2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

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2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Championnat du monde moins de 18 ans de hockey sur glace féminin 2008 (French)
2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesJanuary 7–12
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored168 (8.4 per match)
Attendance9,872 (494 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Marie-Philip Poulin
(14 points)
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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[]

See also: 2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification

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[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 3 3 0 0 0 38 3 +35 9 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10 16 −6 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 7 15 −8 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Finland 3 0 0 0 3 5 26 −21 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
January 7, 2008
19:30		Finland 2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0-1)		 GermanyNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 102
January 7, 2008
19:45		Canada 11–2
(4–0, 4–1, 3–1)		 Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 976
January 8, 2008
19:30		Finland 3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 106
January 8, 2008
19:45		Germany 1–10
(0–2, 1–4, 0–4)		 CanadaFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,024
January 9, 2008
19:30		Czech Republic 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)		 GermanyNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 121
January 9, 2008
19:45		Canada 17–0
(6–0, 8–0, 3–0)		 FinlandFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,052

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 28 2 +26 9 Semifinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 20 7 +13 6
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 7 17 −10 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Russia 3 0 0 0 3 2 31 −29 0
Source: IIHF
January 7, 2008
16:00		Sweden 4–1
(3–0, 1–0, 0–1)		  SwitzerlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 98
January 7, 2008
16:15		United States 11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)		 RussiaFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 452
January 8, 2008
16:00		Sweden 14–0
(4–0, 5–0, 5–0)		 RussiaNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 52
January 8, 2008
16:15		Switzerland  0–11
(0–5, 0–1, 0–5)		 United StatesFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 401
January 9, 2008
16:00		Russia 2–6
(0–1, 1–3, 1–2)		  SwitzerlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 57
January 9, 2008
16:15		United States 6–2
(1–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 SwedenFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 397

Placement round[]

Bracket[]

  5–8th place semifinals     5th place
                 
  A3  Germany 2  
  B4  Russia 1    
      A3  Germany 4
      A4  Finland 1
  B3   Switzerland 2    
  A4  Finland 7   7th place
 
B3   Switzerland 4
  B4  Russia 1

5–8th place semifinals[]

January 11, 2008
16:00		Germany 2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 RussiaNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 64
January 11, 2008
19:30		Switzerland  2–7
(1–2, 0–3, 1–2)		 FinlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 61

7th place game[]

January 12, 2008
9:30		Switzerland  4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)		 RussiaNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 54

5th place game[]

January 12, 2008
13:30		Germany 4–1
(3–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 FinlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 76

Final round[]

Bracket[]

  Semifinals     Final
                 
  A1  Canada 7  
  B2  Sweden 1    
      A1  Canada 2
      B1  United States 5
  B1  United States 8    
  A2  Czech Republic 0   Third place
 
B2  Sweden 2
  A2  Czech Republic 4

Semifinals[]

January 11, 2008
16:15		United States 8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 483
January 11, 2008
19:45		Canada 7–1
(2–0, 4–0, 1–1)		 SwedenFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,628

Bronze medal game[]

January 12, 2008
16:00		Sweden 2–4
(0–0, 0–1, 2–3)		 Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 512

Gold medal game[]

January 12, 2008
19:30		Canada 2–5
(0–2, 1–2, 1–1)		 United StatesFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 2,156

Ranking and statistics[]

Final standings[]

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 GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Canada Marie-Philip Poulin 5 8 6 14 +15 4 FW
Canada 5 5 9 14 +8 0 FW
United States Amanda Kessel 5 4 7 11 +10 2 FW
Canada Natalie Spooner 5 3 8 11 +8 0 FW
United States Brooke Ammerman 5 6 4 10 +8 4 FW
United States 5 5 5 10 +10 0 FW
Canada Tara Watchorn 5 4 6 10 +9 0 DF
Canada Brianne Jenner 5 6 3 9 +7 2 FW
Czech Republic Alena Polenská 5 6 3 9 −2 0 FW
Canada 5 6 3 9 +8 0 FW

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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
United States 240:17 53 4 1.00 92.98 1
Switzerland Sophie Anthamatten 299:30 218 24 4.81 90.08 0
Sweden Valentina Lizana 180:15 72 8 2.66 90.00 1
Germany Julia Zorn 275:31 100 12 2.61 89.29 0
Canada Delayne Brian 210:05 53 8 2.28 86.89 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Tournament awards[]

Best players selected by the directorate:

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Hockey Canada - IIHF DIRECTORATE AWARDS AND MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - IIHF WORLD WOMEN'S UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP". Hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-13.

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