2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II consisted of three international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A, Division II B and Division II B Qualification represent the fourth, fifth and sixth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

Slovenia earned promotion in Division II Group A; Chinese Taipei won the Division II Group B and Ukraine the qualification tournament, both teams got promoted for the next year, while Australia and Romania were relegated.^[1][2][3]

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 2 to 8 April 2019.^[4][5]

Team	Qualification
Great Britain	Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
North Korea	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Australia	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Slovenia	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Mexico	Placed 6th in Division II A last year.
Spain	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	3	1	1	0	24	11	+13	12	Promoted to the 2022 Division I B
2	Great Britain (H)	5	3	1	0	1	13	9	+4	11
3	Spain	5	2	1	1	1	11	11	0	9
4	Mexico	5	2	0	1	2	14	18	−4	7
5	North Korea	5	1	1	1	2	12	13	−1	6
6	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	10	22	−12	0	Relegated to the 2020 Division II B

All times are local (Western European Summer Time – UTC+1).

2 April 2019 13:00

Spain

4–3 GWS (0–0, 1–2, 2–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Slovenia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 507

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Joanna Pobożniak
	Sans (SH) – 24:06 1–0 1–1 36:20 – Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren) (PP) 1–2 38:30 – Blazinšek (Lončar, Pren) L. Abrisqueta (Álvarez, V. Abrisqueta) (PP) – 43:27 2–2 L. Abrisqueta (Ramos) (PP) – 47:37 3–2 3–3 49:28 – Confidenti (Pren)
	Rivera Merino Ramos Senac Gómez	Shootout	Kraner Blazinšek Pren Confidenti E. Dukarič
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	32

2 April 2019 16:30

North Korea

2–4 (2–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Mexico

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 192

Game reference
	Ri Pom	Goalies	Mónica Rentería	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Amy Campbell Oksana Shestakova
	Jong (Kim H., Hwang Chung-g.) – 02:38 1–0 Kim H. – 12:42 2–0 2–1 14:54 – Téllez (J. Rojas) 2–2 16:05 – J. Rojas (Cruz) 2–3 18:39 – J. Rojas (Téllez, G. Rojas) 2–4 33:06 – G. Rojas (Téllez)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	14

2 April 2019 20:00

Australia

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 462

Game reference
	Michelle Coonan	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Ekaterina Smirnova
	0–1 15:34 – Scoon (Bloom) 0–2 50:17 – A. Headland Clark-Crumpton – 58:50 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	32

4 April 2019 13:00

North Korea

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Australia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 452

Game reference
	So Jong-sim	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Amy Campbell Wong Tsui Yi
	Kim Un-j. (Hwang S.) – 01:32 1–0 1–1 29:53 – Walker Jang) – 31:44 2–1 2–2 39:07 – Van der Wolf (Tihema) Jong (SH) – 49:08 3–2 Jong (Choe) (PP) – 57:23 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	30

4 April 2019 16:30

Mexico

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Spain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 271

Game reference
	Mónica Rentería	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Jennifer Cameron
	0–1 02:48 – Muñoz (L. Danielsson) 0–2 36:49 – Muñoz (S. Danielsson, López)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	11	Shots	32

4 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

2–4 (1–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Slovenia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 427

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Oksana Shestakova
	Culshaw – 19:36 1–0 1–1 26:18 – Blazinšek (Lončar, Pren) (PP) 1–2 40:34 – Confidenti (Pren) (PP) 1–3 42:27 – Confidenti (Pren) 1–4 52:34 – Pren (Confidenti) Lane (Allen) – 56:36 2–4
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	17

5 April 2019 13:00

North Korea

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

Spain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 350

Game reference
	So Jong-sim	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Amy Campbell
	0–1 23:35 – V. Abrisqueta (Ramos, Álvarez) (PP) Kim K. – 44:50 1–1
	Jong Rim Kim Un-j. Kim H. Choe Kim Un-j. Jong	Shootout	Rivera Ramos Muñoz Merino V. Abrisqueta Rivera V. Abrisqueta
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	39

