The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championship. It was held from 7 to 12 January 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the junior ice hockey version 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 participated in the championship:

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 All times are local (UTC–7).

Group A

Group B

Placement round Bracket

5–8th place semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Final round Bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown. Player Marie-Philip Poulin 5 8 6 14 +15 4 FW Camille Dumais 5 5 9 14 +8 0 FW Amanda Kessel 5 4 7 11 +10 2 FW Natalie Spooner 5 3 8 11 +8 0 FW Brooke Ammerman 5 6 4 10 +8 4 FW Ashley Cottrell 5 5 5 10 +10 0 FW Tara Watchorn 5 4 6 10 +9 0 DF Brianne Jenner 5 6 3 9 +7 2 FW Alena Polenská 5 6 3 9 −2 0 FW Carolyne Prevost 5 6 3 9 +8 0 FWSource: IIHF

Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player Alyssa Grogan 240:17 53 4 1.00 92.98 1 Sophie Anthamatten 299:30 218 24 4.81 90.08 0 Valentina Lizana 180:15 72 8 2.66 90.00 1 Julia Zorn 275:31 100 12 2.61 89.29 0 Delayne Brian 210:05 53 8 2.28 86.89 0 Source: IIHF

Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Alyssa Grogan Best Defenceman: Lauriane Rougeau Best Forward: Marie-Philip Poulin

See also 2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships (Men) 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (Men)

Notes

References 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship Team Canada Notes TSN.ca (Canadian Press) Hockey Canada names women's U-18 roster USA Hockey Women’s Under-18 Team Announced

External links Official site TSN.ca 2008 World Women's U-18 Championship Hockey Canada 2008 World Women's Under-18 Championship