2015 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 16th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was played in Malmö, Sweden, from 28 March to 4 April 2015. Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds Ishall.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5, securing their sixth title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.

Participating teams
The tournament was contested between eight teams divided into two groups.


 * Group A


 * Group B

Format
The preliminary round was divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advanced directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B played a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B played a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.

Match officials
10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇨🇦 Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
 * 🇫🇮 Anna Eskola
 * 🇫🇮 Kaisa Ketonen
 * 🇫🇷 Marie Picavet
 * 🇩🇪 Nicole Hertrich
 * 🇸🇪 Gabriella Gran
 * 🇸🇪 Katarina Timglas
 * Drahomira Fialova
 * 🇺🇸 Katie Guay
 * 🇺🇸 Jamie Huntley


 * Linesmen
 * 🇦🇹 Bettia Angerer
 * 🇨🇦 Stephanie Gagnon
 * 🇨🇿 Ilona Novotná
 * 🇪🇪 Kaire Leet
 * 🇫🇮 Jenni Heikkinen
 * 🇩🇪 Lisa Linnek
 * 🇳🇴 Anna Nygard
 * 🇸🇪 Veronica Johansson
 * 🇺🇸 Kate Connolly

Rosters
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate.

Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 10 September 2014.

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Relegation round
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.


 * were relegated to the 2016 Division I A

Final round
 

Final standings


Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. 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. TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goaltender: 🇯🇵 Nana Fujimoto
 * Best Defenceman: 🇫🇮 Jenni Hiirikoski
 * Best Forward: 🇺🇸 Hilary Knight


 * All-star team
 * Goaltender: 🇫🇮 Meeri Räisänen (FIN)
 * Defence: 🇺🇸 Monique Lamoureux (USA), 🇫🇮 Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
 * Forwards: 🇺🇸 Brianna Decker (USA), 🇺🇸 Hilary Knight (USA), 🇨🇦 Natalie Spooner (CAN)