5 April 2019 16:30

Australia

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 243

Game reference
	Michelle Coonan Keesha Atkins	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Joanna Pobożniak Ekaterina Smirnova
	0–1 05:55 – Blazinšek (Pren) Van der Wolf (Clark-Crumpton) 10:50 1–1 1–2 20:30 – Pren (Blazinšek) 1–3 25:08 – Confidenti (Pren, Blazinšek) (PP) 1–4 34:09 – Pren (Confidenti, Blazinšek) 1–5 43:52 – Blazinšek (Pren, Confidenti) 1–6 56:26 – Pren (Confidenti, Lončar)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

5 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Mexico

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 485

Game reference
	Samantha Bolwell	Goalies	Monica Renteria	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 23:52 – Téllez (G. Rojas, J. Rojas) Marsden (C. Headland) – 33:02 1–1 Allen (Pearson, Traill) – 35:19 2–1 2–2 44:23 – G. Rojas (Téllez) Lewis (Farman, Towns) (PP) – 61:02 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	11

7 April 2019 13:00

Mexico

7–4 (0–1, 3–1, 4–2)

Australia

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 262

Game reference
	Mónica Rentería	Goalies	Michelle Coonan	Referee: Fu Zhennan Linesmen: Lorna Beresford Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 11:45 – Godfrey (PP) 0–2 20:20 – Clark-Crumpton (Tihema, Van der Wolf) Larios (Amaya, Cardenas) – 24:23 1–2 Chávez (González, Téllez) (PP) – 27:16 2–2 González (Ayala, Téllez) (PP) – 34:31 3–2 J. Rojas (Téllez) – 47:31 4–2 G. Rojas (González, Cruz) – 48:15 5–2 5–3 49:24 – Godfrey (Moore) Ayala (Téllez) (PP2) – 51:14 6–3 Chávez (SH) – 55:35 7–3 7–4 59:59 – Sammons (Matheson)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	27

7 April 2019 16:30

Slovenia

4–3 GWS (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

North Korea

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 317

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič	Goalies	So Jong-sim	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Amy Campbell
	E. Dukarič (Breznik) – 01:30 1–0 1–1 08:27 – Jong (Kim Un-h.) Confidenti (Lončar, Pren) (SH) – 23:42 2–1 Confidenti (Blazinšek, Pren) – 28:57 3–1 3–2 33:45 – Kim Un-h. (Choe) (SH) 3–3 34:18 – Hwang S. (SH)
	Pezdir Blazinšek Pren Confidenti E. Dukarič	Shootout	Jong Kim H. Kim Un-j. Kim Un-h. Hwang S.
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

7 April 2019 20:00

Spain

1–4 (1–0, 0–1, 0–3)

Great Britain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 487

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Ekaterina Smirnova
	Moreno (Senac Gómez, Merino) – 05:02 1–0 1–1 05:02 – A. Headland (Lane) 1–2 43:57 – Allen (Bloom) 1–3 55:42 – Marsden (Farman, Bloom) (PP) 1–4 59:19 – Bloom (Ashton) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	37

8 April 2019 13:00

Slovenia

7–1 (4–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Mónica Rentería	Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Oksana Shestakova Wong Tsui Yi
	0–1 10:51 – Senac Gómez (Téllez) (PP) Lončar (Pren, Blazinšek) (PP) – 14:59 1–1 Pren (Blazinšek, Lončar) – 16:44 2–1 Pren (Lončar, Porekar) – 17:30 3–1 Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren) – 18:59 4–1 Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren) – 36:56 5–1 Confidenti – 39:59 6–1 E. Dukarič (Pezdir) – 44:40 7–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	23

8 April 2019 16:30

Australia

2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Spain

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 218

Game reference
	Keesha Atkins	Goalies	Laura López	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Amy Campbell Ekaterina Smirnova
	Van der Wolf (Clark-Crumpton) – 03:01 1–0 1–1 14:04 – Senac Gómez (Muñoz, V. Abrisqueta) (PP) McFadden (Sammons, Van der Wolf) (PP) – 38:57 2–1 2–2 49:28 – Rivero (Moreno, L. López) 2–3 58:30 – Ramos (Martin)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	24

