2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was played in Kamloops, Canada, from 28 March to 4 April 2016. Venues included the Sandman Centre, and the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 1–0 in overtime, securing their seventh title. Russia won the bronze medal by defeating Finland in a shootout.

Participating teams

 * Group A
 * – Hosts
 * – Hosts


 * Group B
 * – Promoted from 2015 Division I Group A
 * – Promoted from 2015 Division I Group A
 * – Promoted from 2015 Division I Group A
 * – Promoted from 2015 Division I Group A

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


 * Referees
 * 🇨🇦 Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
 * 🇨🇦 Melanie Bordeleau
 * Anna Eskola
 * Drahomira Fialova
 * 🇺🇸 Jerilyn Glenn
 * 🇸🇪 Gabriella Gran
 * 🇩🇪 Nicole Hertrich
 * 🇳🇴 Aina Hove
 * 🇺🇸 Jamie Huntley
 * 🇯🇵 Miyuki Nakayama


 * Linesmen
 * 🇦🇹 Bettina Angerer
 * 🇺🇸 Michaela Frattarelli
 * 🇫🇷 Charlotte Girard
 * 🇫🇮 Jenni Heikkinen
 * 🇸🇪 Veronica Johansson
 * 🇨🇿 Ilona Novotná
 * 🇸🇮 Nataša Pagon
 * 🇨🇦 Vanessa Stratton
 * 🇫🇮 Johanna Tauriainen

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 16 September 2015.

All times are local (Pacific Time Zone – UTC−7).

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

Bracket
 

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

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.

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: 🇨🇦 Emerance Maschmeyer
 * Best Defenceman: 🇫🇮 Jenni Hiirikoski
 * Best Forward: 🇺🇸 Hilary Knight

Source: IIHF.com
 * All-star team
 * Goaltender: 🇫🇮 Meeri Räisänen
 * Defence: 🇺🇸 Monique Lamoureux, 🇫🇮 Jenni Hiirikoski
 * Forwards: 🇺🇸 Hilary Knight, 🇨🇦 Rebecca Johnston, Christine Meier
 * MVP: 🇺🇸 Hilary Knight