2020 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

The 2020 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 13th IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey.

2020 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26 December 2019 – 2 January 2020
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	86 (4.1 per game)
Attendance	7,538 (359 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kristi Shashkina (8 points)
Awards
MVP	Kristi Shashkina
Official website
iihf.com/en/events/2020/ww18
← 2019 2021 (cancelled) 2022 →

Top Division

Match officials

9 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Referees Henna Åberg Darya Abrosimova Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Kelly Cooke Drahomíra Fialova Elena Ivanova Gabriela Malá Vanessa Morin Svenja Strohmenger

Linesmen Liv Andersson Magdaléna Čerhitová Stephanie Cole Polina Danilova Marine Dinant Kendall Hanley Amy Lack Justine Todd Wang Hui

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	9	4	+5	8	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4	Quarterfinals
4	Finland	3	0	0	0	3	4	12	−8	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.

26 December 2019 12:30

Canada

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 298

Game reference
	Ève Gascon	Goalies	Anna Alpatova	Referees: Kelly Cooke Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wang Hui
	Naud (Labad, Cherkowski) – 19:00 1–0 Paul (Wheeler) – 23:55 2–0 2–1 50:35 – Korzhakova (Luchnikova) 2–2 53:49 – Shashkina (Korzhakova, Luchnikova) Gosling (Buglioni) – 63:12 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	19

26 December 2019 16:30

United States

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 311

Game reference
	Skylar Vetter	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Polina Danilova Justine Todd
	Murphy (Winn) (PP) – 10:36 1–0 1–1 11:38 – Yrjänen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP) Van Wieren (Eden) – 33:40 2–1 Wethington (Zanon, Nicholson) – 39:59 3–1 Guilday (Eden) – 40:37 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	10

27 December 2019 12:30

Finland

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Canada

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 378

Game reference
	Aino Laitinen	Goalies	Kayle Osborne	Referees: Kelly Cooke Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Liv Andersson Kendall Hanley
	0–1 05:16 – Bochna (Buglioni) N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP) – 19:21 1–1 1–2 46:53 – Kettyle (Picard) 1–3 52:37 – Wheeler (Cherkowski) 1–4 54:55 – Lussier (Wozniewicz) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	13	Shots	31

27 December 2019 16:30

United States

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 292

Game reference
	Amanda Thiele	Goalies	Yulia Volkova	Referees: Henna Åberg Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Marine Dinant
	Huber (EA) – 54:31 1–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	20

29 December 2019 12:30

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

United States

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 719

Game reference
	Ève Gascon	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Henna Åberg Darya Abrosimova Linesmen: Polina Danilova Marine Dinant
	Cherkowski (Wheeler) – 00:20 1–0 Picard – 54:23 2–0 2–1 59:58 – Eden (Webster, Zanon) (PP2, EA)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	28

29 December 2019 16:30

Russia

4–2 (1–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 320

Game reference
	Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Drahomíra Fialova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Kendall Hanley
	Luchnikova (Shashkina) – 01:46 1–0 1–1 17:24 – N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP) 1–2 20:56 – Rantala (N. Laitinen) (PP) Shashkina (Butorina) – 21:50 2–2 Shashkina (Luchnikova) – 24:46 3–2 Markova (Akhmetova) – 36:39 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	30

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Switzerland	3	0	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3	Relegation round
4	Slovakia (H)	3	0	1	0	2	6	11	−5	2

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

26 December 2019 16:30

Switzerland

2–1 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 99

Game reference
	Caroline Spies	Goalies	Julie Pejšová	Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Stephanie Cole
	0–1 16:56 – Haasová (Habartová) Marti (Christen) – 43:10 1–1 Zimmermann (Christen, Leemann) – 60:28 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	23

26 December 2019 20:30

Sweden

4–2 (0–0, 3–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 543

Game reference
	Ida Boman	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Gabriela Malá Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Marine Dinant Amy Lack
	L. Johansson (Forsgren, G. Johansson) – 27:22 1–0 Svensson (Albinsson, L. Johansson) (PP) – 34:03 2–0 Thuvik (Ahlm, Hall) – 38:32 3–0 Blom (G. Johansson, Grundström) – 56:03 4–0 4–1 56:37 – Kapičáková (Halušková, Vysokajová) (PP) 4–2 59:52 – Leskovjanská
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	24

27 December 2019 16:30

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Viktorie Švejdová	Goalies	Ida Boman	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Polina Danilova Amy Lack
	Haasová (Kaltounková) – 04:46 1–0 1–1 32:10 – Svensson (L. Johansson) (PP) Kalová (Mazancová, Škorpíková) – 47:40 2–1 Kaltounková (Čajanová, Haasová) – 58:35 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	23