8 April 2019 20:00

Great Britain

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

North Korea

Dumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 675

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	So Jong-sim	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Jennifer Cameron Joanna Pobożniak
	0–1 02:59 – Jang (Kim H.) Lane – 27:49 1–1 Douglas (Towns, Hill) – 34:40 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	13

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Pia Dukarič
  • Best Defenseman: Hwang Chung-gum
  • Best Forward: Pia Pren

Source: IIHF.com

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Pia Pren	5	6	14	20	+12	0	F
Sara Confidenti	5	7	7	14	+13	4	F
Julija Blazinšek	5	7	6	13	+12	0	F
Claudia Téllez	5	2	8	10	−1	0	F
Nina Lončar	5	1	6	7	+12	4	D
Joanna Rojas	5	4	2	6	0	2	F
Giovanna Rojas	5	3	2	5	+2	2	F
Kristelle van der Wolf	5	3	2	5	−2	0	F
Jong Su-hyon	5	4	0	4	+3	2	F
Saffron Allen	5	2	2	4	+4	2	F
Michelle Clark-Crumpton	5	2	2	4	−1	0	F

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

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
Pia Dukarič	310:00	10	1.94	175	94.29	0
So Jong-sim	289:21	9	1.87	133	93.23	0
Alba Gonzalo	248:59	7	1.69	100	93.00	1
Nicole Jackson	238:31	7	1.76	68	89.71	0
Mónica Rentería	281:02	17	3.63	154	88.96	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

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 1 to 7 April 2019.^[7][8]

Team	Qualification
Chinese Taipei	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Iceland	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Romania	Hosts; placed 6th in Division II B last year.
Croatia	Placed 1st in Division II B Qualification last year and were promoted.

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	5	5	0	0	0	20	8	+12	15	Promoted to the 2022 Division II A
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	21	12	+9	9
4	Turkey	5	1	0	1	3	15	23	−8	4
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	7	18	−11	3
6	Romania (H)	5	0	1	0	4	15	27	−12	2	Relegated to the 2020 Division III

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

1 April 2019 13:00

New Zealand

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 25

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Mai Mizuhori
	0–1 16:17 – Teng (Hsu Ti.) (PP) 0–2 29:31 – Yeh 0–3 49:36 – Hsu Ti. (Pan) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	32

1 April 2019 16:30

Croatia

3–6 (2–3, 0–0, 1–3)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Julia Johansson Julia Mannlein
	Širanović (PP) – 03:59 1–0 E. Čavka (T. Čavka) – 05:48 2–0 2–1 10:18 – Taygar (Baktıroğlu, Demirkol) (PP) 2–2 11:29 – Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş) 2–3 12:38 – Baktıroğlu (Uygun) Širanović (Grašić, Delić) – 45:43 3–3 3–4 49:25 – Taygar 3–5 56:06 – Oğuz (Baktıroğlu) 3–6 59:59 – Baktıroğlu (D. Lökbaş)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	47

1 April 2019 20:00

Iceland

9–5 (3–1, 3–2, 3–2)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Anastasiia Kurashova
	Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 00:14 1–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 02:29 2–0 Árnadóttir (Leifsdóttir, Ingadóttir) – 03:11 3–0 3–1 04:52 – Voicu (Balló) (PP) 3–2 23:47 – Oprea (Popescu) Ingadóttir (SH) – 28:29 4–2 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 31:22 5–2 5–3 33:15 – Oprea (Sajtos) Ingadóttir (Leifsdóttir, Kjartansdóttir) – 33:51 6–3 Snorradóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 40:12 7–3 Kjartansdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) (PP) – 43:52 8–3 8–4 44:23 – Balló (Csiszér, Voicu) 8–5 50:37 – Oprea (Mathe) Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 53:15 9–5
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	16

