2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2017 Women's U18 IIHF World Championship
	Mistrovství světa v ledním hokeji žen do 18 let 2017 (Czech)
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	7–14 January 2017
Teams	8
Venue(s)	PSG Aréna Zlín, Zimní stadion Přerov (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (6th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	88 (4.19 per match)
Attendance	11,919 (568 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Lisa Rüedi; (6 points)
Website	[1]
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The 2017 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the tenth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in Přerov and Zlín, Czech Republic.^[1] For the third straight year the United States defeated Canada for the gold, winning their sixth title overall. Russia defeated Sweden for the bronze, reversing the outcome of the previous year.

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	10	3	+7	8	Advance to semifinals
2	United States of America	3	2	0	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to semifinals
3	Russia	3	0	1	0	2	5	11	−6	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Sweden	3	0	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1	Advance to quarterfinals

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

7 January 2017
15:30

United States of America

6–1
(2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Russia

PSG Arena, Zlin
Attendance: 264


Alex Gukstene	Goalies	Diana Farkhutdinova Valeria Merkusheva	Referee: Henna Aberg
Murphy (Degeorge, Drake) – 08:14 / Heising (Linser) – 08:48 / Barnes (Wente) – 20:55 / Wente (Skaja) – 31:43 / Barnes (Heising, Wethington) (PP) – 47:21 / Linser (Ostertag) – 51:06	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1	59:34 – Beloglazova (Shirokova)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
39	Shots	15

7 January 2017
19:30

Canada

5–1
(0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Sweden

PSG arena, Zlin
Attendance: 239


Danika Ranger	Goalies	Anna Amholt	Referee: Radka Ruzickova
Bell (Vasko) – 25:12 / Buckles (Shirley) – 29:59 / Maltais (Knowles, Buckles) (PP) – 37:46 / Knowles (James-Mitchell) – 40:17 / Watts (Maltais) – 51:42	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1	03:18 – Olsson (Ljungblom)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
33	Shots	17

8 January 2017
15:30

Canada

4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Russia

PSG arena, Zlin
Attendance: 233


Edith D'Astous-Moreau	Goalies	Valeria Merkusheva	Referee: Samantha Hiller
Vasko (Beres) – 08:25 / Veillette, (David) – 28:48 / Potomak (Shirley) (PP) – 45:44 / Pettet (Shirley, Potomak) – 52:29	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2	24:19 – Bratisheva (Orlova) / 28:10 – Starovoitova (Shatalova)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
45	Shots	14

8 January 2017
19:30

Sweden

0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

United States of America

PSG arena, Zlin
Attendance: 176


Sofia Reideborn	Goalies	Lindsay Reed	Referee: Lacey Senuk
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	13:12 – Drake (Petrie) / 29:51 – Linser (Compher, Heising) / 30:44 – Barnes (Zumwinkle, Oden) (PP) / 37:23 – Heising (Barnes)
8 min	Penalties	4 min
23	Shots	61

10 January 2016
15:30

United States of America

0–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)

Canada

PSG arena, Zlin
Attendance: 486


Alex Gulstene	Goalies	Danika Ranger	Referee: Katerina Timglas
	0–1	61:57 – Bell
8 min	Penalties	8 min
23	Shots	30

10 January 2017
19:30

Russia

2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Sweden

PSG arena, Zlin
Attendance: 191


Valeria Merkusheva	Goalies	Sofia Reideborn	Referee: Samantha Hiller
Pirogova (Starovoitova) – 58:10	0–1 / 1–1	57:15 – Lundin (Bouveng, Bergstrom)
14 min	Penalties	10 min
41	Shots	30

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	2	0	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	1	1	1	0	8	7	+1	6	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5	Advance to relegation round
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0	Advance to relegation round

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

7 January 2017
16:15

Czech Republic

3–2
(1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Japan

Zimní stadion Přerov, Prerov
Attendance: 1,825


Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Ayu Tonosaki	Referee: Lacey Senuk
Erbenová (Vozdecká, Mlýnková) – 19:50 / Kaltounková (Lerchová, Exnerová) – 42:09 / Mlýnková (Machalová) – 50:22	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	31:02 – A. Sato (Koyama) / 39:19 – Yamashita (Suzuki, Tsutsumi) (PP2)
4 min	Penalties	2 min
22	Shots	25

7 January 2017
20:15

Finland

3–1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Zimní stadion Přerov, Prerov
Attendance: 148


Jenna Silvonen	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referee: Katarina Timglas
Nylund (Aro) (PP) – 07:34 / Nylund (Vesa, Melotindos) – 18:19 / Melotindos (Vesa) – 26:59	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	24:29 – Enzler
4 min	Penalties	8 min
43	Shots	17

8 January 2017
16:15

Switzerland

3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Přerov, Prerov
Attendance: 2,230


Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Kristýna Bláhová	Referee: Yana Zueva
Ryhner (Sigrist) – 02:32 / Rüedi (Ryhner, Vallario) – 15:38	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2	38:58 – Cornová (Škrdlová, Neubauerová) (PP) / 51:37 – Erbanová
10 min	Penalties	4 min
15	Shots	46

8 January 2017
20:15

Finland

2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Zimní stadion Přerov, Prerov
Attendance: 115


Jenna Silvonen	Goalies	Ayu Tonosaki	Referee: Radka Ruzickova
Nieminen (Kahra, Nousiainen) – 20:31 / Nieminen – 46:36	1–0 / 2–0
6 min	Penalties	6 min
27	Shots	21

10 January 2017
16:15

Czech Republic

3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT: 1–0)

Finland

Zimní stadion Přerov, Prerov
Attendance: 1,584


Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Sanni Ahola	Referee: Yana Zueva
Mlýnková (Hymlárová, Erbanová) (PP2) – 23:04 / Kaltounková (Neubauerová) – 57:16 / Erbanová (PP2) – 61:02	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	46:22 – Nousiainen (Nieminen) / 50:17 – Nylund (Allinen, Laitinen) (PP)
18 min	Penalties	24 min
33	Shots	26

10 January, 2017
20:15

Japan

1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Zimní stadion Přerov, Prerov
Attendance: 103


Mei Sato	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referee: Henna Aberg
Tsutsumi (A. Sato, Yamamoto) – 25:35	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	21:44 – Zimmermann / 40:26 – Ryhner (Rüedi, Sigrist) (PP)
2 min	Penalties	8 min
25	Shots	18

Relegation series[]

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team, Japan was relegated

11 January 2017
20:15

Switzerland

5–2
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Japan

Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 98


Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Ayu Tonosaki Mei Sato	Referee: Radka Ruzickova
Rüedi (Ryhner) – 11:00 / Rüedi (Enzler) – 24:15 / Rüedi (Ryhner, Enzler) – 25:40 / Sigrist (Berta) – 45:59 / Berta (Vallario) (PP) – 52:04	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 5–2	14:17 – Koyama (A. Sato) / 54:05 – Ogawa (Tsutsumi)
2 min	Penalties	4 min
20	Shots	34

13 January 2017
12:00

Japan

1–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)

Switzerland

Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 112


Mei Sato	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referee: Samantha Hiller
Ito (Koyama) – 36:56	0–1 / 1–1	03:14 – Christen
8 min	Penalties	2 min
30	Shots	20

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Canada

6

A4

Sweden

2

A4

Sweden

2

B1

Finland

1

A1

Canada

1

A2

United States of America

3

A2

United States of America

6

A3

Russia

2

A3

Russia

0

Third place

B2

Czech Republic

0

A3

Russia

2

A4

Sweden

0

Quarterfinals[]

11 January 2017
16:15

Russia

2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 1,496


Valeria Merkusheva	Goalies	Kristýna Bláhová	Referee: Katarina Timglas
Braitisheva – 31:20 / Provorova (Pirogova, Starovoitova) (PP2) – 39:10	1–0 / 2–0
70 min	Penalties	43 min
22	Shots	33

11 January 2017
20:15

Sweden

2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

PSG Aréna Zlín
Attendance: 186


Anna Amholt	Goalies	Jenna Silvonen	Referee: Lacey Senuk
Olsson (Tedenby, Neunzert) (PP) – 13:39 / Afbjur (Olsson) – 30:53	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	43:38 – Parkkonen (Nieminen, Holopainen) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
36	Shots	16

Semifinals[]

13 January 2017
16:00

United States of America

6–0
(2–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Russia

Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 406


Lindsay Reed	Goalies	Valeria Merkushev Diana Farkhutdinova	Referee: Radka Ruzickova
Zumwinkle (Degeorge) – 03:39 / Zumwinkle – 10:05 / Wente (Heise) – 21:01 / Skaja (Wente) – 23:56 / Zumwinkle (Barnes) (PP) – 33:05 / Heising (Degeorge, Barnes) (PP) – 37:17	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0
10 min	Penalties	10 min
51	Shots	6

13 January 2017
16:00

Canada

6–2
(1–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Sweden

PSG Aréna Zlín
Attendance: 266


Edith D'Astous-Moreau	Goalies	Sofia Reideborn	Referee: Yana Zueva
Hobson (Vorster) (PP) – 04:11 / Fillier (Maltais) – 26:13 / Shirley – 28:39 / Shirley (Elia, Pettet) (PP) – 45:58 / Fillier (ENG) – 56:41 / Beres (Shirley, Pettet) – 59:08	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2	29:59 – Bouveng (Olsson) / 37:01 – Bergstrom (Lundin, Bouveng) (PP)
35 min	Penalties	14 min
39	Shots	15

