2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

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2016 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship
Championnat du monde moins de 18 ans de hockey sur glace féminin 2016 (French)
2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates8–15 January 2016
Teams8
Venue(s)Meridian Centre,  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States (5th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Sweden
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored113 (5.38 per match)
Attendance34,520 (1,644 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Switzerland Alina Müller
(9 points)
MVPRussia Valeria Tarakanova
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2017 →

The 2016 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the ninth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in St. Catharines, Canada.[1]

Meridian Centre the venue for the tournament

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Advance to semifinals
2  Canada (H) 3 2 0 0 1 17 6 +11 6
3  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 5 13 −8 3 Advance to quarterfinals
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
8 January 2016
16:00		United States 6–0
(2–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 Czech RepublicMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 584
8 January 2016
19:30		Canada 5–2
(2–0, 3–2, 0–0)		 RussiaMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 3,564
9 January 2016
16:00		Russia 0–6
(0–0, 0–4, 0–2)		 United StatesMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 1,707
9 January 2016
19:30		Canada 11–0
(3–0, 7–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 3,389
11 January 2016
16:00		Czech Republic 2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)		 RussiaMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 797
11 January 2016
19:30		United States 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 CanadaMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 4,016

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 13 4 +9 6[a] Advance to quarterfinals
2  Finland 3 2 0 0 1 14 4 +10 6[a]
3   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 9 5 +4 6[a] Advance to relegation round
4  France 3 0 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Sweden 3 Pts, +2 GD; Finland 3 Pts, 0 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, −2 GD
8 January 2016
12:00		Finland 11–1
(2–0, 5–0, 4–1)		 FranceMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 3,521
8 January 2016
14:00		Sweden 5–1
(3–0, 1–0, 1–1)		  Switzerland, St. Catharines
Attendance: 471
9 January 2016
12:00		Switzerland  2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 FinlandMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 578
9 January 2016
14:00		Sweden 7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 France, St. Catharines
Attendance: 406
11 January 2016
12:00		Finland 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 SwedenMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 2,635
11 January 2016
14:00		Switzerland  6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 France, St. Catharines
Attendance: 211

Relegation series[]

The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

12 January 2016
12:00		Switzerland  5–1
(2–1, 0–0, 3–0)		 FranceMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 224
14 January 2016
12:00		France 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		  SwitzerlandMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 537

Final round[]

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
        A1  United States 4  
  A4  Czech Republic 2     B1  Sweden 0    
  B1  Sweden 3         A1  United States 3
      A2  Canada 2
        A2  Canada 4    
  A3  Russia 3     A3  Russia 0   Third place
  B2  Finland 0   B1  Sweden 2
  A3  Russia 1

Quarterfinals[]

12 January 2016
16:00		Czech Republic 2–3
(0–0, 2–1, 0–2)		 SwedenMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 444
12 January 2016
19:30		Russia 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 FinlandMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 1011

Semifinals[]

14 January 2016
16:00		United States 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SwedenMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 711
14 January 2016
19:30		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 RussiaMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 2,819

Fifth place game[]

14 January 2016
12:00		Czech Republic 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 Finland, St. Catharines
Attendance: 187

Bronze medal game[]

15 January 2016
16:00		Russia 1–2
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0)		 SwedenMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 1,192

Gold medal game[]

15 January 2016
19:30		United States 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 CanadaMeridian Centre, St. Catharines
Attendance: 5,516

Final standings[]

Relegated to the 2017 Division I

Tournament awards[]

Best players selected by the directorate
Best Goalkeeper Sweden Emma Söderberg
Best Defenseman United States Cayla Barnes
Best Forward Switzerland Alina Müller

Source: IIHF.com

Media All Stars
Goalkeeper Sweden Emma Söderberg
Defenceman United States Cayla Barnes
Defenceman Sweden Jessica Adolfsson
Forward Russia Fanuza Kadirova
Forward Canada Ashton Bell
Forward Switzerland Alina Müller
Most Valuable Player Russia Valeria Tarakanova

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Alina Müller   Switzerland 5 7 2 9 +5 10
2 Natalie Snodgrass  United States 5 6 1 7 +8 6
3 Fanuza Kadirova  Russia 6 5 2 7 +1 0
4 Rahel Enzler   Switzerland 5 1 6 7 +4 0
5 Jessica Adolfsson  Sweden 6 1 6 7 +2 6
6  United States 5 4 2 6 +6 0
6 Petra Nieminen  Finland 5 4 2 6 +4 2
8  Sweden 6 4 2 6 +2 6
9 Ashton Bell  Canada 5 3 3 6 +6 0
10 Jenniina Nylund  Finland 5 2 4 6 +2 4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1  United States 181:47 3 0.99 95.45 1
2  Finland 179:36 4 1.34 93.33 0
3 Emma Söderberg  Sweden 240:00 7 1.75 93.27 0
4   Switzerland 279:36 6 1.29 91.04 2
5 Valeria Tarakanova  Russia 288:40 14 2.91 90.07 1

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

Division I[]

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

Division I "A"[]

Was played in Miskolc, Hungary 10–16 January 2016.

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Japan 5 5 0 0 0 18 2 +16 15
 Germany 5 3 1 0 1 19 8 +11 11
 Slovakia 5 3 0 1 1 18 9 +9 10
 Norway 5 2 0 0 3 14 12 +2 6
 Hungary 5 1 0 0 4 4 24 −20 3
 Denmark 5 0 0 0 5 2 20 −18 0
Promoted to the 2017 Top Division Relegated to the 2017 Division I Qualification

Division I Qualification[]

Was played in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria, January 7 to 11, 2016.[2] The teams were divided into two groups of four where the winners played off against each other for promotion to the 2017 Division I tournament. The top six teams remain in the newly titled Division 1 B, Romania and Australia were relegated to the new Division I B Qualification tournament.

Seventh place game[]

11 January 2016
11:45		Romania 6–7 GWS
(3–1, 2–2, 1–3)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 Australia, Radenthein

Fifth place game[]

11 January 2016
15:15		China 5–2
(1–0, 4–0, 0–2)		 Poland, Radenthein

Bronze medal game[]

11 January 2016
12:00		Kazakhstan 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 Great Britain, Spittal an der Drau

Gold medal (promotion) game[]

11 January 2016
15:30		Austria 3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)		 Italy, Spittal an der Drau

References[]

  1. ^ Women's U18 host named
  2. ^ New format for Women's under 18 qualification

External links[]

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