2 April 2019 13:00

Chinese Taipei

5–3 (1–0, 1–1, 3–2)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Wang Yun-tzu	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Julia Johansson Anastasiia Kurashova
	Hsu Ti.) – 08:25 1–0 1–1 24:08 – Baktıroğlu Yeh (Wang Hsu.) – 26:30 2–1 Yeh – 41:07 3–1 Teng (Liu C., Chang) – 43:45 4–1 4–2 48:32 – Koçak (Uygun) (PP) 4–3 53:17 – Baktıroğlu (Taygar) Tao (Hsieh) – 54:24 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	20

2 April 2019 16:30

Iceland

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

New Zealand

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Goalies	Grace Harrison	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Mai Mizuhori
	Gardarsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) – 00:33 1–0 1–1 19:54 – Horner-Pascoe (Shields, Lilly) (PP) 1–2 58:32 – Horner-Pascoe (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	25

2 April 2019 20:00

Romania

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Andrea Kurko	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Julia Mannlein
	0–1 02:29 – Širanović (Filipec) (PP) 0–2 14:14 – Širanović (Smolec) (SH) Oprea (PP) – 51:07 1–2 1–3 59:36 – Širanović (SH, EN)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	30

4 April 2019 13:00

Iceland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Telma Matthíasdóttir	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Julia Johansson
	Si. Björgvinsdóttir (PP2) – 31:56 1–0 Árnadóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) – 47:30 2–0 Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir) – 58:33 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	14

4 April 2019 16:30

New Zealand

4–2 (0–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Grace Harrison Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Sera Doğramacı	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Bente Owren
	0–1 08:44 – Baktıroğlu (Uygun) Shields (Horner-Pascoe) – 24:53 1–1 Horner-Pascoe – 32:37 2–1 Shields (Shattock) – 34:42 3–1 Shattock (Orr, Read) – 37:41 4–1 4–2 42:09 – D. Lökbaş (Taygar)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	23

4 April 2019 20:00

Chinese Taipei

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Wang Yun-tzu	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Julia Mannlein
	0–1 06:08 – Voicu (Balló, Sajtos) 0–2 10:35 – Voicu (Balló, Csiszér) Liu C. (Hsu Ti., Teng) (PP) – 12:19 1–2 1–3 21:33 – Voicu (Balló) Liu C. (PP) – 22:25 2–3 Yeh (Hsu Ti., Jan) (PP) – 48:39 3–3 Pan (Yeh) (PP) – 54:14 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	16

5 April 2019 13:00

Turkey

0–6 (0–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Iceland

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Sera Doğramacı Kübra Dadaşoğlu	Goalies	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Julia Johansson Mai Mizuhori
	0–1 05:50 – Gardarsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir, Kjartansdóttir) (PP) 0–2 33:10 – Karvelsdóttir (Ingadóttir) (PP) 0–3 34:54 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Gardarsdóttir) 0–4 42:21 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Snorradóttir, Gardarsdóttir) (PP2) 0–5 45:58 – Si. Björgvinsdóttir (Su. Björgvinsdóttir) 0–6 59:02 – Hjaltested (Karvelsdóttir)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	39

5 April 2019 16:30

Croatia

0–3 (0–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Chinese Taipei

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Hsu Tzu-ting Wang Yun-tzu	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jessica Brambilla Bente Owren
	0–1 04:19 – Yeh (Hsieh) 0–2 04:44 – Hsu Ti. (Hsieh) 0–3 25:29 – Liu C. (EA)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	30

5 April 2019 20:00

Romania

1–7 (0–2, 0–2, 1–3)

New Zealand

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Nadina Niciu	Goalies	Lochlyn Hyde	Referee: Fu Yue Linesmen: Anne-Ruth Kuonen Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 07:00 – Shields (Horner-Pascoe) 0–2 15:42 – Horner-Pascoe (Shields, Murray) 0–3 26:02 – Shields (Jones) (PP) 0–4 38:31 – Horner-Pascoe (Woodyear-Smith) Balló – 44:17 1–4 1–5 44:39 – Woodyear-Smith (Horner-Pascoe) 1–6 55:20 – Murray (Horner-Pascoe) 1–7 59:40 – Woodyear-Smith
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	50