Fifth place game[]

13 January 2017
20:00

Finland

2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 892


Jenna Silvonen	Goalies	Denisa Jandova	Referee: Lacey Senuk
Kahra (Vesa, Nieminen) – 00:25 / Melotindos (Seikkula, Nousiainen) – 31:49	1–0 / 2–0
8 min	Penalties	16 min
21	Shots	25

Bronze medal game[]

14 January 2017
16:00

Russia

2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 369


Valeria Merkusheva	Goalies	Anna Amholt	Referee: Lacey Senuk
Provorova (Shatalova, Starovoitova) – 41:45 / Beloglazova (Bolgareva, Bratisheva) (PP2) – 59:20	1–0 / 2–0
12 min	Penalties	14 min
32	Shots	32

Gold medal game[]

14 January 2017
19:00

Canada

1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

United States of America

PSG Aréna Zlín
Attendance: 500


Danika Ranger	Goalies	Alex Gulstene	Referee: Katarina Timglas
Watts (Maltais) (PP) – 53:43	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	25:56 – Drake (Degeorge) (PP) / 57:28 – Zumwinkle (Degeorge) / 59:55 – Oden (Zumwinkle) (ENG)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
28	Shots	22

Final ranking[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States of America	5	4	0	1	0	19	3	+16	13	Champions
2	A	Canada	5	3	1	0	1	17	8	+9	11	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	6	2	1	0	3	9	17	−8	8	Third place
4	A	Sweden	6	1	0	1	4	6	20	−14	4	Fourth place

5	B	Finland	5	3	0	1	1	10	6	+4	10	Fifth place game
6	B	Czech Republic (H)	5	1	1	1	2	8	11	−3	6	Fifth place game

7	B	Switzerland	5	2	2	0	1	13	9	+4	10	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Japan	5	0	0	1	4	6	14	−8	1	2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

Updated to match(es) played on January 14, 2017. Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Tournament awards[]

Best players selected by the directorate

Best Goalkeeper	Valeria Merkusheva
Best Defenseman	Cayla Barnes
Best Forward	Sophie Shirley

Source: IIHF.com

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Lisa Rüedi	Switzerland	5	5	1	6	+4	0
2	Grace Zumwinkle	United States of America	5	4	2	6	+6	2
3	Cayla Barnes	United States of America	5	3	3	6	+5	4
4	Sophie Shirley	Canada	5	2	4	6	+1	2
5	Natalie Heising	United States of America	5	3	2	5	+4	2
6	Petra Nieminen	Finland	5	2	3	5	+4	4
6	Brette Pettet	Canada	5	2	3	5	+2	2
6	Noemi Ryhner	Switzerland	5	2	3	5	+5	2
9	Clair Degeorge	United States of America	5	0	5	5	+3	4
10	Oxana Bratisheva	Russia	5	3	1	4	–3	31
10	Magdalena Erbenová	Czech Republic	5	3	1	4	+2	0

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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Jenna Silvonen	Finland	240:00	3	0.75	96.97	2
2	Alex Gulstene	United States of America	181:57	3	0.99	95.89	0
3	Danika Ranger	Canada	180:41	3	1.00	95.08	1
4	Saskia Maurer	Switzerland	315:00	9	1.71	94.92	0
5	Valeria Merkusheva	Russia	288:56	11	2.28	93.41	2

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division I[]

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

Division I A[]

Was played in Budapest, Hungary 8–14 January 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	18	5	+13	12	Promoted to Top Division
2	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	17	6	+11	12
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	14	14	0	8
4	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	9	13	−4	6
5	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	7	16	−9	6
6	France	5	0	0	1	4	7	18	−11	1	Relegation to Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Division I B[]

Was played in Katowice Poland, 8–14 January 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	0	17	3	+14	15	Promoted to Division I A
2	Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	15	6	+9	12
3	Poland	5	2	1	0	2	7	6	+1	8
4	United Kingdom	5	1	1	0	3	8	13	−5	5
5	China	5	1	0	2	2	7	9	−2	5
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	0	5	6	23	−17	0	Relegation to Division I B Qualification

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Division I B qualification[]

Was played in San Sebastián Spain, 26–29 January 2017. This was the inaugural competition for this level, featuring the debuts of both Spain and Mexico.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Australia	3	3	0	18	1	+17	9	Promoted to Division I B
2	Spain	3	2	1	13	9	+4	6
3	Mexico	3	1	2	10	9	+1	3
4	Romania	3	0	3	5	27	−22	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

References[]

↑ Tournaments assigned. iihfworlds2016.com.

External links[]

IIHF.com 2017 events index

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[1] Tournaments assigned. iihfworlds2016.com.

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