2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	France  Italy
Dates	8–14 April 2018
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I Group A tournament was played in Vaujany, France,^[1] and the Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy,^[2] both from 8 to 14 April 2018.

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.^[3][4]

Division I Group A[]

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	8–14 April 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	85 (5.67 per match)
Attendance	5,401 (360 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Fanni Gasparics (10 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Austria	Placed 2nd in Division I A last year.
Norway	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Denmark	Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Hungary	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
France	Host, placed 6th in Division I A last year.
Slovakia	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France (H)	5	4	0	0	1	16	8	+8	12	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Austria	5	3	0	0	2	19	15	+4	9[a]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	0	2	21	13	+8	9[a]
4	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	14	15	−1	6[b]
5	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	7	10	−3	6[b]
6	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	8	24	−16	3

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 April 2018 12:30

Slovakia

3–2 (0–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Austria

, Vaujany Attendance: 70

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Anne Boniface Stéphanie Gagnon
	0–1 02:02 – Altmann Čurmová () (PP) – 28:55 1–1 – 36:17 2–1 2–2 42:07 – Altmann (Meixner) Klimášová () – 50:56 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	30

8 April 2018 16:00

France

3–2 (1–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Denmark

, Vaujany Attendance: 709

Game reference
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Cassandra Repstock-Romme	Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Sara Strong
	0–1 10:46 – Glud (Jakobsen, Asperup) (PP) Jouanny – 16:16 1–1 1–2 38:18 – Glud (N. Jensen) Duvin (Rozier) – 52:23 2–2 Aurard (Escudero) – 59:09 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	26

8 April 2018 19:30

Hungary

5–4 (1–0, 2–3, 2–1)

Norway

, Vaujany Attendance: 107

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies		Referee: Meghan MacTavish Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Sueva Torribio
	(Jókai Szilágyi) – 01:28 1–0 1–1 20:14 – () 1–2 23:08 – (Dalen) 1–3 30:14 – (Bialik) Gasparics () – 31:43 2–3 Dabasi () – 32:50 3–3 (Gasparics) (PP) – 41:41 4–3 (Gasparics) (PP) – 49:28 5–3 5–4 50:45 – Haug Hansen ()
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	26

9 April 2018 12:30

Denmark

6–3 (2–1, 2–2, 2–0)

Slovakia

, Vaujany Attendance: 168

Game reference
	Emma-Sofie Nordström	Goalies		Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Jenni Jaatinen Sara Strong
	0–1 04:55 – () Gregersen (Jakobsen) (PP) – 07:36 1–1 Brix (Persson, Frandsen) – 15:06 2–1 2–2 29:04 – Klimášová (Matejková) Glud (Jakobsen) – 30:35 3–2 Jakobsen (Glud, N. Jensen) – 36:07 4–2 4–3 37:02 – (Čurmová, ) (PP) Glud (Jakobsen, N. Jensen) (PP) – 43:26 5–3 Glud (Jakobsen, N. Jensen) – 56:20 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	23

9 April 2018 16:00

Austria

6–4 (0–2, 5–1, 1–1)

Hungary

, Vaujany Attendance: 189

Game reference
		Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Sueva Torribio
	0–1 05:34 – () 0–2 19:38 – Gasparics (, ) Altmann () – 29:10 1–2 (Meixner, ) (PP) – 32:09 2–2 Meixner (Schafzahl) – 34:28 3–2 3–3 35:26 – Gasparics (Nooren) – 36:54 4–3 Weber (, ) (PP) – 38:40 5–3 Beiter (, Altmann) – 55:06 6–3 6–4 57:31 – Gasparics ()
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	28

9 April 2018 19:30

Norway

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

France

, Vaujany Attendance: 799

Game reference
		Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Stéphanie Gagnon Michaela Kúdeľová
	Dalen (PP) – 29:10 1–0 Dalen (SH) – 32:49 2–0 2–1 53:35 – Baudrit (Escudero, Jouanny) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	20

11 April 2018 12:30

Norway

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Denmark

, Vaujany Attendance: 143

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Emma-Sofie Nordström	Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Anne Boniface Jessica Lundgren
	0–1 48:26 – Glud (N. Jensen)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	26

11 April 2018 16:00

Slovakia

1–8 (0–3, 0–2, 1–3)

Hungary

, Vaujany Attendance: 206

Game reference
		Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Sara Strong Sueva Torribio
	0–1 07:43 – (, ) 0–2 16:17 – Huszák (Dabasi, ) 0–3 18:12 – Huszák (Dabasi, T. Horváth) 0–4 35:30 – Gasparics (T. Horváth, Huszák) 0–5 36:29 – Nooren (, Jókai Szilágyi) 0–6 44:35 – Gowie (Nooren) 0–7 48:43 – T. Horváth (Gasparics) (PP2) 0–8 51:02 – (, K. Jókai Szilágyi) (PP) (, ) (PP) – 52:49 1–8
	20 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	44

11 April 2018 19:30

Austria

2–3 (2–1, 0–1, 0–1)

