Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2019

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Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2019

 

Espoo (FIN) - 4 April 2019 - 14 April 2019

 

 

Official Website

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WOMEN'S CATEGORY

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2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship
In Espoo, , 4-14 April 2019
Group A: Canada, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, United States
Group B: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden

2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group A
In Budapest, , 7-13 April 2019
Participants: Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Slovakia

2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group B
In Beijing, , 6-12 April 2019
Participants: China, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea

2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group A
In Dumfries, , 2-8 April 2019
Participants: Australia, Great Britain, Mexico, North Korea, Slovenia, Spain

2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B
In Miercurea Ciurc, , 11-17 March 2019
Participants: Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Iceland, New Zealand, Romania, Turkey

2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Cape Town, , 16-23 January 2019
Participants:   Belgium, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, South Africa, Ukraine

 

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Russia lost to Czech Republic 2-3 in the last Pre-tournament exhibition match

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Tournament Format

 

*The 10 teams are divided into two, tiered, five-team groups A and B in the Preliminary Round.

 

**After a single round-robin series in each group, the five teams from Group A and the best three teams from Group B advance to the Playoff Round.

 

***The Quarter-Finals will be played between A1-B3, A2-B2, A3-B1, A4-A5. The winner of each Quarter-Final moves onto the Semi-Finals.

 

****The winner of each Semi-Final game will move onto the Gold Medal Game, while the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game.

 

*****The quarter-final losers will be ranked 5th to 8th according to 1. their position in the group, 2. their preliminary-round record (1. points, 2. goal difference, 3. goals scored).

 

Relegation format

 

*The two last-placed teams of Group B will be relegated to the next year´s Division I Group A World Championship 2020.

 

 

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Thursday April 4th, 2019 -

Preliminary Round Day 1 Schedule (GMT +3)

 

 

Group A
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

Switzerland vs Canada

Period-by-Period:
April 4th 2019, h. 16:00, Metro Areena, Espoo

(15:00 CEST)

 

Finland vs United States
Period-by-Period:
April 4th 2019, h. 19:30, Metro Areena, Espoo

(18:30 CEST)

 

 

Group B
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

Germany vs Sweden

Period-by-Period:
April 4th 2019, h. 12:30, Metro Areena, Espoo

(11:30 CEST)

 

France vs Japan
Period-by-Period:
April 4th 2019, h. 18:00, Metro Areena Ice Rink 2, Espoo

(17:00 CEST)

 

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First match of the tournament vs finished 1-1 in Regular Time, meaning both teams gained already 1 point, the game will resume in Overtime soon to determine the winner of the match and which team will earn that 2nd extra point from this match

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and the Overtime start with a 2 min penalty for . The most favorable power play format, 4 on 3 Power Play for Sweden

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excellent penalty killing or disastrous offensive efficiency and power plays ?

 

all in all the match remains tied 1-1 also after the 5 minutes Overtime. Now on the Penalty Shoot-Out session that have to decide the winner

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and won the penalties shoot-out 1-0,

 

so final result of the opening match -   2-1 after Penalty Shoot-Outs. 2 points for Germany, 1 point for sweden in the tally

 

This result may have a huge impact, (the head-to-head result is remember the main tie-breaker criteria in case of two or more teams tied at points). since the last 2 teams of this group will be relegated to the Division I A.

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Canada dominated Switzerland from the start to finish, outshooting the opponent 53-6

 

Mainly thanks a great match of the SUI goalie Andrea Brandli and her 47 saves Canada won over Switzerland "only" 6-0

 

2 goals of Emily Clark, 1+1 for Natalie Spooner, and two more players finished this game with multi points, 2 assists today for Laura Fortino and Renata Fast