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IIHF Women's U18 World Championship
2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Japan Japan
Dates 6–13 January 2019
Teams 8
Arena(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of Canada Canada (5th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank Flag of the United States United States of America
Third place Bronze medal blank Flag of Finland Finland
Fourth place Flag of Russia Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 98 (4.45 per match)
Attendance 8,701 (396 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Finland Elisa Holopainen
(8 points)
MVP Flag of Canada Raygan Kirk
Website iihf.com/en/events/2019/ww18
2018
2020

The 2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the twelfth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Obihiro Arena in Obihiro, Japan from 6 to 13 January.[1]

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

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 3 0 0 0 8 4 +4 9 Semifinals
2 Flag of Canada Canada 3 2 0 0 1 9 5 +4 6
3 Flag of Russia Russia 3 1 0 0 2 8 11 −3 3 Quarterfinals
4 Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 0 0 0 3 4 9 −5 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.
6 January 2019
13:00
Flag of Sweden Sweden 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Canada Canada Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 350
6 January 2019
17:00
Flag of the United States United States of America 3–2
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0)
Flag of Russia Russia Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 300
7 January 2019
13:00
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3–5
(0–1, 1–1, 2–3)
Flag of Russia Russia Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 170
7 January 2019
17:00
Flag of Canada Canada 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of the United States United States of America Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 490
9 January 2019
13:00
Flag of Russia Russia 1–5
(0–3, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 240
9 January 2019
17:00
Flag of the United States United States of America 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 280

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Finland Finland 3 3 0 0 0 8 4 +4 9 Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 5 5 0 6
3 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 5 5 0 3 Relegation round
4 Flag of Japan Japan (H) 3 0 0 0 3 4 8 −4 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.
6 January 2019
14:30
Flag of Finland Finland 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 1,064
6 January 2019
18:30
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 117
7 January 2019
14:30
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 4–2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of Japan Japan Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 586
7 January 2019
18:30
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2–4
(0–0, 0–2, 2–2)
Flag of Finland Finland Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 147
9 January 2019
14:30
Flag of Japan Japan 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 702
9 January 2019
18:30
Flag of Finland Finland 2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 109

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 2019
14:30
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 238
12 January 2019
14:30
Flag of Japan Japan 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 783
13 January 2019
13:00
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Japan Japan Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 746

Final round[]

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
        A1  Flag of the United States United States of America 7  
  A4  Flag of Sweden Sweden 2     B1  Flag of Finland Finland 1    
  B1  Flag of Finland Finland (OT) 3         A1  Flag of the United States United States of America 2
      A2  Flag of Canada Canada (OT) 3
        A2  Flag of Canada Canada (OT) 4    
  A3  Flag of Russia Russia (GWS) 2     A3  Flag of Russia Russia 3   Third place
  B2  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1   A3  Flag of Russia Russia 0
  B1  Flag of Finland Finland 3

Quarterfinals[]

10 January 2019
14:30
Flag of Sweden Sweden 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Finland Finland Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 140
10 January 2019
18:30
Flag of Russia Russia 2–1 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 120

Semifinals[]

12 January 2019
13:00
Flag of the United States United States of America 7–1
(4–0, 0–0, 3–1)
Flag of Finland Finland Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 300
12 January 2019
17:00
Flag of Canada Canada 4–3 OT
(1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Russia Russia Obihiro Arena 1

Fifth place game[]

12 January 2019
18:30
Flag of Sweden Sweden 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Obihiro Arena 2
Attendance: 152

Bronze medal game[]

13 January 2019
13:00
Flag of Russia Russia 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Finland Finland Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 140

Gold medal game[]

13 January 2019
17:00
Flag of the United States United States of America 2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Obihiro Arena 1
Attendance: 1,527

Final ranking[]

