# 2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

The 2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 14th IIHF U18 Women's 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. 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.
The venues which hosted the event in Dane County, Wisconsin were LaBahn Arena, located 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 | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| − | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled |
* 1 2 3 Finland 3 Pts, +1 GD; Canada 3 Pts, 0 GD; Sweden 3 Pts, –1 GD

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czechia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | Relegation round |
* 1 2 3 Slovakia 3 Pts, +2 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, +1 GD; Germany 3 Pts, –3 GD

### Relegation round

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

### Final round

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:
* tier of the group;
* position in the group.
| Rank | Team | Group | Pos |
| 1 | United States | A | 1 |
| 2 | Finland | A | 2 |
| 3 | Canada | A | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden | A | 4 |
| 5 | Czechia | B | 1 |
| 6 | Slovakia | B | 2 |

#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | 12 June | 12 June | | |
| | | 1 United States | 3 | |
| 10 June | 10 June | | 1 United States | 3 | |
| 10 June | 10 June | 4 Sweden | 2 | |
| 3A Canada | 7 | 4 Sweden | 2 | |
| 3A Canada | 7 | | | | 13 June | 13 June |
| 2B Slovakia | 0 | | | | 13 June | 13 June |
| 2B Slovakia | 0 | | | | 1 United States | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 Canada | 3 |
| | | 12 June | 12 June | | | |
| | | 2 Finland | 1 | | | |
| 10 June | 10 June | | 2 Finland | 1 | | |
| 10 June | 10 June | 3 Canada | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| 4A Sweden | 2 | 3 Canada | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| 4A Sweden | 2 | | | | 13 June | 13 June |
| 1B Czechia | 1 | | | | 13 June | 13 June |
| 1B Czechia | 1 | | | | 2 Finland | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 Sweden | 0 |

#### Gold medal game
### 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 (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 | Czechia | 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 |

### Awards and statistics
#### Awards

| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Emilia Kyrkkö |
| Defenceman | Tuva Kandell |
| Forward | Laila Edwards |
| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Emilia Kyrkkö |
| Defenceman | Sydney Morrow |
| Defenceman | Sara Swiderski |
| Forward | Adéla Šapovalivová |
| Forward | Laila Edwards |
| Forward | Sanni Vanhanen |
| MVP | Laila Edwards |

#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| 1 | Tereza Plosová | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +8 | 0 | F |
| 2 | Adéla Šapovalivová | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 2 | F |
| 3 | Laila Edwards | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F |
| 3 | Tereza Pištěková | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 0 | F |
| 5 | Sydney Morrow | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +7 | 4 | D |
| 6 | Alina Marti | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | F |
| 7 | Tessa Janecke | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 2 | F |
| 7 | Sanni Vanhanen | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 2 | F |
| 9 | Tuva Kandell | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –4 | 6 | D |
| 10 | Ava Murphy | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 4 | D |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF

#### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Rank | Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Emilia Kyrkkö | 238:44 | 6 | 1.51 | 145 | 95.86 | 2 |
| 2 | Michaela Hesová | 286:34 | 5 | 1.05 | 89 | 94.38 | 2 |
| 3 | Mari Pietersen | 273:17 | 6 | 1.32 | 96 | 93.75 | 1 |
| 4 | Annelies Bergmann | 238:29 | 6 | 1.51 | 91 | 93.41 | 1 |
| 5 | Lisa Jönsson | 292:03 | 13 | 2.67 | 191 | 93.19 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

## Division I
### Group A

The tournament would have been held in Győr, Hungary from 9 to 15 January 2022. It was rescheduled and played from 3 to 8 April 2022.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Japan | 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 | |

### Group B

The tournament would have been held in Radenthein, Austria from 10 to 16 January 2022. It was rescheduled to 6–11 September.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Austria (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 10 | Promoted to the 2023 Division I A |
| 2 | Poland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 5 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 Chinese Taipei 4–1 South Korea

## Division II

The tournament would have been held in Istanbul, Turkey from 21 to 27 January 2022. It was rescheduled and played from 27 June to 5 July.
| | Spain |
| | Great Britain |
| | Australia |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Latvia |
| 6 | Turkey |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Kazakhstan |
| 9 | Iceland |
| Promoted to the 2023 Division I B | Relegated to the 2023 Division II B |