7 April 2019 13:00

New Zealand

5–1 (0–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Croatia

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Lochlyn Hyde	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Mai Mizuhori
	Shattock (Woodyear-Smith, Gerken) (SH) – 28:42 1–0 Gregory (C. Heale) – 30:50 2–0 Fuller (Gerken) – 42:45 3–0 A. Heale (Horner-Pascoe) – 43:45 4–0 4–1 48:06 – Smolec Jones (Murray, Horner-Pascoe) – 51:54 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	42	Shots	21

7 April 2019 16:30

Chinese Taipei

5–2 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Iceland

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Hsu Tzu-ting	Goalies	Karítas Halldórsdóttir	Referee: Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Bente Owren
	Tao (Pan) – 14:33 1–0 1–1 29:59 – Su. Björgvinsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir) Hsieh (Hsu Ti.) – 30:27 2–1 Yeh – 39:08 3–1 3–2 50:06 – Gardarsdóttir (Si. Björgvinsdóttir, Su. Björgvinsdóttir) Yeh – 51:43 4–2 Tao (Lin) – 51:56 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	38

7 April 2019 20:00

Turkey

4–5 OT (3–1, 0–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov Attendance: 300

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	Sera Doğramacı	Goalies	Nadina Niciu	Referee: Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Julia Johansson Anne-Ruth Kuonen
	Baktıroğlu (A. Lökbaş) (PP) – 04:19 1–0 1–1 13:21 – Oprea (Popescu) Baktıroğlu – 14:17 2–1 D. Lökbaş (Baktıroğlu) – 18:16 3–1 3–2 20:59 – Balló (Adorján) 3–3 22:16 – Voicu 3–4 47:35 – Voicu (Balló) D. Lökbaş – 49:32 4–4 4–5 62:57 – Csiszér (Voicu) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	26

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Hsu Tzu-ting
  • Best Defenseman: Krystie Woodyear-Smith
  • Best Forward: Silvia Björgvinsdóttir

Source: IIHF.com

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Silvía Björgvinsdóttir	5	8	5	13	+5	0	F
Jasmine Horner-Pascoe	5	6	6	12	+6	2	F
Çağla Baktıroğlu	5	8	3	11	+3	0	F
Sunna Björgvinsdóttir	5	2	9	11	+6	4	F
Yeh Hui-chen	5	7	1	8	+9	4	F
Ana Voicu	5	6	2	8	−1	26	F
Noémi Balló	5	3	5	8	0	0	F
Hannah Shields (ice hockey)	5	4	3	7	+7	2	F
Hsu Ting-yu	5	3	4	7	+9	0	F
Kolbrun Gardarsdóttir	5	3	3	6	+6	4	F

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

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
Hsu Tzu-ting	166:53	2	0.72	85	97.65	1
Lochlyn Hyde	160:00	4	1.50	66	93.94	0
Grace Harrison	138:24	4	1.73	64	93.75	0
Petra Belobrk	300:00	18	3.60	193	90.67	0
Karítas Halldórsdóttir	238:45	12	3.02	101	88.12	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

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 18 January 2019.^[10][11]

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification last year.
South Africa	Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 5th in Division II B Qualification last year.
Ukraine	First time participating in the World Championship.

3 referees and 5 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	4	4	0	0	0	17	5	+12	12	Promoted to the 2020 Division II B
2	Belgium	4	3	0	0	1	24	7	+17	9
3	South Africa (H)	4	2	0	0	2	21	17	+4	6
4	Hong Kong	4	0	1	0	3	11	29	−18	2
5	Bulgaria	4	0	0	1	3	11	26	−15	1

All times are local (South African Standard Time – UTC+2).

