2019 IIHF Women's World Championship

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–14 April 2019
Opened by	Sauli Niinistö
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (9th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	29
Goals scored	152 (5.24 per game)
Attendance	51,247 (1,767 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hilary Knight (11 points)
MVP	Jenni Hiirikoski[1]
Website	www.iihf.com
← 2017 (cancelled) 2020 → 2021 →

The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019 at the Espoo Metro Areena.^[2][3][4]

The United States won their fifth consecutive and ninth overall title after a shootout win over Finland.^[5] Canada claimed the bronze medal by defeating Russia 7–0.^[6]

After the 2017 tournament, it was announced that tournament would expand to ten teams for 2019, having been played with eight teams since the first tournament in 1990, except in 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2009, where nine teams played. The 2004 edition featured nine teams when Japan was promoted from Division II but no team was relegated from the top division in 2003, due to the cancellation of the top division tournament in China because of the outbreak of the SARS disease.^[4] Two teams were relegated from the top division in 2004, going back to eight teams for 2005, but due to the success of the 9-team pool in 2004, IIHF decided to expand again to nine teams for 2007.^[7] Reverting to eight teams after the 2009 tournament.^[8] To bring the tournament to ten teams, Czech Republic which had lost the 2017 Relegation Round, stayed in the top division. Joined by Division I Group A Champions, Japan (2017) and France (2018)

Venue[edit]

Espoo
Espoo Metro Areena main rink Capacity: 6,982	Espoo Metro Areena second rink

23 games were played in the main arena, while six games were played at a secondary rink.

Format[edit]

The ten teams were split into two groups according to their rankings. In Group A, all teams advanced to the quarterfinals and three teams from Group B advanced. The bottom two Group B teams were relegated. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system was used.

Participating teams[edit]

Match officials[edit]

12 referees and 10 linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[9]

Rosters[edit]

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.

Preliminary round[edit]

The schedule was released on 20 August 2018.^[10][11]

All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	27	4	+23	12	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	19	5	+14	9
3	Finland (H)	4	2	0	0	2	13	14	−1	6
4	Russia	4	1	0	0	3	3	20	−17	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	3	22	−19	0

4 April 2019 16:00

Switzerland

0–6 (0–2, 0–0, 0–4)

Canada

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 649

Game reference
	Andrea Brändli	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referees: Henna Åberg Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Jenni Jaatinen Jacqueline Spresser
	0–1 09:08 – Gabel (Jenner, Bourbonnais) 0–2 09:24 – Spooner (Nurse, Fast) 0–3 41:35 – Clark (Spooner, Hart) 0–4 47:43 – Clark (Larocque, Ambrose) 0–5 52:54 – Rattray (Fortino, Stacey) 0–6 58:03 – Turnbull (Fortino, Fast)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	6	Shots	53

4 April 2019 19:30

Finland

2–6 (1–1, 1–0, 0–5)

United States

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 4,046

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Alex Rigsby	Referees: Gabriella Gran Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Justine Todd
	Holopainen (Vainikka, Hakala) – 09:28 1–0 1–1 17:48 – Coyne Schofield (Knight) (EA) Nieminen (Hiirikoski, Välilä) (PP) – 31:18 2–1 2–2 43:10 – Samoskevich (Keller) 2–3 44:51 – Knight (Brandt) 2–4 47:38 – Carpenter (Barnes, Kessel) (PP) 2–5 51:35 – Decker (Coyne Schofield) 2–6 57:29 – Pankowski (Carpenter, Coyne Schofield)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	45

5 April 2019 19:30

Russia

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 629

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Janine Alder	Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Justine Todd
	0–1 13:41 – Raselli (Enzler, Müller) (PP2) Timofeyeva (Sosina) (PP) – 19:50 1–1 Sosina (Shibanova, Pirogova) (PP2) – 59:23 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	11

6 April 2019 16:00

Russia

0–4 (0–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 5,723

Game reference
	Valeria Merkusheva Anna Prugova	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Jamie Huntley-Park Linesmen: Michaela Štefková Justine Todd / Jacqueline Spresser
	0–1 06:06 – Nieminen (Tulus) 0–2 43:07 – Hakala (Vainikka, Holopainen) 0–3 46:30 – Vainikka (Hakala, Tapani) 0–4 47:53 – Holopainen (Vainikka)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	37

