The Australian women’s national team have defeated the New Zealand women’s national team 4–3 following a shootout in their fourth game of the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B tournament in Dunedin, New Zealand. Australia’s three goals were scored by Christina Julien, Marnie Pullin and Kirsty Venus. Julien also scored the shootout winner, being the only player to convert. The IIHF award for best Australian player of the match was given to forward Sara Sammons. The result is a decline compared to the last World Championships meeting between the two teams in 2024 where Australia won 4–0.
In the other games of the day, Hong Kong defeated Türkiye 4–2 and Ukraine beat Belgium 6–1. At the end of the fourth round, Australia remains in first place on the standings and increases their lead over the second placed New Zealand to two points. Competition resumes tomorrow with Australia taking on Belgium for their final game of the tournament. The two team’s last met at the 2023 World Championships where Australia lost 0–1.
Results
| Türkiye | 2–4 | Hong Kong |
| SOG: 24 | (2–0, 0–3, 0–1) | SOG: 31 |
| Ukraine | 6–1 | Belgium |
| SOG: 59 | (2–1, 3–0, 1–0) | SOG: 13 |
| New Zealand | 3–4 SO | Australia |
| Shootout: XXXXX SOG: 23 | (0–0, 1–3, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Shootout: XOXX SOG: 44 |
Standings
| Pos | +/– | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | – | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | +1 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | –1 | Belgium | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | +1 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | –1 | Türkiye | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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