13 January 2019 14:00

Hong Kong

1–8 (1–3, 0–4, 0–1)

Belgium

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

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	Chau Nga Sze	Goalies	Maud Smits	Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Caroline Butt Tsang Yin
	Ip (SH) – 02:52 1–0 1–1 04:13 – Jenaer (Bosmans) 1–2 07:38 – Leirs (Fransen) 1–3 13:32 – Jenaer (Willemot) 1–4 20:21 – Leyen (Jenaer, Bosmans) 1–5 25:55 – Clincke (Frere) 1–6 31:32 – De Guchtenaere (Bosmans) (PP) 1–7 35:21 – Jenaer (De Guchtenaere) 1–8 54:55 – Maka (De Guchtenaere, Van Hootegem)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	14	Shots	50

13 January 2019 19:00

Ukraine

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 400

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	Viktoriia Tkachenko	Goalies	Shaylene Swanepoel	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sueva Torribio
	Skashchuk (Riabkina, Tsymyrenko) – 12:48 1–0 1–1 19:18 – Van Doesburgh (Rhode, Verwey) (PP2) Skashchuk (Riabkina) (PP) – 24:28 2–1 Tsymyrenko (Dobrovolska, Skashchuk) – 32:57 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	15

14 January 2019 18:00

Bulgaria

1–5 (0–3, 0–0, 1–2)

Ukraine

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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	Katrin Stankova	Goalies	Viktoriia Tkachenko	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Michaela Hryzáková Sueva Torribio
	0–1 10:08 – Dobrovolska (Riabkina, Tkachuk) (PP) 0–2 12:46 – Tsymyrenko (Skashchuk, Tarasova) 0–3 14:29 – Tkachuk (Riabkina) Zareva (Iliycheva, Metanova) – 41:11 1–3 1–4 51:05 – Tkachuk (Riabkina, Dobrovolska) (PP) 1–5 51:05 – Makarenko
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	40

15 January 2019 14:00

Belgium

6–0 (4–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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	Maud Smits	Goalies	Paulina Georgieva	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Tsang Yin
	Jenaer (De Guchtenaere, Bosmans) (PP) – 05:07 1–0 Clincke (SH) – 13:16 2–0 Jenaer (De Guchtenaere, Bosmans) – 18:35 3–0 Willemot (Boon) – 19:38 4–0 Boon (Frere) – 47:37 5–0 De Guchtenaere (PP) – 59:43 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	9

15 January 2019 18:00

South Africa

10–1 (4–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 200

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	Shaylene Swanepoel Rachel van der Merwe	Goalies	Virginia Wong Chau Nga Sze	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Caroline Butt Michaela Hryzáková
	Van Doesburgh (PP) – 03:28 1–0 Rhode (Gruber) – 04:12 2–0 Keuler (Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 05:41 3–0 3–1 06:46 – Ip (Li) (SH) Rhode (Van Doesburgh, Brankin) – 14:00 4–1 Van Doesburgh (Langeveld, Kleyn) – 31:05 5–1 Brankin (SH) – 32:44 6–1 Rhode – 35:40 7–1 Rhode (Grobler) – 41:33 8–1 Rhode (Keuler, Schuurman) (PP) – 49:32 9–1 Van Doesburgh (Schuurman) (PP) – 51:02 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	11

16 January 2019 18:00

Ukraine

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Belgium

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 100

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	Viktoriia Tkachenko	Goalies	Maud Smits	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Caroline Butt Sueva Torribio
	Skashchuk (Tkachuk) (PP) – 12:17 1–0 Kovitun (Hadliia) – 15:14 2–0 2–1 30:53 – Jenaer (De Guchtenaere) Tkachuk (Hadliia) – 33:18 3–1 Skashchuk – 42:52 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	16

17 January 2019 14:00

Hong Kong

2–5 (1–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Ukraine

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

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	Chau Nga Sze	Goalies	Viktoriia Tkachenko Iryna Zaichenko	Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Michaela Hryzáková Tsang Yin
	0–1 01:54 – Riabkina (Kozub) 0–2 17:30 – Kovtun Ip (Li, Lau) – 18:26 1–2 Kwok (Ip) (PP) – 28:19 2–2 2–3 28:38 – Riabkina (Slashchova, Vansovych) 2–4 30:59 – Dobrovolska (Tkachuk, Skashchuk) 2–5 35:51 – Kozub (Riabkina, Vansovych)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	33

