2018 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

The 2018 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 11th IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Ice Palace in Dmitrov, Russia from 6 to 13 January 2018. The USA won for the seventh time, for the first time defeating someone other than 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.

2018 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	Ice Palace Dmitrov (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–13 January 2018
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	108 (5.14 per game)
Attendance	22,653 (1,079 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Lisa Rüedi (11 points)
Awards
MVP	Taylor Heise
Official website
u18worldwomen2018.iihf.hockey
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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	United States	3	2	1	0	0	13	6	+7	8	Advance to semifinals
2	Sweden	3	1	0	1	1	3	6	−3	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	6	9	−3	3[a]	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	8	9	−1	3[a]

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:

1. Canada 2–3 Russia

6 January 2018 15:30

Canada

2–3 (0–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Russia

A Arena Attendance: 2,281

Game reference
	Madelyn McArthur	Goalies	Diana Farkhutdinova	Referees: Tijana Haack Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 06:33 – Alexandrova (Mezentseva, Golovkina) 0–2 32:46 – Beloglazova (Provorova) (PP) Fillier (Vorster) (PP) – 44:53 1–2 1–3 50:35 – Bratisheva (Lobur, Orlova) (PP) MacEachern (Connors, Correia) – 52:24 2–3
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	14

6 January 2018 19:30

United States

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

A Arena Attendance: 475

Game reference
	Lindsay Reed	Goalies	Anna Amholt	Referees: Lacey Senuk Yana Zueva Linesmen: Elizabeth Mantha Jenna Puhakka
	Murphy (Webster, O'Brien) – 19:46 1–0 1–1 46:36 – Ljungblom (Bouveng, Antonsson) (PP) Webster (Wethington) – 62:47 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	59	Shots	13

7 January 2018 15:30

Russia

3–5 (0–4, 1–1, 2–0)

United States

A Arena Attendance: 2,557

Game reference
	Diana Farkhutdinova Milena Tretyak	Goalies	Calla Frank	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Michaela Štefková
	0–1 03:34 – Heise (Curl) (PP) 0–2 04:58 – Curl (Petrie) (PP) 0–3 13:45 – Nicholson (Bilka, Hartmetz) (PP) 0–4 15:59 – Bilka (Browne, Ostertag) (PP2) Markova (Provorova, Bratisheva) (PP) – 28:50 1–4 1–5 37:20 – Curl (Petrie) Pestova (Luchnikova, Provorova) (PP) – 45:31 2–5 Medvedeva (Savonina) (PP2) – 56:08 3–5
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	16	Shots	38

7 January 2018 19:30

Canada

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

A Arena Attendance: 1,205

Game reference
	Kendra Woodland	Goalies	Miranda Dahlgren	Referees: Tijana Haack Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Jenna Puhakka
	Kollman (Guay) – 01:24 1–0 Gosling – 11:54 2–0 Gosling (Dalton) – 54:30 3–0 Moloughney (ENG) – 55:22 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	9

9 January 2018 15:30

United States

6–2 (1–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Canada

A Arena Attendance: 1,013

Game reference
	Lindsay Reed	Goalies	Madelyn McArthur Kendra Woodland	Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Yana Zueva Linesmen: Anna Hammar Michaela Štefková
	Petrie (Heise, Bizal) (EA) – 07:56 1–0 1–1 11:44 – Connors (Adzija, Fillier) O'Brien (Webster, Murphy) – 21:22 2–1 Simpson (Webster, Petrie) – 26:19 3–1 Heise (Farden) – 27:29 4–1 Heise (Petrie) – 38:01 5–1 Murphy (Webster) – 53:28 6–1 6–2 58:47 – Veillette (Guay, Boyd) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	26

9 January 2018 19:30

Sweden

2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Russia

A Arena Attendance: 2,518

Game reference
	Anna Amholt	Goalies	Diana Farkhutdinova	Referees: Deanna Cuglietta Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Elizabeth Mantha Svenja Strohmenger
	Ljungblom (Bouveng) – 01:16 1–0 Wilhelmsson (Brolin, Antonsson) – 19:08 2–0
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	26

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	8	7	+1	7	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Germany	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5	Advance to relegation round
4	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

Czech Republic

4–3 (0–1, 3–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

B Arena Attendance: 118

Game reference
	Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Deanna Cuglietta Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Anna Hammar Diana Mokhova
	0–1 16:40 – Vallario (Ryhner) (PP) 0–2 24:14 – Wetli (Enzler, Rüedi) (PP) Lorencová (Exnerová) – 28:31 1–2 Kaltounková – 28:54 2–2 Lerchová (Kaltounková, Erbenová) – 36:22 3–2 3–3 42:47 – Rüedi (Enzler, Wetli) (PP) Kaltounková – 44:54 4–3
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	36

