2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

The 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I was three international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Divisions I A, I B and I B Q represented the second, third and fourth tier of competition at the 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
==Division I Group A==
The Group A tournament was held in Asiago, Italy from 8 to 14 January 2018.2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I A statistics, webarchive.iihf.com Having just been relegated to Division I in 2017, Japan entered the tournament with something to prove, handily winning all five matches in regulation and reclaiming their place in the Top Division. Despite eking out a shootout win against Hungary, Norway amassed the fewest points and were relegated to Division I Group B.
===Final standings===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1 	 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	21	1 	20 	15 	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2 	 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	18	11	7 	11 	
3 	(H) 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	13	14	−1 	7 	
4 	 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	10	17	−7 	6 	
5 	 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	8 	18	−10	4 	
6 	 	5 	0	1 	0 	4	4 	13	−9 	2 	Relegated to the 2019 Division I B
===Results===
==Division I Group B==
The Group B tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 6 to 12 January 2018.2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I B statistics, webarchive.iihf.com Denmark won the tournament with a +27 goal difference and were promoted to Division I Group A. With only one point earned in five games, Australia was relegated to Division I Group B Qualification.
Danish defenceman Amanda Refsgaard was the highest scoring player of the tournament, notching 4 goals and 6 assists. Seven of the highest scoring players were Danish, including all five of the top ranked players. The leading scorer from a team other than Denmark was forward Elise Lombard of France, who ranked sixth overall with 4 goals and 2 assists.
Denmark also topped the charts on the goaltending front, with goaltenders Martine Terrida and Emma-Sofie Nordströ] ranking first and second in both goals against average (GAA) and save percentage (Sv%). Goaltender Martyna Sass of Poland recorded the highest time on ice at 258 minutes, nearly fifteen minutes more than any other goaltender at the tournament.
===Final standings===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1 	 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	30	3 	27 	15 	Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2 	 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	16	6 	10 	12 	
3 	(H) 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	17	9 	8 	9 	
4 	 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	9 	22	−13	5 	
5 	 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	7 	15	−8 	3 	
6 	 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	6 	30	−24	1 	Relegated to the 2019 Division I B Qualification
===Results===
==Division I Group B Qualification==
The Group B Qualification tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 30 January to 4 February 2018.2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I B Qualification statistics, webarchive.iihf.com The Netherlands won promotion to Division I Group B.
===Final standings===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Promotion
1 	 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	25	5 	20 	12 	Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2 	(H) 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	11	9 	2 	9 	
3 	 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	16	9 	7 	6 	
4 	 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	20	13	7 	3 	
5 	 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	3 	39	−36	0 	
===Results===
==References==
==External links==
* Official website of IIHF
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