6 April 2019 19:30

United States

3–2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 3,102

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Emerance Maschmeyer	Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Anna Maria Wiegand Linesmen: Magali Anex Jenni Heikkinen
	Knight (Cameranesi) – 04:23 1–0 1–1 06:27 – Nurse (Jenner, Lacquette) (PP) Coyne Schofield – 18:13 2–1 2–2 21:55 – Jenner (Lacquette, Nurse) (PP) Pankowski (Barnes) (PP) – 34:03 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	33

7 April 2019 19:30

Switzerland

0–8 (0–3, 0–1, 0–4)

United States

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 343

Game reference
	Janine Alder	Goalies	Maddie Rooney	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Yana Zueva Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Diana Mokhova
	0–1 03:41 – Carpenter 0–2 09:41 – Cameranesi (Pfalzer, Stecklein) 0–3 15:02 – Keller (Decker) (PP) 0–4 20:52 – Kessel (Coyne Schofield) 0–5 50:05 – Kessel (Bozek, Carpenter) 0–6 54:39 – Keller (Barnes, Pannek) (PP) 0–7 56:01 – Knight (Pfalzer, Cameranesi) 0–8 59:38 – Cameranesi (Compher)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	6	Shots	57

8 April 2019 16:00

Finland

6–2 (2–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Switzerland

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 3,226

Game reference
	Eveliina Suonpää	Goalies	Andrea Brändli	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Veronica Lovensno Jacqueline Spresser
	0–1 13:34 – Raselli (Enzler) Tapani (Hiirikoski, Sallinen) – 14:02 1–1 Lindstedt (Hiirikoski, Tulus) (PP) – 17:59 2–1 2–2 25:48 – Müller (Bullo) (PP) Välimäki (Lindstedt, Rahunen) – 33:31 3–2 Karvinen (Hiirikoski) – 37:12 4–2 Tuominen (Sallinen, Karvinen) – 47:14 5–2 Karvinen (Tapani, Hiirikoski) – 49:43 6–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	45	Shots	17

8 April 2019 19:30

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 4–0, 0–1)

Russia

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 285

Game reference
	Geneviève Lacasse	Goalies	Anna Prugova Nadezhda Morozova	Referees: Gabriella Gran Jamie Huntley-Park Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Julia Kainberger
	Spooner (Lacquette, Jenner) (PP) – 13:43 1–0 Johnston (Daoust) – 24:22 2–0 Turnbull (Spooner, Ambrose) – 26:22 3–0 Spooner (Lacquette, Jenner) (PP) – 31:42 4–0 Spooner (Fortino) – 35:16 5–0 5–1 41:01 – Ganeyeva (Batalova, Dergachyova) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	8

9 April 2019 16:00

United States

10–0 (3–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Russia

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 954

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Valeria Merkusheva Anna Prugova	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Anna Maria Wiegand Linesmen: Magali Anex Jenni Jaatinen
	Kessel (Carpenter, Pannek) – 02:07 1–0 Barnes (Keller) – 13:44 2–0 Coyne Schofield – 14:01 3–0 Bozek (Pankowski, Picard) – 23:50 4–0 Stecklein (Brodt, Scamurra) – 28:18 5–0 Knight (Carpenter, Pfalzer) (EA) – 32:41 6–0 Coyne Schofield (Pankowski, Decker) (PP) – 39:07 7–0 Decker (Pankowski, Bellamy) – 46:01 8–0 Stecklein – 52:11 9–0 Samoskevich – 57:12 10–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	12

9 April 2019 19:30

Canada

6–1 (2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Finland

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 4,752

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty Eveliina Suonpää	Referees: Maria Furberg Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Veronica Lovensno
	Gabel (Bettez, Fast) – 10:44 1–0 Johnston (Ambrose, Saulnier) – 14:00 2–0 Gabel (Bettez, Bourbonnais) – 35:35 3–0 Jenner (Gabel) – 38:23 4–0 4–1 42:42 – Viitasuo (Välilä) Nurse (Spooner, Fast) – 49:51 5–1 Ambrose (Rattray, Daoust) – 51:32 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	49	Shots	23

