The 2018 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 11th IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Ice Palace in Dmitrov, Russia from 6 to 13 January 2018. The USA won for the seventh time, for the first time defeating someone other than 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.
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 played 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, Makenna Webster Source:
Best players selected by the directorate Best Goalkeeper Anna Amholt Best Defenseman Gracie Ostertag Best Forward Taylor Heise Source:
Statistics
Scoring leaders
PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−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; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%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 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
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
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
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
References