2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2022 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship is the 14th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey.
On December 24, 2021, the tournament was cancelled for the second year in a row by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on March 21, 2022, the IIHF announced it had reconsidered and rescheduled the Top Division tournament for June 6–13, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. 
The venues are in Dane County, Wisconsin – LaBahn Arena on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, home of the USHL's Madison Capitols.
==Top Division==
===Preliminary round===
All times are local (UTC−5).
====Group A====
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====Group B====
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===Relegation round===
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
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===Final round===
Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:
#tier of the group;
#position in the group.
Rank	Team	Group	
1 	 	A 	1
2 	 	A 	2
3 	 	A 	3
4 	 	A 	4
5 	 	B 	1
6 	 	B 	2
====Bracket====
====Quarterfinals====
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====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final ranking===
==Division I==
===Group A===
The tournament would have been held in Győr, Hungary from 9 to 15 January 2022. It was rescheduled and was played from 3 to 8 April 2022.
===Group B===
The tournament would have been held in Radenthein, Austria from 10 to 16 January 2022. It is replanned to 5–11 September.
==Division II==
The tournament would have been held in Istanbul, Turkey from 21 to 27 January 2022. The tournament, which will feature eight teams, was rescheduled for June 27–July 7.
;Group A
;Group B
==References==
==External links==
*Official website of IIHF
Category:IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Category:2021–22 in women's ice hockey
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Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the United States
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