2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2022 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	LaBahn Arena (Madison); Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena (Middleton)
Dates	6–13 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (6th title)
Runner-up	United States of America
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	105 (5 per game)
Attendance	22,481 (1,071 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tereza Plosová (10 points)
MVP	Laila Edwards
	← 2021 (cancelled); 2020 2023 →

The 2022 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship is the 14th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey.

On December 24, 2021, the tournament was cancelled for the second year in a row by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] However, on March 21, 2022, the IIHF announced it had reconsidered and rescheduled the Top Division tournament for June 6–13, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.^[2]

The venues are in Dane County, Wisconsin – LaBahn Arena on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, home of the USHL's Madison Capitols.

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States of America (H)	3	3	0	18	1	+17	9	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	1	2	5	9	−4	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
3	Canada	3	1	2	3	10	−7	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarterfinals
4	Sweden	3	1	2	6	12	−6	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarterfinals
−	Russia (expelled)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled

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.
Notes:

↑ January tournaments cancelled (en) (2021-12-24).
↑ Merk, Martin (2022-03-21). U18 Women’s Worlds in Wisconsin (en).

6 June 2022
16:00

Canada

0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 1,035


Hailey MacLeod	Goalies	Emilia Kyrkkö	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Amy Martin
	0–1 / 0–2	37:49 – Eronen (Kuoppala) / 45:52 – Havana (Yrjölä, Schalin) (PP2)
12 min	Penalties	4 min
40	Shots	17

6 June 2022
20:00

Sweden

1–6
(0–4, 0–1, 1–1)

United States of America

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 1,071


Ebba Svensson Träff	Goalies	Annelies Bergmann	Referees: Gabriela Malá Michelle Stapleton
Hedqvist (Adelbertsson) (PP) – 41:23	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 / 1–6	03:09 – Edwards (Simms, Dwyer) (PP) / 08:30 – Hall (Edwards, Simms) / 09:17 – Hall (Morrow, Dwyer) / 17:18 – St. Martin (Scannell) / 37:55 – Biederman (Hall, Morrow) (SH) / 55:12 – Janecke (Morrow, Edwards) (PP)
14 min	Penalties	14 min
21	Shots	47

7 June 2022
16:00

Canada

3–1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 896


Mari Pietersen	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Jenna Janshen Svenja Strohmenger
Kirchmair (Murphy, Henderson) – 02:28 / Hicks (Aubin, Baxter) – 19:03 / Hicks – 34:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1	36:45 – Kandell (Pfeffer, Hedqvist) (PP)
14 min	Penalties	10 min
56	Shots	34

7 June 2022
20:00

United States of America

5–0
(2–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Finland

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 944


Ava McNaughton	Goalies	Hannele Tarkiainen	Referees: Amy Martin Michelle Stapleton
Edwards (Janecke, Morrow) (PP) – 06:48 / Janecke – 13:42 / McCarthy – 55:48 / Janecke (Morrow, Simms) (PP) – 57:04 / Edwards (Simms, Janecke) – 57:15	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
2 min	Penalties	6 min
47	Shots	11

9 June 2022
16:00

Finland

3–4
(1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 2,121


Emilia Kyrkkö	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Anna Kuroda Sara Strong
Schalin (Havana, Yrjölä) – 14:54 / Makkonen (Vanhanen, Kuoppala) – 30:05 / Salonen (Vanhanen, Yrjölä) – 45:00	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4	10:43 – Karlsson (Kandell, Raunio (PP) / 17:23 – Markström (Kandell) / 57:50 – Pfeffer (Karlsson, Kandell) (EA)/ 59:52 – Raunio (Markström, Hall) (EA)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
27	Shots	25

9 June 2022
20:00

United States of America

7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Canada

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 2,180


Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Hailey MacLeod Mari Pietersen	Referees: Svenja Strohmenger Amanda Tassoni
Kaiser (McCarthy, Gazdik) (PP) – 04:46 / Jordan (Edwards, Janecke) – 14:02 / Linsday (Kaiser, McCarthy) – 17:28 / Scannell – 25:29 / Gorbatenko (Morrow) – 26:43 / Edwards (Simms, Morrow) (PP) – 50:22 / St. Martin (Kaiser, Gazdik) (PP) – 51:09	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
8 min	Penalties	14 min
34	Shots	25

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	12	2	+10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	3	1	2	7	9	−2	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Quarterfinals
3	Switzerland	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Relegation round
4	Germany	3	1	2	5	12	−7	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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.
Notes:

6 June 2022
16:00

Slovakia

0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 233


Laura Medviďová	Goalies	Michaela Hesová	Referees: Jenna Janshen Anna Kuroda
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	25:31 – Šapovalivová (Trnková, Plosová) / 28:24 – Trnková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) / 44:58 – Šapovalivová (Trnková) / 48:40 – Hotová (Gruntová, Juříčková) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
16	Shots	41

6 June 2022
20:00

Switzerland

0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Germany

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 250


Margaux Favre	Goalies	Felicity Luby	Referees: Ilona Novotná Sara Strong
	0–1	59:14 – Liang (Willeitner, Häckelsmiller)
4 min	Penalties	12 min
27	Shots	20

