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2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Spain Iceland
Dates	29 March – 4 April (cancelled) 23–29 February
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament would have been held in Granada, Spain from 29 March to 4 April and the Group B tournament was held in Akureyri, Iceland from 23 to 29 February 2020.^[1]

On 2 March 2020, the Group A tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Australia won the Group B tournament and were originally promoted, while Ukraine were relegated.^[3] However, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Group A tournament[]

2020 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 March – 4 April
Teams	6
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and was relegated.
United Kingdom	Placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
Spain	Host, 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 was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[4]

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[]

Event cancelled

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

29 March 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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29 March 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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29 March 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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30 March 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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30 March 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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30 March 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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1 April 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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1 April 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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1 April 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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3 April 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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3 April 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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3 April 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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4 April 2020
13:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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4 April 2020
16:30

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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4 April 2020
20:00

Cancelled

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

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Group B tournament[]

2020 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–29 February
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	106 (7.07 per game)
Attendance	1,957 (130 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Iceland Silvía Björgvinsdóttir (13 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A previous year and was relegated.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.
Iceland	Host, 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 Q previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and eight linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[5]

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

Standings[]

source=IIHF

Pos.	Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	0	39	4	+35	15
2	Iceland	5	4	0	0	1	25	7	+18	12
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	1	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
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	2	3	7	26	-19	2	Relegation to 2021 Division III

Results[]

All times are local (UTC±0).

23 February 2020
13:00

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
	Chyzhova (SH) – 21:03 / Dobrovolska (PP2) – 36:19	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	03:50 – Taygar (Güven) / 15:17 – D. Lökbaş (Uygun) / 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)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 17

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

23 February 2020
20:00

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
	Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Blöndal, Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 38:37	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 1–6	03:45 – Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris) / 12:24 – Green (Moore) (PP) / 14:13 – Reynolds (Kenyon) / 19:25 – Clark-Crumpton (Farrier, Ayris) / 20:40 – Green (Aparicio) / 22:13 – Ayris
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	31

24 February 2020
13:00

Croatia

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

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 15

Game reference
	Petra Mlinarević	Goalies	Nataliya Kozachuk	Referee: Ilona Novotná
	Čavka (Smolec) (PP) – 14:30	1–0 / 1–1	24:11 – Kovtun
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	43

24 February 2020
16:30

Australia

2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20

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

24 February 2020
20:00

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
	C. Heale (Kivell) – 48:17	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4	14:31 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) / 15:09 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir) / 27:18 – Blöndal (Snorradóttir) (PP) / 48:54 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	45

26 February 2020
13:00

Australia

15–0
(4–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 22

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

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20

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

26 February 2020
20:00

Iceland

6–0
(3–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 370

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

27 February 2020
13:00

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
	Tsymyrenko (Skashchuk) – 53:52	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 1–8 / 1–9	07:08 – Clark-Crumpton (Moore) / 19:16 – Moore (Green, Cochrane) (PP) / 37:13 – Farrier (Godfrey) / 39:05 – Cochrane (Godfrey, Tihema) / 40:38 – Clark-Crumpton (Ayris, Farrier) / 42:57 – Farrier (Ayris) / 49:29 – Ayris (Farrier) / 53:18 – Farrier (Clark-Crumpton) / 55:27 – Godfrey (Farrier, Ayris) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	9	Shots	45

27 February 2020
16:30

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
	Uygun (Figenli) – 44:24	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	30:45 – Kivell (Gregory) / 47:54 – C. Heale (Horner-Pascoe, Smith)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	30

27 February 2020
20:00

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
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7	16:33 – Garðarsdóttir (Leifsdóttir) (PP) / 23:22 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) / 25:06 – Bergsdóttir (Hjaltested, Viðarsdóttir) / 37:05 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP) / 41:41 – Shantz-Smiley (Johannesdóttir, Ágústsdóttir) / 51:05 – Ingadóttir (Garðarsdóttir, Johannesdóttir) / 52:09 – Arnadóttir (Alexdóttir)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	5	Shots	66

29 February 2020
13:00

Turkey

5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 12

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

29 February 2020
16:30

Australia

7–1
(1–1, 2–0, 4–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 42

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

29 February 2020
20:00

Iceland

7–0
(0–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 420

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

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Award^[6]	Player
Best Goalkeeper	Australia Olivia Last
Best Defenceman	Australia Rylie Padjen
Best Forward	Iceland Silvía Björgvinsdóttir

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Iceland Silvía Björgvinsdóttir	5	8	5	13	+11	2	F
Australia Michelle Clark-Crumpton	5	9	2	11	+10	4	F
Australia Natasha Farrier	5	4	7	11	+12	4	F
Australia Natalie Ayris	5	4	6	11	+13	4	D
Australia Sharna Godfrey	5	6	3	9	+13	0	F
Iceland Sunna Björgvinsdóttir	5	5	4	9	+11	6	F
New Zealand Jana Kivell	5	5	3	8	0	0	F
Australia Georgia Moore	5	2	6	8	+11	0	D
New Zealand Caitlin Heale	5	4	3	7	+3	6	F
Australia Shona Green	5	3	4	7	+3	12	F
New Zealand 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
Australia Olivia Last	180:00	3	1.00	67	95.52	0
Iceland Birta Helgudóttir	189:17	3	0.95	49	93.88	1
Turkey Sera Doğramacı	299:50	14	2.80	181	92.27	0
Australia Tina Girdler	120:00	1	0.50	12	91.67	1
New Zealand 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[]

↑ Tournaments for 2020 assigned. iihf.com (24 May 2019).
↑ IIHF cancels March tournaments. iihf.com (2 March 2020).
↑ Australia wins Tasman battle. iihf.com (2 March 2020).
↑ Assignments
↑ Division IIB competition officials
↑ Division IIB awards

External links[]

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