyzhova Tkachuk
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	43

24 February 2020 16:30

Australia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Turkey

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Olivia Last	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Anina Egli
	Clark-Crumpton (Aparicio, Green) (PP) – 14:40 1–0 1–1 21:18 – Baktıroğlu (Figenli, D. Lökbaş) (PP) Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris) – 30:20 2–1
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	20

24 February 2020 20:00

New Zealand

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 333

Game reference
	Danielle Strayer	Goalies	Birta Helgudóttir	Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Faye Andrews Klaudia Chrapek
	0–1 14:31 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) 0–2 15:09 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir) 0–3 27:18 – Blöndal (Snorradóttir) (PP) C. Heale (Kivell) – 48:17 1–3 1–4 48:54 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	45

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26 February 2020 13:00

Australia

15–0 (4–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Croatia

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 22

Game reference
	Tina Girdler	Goalies	Petra Mlinarević Mirna Sertić	Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Baiba Dzene Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir
	Green (Aparicio) – 02:59 1–0 Padjen (Roberts) – 05:03 2–0 Badaoui (Roberts, Tihema) – 12:27 3–0 Reynolds (Cochrane) – 14:55 4–0 Reynolds (Cochrane) – 24:43 5–0 Clark-Crumpton (Harvey) – 28:02 6–0 Ayris (Clark-Crumpton) – 30:46 7–0 Clark-Crumpton (Padjen) – 34:08 8–0 Aparicio (Morre, Cochrane) (PP) – 39:08 9–0 Godfrey (Moore) (SH) – 45:20 10–0 Godfrey (Padjen, Harvey) (SH) – 45:32 11–0 Ayris (Tihema, Padjen) (PP) – 47:24 12–0 Clark-Crumpton (Green, Moore) (PP) – 50:19 13–0 Aparicio (Green, Kenyon) – 54:40 14–0 Moore (Badaoui) (PP) – 56:52 15–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	90	Shots	3

26 February 2020 16:30

New Zealand

5–3 (3–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Ukraine

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Nataliya Kozachuk	Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Anina Egli Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	Kivell (Gregory) (PP) – 02:36 1–0 Kivell (Woodyear-Smith, Neville-Lamb) (PP) – 06:22 2–0 2–1 10:09 – Chyzhova (SH) Kivell (PP2) – 18:42 3–1 3–2 21:49 – Kovtun (Kozub) (PP) Kivell (Gregory) 35:25 4–2 4–3 41:27 – Chyzhova (Dobrovolska) Shields (Woodyear-Smith) 47:32 5–3
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	44	Shots	25

26 February 2020 20:00

Iceland

6–0 (3–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Turkey

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 370

Game reference
	Birta Helgudóttir	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Klaudia Chrapek Eva Mária Moleková
	Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Blöndal) – 06:13 1–0 Snorradóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 10:19 2–0 Bergsdóttir (Hjaltested, Viðarsdóttir) – 19:47 3–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir – 46:57 4–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 53:36 5–0 Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Geirsdóttir) – 56:27 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	9

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27 February 2020 13:00

Ukraine

1–9 (0–2, 0–2, 1–5)

Australia

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 12

Game reference
	Viktoriia Tkachenko	Goalies	Tina Girdler	Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Faye Andrews Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	0–1 07:08 – Clark-Crumpton (Moore) 0–2 19:16 – Moore (Green, Cochrane) (PP) 0–3 37:13 – Farrier (Godfrey) 0–4 39:05 – Cochrane (Godfrey, Tihema) 0–5 40:38 – Clark-Crumpton (Ayris, Farrier) 0–6 42:57 – Farrier (Ayris) 0–7 49:29 – Ayris (Farrier) 0–8 53:18 – Farrier (Clark-Crumpton) Tsymyrenko (Skashchuk) – 53:52 1–8 1–9 55:27 – Godfrey (Farrier, Ayris) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	9	Shots	45

27 February 2020 16:30

Turkey

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

New Zealand

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 17

Game reference
	Sera Doğramacı	Goalies	Danielle Strayer	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Anina Egli Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir
	0–1 30:45 – Kivell (Gregory) Uygun (Figenli) – 44:24 1–1 1–2 47:54 – C. Heale (Horner-Pascoe, Smith)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	30

