The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in

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, at Cloetta Center (now called the Saab Arena), and

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, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the eight-time defending champions

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in a

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won their first medal at the World Women's Championships, defeating

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5–2 in the bronze medal game. The championship was expanded to nine teams in 2006, so there was no relegation at any level.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Placement round

Bracket

5–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P

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; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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/small> *Canadian goaltender

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is listed first in the IIHF source, however they incorrectly list her as playing 40% of the teams minutes, she played 37.5%.

Directorate Awards

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: Chanda Gunn *

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* Forward: Jayna Hefford

Media All-Stars

*Goaltender: Natalya Trunova *Defencemen:

, Cheryl Pounder *Forwards: Krissy Wendell,

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, Maria Rooth *

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: Krissy Wendell Source:Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, pp.544–545, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada,

Division I

The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 27 – April 2, 2005 in

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, Switzerland '' is promoted to the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.''

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P

; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
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Division II

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 13–20, 2005 in

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, Italy '' is promoted to Division I for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships''

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P

; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
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Division III

The Division III IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 3–9, 2005 in

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'' was promoted to Division II for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships''

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P

; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
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Division IV

The Division IV IIHF Women World Championships was held April 1–4, 2005 in

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, New Zealand. '' was promoted to Division III at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships''

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P

; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
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Citations

References

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IIHF results index for 2005
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