27 December 2019 20:30

Switzerland

2–3 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 0–1)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 527

Game reference
	Caroline Spies	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Wang Hui
	0–1 36:03 – Štetiarová (Dobošová) Leemann (EA) – 50:06 1–1 1–2 54:23 – Halušková (Matejková) Surdez (Frey) – 55:45 2–2 2–3 62:52 – Matejková
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	20

29 December 2019 16:30

Sweden

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 99

Game reference
	Ida Boman	Goalies	Caroline Spies	Referees: Elena Ivanova Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Justine Todd
	Silén (Lindberg) – 10:55 1–0 T. Johansson (Markström) (ENG) – 58:39 2–0
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	9

29 December 2019 20:30

Slovakia

1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 1,248

Game reference
	Laura Medviďová Nikola Zimková	Goalies	Julie Pejšová	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Liv Andersson Amy Lack
	0–1 08:34 – Kaltounková (Hanzlíková, Čajanová) (PP) 0–2 25:05 – Mazancová (SH) 0–3 39:34 – Haasová (Kaltounková, D. Pejšová) 0–4 50:49 – D. Pejšová (Gruntová) (EA) Halušková (Vysokajová) (PP) – 54:38 1–4 1–5 59:52 – Hrubanová (Bartáková, Gruntová)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	33

Relegation round

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

30 December 2019 20:30

Switzerland

4–1 (4–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Caroline Spies	Goalies	Laura Medviďová Nikola Zimková	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Wang Hui
	Staub (Zimmermann, Leemann) (PP) – 06:37 1–0 Zimmermann (Zogg, Gianola) – 09:37 2–0 Zimmermann (Leemann, Christen) (PP) – 13:42 3–0 S. Bachmann (Leemann) – 15:51 4–0 4–1 53:53 – Halušková (Matejková, Jašková) (PP, EA)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	10

1 January 2020 16:30

Slovakia

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Switzerland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Nikola Zimková	Goalies	Caroline Spies	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Amy Lack Wang Hui
	Dobošová (Lahová) – 04:15 1–0 1–1 24:58 – Marti (Ingold, Frey) (PP) 1–2 36:46 – Zimmermann (Surdez)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	18

Final round

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:^[2]

1. tier of the group;
2. position in the group.

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

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					1 January
					1  Canada	4
	30 December
					4  Finland	1
	4A  Finland	3
									2 January
	1B  Czech Republic	1
									1  Canada	1
									2  United States (OT)	2
					1 January
					2  United States	3
	30 December
					3  Russia	0			Third place
	3A  Russia	4
									2 January
	2B  Sweden	0
									3  Russia	6
									4  Finland	1

Quarterfinals

30 December 2019 16:30

Finland

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 213

Game reference
	Kiia Lahtinen	Goalies	Julie Pejšová Viktorie Švejdová	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Liv Andersson Justine Todd
	Rantala (Sundelin) – 07:55 1–0 Nuutinen – 19:53 2–0 Yrjänen – 25:02 3–0 3–1 47:38 – Haasová (Škorpíková)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	12

30 December 2019 20:30

Russia

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 193

Game reference
	Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Ida Boman Ebba Svensson Träff	Referees: Drahomíra Fialova Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Marine Dinant
	Glukhareva (Boriskova) – 06:29 1–0 Korzhakova (Luchnikova, Shashkina) – 18:25 2–0 Shashkina (Luchnikova, Petina) – 40:33 3–0 Ponyatovskaya (Shashkina , Shashkina) (PP) – 42:47 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	19

Semifinals

1 January 2020 12:30

Canada

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 316

Game reference
	Ève Gascon Kayle Osborne	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Kelly Cooke Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Marine Dinant Kendall Hanley
	Picard (Messier) – 06:11 1–0 Buglioni (Legros) – 07:12 2–0 Bochna (Messier, Buglioni) – 19:28 3–0 3–1 44:46 – N. Laitinen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP) Cooper – 49:11 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	15

1 January 2020 16:30

United States

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 456

Game reference
	Amanda Thiele	Goalies	Yulia Volkova	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Liv Andersson Justine Todd
	Lobdell (Simms, Biotti) – 07:16 1–0 Eden (Burgen) – 10:10 2–0 Gentry (Simms) – 32:47 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	15

Fifth place game

1 January 2020 20:30

Czech Republic

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Viktorie Švejdová	Goalies	Ida Boman	Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Polina Danilova
	0–1 48:35 – T. Johansson (Silén, Karlsson)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	35