7 June 2022
16:00

Czech Republic

6–2
(1–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Germany

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 307


Michaela Hesová Barbora Dalecká	Goalies	Sara Brammen	Referees: Anna Kuroda Amanda Tassoni
Plosová (Šapovalivová, Pištěková) – 17:55 / Gruntová (Narovcová, Veverková) – 23:37 / Gruntová (Hotová) – 24:37 / Pištěková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) (PP) – 41:18 / Vaníčková (Mazancová, Brichová) – 42:05 / Pištěková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) – 44:50	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2	26:51 – Willeitner / 58:16 – Voigt (Liang, Häckelsmiller)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
33	Shots	14

7 June 2022
20:00

Switzerland

3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 336


Margaux Favre	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Gabriela Malá
Harju (Marti, Rossel) (PP) – 37:12 / Gaberell (Büchi, Aymon) (PP) – 52:19 / Surdez (Büchi) (SH) – 59:12	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	23:17 – Dobiášová (Plankenauerová, Hudáková)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
33	Shots	18

9 June 2022
16:00

Czech Republic

2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 509


Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Margaux Favre	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Amy Martin
Vaníčková (Hráčová, Malicka) – 29:41 / Malicka (Hráčová) – 55:27	1–0 / 2–0
10 min	Penalties	4 min
26	Shots	21

9 June 2022
20:00

Germany

2–6
(1–2, 0–1, 1–3)

Slovakia

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 213


Felicity Luby Sara Brammen	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová	Referees: Ilona Novotná Michelle Stapleton
Liang (Mayer, Willeitner) – 10:31 / Reichelt (Klein) – 52:28	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6	11:55 – Fančovičová (Janeková) (PP) / 16:36 – Janeková (Fančovičová, Hudáková) / 32:39 – Kapičáková (Blichová, Halušková) / 41:46 – Tóthová (Tomaštíková) / 44:02 – Fančovičová (Plankenauerová, Hudáková) / 56:13 – Kapičáková (Blichová)
6 min	Penalties	2 min
20	Shots	30

Relegation round[]

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

10 June 2022
16:00

Switzerland

1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 256


Nadia Häner	Goalies	Sara Brammen	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Amanda Tassoni
Herzig (Bächler, Marti) (PP) – 51:27	1–0
4 min	Penalties	6 min
30	Shots	12

12 June 2022
14:30

Germany

3–7
(0–3, 0–3, 3–1)

Switzerland

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 305


Chiara Schultes	Goalies	Margaux Favre	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Anna Kuroda
Gruß (Manns) – 45:18 / Liang (Willeitner, Häckelsmiller) – 52:16 / Rose (SH) – 59:23	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 2–7 / 3–7	04:33 – Rossel (Marti, Bächler) (PP) / 13:50 – Bächler (Harju, Marti) / 19:50 – Marti (Eggli) (SH) / 23:04 – Marti (Aymon) / 25:49 – Surdez (Marti, Aymon) / 37:25 – Bargo Cuns (Surdez, Harju) / 50:58 – Eggli (Bächler)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
18	Shots	26

Final round[]

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:^[1]

tier of the group;
position in the group.

Rank	Team	Group	Pos
1	United States of America	A	1
2	Finland	A	2
3	Canada	A	3
4	Sweden	A	4
5	Czech Republic	B	1
6	Slovakia	B	2

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		12 June

		1 United States of America	3
10 June
		4 Sweden	2
3A Canada	7
				13 June
2B Slovakia	0
				1 United States of America	2

				3 Canada	3

		12 June

		2 Finland	1
10 June
		3 Canada	2	Third place
4A Sweden	2
				13 June
1B Czech Republic	1
				2 Finland	3

				4 Sweden	0

Quarterfinals[]

10 June 2022
16:00

Canada

7–0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 1,433


Mari Pietersen	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová	Referees: Anna Kuroda Amy Martin
Chantler (MacEachern) – 00:52 / Van Gelder (MacEachern, Iginla) – 09:31 / Regalado (Van Gelder, Aubin) – 25:32 / Préfontaine (Murphy, Swiderski) – 30:25 / Murphy (Chantler, Préfontaine) – 41:36 / Baxter (Grober) – 52:25 / Pais (Hicks, Abela) – 58:37	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
2 min	Penalties	6 min
65	Shots	5

10 June 2022
20:00

Sweden

2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 1,448


Lisa Jönsson	Goalies	Michaela Hesová	Referees: Svenja Strohmenger Sara Strong
Hall (Markström, Jungåker) – 19:05 / Raunio (Markström, Jungåker) (PP2) – 24:47	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1	04:30 – Plosová (Šapovalivová, Pištěková) (PP)
14 min	Penalties	8 min
27	Shots	31

Semifinals[]

12 June 2022
14:30

Finland

1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Canada

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 2,006


Emilia Kyrkkö	Goalies	Mari Pietersen	Referees: Sara Strong Amanda Tassoni
Keränen (Salonen, Vanhanen) – 26:52	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	15:04 – Iginla (Aubin, Van Gelder) / 50:30 – Chantler (Préfontaine)
2 min	Penalties	6 min
10	Shots	45

