IIHF ICE HOCKEY WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The shots will be taken in accordance with rule 509 of the IIHF Official Rule Book... The two last-placed teams of Group B play a best-of-three Relegation Round series. The third game is only played if needed. The winner of the series plays again at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, while loser is relegated to Division I Group A... If a game is tied at the end of regulation time, a five-minute overtime period shall be played immediately after an intermission of three minutes. The teams will change ends for the overtime period. The game will end when the five minutes has expired or when a goal is scored; the scoring team will be declared the winner. If no goal is scored in the overtime period then the Game Winning Shots Procedure will apply. All overtime periods of any IIHF game shall be played with each team at the numerical strength of four (4) skaters and one (1) goalkeeper.

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