Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2018

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Sofia, Bulgaria , (December 4th- December 9th 2017)

 

Thursday December 7th, 2017 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

19:00  Croatia vs Belgium  

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Rest Day: Bulgaria , Hong-Kong , South Africa

 

 

LIVESTREAM CRO vs BEL

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Sofia, Bulgaria , (December 4th- December 9th 2017)

 

Thursday December 7th, 2017 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +2)

 

19:00  Croatia 1 - 0 Belgium  

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Rest Day: Bulgaria , Hong-Kong , South Africa

 

 

Provisional Standing after Day 4:

1. Croatia 9, 2. Belgium 6, 3. South Africa 3, 4. Bulgaria 0, 5. Hong-Kong 0

 

Croatia is already 2 days before the end of the round-robin the winner of the Tournament and earn the ticket for the next years Women´s Division II Group B.

Mathematically is impossible for any other team to overpass them in the final ranking. 

Congrats Croatia !

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Sofia, Bulgaria , (December 4th- December 9th 2017)

 

Friday December 8th, 2017 -

Round-Robin Day 5 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

15:30  South Africa vs Hong-Kong

19:00  Bulgaria vs Croatia  

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Rest Day: Belgium

 

LIVESTREAM

RSA vs HKG

BUL vs CRO

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Sofia, Bulgaria , (December 4th- December 9th 2017)

 

Friday December 8th, 2017 -

Round-Robin Day 5 Results (GMT +2)

 

15:30  South Africa 8 - 1 Hong-Kong

19:00  Bulgaria 2 - 12 Croatia  

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Rest Day: Belgium

 

 

Provisional Standing after Day 5:

1. Croatia 12, 2. Belgium 6, 3. South Africa 6, 4. Bulgaria 0, 5. Hong-Kong 0

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Sofia, Bulgaria , (December 4th- December 9th 2017)

 

Saturday December 9th, 2017 -

Round-Robin Last Day Schedule (GMT +2)

 

14:30  Hong-Kong vs Bulgaria

19:00  Belgium vs South Africa  

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Rest Day: Croatia

 

LIVESTREAM

HKG vs BUL

BEL vs RSA

 

The winner and qualified team already known, Croatia won the ticket for the next years Womens Div. IIB Wch,

the tomorrows games will decide only the remaining final standing of the tournament and in direct matches.

Belgium will face South Africa for silver and Bronze,

and Hong-Kong will play against the host country for the 4th and 5th place and for the first point(s) and first win in the tournament.

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Sofia, Bulgaria , (December 4th- December 9th 2017)

 

Saturday December 9th, 2017 -

Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +2)

 

14:30  Hong-Kong 2 - 1 Bulgaria

19:00  Belgium 3 - 0 South Africa  

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Rest Day: Croatia

 

 

 

Final Standing

 

1. Croatia 12   

Qualified for the Women´s Division II Group B World Championships 2019

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2. Belgium 9

3. South Africa 6

4. Hong-Kong 3

5. Bulgaria 0

 

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WOMEN´S DIVISION II GROUP B QUALIFICATION 2018

 

 

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Croatia bounces back

Women’s team makes winning return to IIHF play

 

Croatia made a successful return to IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship action with victory in the Division II Group B Qualification tournament in Sofia.

The Croats didn’t enter a team to compete last year, and had to drop down to the lowest level of the women’s game as a result. But, under the guidance of fledgling head coach Miro Smerdelj, a Croatian men’s international until 2013 and still playing for Mladost Zagreb in the new cross-border International Hockey League, the team swept through a five-team group that also included host Bulgaria, top seed Belgium, South Africa and Hong Kong.

That represented a fine return to international action for Croatia’s women, who last played in an IIHF tournament in 2016 when it suffered relegation from Division IIA. Now the team will play in next season’s Division IIB tournament.

Croatia’s rampant offence fired in 27 goals in four games – but the crucial one came 17 minutes into its meeting with top seed Belgium. The Croats were killing a penalty at the time, but Ela Filipec intercepted a pass on her own blue line and set off for goal. The 26-year-old, who plays her club hockey for Gric Zagreb in the Austrian league, danced her way around three opponents to get up close with Belgian goalie Nina van Orshaegen. Her first shot found the pads, but she recovered to lift the rebound onto the top shelf and give her team a vital lead.

