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IIHF Women's U18 World Championship
2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Russia Russia
Dates 6–13 January 2018
Teams 8
Venue(s) Ice Palace Dmitrov (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of the United States United States of America (7th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank Flag of Sweden Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank Flag of Canada Canada
Fourth place Flag of Russia Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 108 (5.14 per match)
Attendance 22,653 (1,079 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Switzerland Lisa Rüedi
(11 points)
MVP Flag of the United States Taylor Heise
Website u18worldwomen2018.iihf.hockey
2017
2019

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.[1]

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of the United States United States of America 3 2 1 0 0 13 6 +7 8 Advance to semifinals
2 Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 1 0 1 1 3 6 −3 4
3 Flag of Russia Russia 3 1 0 0 2 6 9 −3 3[lower-alpha 1] Advance to quarterfinals
4 Flag of Canada Canada 3 1 0 0 2 8 9 −1 3[lower-alpha 1]
Source: IIHF.com
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.
Notes:
6 January 2018
15:30
Flag of Canada Canada 2–3
(0–1, 0–1, 2–1)
Flag of Russia Russia A Arena
Attendance: 2,281
6 January 2018
19:30
Flag of the United States United States of America 2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Sweden Sweden A Arena
Attendance: 475
7 January 2018
15:30
Flag of Russia Russia 3–5
(0–4, 1–1, 2–0)
Flag of the United States United States of America A Arena
Attendance: 2,557
7 January 2018
19:30
Flag of Canada Canada 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Sweden Sweden A Arena
Attendance: 1,205
9 January 2018
15:30
Flag of the United States United States of America 6–2
(1–1, 4–0, 1–1)
Flag of Canada Canada A Arena
Attendance: 1,013
9 January 2018
19:30
Flag of Sweden Sweden 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Russia Russia A Arena
Attendance: 2,518

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 0 8 7 +1 7 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Flag of Finland Finland 3 2 0 0 1 9 6 +3 6
3 Flag of Germany Germany 3 1 1 0 1 5 6 −1 5 Advance to relegation round
4 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 0 0 0 3 6 9 −3 0
Source: IIHF.com
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.
6 January 2018
15:30
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 4–3
(0–1, 3–1, 1–1)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland B Arena
Attendance: 118
6 January 2017
19:30
Flag of Finland Finland 4–1
(2–0, 2–1, 0–0)
Flag of Germany Germany B Arena
Attendance: 102
7 January 2018
15:30
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Germany Germany B Arena
Attendance: 116
7 January 2018
19:30
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)
Flag of Finland Finland B Arena
Attendance: 112
9 January 2018
15:30
Flag of Germany Germany 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland B Arena
Attendance: 92
9 January, 2018
19:30
Flag of Finland Finland 2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic B Arena
Attendance: 105

Relegation round[]

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

10 January 2018
15:30
Flag of Germany Germany 3–7
(0–3, 0–3, 3–1)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland B Arena
Attendance: 84
12 January 2018
15:30
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Germany Germany B Arena
Attendance: 74

Final round[]

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
        A1  Flag of the United States United States of America (GWS) 4  
  A4  Flag of Canada Canada 3     A4  Flag of Canada Canada 3    
  B1  Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 1         A1  Flag of the United States United States of America 9
      A2  Flag of Sweden Sweden 3
        A2  Flag of Sweden Sweden 2    
  A3  Flag of Russia Russia 2     A3  Flag of Russia Russia 1   Third place
  B2  Flag of Finland Finland 0   A3  Flag of Russia Russia 1
  A4  Flag of Canada Canada 5

Quarterfinals[]

10 January 2018
15:30
Flag of Canada Canada 3–1
(0–0, 3–0, 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic A Arena
Attendance: 715
10 January 2018
19:30
Flag of Russia Russia 2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Finland Finland A Arena
Attendance: 2,418

Semifinals[]

12 January 2018
15:30
Flag of the United States United States of America 4–3 GWS
(1–1, 0–2, 2–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)
Flag of Canada Canada A Arena
Attendance: 1,295
12 January 2018
19:30
Flag of Sweden Sweden 2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Russia Russia A Arena
Attendance: 2,718

Fifth place game[]

