2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2017 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the tenth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in Přerov and Zlín, Czech Republic. For the third straight year the United States defeated Canada for the gold, winning their sixth title overall. Russia defeated Sweden for the bronze, reversing the outcome of the previous year.
==Top Division==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
====Group B====
==Relegation series==
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team, Japan was relegated
==Final round==
===Bracket===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
==Final ranking==
==Tournament awards==
;Best players selected by the directorate
Best Goalkeeper	Valeria Merkusheva
Best Defenseman	Cayla Barnes
Best Forward 	Sophie Shirley
Source: IIHF.com
== Statistics ==
=== Scoring leaders ===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Lisa Rüedi 	 	5 	5	1	6 	+4 	0
2 	Grace Zumwinkle 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+6 	2
3 	Cayla Barnes 	 	5 	3	3	6 	+5 	4
4 	Sophie Shirley 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+1 	2
5 	Natalie Heising 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+4 	2
6 	Petra Nieminen 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+4 	4
6 	Brette Pettet 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+2 	2
6 	Noemi Ryhner 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+5 	2
9 	Clair Degeorge 	 	5 	0	5	5 	+3 	4
10 	Oxana Bratisheva 	 	5 	3	1	4 	–3 	31
10 	Magdalena Erbenová	 	5 	3	1	4 	+2 	0
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 	Jenna Silvonen 	 	240:00	3 	0.75	96.97	2
2 	Alex Gulstene 	 	181:57	3 	0.99	95.89	0
3 	Danika Ranger 	 	180:41	3 	1.00	95.08	1
4 	Saskia Maurer 	 	315:00	9 	1.71	94.92	0
5 	Valeria Merkusheva	 	288:56	11	2.28	93.41	2
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 Budapest, Hungary 8–14 January 2017.
===Division I B===
Was played in Katowice Poland, 8–14 January 2017.
===Division I B qualification===
Was played in San Sebastián Spain, 26–29 January 2017. This was the inaugural competition for this level, featuring the debuts of both Spain and Mexico.
==References==
==External links==
* IIHF.com 2017 events index
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