The goal proved decisive. Filipec’s Gric teammate Petra Belobrk made 25 saves at the other end as Croatia posted its third shut-out of the tournament and denied a Belgian team that finished with 26 goals from its three other games. Nobody could find a way past van Orshaegen again at the other end, but that short-handed effort was enough to win the game and, ultimately, the group. Belgium won its other three games to take second place.

Croatia’s defensive power meant that it took 212 minutes of tournament action before it finally allowed a goal. Bulgaria’s Aleksandra Popova was the woman who solved Belobrk at last, converting a power play opportunity to claim the host nation’s first goal of the competition. Anna Evstatieva scored another power play goal shortly afterwards, but Croatia romped to a 12-2 victory. In 240 minutes of hockey, the group winner did not allow a single goal while playing at even strength.

Much of that solidity derives from a roster that drew heavily on the Gric club, currently playing in Austria’s cross-border DEBL. Filipec and fellow blue-liner Martina Smolec are among the leading scorers in that league in the early stages of this season, and eight of the national team currently play there. With another player, Katja Bednjanec, also playing in Austria for the Klagenfurt Dragons, and 16-year-old twins Tena and Eva Cavka involved with Slovenia’s HK Celje, there’s a measure of international experience about this Croat roster.

Behind the Croats, Belgium recovered from Thursday’s narrow loss to beat South Africa 3-0 in Saturday’s final game and claim second place behind Croatia. The team also impressed defensively, allowing just two goals in the competition. First-choice goalie van Orshaegen finished as the best netminder of the tournament, with a GAA of 0.33 and a save percentage of 97.5. Filipec’s effort was the only one to beat her all week; the other goal scored on Belgium went past Liesl Kuypers in a 14-1 win over Hong Kong. South Africa took third place, while Saturday’s match-up between Bulgaria and Hong Kong saw the host let a 1-0 lead slip in the third period to lose 1-2 and finish in last place without a single victory.

Among the skaters, defenceman Filipec led the scoring by a huge margin. She finished with six goals and 10 assists for 16 points. Her closest scoring rivals, team-mate Vesna Gurka and Belgium’s Sonja Frere, managed eight each. Filipec’s six goals also made her joint leading goalscorer for the competition, tying with Dalene Rhode (South Africa) and Femke Bosmans (Belgium).

 

 

Results Thread HERE

 

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The Women´s Ice Hockey IIHF World championships program 2018 continue this week with the Division II Group B Tournament in Spain.

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B
In Valdemoro, , 17-23 March 2018

 

Saturday March 17th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

13:00  New Zealand vs Romania

16:30  Chinese Taipei vs Turkey   

20:15  Iceland vs Spain

 

 

*Tournament Format: 6 Nations play a usual Round-Robin tournament, Each team play once every opponent, The first ranked Nation will qualify for the Women´s Division II Group A World Championships next year in 2019. The last ranked nation will be relegated to the Women´s Division II Group B Qualification tournament and will be replaced in this division by Croatia, Winner of this years Div II B Qualification Tournament contested past December in Bulgaria.

 

LIVESTREAM

NZL vs ROU

TPE vs TUR

ISL vs ESP

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B
In Valdemoro, , 17-23 March 2018

 

Saturday March 17th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +1)

 

13:00  New Zealand  6 - 3  Romania

16:30  Chinese Taipei  6 - 2  Turkey   

20:15  Iceland  1 - 2  Spain

 

 

Provisional Standing after Day 1:

1. Chinese Taipei 3 pts, 2. New Zealand 3 pts, 3. Spain 3 pts, 4. Iceland 0 pts, 5. Romania 0 pts, 6. Turkey 0 pts.

 

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Tomorrows Day 2 schedule of the W Div. II B tournament.

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B
In Valdemoro, , 17-23 March 2018

 

Sunday March 18th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

13:00  Romania vs Chinese Taipei

16:30  New Zealand vs Iceland     

20:00  Spain vs Turkey

 

LIVESTREAM

ROU vs TPE

NZL vs ISL

ESP vs TUR