The 2024 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Divisions II A and II B represent the fourth and the fifth tier of competition at the 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
Group A tournament
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 15 to 21 January 2024.2024 World Championship Division II A official website, www.iihf.com2024 World Championship Division II A statistics, stats.iihf.com
Participating teams TeamQualification6th place in 2023 World Championship Division I B and were relegated2nd place in 2023 World Championship Division II AHosts; 3rd place in 2023 World Championship Division II A4th place in 2023 World Championship Division II A5th place in 2023 World Championship Division II A1st place in 2023 World Championship Division II B and were promoted
Standings
Results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Awards and statistics
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
RankPlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 1 Wang Yifan 5 10 2 12 +12 2 F 2 Meng Fancong 5 1 11 12 +15 8 F 3 Emily Olsthoorn 5 7 4 11 +6 4 F 4 Zhao Ziyu 5 4 6 10 +15 0 F 5 Hu Jiayi 5 3 6 9 +8 0 F 6 Danique Koghee 5 3 5 8 +4 2 F 7 Wang Jiaxin 5 4 3 7 +8 4 F 7 Yu Xinlu 5 4 3 7 +12 4 F 9 Ruby Newlands 5 5 1 6 +3 4 F 9 Ellie Patrick 5 5 1 6 +6 4 F 9 Zhang Biyang 5 5 1 6 +9 0 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF
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.
RankPlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Peng Yiyi 240:00 2 0.50 42 95.24 3 2 Evelyn Brown 260:00 7 1.62 60 88.33 2 3 Nikola Seleviča 302:28 12 2.38 98 87.76 1 4 Veronika Ageyeva 252:47 16 3.80 119 86.55 1 5 Robyn Verkaik 265:00 29 6.57 170 82.94 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Nikola Seleviča Best Defender: Chang Yuqi Best Forward: Emily Olsthoorn Source: IIHF.com
Group B tournament
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 8 to 14 January 2024.2024 World Championship Division II B official website, www.iihf.com2024 World Championship Division II B statistics , stats.iihf.com New Zealand won, clinching promotion by scoring with their goalie pulled in their final game. South Africa replaced Estonia as the final entrant and lost all their games in their debut.
Participating teams TeamQualification6th place in 2023 World Championship Division II A and were relegated2nd place in 2023 World Championship Division II B3rd place in 2023 World Championship Division II B4th place in 2023 World Championship Division II BHosts; 5th place in 2023 World Championship Division II BFirst participation in World Championship
Standings
Results All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
Awards and statistics
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
RankPlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 1 Nerhys Gordon 5 9 3 12 +14 4 F 2 Polly Bennetts 5 7 5 12 +12 0 F 3 Camille Sommerschuh 5 7 3 10 +10 2 F 4 Sólrún Arnarsdóttir 5 3 6 9 +6 4 F 5 Regina Labastida 5 8 0 8 +10 2 D 6 Louise Paulissen 5 3 5 8 +9 0 F 7 Friðrika Magnúsdóttir 5 4 3 7 +5 0 F 8 Rebecca Andrade Castro 5 3 4 7 +11 27 F 9 Camryn Linton 5 2 5 7 +4 2 F 10 Daniela Cuena 5 5 1 6 0 2 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF
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.
RankPlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Anouk Belmans 243:55 5 1.23 98 94.90 1 2 Zadia Paulse 239:44 9 2.25 119 92.44 1 3 Monika Nedyalkova 241:42 13 3.23 153 91.50 0 4 Nicole Duenas 263:22 8 1.82 77 89.61 1 5 Andrea Bachmann 258:14 6 1.39 53 88.68 1 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Anouk Belmans Best Defender: Aðalheiður Ragnarsdóttir Best Forward: Simona Asparuhova Source: IIHF.com
References
External links Official website of IIHF