# 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fourth junior female world ice hockey championships. It was held from January 1 through January 8, 2011, in Stockholm, Sweden. The championship was the Under-18 junior ice hockey edition of the women worlds, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Eight teams played in the top division, and six teams played in Division I.

## Top Division
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 | Relegation Round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1)

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | +27 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | Relegation Round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1)

### Relegation round

Best of three.
Japan is relegated to Division I for the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

### Final Round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| | | | B1 | United States | 14 | | | |
| A2 | Germany | 1 | B3 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | |
| B3 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | | B1 | United States | 5 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Canada | 2 |
| | | | A1 | Canada | 6 |
| B2 | Sweden | 2 | A3 | Finland | 1 |
| A3 | Finland | 3* | | | | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | | | | B3 | Czech Republic | 0 |
| | | | | | | A3 | Finland | 3 |
* Decided in Overtime.

#### Gold medal game
### Ranking and statistics
### Final rankings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | B | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | +43 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | A | Finland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 8 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Sweden (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | A | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 7 | A | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 6 | Win Relegation game |
| 8 | B | Japan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 3 | Relegation to Division I A |

#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Alex Carpenter | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +4 | 0 | FW |
| Hannah Brandt | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +11 | 2 | FW |
| Amanda Pelkey | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +9 | 2 | FW |
| Emily Field | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 0 | FW |
| Nicole Kosta | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 6 | FW |
| Haley Skarupa | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +5 | 0 | FW |
| Meghan Dufault | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +6 | 2 | FW |
| Layla Marvin | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +9 | 2 | FW |
| Laura Stacey | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 2 | FW |
| Phoebe Stänz | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −4 | 14 | FW |
| Lara Stalder | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | DF |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source:

#### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Amanda Makela | 120:00 | 2 | 1.00 | 94.59 | 0 |
| Nadja Gruber | 239:27 | 7 | 1.75 | 94.35 | 1 |
| Tamara Klossner | 237:34 | 8 | 2.02 | 92.98 | 1 |
| Isabella Portnoj | 341:46 | 15 | 2.63 | 92.82 | 1 |
| Veronika Hladíková | 270:31 | 14 | 3.11 | 91.57 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source:

#### Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
* Best Goaltender: Isabella Portnoj
* Best Defenceman: Milica McMillen
* Best Forward: Alex Carpenter
Source:

## Division I

The tournament was held in Dmitrov, Russia, from 28 March to 3 April 2011.
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | +42 | 15 | Promoted to the 2012 Top Division |
| Slovakia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 12 | |
| Austria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 9 | |
| Norway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 | |
| France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 3 | Relegated to the 2012 Qualification Tournament |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 48 | −40 | 0 | Relegated to the 2012 Qualification Tournament |