12 January 2018
19:30
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Finland Finland B Arena
Attendance: 99

Bronze medal game[]

13 January 2018
15:30
Flag of Russia Russia 1–5
(0–1, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Canada Canada A Arena
Attendance: 2,503

Gold medal game[]

13 January 2018
19:30
Flag of the United States United States of America 9–3
(3–1, 6–0, 0–2)
Flag of Sweden Sweden A Arena
Attendance: 2,053

Final ranking[]

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A Flag of the United States United States of America 5 4 1 0 0 26 12 +14 14 Champions
2 A Flag of Sweden Sweden 5 2 0 1 2 8 16 −8 7 Runners-up
3 A Flag of Canada Canada 6 3 0 1 2 19 15 +4 10 Third place
4 A Flag of Russia Russia (H) 6 2 0 0 4 10 16 −6 6 Fourth place
5 B Flag of Finland Finland 5 3 0 0 2 11 9 +2 9 Fifth place game
6 B Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5 2 0 1 2 10 12 −2 7
7 B Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 5 2 0 0 3 16 12 +4 6 Advance in Relegation
8 B Flag of Germany Germany 5 1 1 0 3 8 16 −8 5 Relegation to Division I A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Tournament awards[]

Most Valuable Player

Flag of the United States Taylor Heise

All-star team

Source: IIHF.com

Best players selected by the directorate

  • Best Goalkeeper Flag of Sweden Anna Amholt
  • Best Defenseman Flag of the United States Gracie Ostertag
  • Best Forward Flag of the United States Taylor Heise

Source: IIHF.com

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Lisa Rüedi Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 5 6 5 11 0 0
2 Rahel Enzler Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 5 3 6 9 +2 0
3 Makenna Webster Flag of the United States United States of America 5 2 7 9 +8 0
4 Britta Curl Flag of the United States United States of America 5 4 4 8 +6 2
4 Taylor Heise Flag of the United States United States of America 5 4 4 8 +7 12
6 Dominique Petrie Flag of the United States United States of America 5 3 5 8 +7 8
7 Kristýna Kaltounková Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5 3 4 7 +6 10
8 Elisa Holopainen Flag of Finland Finland 5 1 6 7 +7 0
9 Alexie Guay Flag of Canada Canada 6 1 6 7 +2 10
10 Abigail Murphy Flag of the United States United States of America 5 4 2 6 +6 2

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 Sanni Ahola Flag of Finland Finland 299:07 9 1.81 92.91 0
2 Diana Farkhutdinova Flag of Russia Russia 343:23 12 2.10 92.45 1
3 Anna Amholt Flag of Sweden Sweden 208:25 11 3.17 91.85 1
4 Saskia Maurer Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 297:52 12 2.42 91.37 1
5 Kristýna Bláhová Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 301:36 12 2.39 90.98 0

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.

Division I A[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Japan Japan 5 5 0 0 0 21 1 +20 15 Promoted to Top Division
2 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 5 3 1 0 1 18 11 +7 11
3 Flag of Italy Italy 5 2 0 1 2 13 14 −1 7
4 Flag of Austria Austria 5 2 0 0 3 10 17 −7 6
5 Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 1 0 1 3 8 18 −10 4
6 Flag of Norway Norway 5 0 1 0 4 4 13 −9 2 Relegation to Division I B
Source: IIHF.com
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[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Denmark Denmark 5 5 0 0 0 30 3 +27 15 Promoted to Division I A
2 Flag of France France 5 4 0 0 1 16 6 +10 12
3 Flag of Poland Poland 5 3 0 0 2 17 9 +8 9
4 Flag of China China 5 1 1 0 3 9 22 −13 5
5 Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 5 1 0 0 4 7 15 −8 3
6 Flag of Australia Australia 5 0 0 1 4 6 30 −24 1 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[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 4 4 0 0 0 25 5 +20 12 Promoted to Division I B
2 Flag of Mexico Mexico (H) 4 3 0 0 1 11 9 +2 9
3 Flag of Spain Spain 4 2 0 0 2 16 9 +7 6
4 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 4 1 0 0 3 20 13 +7 3
5 Flag of Turkey Turkey 4 0 0 0 4 3 39 −36 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.
(H) Host.

References[]


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