2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship is the third junior female world ice hockey championships. It will be held from March 27 through April 3, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. The championship is the Under-18 junior ice hockey edition of the women worlds, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Eight teams will play in the top division, and six teams play in Division I.
==Top Division==
==Teams==
The following teams will participate in the championship:
* Canada
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==Preliminary round==
    	Teams proceed to Medal round
    	Teams sent to Placing round
====Group A====
Japan's 3-1 victory over Finland is the first time in IIHF history that any Japanese national team had ever beaten a Finnish national team.
====Standings====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	31	1 	9
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	9 	3
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	17	3
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	23	3
====Results====
All times local (UTC-5)
====Group B====
====Standings====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	29	3 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	9 	13	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	21	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	5 	13	0
====Results====
All times local (UTC-5)
==Relegation Round==
The relegation round was played as a best-of-three playoff. The Czech Republic sweep hence rendered the last game unnecessary.
This is the first time any Russian national team has ever been officially relegated since the country began international competition in 1954 as part of the Soviet Union. (The senior Russian women's team finished the 2005 World Championships in a relegation position, but an expansion of the 2007 tournament to nine teams in 2007 granted them a reprieve.)
 is relegated to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
== Final round ==
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
====5th place playoff====
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Final standings==
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th	
5th	
6th	
7th	
8th	
==Division I==
The tournament was held in Piešťany, Slovakia, from April 3 to April 9, 2010.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	44	5 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	16	15	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	17	9 	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	16	14	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	14	27	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	9 	46	0
 is promoted to Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
==External links==
* Official site of the IIHF
==See also==
*2010 IIHF World U18 Championships (Men)
*2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (Men)
==References==
 
Category:Women's U18 World Ice Hockey Championships
Category:2010 in hockey