2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship were the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championships. They were held from January 7 through January 12 of 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the Under-18 junior ice hockey edition of the women worlds, held under the auspices of the IIHF.
The inaugural competition featured two groups of nations in round robin play, followed by playoffs. There were eight national teams.
==Teams==
The following teams are participating in the championship:
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==Format==
The eight participating teams are divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams will play each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group will proceed to the medal round, while the remaining teams will play in the placing games.
==Preliminary round==
    	Teams proceed to Medal round
    	Teams sent to Placing round
===Group A===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	38	3 	+35	9
2. 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	10	16	-6 	6
3. 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	15	-8 	3
4. 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	5 	26	-21	0
====Results====
All times local (UTC-7)
===Group B===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	28	2 	+26	9
2. 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	20	7 	+13	6
3. 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	17	-10	3
4. 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	31	-29	0
====Results====
All times local (UTC-7)
==Placement Round==
===7th/8th Place Game===
===5th/6th Place Game===
==Playoff round==
===Draw===
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Final standings==
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th	
5th	
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==External links==
* Official site
* TSN.ca 2008 World Women's U-18 Championship
* Hockey Canada 2008 World Women's Under-18 Championship
==See also==
* 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships (Men)
* 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (Men)
==References==
* TSN.ca (Canadian Press) Hockey Canada names women's U-18 roster 
* USA Hockey Women’s Under-18 Team Announced 
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