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	4	4	0	0	0	13	5	+8	12	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	4	1	1	1	1	7	8	−1	6[a]
3	Japan	4	2	0	0	2	9	8	+1	6[a]
4	Sweden	4	1	0	1	2	8	11	−3	4	Ninth place game
5	France	4	0	1	0	3	5	10	−5	2

4 April 2019 12:30

Germany

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

Sweden

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 1,893

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Jamie Huntley-Park Anna Maria Wiegand Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Michaela Štefková
	0–1 29:53 – Engström (H. Olsson, M. Olsson) Nix (Gleißner, Lanzl) (PP) – 34:09 1–1
	Nix Lanzl Kluge Zorn Spielberger	Shootout	H. Olsson Nordin Lundin M. Olsson Nylén Persson
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	41

4 April 2019 18:00

France

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Japan

Espoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo Attendance: 202

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Yana Zueva Linesmen: Magali Anex Lisa Linnek
	0–1 27:28 – Miura (Ukita) 0–2 30:45 – A. Toko (Osawa) 0–3 53:15 – Hosoyamada (Koike) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	38

5 April 2019 16:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

France

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 553

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referees: Henna Åberg Maria Furberg Linesmen: Veronica Lovensno Jacqueline Spresser
	Mrázová (Křížová) (PP) – 05:06 1–0 Hymlárová (Mills, Tejralová) (PP) – 09:44 2–0 Lédlová (Vanišová) – 23:26 3–0 3–1 52:21 – Passard (Duvin, Allemoz) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	17

6 April 2019 12:30

Sweden

3–5 (2–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 1,024

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Miyuki Nakayama Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Jenni Jaatinen Lisa Linnek
	H. Olsson (Adolfsson, Rask) (PP) – 06:55 1–0 1–1 10:04 – Mlýnková (Hymlárová) Nordin (Winberg, Rask) – 14:22 2–1 2–2 28:27 – Hymlárová (Tejralová, Mills) (PP) 2–3 36:30 – Přibylová (Studentová, Mrázová) (PP) 2–4 49:46 – Křížová (Mrázová) Grahm (Nordin) (EA) – 57:56 3–4 3–5 59:45 – Vanišová (Horálková) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	28

6 April 2019 18:00

Japan

2–3 (0–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Germany

Espoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Maria Furberg Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Veronica Lovensno
	0–1 10:51 – Fiegert (Zorn, Spielberger) (PP) 0–2 46:07 – Haider (Kluge, Fiegert) (PP) Osawa (Taka, M. Fujimoto) – 47:49 1–2 Kubo (H. Toko) – 48:00 2–2 2–3 56:55 – Delarbre (Zorn, Spielberger)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	18

7 April 2019 16:00

France

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Sweden

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 553

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Jacqueline Spresser
	Escudero (Baudrit, Allemoz) – 15:18 1–0 1–1 26:55 – M. Olsson (H. Olsson) 1–2 34:01 – Winberg (Rask, Nordin)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	40

8 April 2019 12:30

Japan

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 1,232

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Anna Maria Wiegand Linesmen: Magali Anex Diana Mokhova
	0–1 03:34 – Křížová (Pejzlová) 0–2 08:45 – Přibylová (Kolowratová, Mašková) Kubo (PP) – 53:32 1–2 1–3 59:16 – Vanišová (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	27

8 April 2019 18:00

Germany

2–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

France

Espoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo Attendance: 136

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Caroline Lambert	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Maria Furberg Linesmen: Jenni Jaatinen Michaela Štefková
	0–1 00:22 – Escudero (Locatelli) Eisenschmid (Karpf) – 12:37 1–1 Spielberger (Zorn) – 21:59 2–1 2–2 28:15 – Duvin (Baudrit, Aurard) (PP) 2–3 61:44 – Aurard
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	22

9 April 2019 12:30

Sweden

2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Japan

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 1,380

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Henna Åberg Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Michaela Štefková
	Nordin (Winberg, Rask) – 02:36 1–0 1–1 36:02 – Yoneyama (Osawa) Engström (H. Olsson) – 47:10 2–1 2–2 51:10 – Shiga (A. Toko, Kubo) (PP) 2–3 58:45 – A. Toko (H. Toko, Kubo) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	15