6 January 2018 19:30

Finland

4–1 (2–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Germany

B Arena Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Sanni Ahola	Goalies	Johanna May	Referees: Nikoleta Celarova Maria Raabye Fuchsel Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Michaela Stefkova
	Holopainen (Seikkula, Liikala) – 03:56 1–0 Rantala (Holopainen, Liikala) – 14:05 2–0 Liikala (Holopainen, Laitinen) – 21:07 3–0 Räsänen (Kastikainen) – 34:48 4–0 4–1 39:12 – Li. Welcke (Christof)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	17

7 January 2018 15:30

Czech Republic

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Germany

B Arena Attendance: 116

Game reference
	Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Johanna May	Referees: Miyuki Nakayama Yana Zueva Linesmen: Elizabeth Mantha Diana Mokhova
	0–1 01:43 – Haider (Schwamborn, Botthof) (PP) Exnerová (Lerchová) – 32:45 1–1 1–2 62:44 – Lu. Welcke (Klinger, Botthof) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	16

7 January 2018 19:30

Switzerland

2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

B Arena Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Sanni Ahola	Referees: Deanna Cuglietta Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Anna Hammar Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 01:20 – Holopainen (Vainikka) Leeman (Ryhner, Rüedi) – 17:02 1–1 Leeman (Ryhner, Zimmermann) (PP) – 37:46 2–1 2–2 41:14 – Liikala (Holopainen, Laitinen) 2–3 50:22 – Vainikka (Laitinen, Holopainen)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	32

9 January 2018 15:30

Germany

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

B Arena Attendance: 92

Game reference
	Johanna May	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Maija Kontturi Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Jenna Puhakka
	Bar (Li. Welcke) (PP) – 04:55 1–0 1–1 07:06 – Enzler (Leemann) Li. Welcke (Lu. Welcke, Nickisch) – 21:18 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	25

9 January, 2018 19:30

Finland

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

B Arena Attendance: 105

Game reference
	Sanni Ahola	Goalies	Kristýna Bláhová	Referees: Maria Raabye Fuchsel Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Jodi Price
	0–1 13:47 – Machalová (Lerchová, Kaltounková) Melotindos (Liikala) – 14:31 1–1 1–2 26:13 – Jandušíková (Škrdlová, Lerchová) Laitinen (Vainikka) (PP) – 32:46 2–2 2–3 40:28 – Kaltounková (Machalová, Erbenová) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	29

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

Germany

3–7 (0–3, 0–3, 3–1)

Switzerland

B Arena Attendance: 84

Game reference
	Johanna May Tatjana Pfeifer	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Jenna Puhakka Michaela Štefková
	0–1 03:34 – Sydney Berta (Lutz) 0–2 13:25 – Rüedi (Enzler) (PP) 0–3 14:08 – Ryhner (Zimmermann) 0–4 31:50 – Rüedi (SH) 0–5 38:36 – Enzler (Rüedi, Leemann) 0–6 39:13 – Rüedi (Enzler, Wetli) (PP) Brendel (Nickisch, Bar) (PP) – 45:30 1–6 Brendel (Lu. Welcke) – 46:19 2–6 Lu. Welcke (Hark, Li. Welcke) – 52:00 3–6 3–7 54:15 – Wetli (Enzler, Rüedi) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	30

12 January 2018 15:30

Switzerland

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

B Arena Attendance: 74

Game reference
	Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Johanna May	Referees: Maija Kontturi Yana Zueva Linesmen: Elizabeth Mantha Michaela Štefková
	Rüedi (Christen, Wetli) – 09:49 1–0 Enzler (Rüedi) (PP) – 22:43 2–0 Rüedi (Christen, Enzler) – 34:05 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	18

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States (GWS)

4

A4

Canada

3

A4

Canada

3

B1

Czech Republic

1

A1

United States

9

A2

Sweden

3

A2

Sweden

2

A3

Russia

2

A3

Russia

1

B2

Finland

0

Third place

A3

Russia

1

A4

Canada

5

Quarterfinals

10 January 2018 15:30

Canada

3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

A Arena Attendance: 715

Game reference
	Madelyn McArthur	Goalies	Kristýna Bláhová	Referees: Maria Raabye Füchsel Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Jodi Price
	Correia (Adzija) – 26:02 1–0 Slobodzian (Fillier, Vorster) (PP) – 28:55 2–0 Kollman (Shirley) – 35:39 3–0 3–1 40:16 – Škrdlová (Lerchová, Kaltounková) (PP2)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	16

10 January 2018 19:30

Russia

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

A Arena Attendance: 2,418

Game reference
	Diana Farkhutdinova	Goalies	Sanni Ahola	Referees: Tijana Haack Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Elizabeth Mantha
	Alexandrova (Bratisheva, Beloglazova) – 27:23 1–0 Beloglazova (Bratisheva, Alexandrova) (PP) – 29:18 2–0
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	24

Semifinals

12 January 2018 15:30

United States

4–3 GWS (1–1, 0–2, 2–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)

