2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2016 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the ninth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in St. Catharines, Canada.Women's U18 host named
==Top Division==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
====Group B====
==Relegation series==
The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
==Final round==
===Bracket===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
==Final standings==
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Relegated to the 2017 Division I
==Tournament awards==
;Best players selected by the directorate
Best Goalkeeper	Emma Söderberg
Best Defenseman	Cayla Barnes
Best Forward 	Alina Müller
Source: IIHF.com
;Media All Stars
Goalkeeper 	Emma Söderberg
Defenceman 	Cayla Barnes
Defenceman 	Jessica Adolfsson
Forward 	Fanuza Kadirova
Forward 	Ashton Bell
Forward 	Alina Müller
Most Valuable Player	Valeria Tarakanova
== Statistics ==
=== Scoring leaders ===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Alina Müller 	 	5 	7	2	9 	+5 	10
2 	Natalie Snodgrass	 	5 	6	1	7 	+8 	6
3 	Fanuza Kadirova 	 	6 	5	2	7 	+1 	0
4 	Rahel Enzler 	 	5 	1	6	7 	+4 	0
5 	Jessica Adolfsson	 	6 	1	6	7 	+2 	6
6 	Rebecca Gilmore 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+6 	0
6 	Petra Nieminen 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+4 	2
8 	Celine Tedenby 	 	6 	4	2	6 	+2 	6
9 	Ashton Bell 	 	5 	3	3	6 	+6 	0
10 	Jenniina Nylund 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+2 	4
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
=== Goaltending leaders ===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	TOI 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Alex Gulstene 	 	181:47	3 	0.99	95.45	1
2 	Tila Pajarinen 	 	179:36	4 	1.34	93.33	0
3 	Emma Söderberg 	 	240:00	7 	1.75	93.27	0
4 	Vanessa Bolinger 	 	279:36	6 	1.29	91.04	2
5 	Valeria Tarakanova	 	288:40	14	2.91	90.07	1
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
==Division I==
===Division I "A"===
Was played in Miskolc, Hungary 10–16 January 2016. 
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Promoted to the 2017 Top Division	Relegated to the 2017 Division I Qualification
===Division I Qualification===
Was played in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria, January 7 to 11, 2016.New format for Women's under 18 qualification The teams were divided into two groups of four where the winners played off against each other for promotion to the 2017 Division I tournament. The top six teams remain in the newly titled Division 1 B, Romania and Australia were relegated to the new Division I B Qualification tournament.
;Group A
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;Group B
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====Seventh place game====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal (promotion) game====
==References==
==External links==
* AllSportDB.com Event page
* IIHF.com 2016 events index
* Hockey Canada page
* Eurohockey page
Category:2016 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Women's U18 Championships