The 2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division II consisted of two international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Division II A represented the fourth tier and Division II B the fifth tier of the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.
Group A tournament
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 20 to 26 January 2025.
Participating teams Team Qualification Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated Placed 2nd in Division II A last year Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II A last year Placed 4th in Division II A last year Placed 5th in Division II A last year Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted
Standings
Match results All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
RankPlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 1 Sofiya Zubkova 5 9 9 18 +13 2 F 2 Sofiya Muravyeva 5 9 4 13 +9 0 F 3 Šarlote Štāle 5 6 7 13 +10 0 F 4 Ruby Newlands 5 5 8 13 +10 0 F 5 Kira Krukholskaya 5 4 8 12 +11 0 F 6 Hanna Strause 5 8 3 11 +9 0 F 7 Zlatotsveta Feoktistova 5 7 4 11 +9 4 F 8 Kjara Paula Želubovska 5 1 10 11 +11 2 F 9 Emma Lamberton 5 5 5 10 +7 0 F 10 Sofiya Rakovskaya 5 2 8 10 +9 6 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 Lucy Holliday 200:00 3 0.90 65 95.38 1 2 Veronika Ageyeva 253:40 7 1.66 104 93.27 2 3 Megija Kaže 119:42 6 3.01 68 91.18 0 4 Nikola Seleviča 178:25 5 1.68 52 90.38 1 5 Robyn Verkaik 191:16 13 4.08 105 87.62 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: Lucy Holliday Best Defender: Emīlija Jakovļeva Best Forward: Ruby Newlands Source: IIHF.com
Group B tournament
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 18 to 23 January 2025.
Participating teams Team Qualification Hosts; placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated Placed 2nd in Division II B last year Placed 3rd in Division II B last year Placed 4th in Division II B last year Placed 6th in Division II B last year
Standings
Match results All times are local (Turkey Time – UTC+3).
Awards and Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
RankPlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 1 Friðrika Magnúsdóttir 4 7 8 15 +15 0 F 2 Sólrún Arnardóttir 4 3 9 12 +12 4 F 3 Kolbrún Björnsdóttir 4 5 5 10 +13 2 F 4 Magdalena Sulova 4 4 4 8 +8 2 D 5 Eda Seçen 4 2 6 8 +11 2 F 6 Eyrún Garðarsdóttir 4 3 2 5 +4 6 F 6 Linnore Saunders 4 3 2 5 –2 6 F 8 Tan Göksal 4 4 0 4 +11 0 D 9 Dolunay Erbakan 4 3 1 4 +7 0 F 10 Ece Erasçı 4 1 3 4 +7 2 D 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 Erva Kanat 200:00 1 0.30 47 97.87 2 2 Diana Óskarsdóttir 195:28 3 0.92 45 93.33 0 3 Sofia Hernández 238:53 8 2.01 117 93.16 0 4 Anouk Belmans 196:26 12 3.67 102 88.24 0 5 Hayley Chrissopoulos 179:03 26 8.71 182 85.71 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: Erva Kanat Best Defender: Ans van Hoof Best Forward: Friðrika Magnúsdóttir Source: IIHF.com
References
External links Official website of IIHF