# 2014 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

The 2014 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships was the seventh IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. Organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the ice hockey tournament was played at two rinks of the Jégpalota (lit. 'Ice Palace'; called 'Icecenter' in IIHF documents) in Budapest, Hungary, from 23 to 30 March 2014.

## Top Division
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 | Advance to Semifinals |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | Relegation round |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 9 | Advance to Semifinals |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | Relegation round |

### Relegation round

The teams played a best-of-three series.
Hungary are relegated to the 2015 Division I.

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Canada | 1 | | | |
| B2 | Russia | 3 | B2 | Russia | 0 | | | |
| A3 | Finland | 1 | | | | A1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | | | | B1 | United States | 1 |
| | | | B1 | United States | 3 |
| A2 | Czech Republic | 3 | A2 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| B3 | Sweden | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B2 | Russia | 0 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Czech Republic | 1 |

#### Final
### Final rankings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | A | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 14 | Champions |
| 2 | B | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | A | Czech Republic | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Russia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | Finland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | B | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 7 | A | Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 6 | Win Relegation game |
| 8 | B | Hungary (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 0 | Relegation to Division I A |

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Sarah Potomak | Canada | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +7 | 0 |
| 2 | Taylar Cianfarano | United States | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +8 | 0 |
| 3 | Rui Ukita | Japan | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +2 | 2 |
| 4 | Victoria Bach | Canada | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +7 | 0 |
| 5 | Emma Nuutinen | Finland | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –1 | 2 |
| 5 | Lauren Wildfang | Canada | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
| 7 | Haruka Toko | Japan | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +3 | 2 |
| 8 | Ève-Audrey Picard | Canada | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +8 | 4 |
| 9 | Alexandria Laing | United States | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +8 | 0 |
| 10 | Chisato Miyazaki | Japan | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source:

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Shea Tiley | Canada | 183:09 | 1 | 0.33 | 98.63 | 2 |
| 2 | Nadezhda Morozova | Russia | 224:02 | 4 | 1.07 | 96.23 | 0 |
| 3 | Klara Peslarova | Czech Republic | 345:00 | 9 | 1.57 | 95.08 | 2 |
| 4 | Sarah Berglind | Sweden | 179:33 | 8 | 2.67 | 93.44 | 0 |
| 5 | Ayu Tonosaki | Japan | 199:11 | 9 | 2.71 | 93.23 | 1 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

#### Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
* Best Goaltender: Klára Peslarová
* Best Defenceman: Jincy Dunne
* Best Forward: Taylar Cianfarano
Source:

## Division I
### Division I "A"

The Division I "A" tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 29 March to 4 April 2014.
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 13 | Promoted to the 2015 Top Division |
| France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 11 | |
| Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 11 | |
| Norway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 6 | |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | |
| Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 | Relegated to the 2015 Division I Qualification |

### Division I Qualification

The Division I Qualification tournament was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, from 18 to 23 March 2014.
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| Austria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 12 | Promoted to the 2015 Division I "A" |
| Poland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 | |
| China | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 5 | |
| Italy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 2 | |