17 January 2019 18:00

South Africa

8–4 (3–1, 1–2, 4–1)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 200

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	Shaylene Swanepoel	Goalies	Katrin Stankova	Referee: Ulrike Winklmayr Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sueva Torribio
	Verwey (Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 01:52 1–0 Van Doesburgh (Schuurman, Rhode) – 03:27 2–0 2–1 06:50 – Metanova (Iliycheva) Schuurman – 19:24 3–1 3–2 24:39 – Metanova (Zareva) Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 36:00 4–2 4–3 36:49 – Metanova 4–4 44:21 – Metanova Keuler (Rhode) (PP) – 49:35 5–4 Gruber (Van Doesburgh, Rhode) (PP) – 53:28 6–4 Verwey – 59:08 7–4 Rhode (Gruber, Keuler) – 59:42 8–4
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	50	Shots	17

18 January 2019 14:00

Bulgaria

6–7 OT (1–3, 2–0, 3–3) (OT: 0–1)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

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	Paulina Georgieva	Goalies	Chau Nga-sze	Referee: Nadine Sheffield Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Tsang Yin
	0–1 00:50 – Li (Ip) 0–2 09:39 – Li (Lau) Zareva (Metanova, Popova) – 11:00 1–2 1–3 11:52 – Li (Ip) Dimitrova (PP) – 29:15 2–3 Metanova (Zareva, Popova) – 37:06 3–3 3–4 40:56 – Ip (SH) 3–5 47:43 – Ip (Li) (PP) 3–6 49:16 – Li (Kwok) (PP) Todorova (Dilova) (PP) – 52:21 4–6 Metanova (PP) – 56:08 5–6 Metanova (Zareva) – 57:56 6–6 6–7 60:25 – Kwok (Lee) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	25

18 January 2019 18:00

Belgium

9–2 (3–0, 3–1, 3–1)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 400

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	Maud Smits	Goalies	Shaylene Swanepoel	Referee: Rita Rygh Linesmen: Caroline Butt Michaela Hryzáková
	Bosmans (Jenaer, Vetters) – 10:46 1–0 Leyen (De Guchtenaere) (PP) – 12:58 2–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Jenaer) (PP) – 16:17 3–0 De Guchtenaere (Bosmans, Jenaer) – 28:19 4–0 Bosmans (Jenaer, De Guchtenaere) – 31:23 5–0 5–1 31:58 – Schuurman (Rhode, Keuler) (PP) Jenaer (Maka, Horemans) – 36:07 6–1 6–2 43:27 – Van Doesburgh (PP) Jenaer (Bosmans) – 47:08 7–2 Boon (Frere) – 55:43 8–2 Clincke (Moonen, Boon) (PP) – 59:01 9–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	13

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Viktoriia Tkachenko
  • Best Defenseman: Donne van Doesburgh
  • Best Forward: Lotte De Guchtenaere

Source: IIHF.com

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Valerie Jenaer	4	8	5	13	+11	2	F
Dalene Rhode	4	7	5	12	−2	10	F
Donne van Doesburgh	4	6	5	11	+2	2	D
Lotte De Guchtenaere	4	4	7	11	+10	4	F
Femke Bosmans	4	2	8	10	+9	16	F
Veronika Metanova	4	7	2	9	+1	8	F
Estelle Ip	4	5	3	8	+2	2	F
Ielyzaveta Riabkina	4	2	6	8	+6	4	F
Adrienne Li	4	4	3	7	0	0	D
Vladyslava Skashchuk	4	4	3	7	+3	0	F

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

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
Viktoriia Tkachenko	232:15	5	1.29	60	91.67	0
Maud Smits	240:00	7	1.75	69	89.86	1
Katrin Stankova	130:24	14	6.44	94	85.11	0
Shaylene Swanepoel	162:58	10	3.48	66	84.85	0
Paulina Georgieva	109:16	12	6.59	72	83.33	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

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