The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II consisted of three international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A, Division II B and Division II B Qualification represent the fourth, fifth and sixth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.
At the 2017 IIHF annual congress it was decided that the Top Division would expand from eight to ten teams. As a result, all relegations from the 2017 tournaments were cancelled, and there would also be no relegation in all 2018 tournaments.
Venues Division II Group A Division II Group B Division II Group BQualificationGangneungAkureyriTaipeiGangneung Hockey CentreCapacity: 10,000Kwandong Hockey CentreCapacity: 6,000Akureyri Ice RinkCapacity: 1,000Annex Ice RinkCapacity: 1,000
Division II Group A
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A official website2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II A statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II A last year.Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.Placed 4th in Division II A last year.Placed 5th in Division II A last year.Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Vanessa Morin Anna Kuroda Chelsea Rapin Rita Rygh
Linesmen Tanja Cadonau Aiko Hoshi Jenni Jaatinen Lee Kyung-sun Lee Tae-ri Bente Owren Brienne Stewart
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Time in South Korea – UTC+9).
Awards and statistics
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Han Do-hee 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 Angela Taylor 5 3 9 12 +8 2 F Park Jong-ah 5 4 6 10 +5 0 F Kathryn Marsden 5 5 4 9 +7 4 F Pia Pren 5 4 4 8 –1 4 F Julie Zwarthoed 5 3 5 8 +7 2 F Sara Confidenti 5 3 4 7 +1 6 F Katie Henry 5 3 3 6 +3 10 F Savine Wielenga 5 1 5 6 +5 0 F Han Soo-jin 5 4 1 5 +4 2 F Jo Su-sie 5 2 3 5 +3 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 Han Do-hee 240:00 3 0.75 63 95.24 1 Pia Dukarič 201:01 16 4.57 221 92.76 1 Lisa Daams 180:00 5 1.67 66 92.42 0 So Jong-sim 252:49 11 2.61 110 90.00 0 Nicole Jackson 291:16 15 3.09 140 89.29 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
Division II Group B
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 27 February to 5 March 2017.2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B official website2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division II B last year.Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B last year.Placed 4th in Division II B last year.Placed 5th in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification last year and were promoted.Placed 6th in Division II B last year but were allowed to remain because of Croatia's withdrawal.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Katalin Gérnyi Elena Ivanova Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Gabriela Malá
Linesmen Veronika Dopitová Linn Forsberg Leigh Hetherington Senovwa Mollen Oksana Shestakova Julia Tschirner Julia Weegh
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Greenwich Mean Time – UTC±0).
Awards and statistics
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Mónica Renteria Best Defenseman: Eva Karvelsdóttir Best Forward: Anjali Thakker Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Anjali Thakker 5 7 8 15 +9 2 F Çağla Baktıroğlu 5 7 6 13 +1 0 F María Chávez 5 5 4 9 +4 4 F Flosrún Jóhannesdóttir 5 6 2 8 +1 6 F Claudia Tellez 5 4 4 8 +6 4 F Vega Muñoz 5 3 5 8 +7 6 F Carmen Rivera 5 3 5 8 +7 2 F Ainhoa Merino 5 6 1 7 +7 4 F Voicu Ana 5 5 2 7 −4 14 F Sunna Björgvinsdóttir 5 4 3 7 +4 4 F Sara Danielsson 5 4 3 7 +9 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 Mónica Renteria 180:00 3 1.00 82 96.34 1 Alba Gonzalo 282:26 7 1.49 100 93.00 0 Lochlyn Hyde 297:47 13 2.62 117 88.89 0 Kübra Dadaşoğlu 290:55 28 5.77 239 88.28 0 Elise Väljaots 199:45 12 3.60 94 87.23 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
Division II Group B Qualification
The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 12 to 17 December 2016.2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification official website2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II B Qualification statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.Did not participate last year; they last participated in 2015.Hosts; first participation in World Championships.
Match officials 3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Ma Sang-hee Etsuko Wada Laura White
Linesmen Sayaka Akama Ashleigh Davidson Elizabeth Mantha Theodore Streitu Yuka Tochigi
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Time in Taiwan – UTC+8).
Awards and statistics
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Nina van Orshaegen Best Defenseman: Donne van Doesburgh Best Forward: Yeh Hui-chen Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Yeh Hui-chen 4 11 4 15 +8 0 F Hsu Ting-yu 4 4 6 10 +8 0 F Chloe Schuurman 4 5 4 9 +8 0 F Liu Chih-lin 4 5 3 8 +11 0 D Teng Yu-ting 4 5 3 8 +5 2 F Donne van Doesburgh 4 3 5 8 +5 2 D Huang Min-chuan 4 0 8 8 +6 0 D Nicole Schuurman 4 3 4 7 +1 2 F Jessica Skinner 4 1 6 7 +4 0 F Leen de Decker 4 4 1 5 +8 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 Hsu Tzu-ting 120:00 2 1.00 54 96.30 0 Nina van Orshaegen 179:49 3 1.00 81 96.30 0 Wang Yun-tzu 120:00 1 0.50 19 94.74 1 Chau Nga-sze 107:15 13 7.27 126 89.68 0 Danielle Kotze 119:21 7 3.52 62 88.71 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
See also List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
External links Official website of IIHF Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info