Japan has nabbed the eighth and final qualification spot for the 2015 Women’s World Championship in Malmö, Sweden, defeating the Czechs 2-1 in the third and final game of their qualification playoff series in Yokohama, Japan.
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2015 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 Women’s World Championship in Malmö, Sweden, worldwomen2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in March and April.
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2015 Women’s World Championship Groups Announced
Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Malmö have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇯🇵 Japan (Women’s)
🇯🇵 JAPAN (JPN) Women’s National Ice Hockey Team (1987-)
Japan played at the inaugural Women’s World Tournament in 1987, losing their first IHLC game to Canada 11-0, emerging as an early IHLC contender, competing against the U.S., Canada and China in the 1995 and 1996 Pacific Rim Championships, and a handful of World Championship appearances in the 1990s. They finished sixth on home ice at the 1998 Olympics, and have since become a regular fixture at the Women’s World Championship in the modern era.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇯🇵 Japan (Junior)
🇯🇵 JAPAN (JPN) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1982-)
Japan, despite only qualifying for a single World Junior Championship in 1993, has the unique distinction of playing twice for the IHLC in the same tournament, despite being outscored 15-1. Japan has since bobbled between Division I and II, not regaining their success of the early 1990’s on the junior level.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇯🇵 Japan (Men’s)
🇯🇵 JAPAN (JPN) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1930-)
1 win, 1 reign, 1 game with IHLC – ranked 22nd
IHLC last held 01 November 1997
Japan first burst on to the international scene in 1930, quite an anomaly for an Asian squad in the largely European / North American dominated hockey scene. Japan competed for their first IHLC in 1957, and made a number of World Championship appearances thanks to the IIHF allowing a “Far East” competitor to play in tournaments they otherwise wouldn’t have qualified for, before winning their first and only IHLC forty years later from Canada. While Japan has not played for the IHLC since, they have stayed a mainstay of Division IA, looking to reach the World Championship’s top pool once again.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 13-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 25 Aug 2011
🇺🇸 United States 13-0 Japan 🇯🇵
Twelve Nations Tournament
Vierumäki Ice Arena, Vierumäki 🇫🇮
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Kelli Stack and Jen Schoullis each recorded a hat trick to help lead the U.S. Women’s National Team to a 13-0 win over Japan in its second game of the International Ice Hockey Federation Twelve Nations Invitational Tournament Series.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 03 Apr 2000
🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Japan 🇯🇵
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Hershey Centre, Mississauga 🇨🇦
Monday, 03 April 2000
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:01 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Pounder (Wickenheiser, Heaney)
02:51 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Tamada, holding
05:03 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Kellar (Drolet)
08:19 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Kellar (Pounder)
08:47 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Sato, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 13-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 08 Feb 1998
🇨🇦 Canada 13-0 Japan 🇯🇵
Olympic Preliminary Round
Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Sunday, 08 February 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:18 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Wickenheiser, high sticking
05:46 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Goyette (Wickenheiser)
09:27 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Drolet, interference
12:37 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Tsuchida, hooking
13:12 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Goyette, roughing
13:12 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Yoshimi, roughing
15:42 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Heaney
17:05 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Diduck (Wilson, Campbell)
19:11 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Ono, interference
19:19 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Goyette, slashing
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 7-2 Japan 🇯🇵 – 29 Aug 1993
🇸🇰 Slovakia 7-2 Japan 🇯🇵
Olympic Qualification Round
Sheffield Arena, Sheffield 🇬🇧
Sunday, 29 August 1993
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:08 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Bača (Pálffy, Petrovický)
03:40 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Ishii
04:55 – 🇸🇰 PP GOAL – Marcinko (A. Šťastný)
06:35 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Petrovický
11:20 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Kolník (Sekeráš, Haščák)
13:30 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Petrovický
16:43 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Medřik
17:27 – 🇯🇵 PP GOAL – Ishii (Yajima, Takahashi H.)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 8-1 Japan 🇯🇵 – 02 Jan 1993
🇨🇦 Canada 8-1 Japan 🇯🇵
World Junior Championship Group Round
Glysisvallen, Hudiksvall 🇸🇪
Saturday, 02 January 1993
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:38 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Lapointe (Kariya)
03:13 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Tully
11:41 – 🇯🇵 GOAL – Sasoya (Tsuchida, Kawaguchi)
12:17 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Dawe (Gendron, Daigle)
14:48 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Lapointe (Bes, Smith)
15:35 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Miura
16:35 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Lafayette (Shantz)
18:10 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Bes (Kariya)
18:23 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Sano
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 18-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 22 Mar 1990
🇨🇦 Canada 18-0 Japan 🇯🇵
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Barbara Ann Scott Arena, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Thursday, 22 March 1990
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:29 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Sunohara (Yuen)
02:52 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Sunohara (Yuen)
06:08 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Montour (Michaud)
06:36 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – McGuire (Yuen)
08:10 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – James (Richards)
13:06 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Ginzel (Cameron)
14:55 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Yuen (McGuire)
16:13 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Ratushny (James)
17:47 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Cameron (Wilson)
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Soviet Union 16-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 12 Feb 1980
🇷🇺 Soviet Union 16-0 Japan 🇯🇵
Olympic First Round
Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid 🇺🇸
Tuesday, 12 February 1980
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:56 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kasatonov, tripping
03:42 – 🇷🇺 SH GOAL – Starikov (Petrov, Mikhailov)
07:55 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Kharlamov (Mikhailov)
09:47 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – A. Golikov (Makarov, Starikov)
12:19 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Fetisov (Petrov, Kharlamov)
14:59 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – A. Golikov (Makarov)
17:30 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Balderis (Starikov, Zhluktov)
19:00 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – V. Golikov (Makarov)
19:27 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – V. Golikov (Fetisov, A. Golikov)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 11-2 Japan 🇯🇵 – 03 Feb 1976
🇫🇮 Finland 11-2 Japan 🇯🇵
Olympic First Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck 🇦🇹
Tuesday, 03 February 1976
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:40 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Saari, hooking
14:20 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kapanen, holding
14:20 – 🇯🇵 PEN – Esashika, interference
17:25 – 🇯🇵 GOAL – Urabe
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Soviet Union 16-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 24 Feb 1957
🇷🇺 Soviet Union 16-0 Japan 🇯🇵
World Championship Final Round
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow 🇷🇺
Sunday, 24 February 1957
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:38 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Cherepanov (Loktev)
11:14 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Loktev
14:20 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Grebennikov (Babich)
16:24 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Pantyukhov (Guryshev)
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