27 February 2020 20:00

Croatia

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Iceland

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 320

Game reference
	Petra Mlinarević Mirna Sertić	Goalies	Karitas Halldorsdóttir	Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Baiba Dzene
	0–1 16:33 – Garðarsdóttir (Leifsdóttir) (PP) 0–2 23:22 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) 0–3 25:06 – Bergsdóttir (Hjaltested, Viðarsdóttir) 0–4 37:05 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP) 0–5 41:41 – Shantz-Smiley (Johannesdóttir, Ágústsdóttir) 0–6 51:05 – Ingadóttir (Garðarsdóttir, Johannesdóttir) 0–7 52:09 – Arnadóttir (Alexdóttir)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	5	Shots	66

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29 February 2020 13:00

Turkey

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Croatia

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 12

Game reference
	Sera Doğramacı Merve Karataş	Goalies	Petra Mlinarević	Referee: Michaela Matejová Linesmen: Klaudia Chrapek Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir
	Demirkol (Dursun) – 08:33 1–0 1–1 09:38 – Kadijević (Čavka, Vrbančić) 1–2 27:52 – Kadijević (Matak) Demirkol (Taygar) – 36:52 2–2 Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş) – 37:25 3–2 Güven (Oğuz) (SH) – 52:29 4–2 Taygar (A. Lökbaş) (SH, EN) – 58:27 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	33

29 February 2020 16:30

Australia

7–1 (1–1, 2–0, 4–0)

New Zealand

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 42

Game reference
	Olivia Last	Goalies	Danielle Strayer	Referee: Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Anina Egli Eva Mária Moleková
	0–1 02:44 – C. Heale (Horner-Pascoe) Godfrey (SH) – 04:23 1–1 Padjen – 22:09 2–1 Aparicio (Farrier) – 27:15 3–1 Godfrey (Tihema) – 41:12 4–1 Tihema (Godfrey, Moore) – 45:04 5–1 Farrier – 47:55 6–1 Godfrey (Goonan) – 55:11 7–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	24

29 February 2020 20:00

Iceland

7–0 (0–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Ukraine

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri Attendance: 420

Game reference
	Karitas Halldorsdóttir Birta Helgudóttir	Goalies	Viktoriia Tkachenko Nataliya Kozachuk	Referee: Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Fatima Al-Ali Faye Andrews
	Gardarsdóttir (Hjaltested) – 21:18 1–0 Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Kjartansdóttir) – 27:03 2–0 Snorradóttir (Kjartansdóttir, Hafsteinsdóttir) – 32:54 3–0 Bergsdottir (Karvelsdóttir) – 33:37 4–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 34:59 5–0 Johannesdóttir (Kjartansdóttir, Gardarsdóttir) (PP) – 41:27 6–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 58:43 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	10

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.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Silvía Björgvinsdóttir	5	8	5	13	+11	2	F
Michelle Clark-Crumpton	5	9	2	11	+10	4	F
Natasha Farrier	5	4	7	11	+12	4	F
Natalie Ayris	5	4	6	11	+13	4	D
Sharna Godfrey	5	6	3	9	+13	0	F
Sunna Björgvinsdóttir	5	5	4	9	+11	6	F
Jana Kivell	5	5	3	8	0	0	F
Georgia Moore	5	2	6	8	+11	0	D
Caitlin Heale	5	4	3	7	+3	6	F
Shona Green	5	3	4	7	+3	12	F
Hope Gregory	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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Olivia Last	180:00	3	1.00	67	95.52	0
Birta Helgudóttir	189:17	3	0.95	49	93.88	1
Sera Doğramacı	299:50	14	2.80	181	92.27	0
Tina Girdler	120:00	1	0.50	12	91.67	1
Danielle Strayer	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

References

1. Division II Group A official website
2. "IIHF cancels March tournaments". IIHF. 2 March 2020.
3. Division II Group B official website
4. Division II Group B statistics
5. "Australia wins Tasman battle". IIHF. 2 March 2020.
6. Assignments
7. Div II A schedule
8. Division IIB competition officials
9. Division IIB awards

External links

• Official website of IIHF