9 April 2019 18:00

Czech Republic

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

Espoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Yana Zueva Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Justine Todd
	Mills (Tejralová, Hymlarová) (PP) – 33:07 1–0 Mills – 35:07 2–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	10

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	11 April
	United States	4
					13 April
	Japan	0
					United States	8
	11 April
					Russia	0
	Russia	3
									14 April
	Switzerland	0
									United States (GWS)	2
	11 April
									Finland	1
	Canada	5
					13 April
	Germany	0
					Canada	2
	11 April
					Finland	4			Third place
	Finland	3
									14 April
	Czech Republic	1
									Russia	0
									Canada	7

Ninth place game[edit]

11 April 2019 14:00

Sweden

3–2 (0–0, 1–0, 2–2)

France

Espoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo Attendance: 142

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referees: Miyuki Nakayama Yana Zueva Linesmen: Nicole Hertrich Michaela Štefková
	Lundin (Holmgren, H. Olsson) – 36:41 1–0 Nordin (Winberg, Nyhlén-Persson) (PP) – 48:02 2–0 2–1 53:26 – Rozier (Locatelli) Palm (Nordin, Winberg) – 54:31 3–1 3–2 56:54 – Aurard (Duvin) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	26

Quarterfinals[edit]

11 April 2019 12:30

United States

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Japan

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 2,483

Game reference
	Maddie Rooney	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Henna Åberg Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Magali Anex Jenni Jaatinen
	Knight (Picard, Carpenter) – 16:48 1–0 Cameranesi (Keller, Barnes) (PP) – 29:22 2–0 Barnes (Kessel, Brodt) – 42:51 3–0 Coyne Schofield – 50:36 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	53	Shots	10

11 April 2019 16:00

Canada

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Germany

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 744

Game reference
	Emerance Maschmeyer	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Gabriella Gran Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Veronica Lovensno Diana Mokhova
	Turnbull (Larocque, Ambrose) – 07:40 1–0 Jenner (Nurse, Lacquette) (PP) – 27:02 2–0 Stacey (Rattray, Hart) – 29:26 3–0 Spooner (Lacquette, Jenner) (PP) – 43:11 4–0 Turnbull (Daoust, Fortino) (PP) – 51:32 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	66	Shots	9

11 April 2019 18:00

Russia

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Espoo Metro Areena second rink, Espoo Attendance: 114

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Andrea Brändli	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Maria Furberg Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Julia Kainberger
	Shokhina (Shtaryova, Dergachyova) – 32:04 1–0 Dergachyova (Shokhina, Shibanova) (PP) – 45:24 2–0 Shtaryova (Shokhina) (EN) – 58:22 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	14

11 April 2019 19:30

Finland

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 3,290

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Jamie Huntley-Park Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Jacqueline Spresser Justine Todd
	0–1 21:31 – Mlýnková (Mills, Horálková) Karvinen (Hiirikoski, Tulus) (PP) – 27:42 1–1 Tapani (Karvinen, Hiirikoski) – 35:58 2–1 Hiirikoski (Karvinen, Tulus) (PP) – 50:53 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	17

Semifinals[edit]

13 April 2019 16:00

Canada

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Finland

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 4,311

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Jamie Huntley-Park Linesmen: Veronica Lovensno Diana Mokhova
	Rattray (Stacey) – 02:32 1–0 1–1 16:23 – Savolainen (Hiirikoski, Tulus) (PP) 1–2 26:50 – Hiirikoski (Tulus, Savolainen) (PP) Gabel (Jenner, Bettez) – 27:53 2–2 2–3 36:18 – Tapani (Laitinen, Karvinen) 2–4 59:22 – Savolainen (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	19

13 April 2019 20:00

United States

8–0 (1–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Russia

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 897

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Anna Prugova Valeria Merkusheva	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Julia Kainberger
	Knight (Pannek, Cameranesi) – 11:07 1–0 Pankowski (Decker) – 23:45 2–0 Pfalzer (Knight, Picard) – 26:18 3–0 Bozek (Knight) – 29:59 4–0 Pannek (Stecklein) – 30:23 5–0 Knight (Pfalzer) – 38:13 6–0 Scamurra (Bozek, Keller) – 46:50 7–0 Pannek (Knight, Cameranesi) (PP) – 51:33 8–0
	0 min	Penalties	14 min
	49	Shots	11

