2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the twelfth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Obihiro Arena in Obihiro, Japan from 6 to 13 January.
==Top Division==
===Preliminary round===
All times are local (UTC+9).
====Group A====
====Group B====
===Relegation round===
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 ranking===
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Elisa Holopainen 	 	6 	5	3	8 	+2 	6
2 	Makenna Webster 	 	5 	3	3	6 	+4 	0
3 	Alexie Guay 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+2 	8
4 	Ilona Markova 	 	6 	2	4	6 	0 	0
4 	Viivi Vainikka 	 	6 	2	4	6 	+2 	2
6 	Maddi Wheeler 	 	5 	1	5	6 	+4 	2
7 	Kristýna Kaltounková	 	6 	0	6	6 	+6 	8
8 	Natálie Mlýnková 	 	6 	5	0	5 	+6 	10
9 	Abbey Murphy 	 	5 	4	1	5 	+5 	8
10 	Yelizaveta Shkalyova	 	6 	4	1	5 	0 	2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF
====Goaltending leaders====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Saskia Maurer	 	308:58	8 	1.55	154	94.81	1
2 	Julie Pejšová	 	358:42	7 	1.17	110	93.64	1
3 	Skylar Vetter	 	301:34	8 	1.59	103	92.23	1
4 	Erica Jaskari	 	313:29	9 	1.72	111	91.89	1
5 	Tindra Holm 	 	185:34	10	3.23	96 	89.58	0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
===Awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender: Saskia Maurer
**Best Defenceman: Alexie Guay
**Best Forward: Elisa Holopainen
Source: IIHF
*Media All-Stars:
**MVP: Raygan Kirk
**Goaltender: Saskia Maurer
**Defencemen: Alexie Guay / Nelli Laitinen
**Forwards: Elisa Holopainen / Katy Knoll / Ilona Markova
Source: IIHF
==Division I==
===Group A===
The Group A tournament was held in Radenthein, Austria from 7 to 13 January 2019.
===Group B===
The Group B tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 6 to 12 January 2019.
===Group B qualification===
The Group B Qualification tournament is being held in Jaca, Spain from 12 to 18 January 2019.
==References==
Category:IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Category:2019 in hockey