The 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.
France won the Division I Group A tournament and moved up to the Top Division, while Italy became the champions of Division I Group B and will play in the Division I Group A tournament next year.
Similar to last year, there are no relegations to lower divisions this year either.
Division I Group A
The Division I Group A tournament was played in Vaujany, France, from 8 to 14 April 2018.2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A official website2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division I A last year.Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.Placed 4th in Division I A last year.Placed 5th in Division I A last year.Hosts; placed 6th in Division I A last year.Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Div I A Assignments
Referees Henna Åberg Kristine Langley Meghan MacTavish Ramona Weiss
Linesmen Anne Boniface Stéphanie Gagnon Jenni Jaatinen Michaela Kúdeľová Jessica Lundgren Sara Strong Sueva Torribio
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).
Awards and statistics
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Ena Nystrøm Best Defenseman: Gwendoline Gendarme Best Forward: Fanni Gasparics Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Fanni Gasparics 5 6 4 10 +1 0 F Josefine Jakobsen 5 2 8 10 +3 10 F Silke Glud 5 6 3 9 +5 0 F Denise Altmann 5 4 5 9 +4 14 F Nicoline Jensen 5 3 6 9 +4 8 F Alexandra Huszák 5 6 2 8 +3 4 F Anna Meixner 5 2 5 7 +2 14 F Tifani Horváth 5 1 6 7 +4 2 F Averi Nooren 5 3 3 6 +3 0 F Chloé Aurard 5 4 1 5 +4 12 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Ena Nystrøm 179:22 4 1.34 104 96.15 1 Caroline Baldin 238:35 7 1.76 103 93.20 0 Theresa Hornich 180:00 7 2.33 74 90.54 1 137:49 7 3.05 74 90.45 0 Anikó Németh 298:48 13 2.61 130 90.00 1 TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Division I Group B
The Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 8 to 14 April 2018.2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B official website2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division I B last year.Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.Placed 4th in Division I B last year.Hosts; placed 5th in Division I B last year.Placed 6th in Division I B last year.Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Div I B Assignments
Referees Vanessa Morin Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Radka Růžičková Laura White
Linesmen Tanja Cadonau Magdaléna Čerhitová Stephanie Cole Mirjam Gruber Amy Lack Senovwa Mollen Kristin Moore
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).
Awards and statistics
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Giulia Mazzocchi Best Defenseman: Nadia Mattivi Best Forward: Park Jong-ah Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Eleonora Dalprà 5 3 6 9 +7 2 F Park Jong-ah 5 4 3 7 +5 2 F Park Yoon-jung 5 5 0 5 +5 2 F Anna de la Forest de Divonne 5 3 2 5 +1 6 F Hou Yue 5 2 2 4 +1 6 F Lee Jing-yu 5 2 2 4 +3 2 F Līga Miljone 5 2 2 4 −3 25 F Karolina Późniewska 5 2 2 4 0 2 F Carola Saletta 5 2 2 4 +5 4 F Han Soo-jin 5 1 3 4 +7 0 F Anna Katrīna Lagzdiņa 5 1 3 4 −3 0 F Park Chae-lin 5 1 3 4 +3 2 D GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Giulia Mazzocchi 239:37 5 1.25 93 94.62 1 Wang Yuqing 296:51 6 1.21 108 94.44 1 Kristiāna Apsīte 300:00 12 2.40 167 92.81 1 Daria Dmitrieva 252:42 8 1.90 110 92.73 1 Shin So-jung 284:44 7 1.48 88 92.05 0 TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
References
External links Official website of IIHF Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info