Bronze medal game[edit]

14 April 2019 16:00

Canada

7–0 (2–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Russia

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 2,294

Game reference
	Geneviève Lacasse	Goalies	Nadezhda Morozova Anna Prugova	Referees: Jamie Huntley-Park Anna Maria Wiegand Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Jacqueline Spresser
	Spooner (Johnston, Fast) – 06:08 1–0 Johnston (Nurse) – 15:31 2–0 Johnston (Nurse) – 29:38 3–0 Gabel (Fast) – 43:09 4–0 Rattray (Ambrose, Daoust) (PP) – 48:13 5–0 Ambrose (Rattray, Lacquette) (PP) – 54:21 6–0 Gabel (Bettez, Larocque) – 55:10 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	6

Final[edit]

Controversy[edit]

During the final between the United States and Finland, it appeared Finland had won 2–1 in overtime after a game-winning goal to win its first World Championship.^[12] However, Finland celebrated on the ice before the Video Goal Judge initiated a video review. The goal was reviewed for over ten minutes and eventually overturned. The IIHF released a press statement the next day citing rules 186 and 183ii as the reasons for overturning the goal.^[13] The United States went on to defeat Finland 2–1 in shootout. It was later announced that Finnish Ice Hockey Association would pay the Finnish team the bonus allotted for winning a gold medal, instead of the silver medal bonus.^[14]

14 April 2019 20:00

United States

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

Finland

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Attendance: 6,053

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Veronica Lovensno Justine Todd
	Pankowski (Coyne Schofield, Pfalzer) – 35:46 1–0 1–1 38:29 – Tapani (Nieminen, Tuominen)
	Kessel Pankowski Carpenter Knight	Shootout	Karvinen Savolainen Tuominen Nieminen Tapani
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	52	Shots	27

Final standings[edit]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	7	6	1	0	0	41	5	+36	20	Champions
2	A	Finland (H)	7	4	0	1	2	21	19	+2	13	Runners-up
3	A	Canada	7	5	0	0	2	33	9	+24	15	Third place
4	A	Russia	7	2	0	0	5	6	35	−29	6	Fourth place
5	A	Switzerland	5	0	0	0	5	3	25	−22	0	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	B	Czech Republic	5	4	0	0	1	14	8	+6	12
7	B	Germany	5	1	1	1	2	7	13	−6	6
8	B	Japan	5	2	0	0	3	9	12	−3	6
9	B	Sweden	5	2	0	1	2	11	13	−2	7	Did not play World Championship in 2021[a]
10	B	France	5	0	1	0	4	7	13	−6	2	Relegated to the 2022 Division I A

Awards and statistics[edit]

Awards[edit]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Best Forward: Kendall Coyne Schofield

Source: IIHF.com

• All-star team
  • Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Defence: Jenni Hiirikoski, Cayla Barnes
  • Forwards: Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Michelle Karvinen
• MVP: Jenni Hiirikoski

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight	7	7	4	11	+13	4	F
Natalie Spooner	7	6	4	10	+9	4	F
Jenni Hiirikoski	7	2	8	10	+5	0	D
Kendall Coyne Schofield	7	5	4	9	+11	2	F
Brianne Jenner	7	3	6	9	+3	4	F
Sarah Nurse	7	2	6	8	+8	2	F
Loren Gabel	7	6	1	7	+6	2	F
Annie Pankowski	7	4	3	7	+10	2	F
Dani Cameranesi	7	3	4	7	+12	2	F
Michelle Karvinen	7	3	4	7	−1	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders[edit]

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
Alex Rigsby	320:00	5	0.94	106	95.28	2
Noora Räty	354:47	13	2.20	205	93.66	1
Jennifer Harß	246:44	11	2.67	170	93.53	0
Caroline Baldin	237:46	11	2.78	155	92.90	0
Nana Fujimoto	299:20	11	2.20	152	92.76	1

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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info
• Official website of IIHF