The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center (now called the Saab Arena), and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout. Sweden won their first medal at the World Women Championships, defeating Finland 5–2 in the bronze medal game. The championship was expanded to nine teams for 2006, so there was no relegation at any level.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

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

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 = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

Media All-Stars

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Division I

The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 27 – April 2, 2005 in Romanshorn, Switzerland is promoted to the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Division II

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 13–20, 2005 in Asiago, Italy is promoted to Division I for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Division III

The Division III IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 3–9, 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa was promoted to Division II for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Division IV

The Division IV IIHF Women World Championships was held April 1–4, 2005 in Dunedin, New Zealand. was promoted to Division III at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Citations