Bronze medal game

2 January 2020 12:30

Russia

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 137

Game reference
	Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Kelly Cooke Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Justine Todd
	Glukhareva (Boriskova) – 12:44 1–0 Ponyatovskaya (Glukhareva, Butorina) – 18:18 2–0 Glukhareva (Markova) – 28:36 3–0 Markova (Lifatova, Shkalyova) – 43:10 4–0 4–1 45:35 – Salonen (Rantala, Tervonen) Sviridova (Shkalyova, Markova) – 54:24 5–1 Glukhareva (Shashkina) – 59:08 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	26

Gold medal game

2 January 2020 20:30

Canada

1–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

United States

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 937

Game reference
	Ève Gascon	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Polina Danilova
	0–1 14:38 – Murphy (PP) Paul (Naud) (PP) – 45:38 1–1 1–2 76:52 – Zanon (Nicholson)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	34

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	5	3	1	0	1	11	4	+7	11	Champions
2	A	Canada	5	3	1	1	0	14	7	+7	12	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	6	3	0	1	2	16	10	+6	10	Third place
4	A	Finland	6	1	0	0	5	9	23	−14	3	Fourth place
5	B	Sweden	5	3	0	0	2	8	9	−1	9	Fifth place game
6	B	Czech Republic	5	2	0	1	2	10	8	+2	7
7	B	Switzerland	5	2	1	1	1	10	8	+2	9	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Slovakia (H)	5	0	1	0	4	8	17	−9	2	Relegation to Division I A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Kristi Shashkina	Russia	6	4	4	8	+6	4
2	Sanni Rantala	Finland	6	2	5	7	–5	2
3	Polina Luchnikova	Russia	6	1	6	7	+4	6
4	Hana Haasová	Czech Republic	5	4	1	5	+6	2
4	Laura Zimmermann	Switzerland	6	4	1	5	+4	6
6	Kristina Glukhareva	Russia	6	4	1	5	+3	0
7	Lacey Eden	United States	5	2	3	5	+5	4
8	Sinja Leemann	Switzerland	5	1	4	5	–1	2
9	Romana Halušková	Slovakia	5	3	1	4	–3	0
10	Nelli Laitinen	Finland	6	3	1	4	–4	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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	Viktorie Švejdová	Czech Republic	151:46	2	0.79	75	97.33	0
2	Skylar Vetter	United States	195:27	4	1.23	80	95.00	0
3	Anna Alpatova	Russia	243:12	6	1.48	111	94.59	1
4	Ève Gascon	Canada	258:46	6	1.39	96	93.74	0
5	Ida Boman	Sweden	298:56	9	1.81	129	93.02	2

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Best players selected by the Directorate

• Best Goaltender: Anna Alpatova
• Best Defenceman: Nelli Laitinen
• Best Forward: Kristi Shashkina

Source: IIHF

Media All-Stars

• MVP: Kristi Shashkina
• Goaltender: Anna Alpatova
• Defencemen: Sanni Rantala / Kendall Cooper
• Forwards: Lacey Eden / Laura Zimmermann / Jenna Buglioni

Source: ^[3]

Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 3 to 9 January 2020.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	0	18	2	+16	14	Promotion to Top Division
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	20	3	+17	12
3	Hungary	5	1	1	2	1	10	9	+1	7
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	5	16	−11	6
5	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	10	18	−8	5
6	Denmark	5	0	0	1	4	5	20	−15	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.
(H) Host

Group B

The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 2 to 8 January 2020.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norway	5	3	0	2	0	13	7	+6	11[a]	Promotion to Division I A
2	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	14	3	+11	11[a]
3	China	5	2	2	0	1	12	10	+2	10
4	South Korea	5	1	1	0	3	7	12	−5	5
5	Poland (H)	5	1	0	1	3	8	9	−1	4[b]
6	Great Britain	5	1	0	1	3	5	18	−13	4[b]	Relegation to Division II

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:

1. Austria 1–2 Norway
2. Great Britain 1–5 Poland

Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 25 to 28 January 2020.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	0	0	10	7	+3	8	Promotion to Division I B
2	Netherlands (H)	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Australia	3	0	1	0	2	6	8	−2	2[a]
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2[a]

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:

1. Kazakhstan 2–3 (OT) Australia

Group B

The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 28 January to 2 February 2020.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	18	3	+15	9
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	5	11	−6	6
3	Mexico (H)	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	4	11	−7	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

Finals Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1 February
	Spain (OT)	2
					2 February
	New Zealand	1
					Spain	7
	1 February
					Turkey	0
	Turkey	4
	Mexico	2
					Third place
					2 February
					New Zealand	3
					Mexico	6