# 2013 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

The 2013 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships was the sixth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and was hosted in Finland. It began on December 29, 2012, with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013.

## Top Division
### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | Relegation round |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 2 | Relegation round |

### Relegation round

The teams played a best-of-three series. With Russia winning the first two meetings, a third one wasn't necessary and Germany was relegated to Division I in 2013.
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | United States | 10 | | | |
| A2 | Finland | 3 | B3 | Czech Republic | 0 | | | |
| B3 | Czech Republic | 5 | | | | B1 | United States | 1 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Canada | 2 |
| | | | A1 | Canada | 7 |
| B2 | Sweden | 4 | B2 | Sweden | 2 |
| A3 | Hungary | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B3 | Czech Republic | 0 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Sweden | 4 |
All times are local (UTC+2).

#### Final
### Ranking and statistics
#### Final rankings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | A | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 14 | Champions |
| 2 | B | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2 | +34 | 13 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 34 | −22 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | Finland (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 9 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | A | Hungary | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 7 | B | Russia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 7 | Win Relegation game |
| 8 | A | Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 2 | 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 |
| Katherine Schipper | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +9 | 4 | FW |
| Yelena Dergachyova | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 6 | FW |
| Amy Menke | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +8 | 2 | FW |
| Emma Nuutinen | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 10 | FW |
| Megan Wolfe | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 0 | FW |
| Anna Shokhina | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +5 | 8 | FW |
| Catherine Dubois | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +7 | 2 | FW |
| Grace Zarzecki | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 0 | FW |
| Jincy Roese | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +11 | 0 | D |
| Halli Krzyzaniak | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +7 | 8 | D |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

#### 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 |
| Kimberly Newell | 180:11 | 3 | 1.00 | 96.00 | 1 |
| Sidney Peters | 180:58 | 2 | 0.66 | 95.24 | 2 |
| Minatsu Murase | 189:16 | 6 | 1.90 | 94.55 | 2 |
| Franziska Albl | 246:40 | 13 | 3.16 | 91.39 | 0 |
| Eveliina Suonpää | 238;31 | 11 | 2.77 | 90.52 | 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: Minatsu Murase
* Best Defenceman: Halli Krzyzaniak
* Best Forward: Katherine Schipper
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## Division I
### Qualification tournament

The qualification tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 27 October to 1 November 2012. The top two teams were promoted to Division I of this year, and the third team was promoted to Division I of next year, because starting in 2014 one team will be promoted from the qualification tournament and will wait until the following year to play in Division I.
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 12 | 2013 Division I |
| Slovakia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 12 | 2013 Division I |
| Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 9 | 2014 Division I |
| Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | |
| China | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 4 | |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 0 | |

### Final tournament

The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 14 | Promoted to the 2014 Top Division |
| Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 10 | |
| France | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | |
| Austria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 | −18 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division I Qualification |