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A Flag of Canada Canada 5 2 2 0 1 16 10 +6 10 Champions
2 A Flag of the United States United States of America 5 4 0 1 0 17 8 +9 13 Runners-up
3 B Flag of Finland Finland 6 4 1 0 1 15 13 +2 14 Third place
4 A Flag of Russia Russia 6 1 1 1 3 13 19 −6 6 Fourth place
5 A Flag of Sweden Sweden 5 1 0 1 3 8 13 −5 4 Fifth place game
6 B Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 5 2 0 1 2 7 9 −2 7
7 B Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 3 0 0 3 15 8 +7 9 Advance in Relegation
8 B Flag of Japan Japan (H) 6 1 0 0 5 7 18 −11 3 Relegation to Division I A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Elisa Holopainen Flag of Finland Finland 6 5 3 8 +2 6
2 Makenna Webster Flag of the United States United States of America 5 3 3 6 +4 0
3 Alexie Guay Flag of Canada Canada 5 2 4 6 +2 8
4 Ilona Markova Flag of Russia Russia 6 2 4 6 0 0
4 Viivi Vainikka Flag of Finland Finland 6 2 4 6 +2 2
6 Maddi Wheeler Flag of Canada Canada 5 1 5 6 +4 2
7 Kristýna Kaltounková Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 0 6 6 +6 8
8 Natálie Mlýnková Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 5 0 5 +6 10
9 Abbey Murphy Flag of the United States United States of America 5 4 1 5 +5 8
10 Yelizaveta Shkalyova Flag of Russia Russia 6 4 1 5 0 2

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

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
1 Saskia Maurer Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 308:58 8 1.55 154 94.81 1
2 Julie Pejšová Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 358:42 7 1.17 110 93.64 1
3 Skylar Vetter Flag of the United States United States of America 301:34 8 1.59 103 92.23 1
4 Erica Jaskari Flag of Finland Finland 313:29 9 1.72 111 91.89 1
5 Tindra Holm Flag of Sweden Sweden 185:34 10 3.23 96 89.58 0

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

Awards[]

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Division I[]

Group A[]

The Group A tournament was held in Radenthein, Austria from 7 to 13 January 2019.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 5 4 0 0 1 14 9 +5 12 Promotion to Top Division
2 Flag of Germany Germany 5 3 1 0 1 21 8 +13 11
3 Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 3 0 1 1 13 9 +4 10
4 Flag of Italy Italy 5 1 1 1 2 9 16 −7 6
5 Flag of Denmark Denmark 5 1 0 1 3 9 15 −6 4
6 Flag of Austria Austria (H) 5 0 1 0 4 3 12 −9 2 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.
(H) Host.

Group B[]

The Group B tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 6 to 12 January 2019.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of France France 5 4 0 1 0 18 2 +16 13 Promotion to Division I A
2 Flag of Norway Norway 5 3 1 1 0 14 4 +10 12
3 Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (H) 5 2 1 1 1 7 7 0 9
4 Flag of Poland Poland 5 2 1 0 2 12 14 −2 8
5 Flag of China China 5 1 0 0 4 6 16 −10 3
6 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 5 0 0 0 5 5 19 −14 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.
(H) Host.

Group B qualification[]

The Group B Qualification tournament is being held in Jaca, Spain from 12 to 18 January 2019.[4]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 0 20 1 +19 6 Semifinals
2 Flag of Australia Australia 2 1 0 0 1 7 5 +2 3
3 Flag of Turkey Turkey 2 0 0 0 2 0 21 −21 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.
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Korea South Korea 3 3 0 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Semifinals
2 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 3 1 1 0 1 10 11 −1 5
3 Flag of Spain Spain (H) 3 1 0 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4 Flag of Mexico Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 2 12 −10 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.
 
5−7th place semifinalFifth place
 
      
 
16 January
 
 
Flag of Turkey Turkey1
 
18 January
 
Flag of Mexico Mexico0
 
Flag of Turkey Turkey0
 
 
Flag of Spain Spain7
 
 
 
 
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 January
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan3
 
18 January
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei1
 
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan3
 
16 January
 
Flag of Korea South Korea (GWS)4
 
Flag of Korea South Korea5
 
 
Flag of Australia Australia2
 
Third place
 
 
18 January
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei6
 
 
Flag of Australia Australia2

References[]


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