2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2018 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the eleventh Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Ice Palace in Dmitrov, Russia from January 6th to 13th. The USA won for the seventh time, for the first time defeating someone else other that Canada in the Gold medal game. Sweden took silver, while Canada took bronze beating host Russia. The Russians beat Canada in the preliminary round, marking another first.
On 4 January 2018, the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia announced that all entry tickets would be free as part of their program.http://tass.ru/sport/4856692
==Top Division==
===Preliminary round===
All times are local (UTC+3).
====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===
===Tournament awards===
Most Valuable Player
 Taylor Heise
All-star team
* Goaltender: Anna Amholt
* Defencemen: Maja Nylén Persson, Alexie Guay
* Forwards: Taylor Heise, Ilona Markova, Markenna Webster
Source: IIHF.com
Best players selected by the directorate
* Best Goalkeeper Anna Amholt
* Best Defenseman Gracie Ostertag
* Best Forward Taylor Heise
Source: IIHF.com
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Lisa Rüedi 	 	5 	6	5	11 	0 	0
2 	Rahel Enzler 	 	5 	3	6	9 	+2 	0
3 	Makenna Webster 	 	5 	2	7	9 	+8 	0
4 	Britta Curl 	 	5 	4	4	8 	+6 	2
4 	Taylor Heise 	 	5 	4	4	8 	+7 	12
6 	Dominique Petrie 	 	5 	3	5	8 	+7 	8
7 	Kristýna Kaltounková	 	5 	3	4	7 	+6 	10
8 	Elisa Holopainen 	 	5 	1	6	7 	+7 	0
9 	Alexie Guay 	 	6 	1	6	7 	+2 	10
10 	Abigail Murphy 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+6 	2
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 	Sanni Ahola 	 	299:07	9 	1.81	92.91	0
2 	Diana Farkhutdinova	 	343:23	12	2.10	92.45	1
3 	Anna Amholt 	 	208:25	11	3.17	91.85	1
4 	Saskia Maurer 	 	297:52	12	2.42	91.37	1
5 	Kristýna Bláhová 	 	301:36	12	2.39	90.98	0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
==Division I==
The Group A tournament was held in Asiago, Italy from 8 to 14 January 2018. The Group B tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 6 to 12 January 2018. The Group B Qualification tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 30 January to 4 February 2018.
===Division I A===
===Division I B===
===Division I B qualification===
==References==
Category:IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Category:2018 in hockey