Along with winning the title, Turkiye has been promoted to Division II, Group A.
In the championship game, it was a battle of undefeated teams, with both Iceland and Turkiye only allowing one goal against opponents. It featured the two top goaltenders of the tournament – Turkiye’s Erva Kanat and Iceland’s Diana Oskarsdottir.
The host took the early lead with 3:35 remaining in the first period. From behind the Iceland net, Dolunay Erbakan passed the puck to Sidre Haciomanoglu, who blasted it past Oskarsdottir’s right shoulder for the score.
After a scoreless second period, Turkiye would get some insurance as Azra Senyuva scored with 7:48 remaining in the game. Ece Erasci launched the puck towards the net and Senyuva got just enough of it to ensure it went past Oskarsdottir’s right leg.
To the delight of the Turkish fans, the hosts earned a 2-0 shutout victory over Iceland. This capped off a week that saw the hosts go undefeated in all four games.
The top four scoring leaders came from Iceland, led by Fridrika Magnusdottir. The Icelandic forward tallied seven goals and eight assists for 15 points. Teammates Solrun Arnardottir (three goals, nine assists for 12 points) and Kolbrun Bjornsdottir (five goals, five assists for 10 points) rounded out the top three scoring leaders.
Eda Secen was Turkiye’s top scorer with two goals and six assists for eight points.
Iceland’s Magdalena Sulova was the top scoring defender of the tournament with four goals and four assists for eight points.
Kanat was named top goaltender of the tournament. In four games, the goaltender only allowed one goal in, earned two shutouts, a 97.87 save percentage and a 0.30 goals against average.
Magnusdottir was top forward while Belgium’s Ans Van Hoof was named the top defender.
In the other game on the final day of the tournament, it was a battle for third place between Mexico and Belgium. Belgium came out on top, edging Mexico 2-1 in a shootout.
After a scoreless first period, Mexico would strike first on the scoreboard. Only 57 seconds into the second period, Rebeca Andrade Castro scooped up a turnover deep in Mexico’s zone and blasted the puck past Belgium goaltender Anouk Belmans to tally the marker.
Belgium would get the equalizer ay 7:36…
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