Canada

A Arena Attendance: 1,295

Game reference
	Lindsay Reed	Goalies	Madelyn McArthur	Referees: Tijana Haack Maria Raabye Füchsel Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Anna Hammar
	Heise (Curl, Ostertag) – 8:33 1–0 1–1 15:13 – Boyd (Guay) 1–2 33:29 – Adzija (Fillier, Guay) (PP) 1–3 36:51 – Rickwood (Adzija, Fillier) O'Brien (Webster) (PP) – 46:22 2–3 Browne (Nicholson) – 49:36 3–3
	Heise Curl Murphy Webster	Shootout	Connors Fillier Dalton Adzija Veillette
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	35	Shots	25

12 January 2018 19:30

Sweden

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

A Arena Attendance: 2,718

Game reference
	Anna Amholt	Goalies	Diana Farkhutdinova	Referees: Deana Cuglietta Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Jodi Price
	Bouveng (Ljungblom, Waxin) (PP) – 30:23 1–0 1–1 48:54 – Markova (PP) Ljungblom (Nylén Persson) (PP) – 50:25 2–1
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	24

Fifth place game

12 January 2018 19:30

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Finland

B Arena Attendance: 99

Game reference
	Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Sanni Ahola	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 38:12 – Vainikka Machalová (Lerchová, Kaltounková) – 42:29 1–1 1–2 53:24 – Liikala (Holopainen)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	18

Bronze medal game

13 January 2018 15:30

Russia

1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Canada

A Arena Attendance: 2,503

Game reference
	Diana Farkhutdinova	Goalies	Madelyn McArthur	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Anna Hammar Jodi Price
	0–1 19:47 – Gosling (Guay) (PP) 0–2 26:14 – Veillette (Guay) 0–3 34:03 – Moloughney (SH) 0–4 40:19 – Vorster (Connors) (PP) 0–5 48:37 – Guay (PP) Ponyatovskaya (Bratisheva, Alexandrova) – 49:01 1–5
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	38

Gold medal game

13 January 2018 19:30

United States

9–3 (3–1, 6–0, 0–2)

Sweden

A Arena Attendance: 2,053

Game reference
	Lindsay Reed	Goalies	Anna Amholt, Miranda Dahlgren	Referees: Deana Cuglietta Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Julia Kainberger Elizabeth Mantha
	0–1 01:35 – Johansson (Lidman, Aho) Knoll (O'Brien) – 6:14 1–1 O'Brien (Murphy) – 10:04 2–1 Curl (Petrie, Heise) (PP) – 19:26 3–1 Petrie (Heise, Curl) – 20:33 4–1 Murphy (Webster) – 21:27 5–1 Curl (Bizal, Shearen) (PP) – 23:36 6–1 Petrie (Heise, Curl) – 24:15 7–1 Murphy (Webster, Simpson) – 25:38 8–1 Knoll (Hartmetz, Bilka) (PP) – 35:31 9–1 9–2 41:28 – Antonsson (Nylén Persson, Bouveng) (PP) 9–3 48:48 – Ljungblom (Bouveng) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	9

Final ranking

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

Taylor Heise

All-star team

• Goaltender: Anna Amholt
• Defencemen: Maja Nylén Persson, Alexie Guay
• Forwards: Taylor Heise, Ilona Markova, Makenna Webster

Source: ^[2]

Best players selected by the directorate

• Best Goalkeeper Anna Amholt
• Best Defenseman Gracie Ostertag
• Best Forward Taylor Heise

Source: ^[3]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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	Finland	299:07	9	1.81	92.91	0
2	Diana Farkhutdinova	Russia	343:23	12	2.10	92.45	1
3	Anna Amholt	Sweden	208:25	11	3.17	91.85	1
4	Saskia Maurer	Switzerland	297:52	12	2.42	91.37	1
5	Kristýna Bláhová	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

Further information: 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

Division I A

The Group A tournament was held in Asiago, Italy from 8 to 14 January 2018.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	21	1	+20	15	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Slovakia	5	3	1	0	1	18	11	+7	11
3	Italy (H)	5	2	0	1	2	13	14	−1	7
4	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	10	17	−7	6
5	Hungary	5	1	0	1	3	8	18	−10	4
6	Norway	5	0	1	0	4	4	13	−9	2	Relegated to the 2019 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

Division I B

The Group B tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 6 to 12 January 2018.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	0	30	3	+27	15	Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2	France	5	4	0	0	1	16	6	+10	12
3	Poland (H)	5	3	0	0	2	17	9	+8	9
4	China	5	1	1	0	3	9	22	−13	5
5	Great Britain	5	1	0	0	4	7	15	−8	3
6	Australia	5	0	0	1	4	6	30	−24	1	Relegated to the 2019 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

Division I B Qualification

The Group B Qualification tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 30 January to 4 February 2018.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	0	25	5	+20	12	Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2	Mexico (H)	4	3	0	0	1	11	9	+2	9
3	Spain	4	2	0	0	2	16	9	+7	6
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	0	3	20	13	+7	3
5	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