12 June 2022
18:30

United States of America

3–2
(1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 2,051


Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Amy Martin Michelle Stapleton
Morrow (Gorbatenko, Hall) – 12:51 / Scannell (Potter, Kaiser) – 41:18 / Dwyer (Edwards) – 53:29	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	28:04 – Lindell (Kenttälä, Kandell) / 32:27 – Jungåker (Kandell, Markström)
16 min	Penalties	6 min
53	Shots	24

Fifth place game[]

12 June 2022
18:30

Czech Republic

7–2
(0–1, 6–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton
Attendance: 326


Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Gabriela Malá Ilona Novotná
Mazancová (Gruntová) (EA) – 22:16 / Plosová (Pištěková) – 25:13 / Šapovalivová (Pištěková, Plosová) – 29:27 / Veverková (Matějová) – 32:06 / Pištěková (Plosová, Trnková) – 36:25 / Pištěková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) (PP) – 39:33 / Matějová (Dubová, Veverková) – 49:38	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 7–2	14:57 – Tóthová (Kapičáková, Mateičková) (PP) / 51:38 – Donovalová (Hudáková, Janeková) (PP)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
44	Shots	14

Bronze medal game[]

13 June 2022
15:30

Finland

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 2,273


Emilia Kyrkkö	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Amy Martin Sara Strong
Vanhanen (Makkonen, Keränen) (PP) – 35:04 / Vanhanen (Eronen) – 46:36 / Vanhanen (Salonen, Keränen) – 51:15	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
4 min	Penalties	8 min
24	Shots	35

Gold medal game[]

13 June 2022
19:30

United States of America

2–3
(0–1, 2–2, 0–0)

Canada

LaBahn Arena, Madison
Attendance: 2,288


Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Mari Pietersen	Referees: Michelle Stapleton Amanda Tassoni
McCarthy (Kaiser, Potter) (PP) – 38:23 / Enright (Linsday, Burgen) – 38:30	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3	05:35 – Aubin (Chantler, Murphy) (PP) / 31:36 – Murphy (Iginla, Aubin) / 32:34 – Amos (Préfontaine, Swiderski)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	21

Final ranking[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	6	4	0	0	2	15	13	+2	12	Champions
2	A	United States of America (H)	5	4	0	0	1	23	6	+17	12	Runners-up
3	A	Finland	5	2	0	0	3	9	11	−2	6	Third place
4	A	Sweden	6	2	0	0	4	10	19	−9	6	Fourth place

5	B	Czech Republic	5	4	0	0	1	20	6	+14	12	Fifth place game
6	B	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	9	23	−14	3	Fifth place game

7	B	Switzerland	5	3	0	0	2	11	7	+4	9	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Germany	5	1	0	0	4	8	20	−12	3	Relegation to Division I A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Division I[]

Group A[]

The tournament would have been held in Győr, Hungary from 9 to 15 January 2022.^[2] It was rescheduled and was played from 3 to 8 April 2022.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan (P)	4	4	0	0	0	26	0	+26	12	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2	France	4	2	1	0	1	9	9	0	8
3	Italy	4	0	2	1	1	7	9	−2	5
4	Hungary (H)	4	1	0	1	2	10	13	−3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	1	3	5	26	−21	1

Source: IIHF
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.

Group B[]

The tournament would have been held in Radenthein, Austria from 10 to 16 January 2022.^[2] It is replanned to 5–11 September.^[3]^[6]

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria (H)	Promotion to Division I A
2	China
3	Chinese Taipei
4	Denmark
5	South Korea
6	Poland

First match(es) will be played on 5 September 2022. Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Division II[]

The tournament would have been held in Istanbul, Turkey from 21 to 27 January 2022.^[2] The tournament, which will feature eight teams, was rescheduled for June 27–July 7.^[3]^[7]^[8]

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	United Kingdom	Semifinals
2	Iceland	Semifinals
3	Kazakhstan
4	Turkey (H)

First match(es) will be played on unknown. 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

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Latvia	Semifinals
2	Mexico	Semifinals
3	Netherlands
4	Spain

First match(es) will be played on unknown. 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[]

↑ Tournament Format.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 World Championships – World Women U18. IIHF.
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↑ Official website: 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division I, Group A (en).
↑ 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Div I Group A – Tournament reports.
↑ Official website: 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division I, Group B (en).
↑ Official website: 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division II (en).
↑ Merk, Martin (2022-04-14). Istanbul ready for another festival (en).

External links[]

Official website of IIHF

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[1] January tournaments cancelled (en) (2021-12-24).

[replanned-2] Merk, Martin (2022-03-21). U18 Women’s Worlds in Wisconsin (en).

[5] Tournament Format.

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[8] Official website: 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division I, Group A (en).

[9] 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Div I Group A – Tournament reports.

[10] Official website: 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division I, Group B (en).

[11] Official website: 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division II (en).

[12] Merk, Martin (2022-04-14). Istanbul ready for another festival (en).

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IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Current champions (2024): United States of America
2023 Championship teams	Canada - Czechia - Finland - Germany - Slovakia - Sweden - Switzerland - United States of America
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