2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2018 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the eleventh Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Ice Palace in Dmitrov, Russia from January 6th to 13th. The USA won for the seventh time, for the first time defeating someone else other that Canada in the Gold medal game. Sweden took silver, while Canada took bronze beating host Russia. The Russians beat Canada in the preliminary round, marking another first.

On 4 January 2018, the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia announced that all entry tickets would be free as part of their program.

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+3).

Relegation round
The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player

🇺🇸 Taylor Heise

All-star team Source: IIHF.com
 * Goaltender: 🇸🇪 Anna Amholt
 * Defencemen: 🇸🇪 Maja Nylén Persson, 🇨🇦 Alexie Guay
 * Forwards: 🇺🇸 Taylor Heise, 🇷🇺 Ilona Markova, 🇺🇸 Markenna Webster

Best players selected by the directorate Source: IIHF.com
 * Best Goalkeeper 🇸🇪 Anna Amholt
 * Best Defenseman 🇺🇸 Gracie Ostertag
 * Best Forward 🇺🇸 Taylor Heise

Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

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

Division I
The Group A tournament was held in Asiago, Italy from 8 to 14 January 2018. The Group B tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 6 to 12 January 2018. The Group B Qualification tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 30 January to 4 February 2018.