France

, Vaujany Attendance: 800

Game reference
		Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Meghan MacTavish Linesmen: Stéphanie Gagnon Jenni Jaatinen
	(, ) – 02:03 1–0 (Meixner, Altmann) – 02:51 2–0 2–1 09:17 – Aurard (Jure) 2–2 26:15 – Gendarme (Baudrit) (PP) 2–3 59:55 – Passard (Locatelli) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	25

13 April 2018 12:30

Denmark

5–6 (3–3, 1–2, 1–1)

Austria

, Vaujany Attendance: 92

Game reference
	Emma-Sofie Nordström Cassandra Repstock-Romme	Goalies		Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Sueva Torribio
	0–1 01:17 – (, ) Jakobsen (Glud, N. Jensen) – 02:37 1–1 N. Jensen (Jakobsen, ) (PP) – 09:27 2–1 2–2 14:00 – Altmann () (PP) N. Jensen (Jakobsen, Glud) – 15:27 3–2 3–3 19:45 – () N. Jensen (Andersen, Jakobsen) – 24:05 4–3 4–4 27:48 – Beiter-Schwärzler (Altmann, Meixner) 4–5 37:52 – Meixner (Altmann, Hanser) 4–6 43:26 – Beiter-Schwärzler (Altmann, Meixner) Gregersen (Persson, Frandsen) (PP, EA) – 58:49 5–6
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	35

13 April 2018 16:00

Norway

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

, Vaujany Attendance: 268

Game reference
	Ena Nystrøm	Goalies		Referee: Meghan MacTavish Linesmen: Anne Boniface Jenni Jaatinen
	(, ) – 25:16 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	28

13 April 2018 19:30

Hungary

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

France

, Vaujany Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Anikó Németh	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Sara Strong
	0–1 15:10 – Duvin (Allemoz, Aurard) (PP) (, ) (PP) – 18:45 1–1 1–2 29:34 – Duvin (Escudero)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	27

14 April 2018 12:30

Austria

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

, Vaujany Attendance: 102

Game reference
		Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Anne Boniface Michaela Kúdeľová
	(, ) – 31:29 1–0 (Weber, ) – 31:49 2–0 Volgger (Grascher) – 48:38 3–0
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	50	Shots	21

14 April 2018 16:00

Denmark

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Hungary

, Vaujany Attendance: 148

Game reference
	Cassandra Repstock-Romme	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Meghan MacTavish Linesmen: Stéphanie Gagnon Jenni Jaatinen
	0–1 16:59 – (Gasparics) 0–2 27:11 – Gasparics () 0–3 35:35 – ()
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	44

14 April 2018 19:30

France

7–1 (3–0, 4–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

, Vaujany Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Caroline Lambert	Goalies		Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Sara Strong
	Aurard (Villiot, Escudero) – 03:37 1–0 Rozier (Villiot) – 05:15 2–0 Desvignes (Villiot) – 07:57 3–0 Aurard (Escudero, Duvin) – 27:02 4–0 4–1 31:05 – (, ) Cuasnet (Duvin) (SH) – 32:54 5–1 Baudrit (Allemoz) (SH) – 33:23 6–1 Baudrit (Allemoz) (SH) – 34:36 7–1
	33 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	30

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
	5	6	2	8	+3	4	F
Anna Meixner	5	2	5	7	+2	14	F
	5	1	6	7	+4	2	F
	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
	180:00	7	2.33	74	90.54	1
Cassandra Repstock-Romme	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[]

2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	8–14 April 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	64 (4.27 per match)
Attendance	2,275 (152 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(9 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Kazakhstan	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Latvia	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
China	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Italy	Host, placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Poland	Placed 6th in Division I B last year.
South Korea	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Italy (H)	5	4	0	0	1	14	6	+8	12	Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2	South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	20	8	+12	11
3	Latvia	5	3	0	0	2	7	12	−5	9
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	9	10	−1	7
5	China	5	2	0	0	3	7	7	0	6
6	Poland	5	0	0	0	5	7	21	−14	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 April 2018 13:30

South Korea

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

Kazakhstan

, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies		Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Amy Lack
	Kim S. (Griffin) (PP) – 31:09 1–0 1–1 59:41 – Brandt () – 64:54 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	18

8 April 2018 17:00

Poland

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

China

, Asiago Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Stephanie Cole
	0–1 28:59 – (, ) 0–2 32:37 – (Yu, He) 0–3 42:02 – Yu (Liu, ) 0–4 47:55 – Fang (Hou, )
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	41

8 April 2018 20:30

Italy

5–1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Latvia

, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Giulia Mazzocchi	Goalies		Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Senovwa Mollen
	() – 06:25 1–0 De Rocco (SH) – 20:36 2–0 De la Forest de Divonne (De Rocco) – 30:32 3–0 (, ) – 37:16 4–0 De la Forest de Divonne (Saletta, Dalprà) – 43:21 5–0 5–1 55:33 – (, Miljone)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	22

9 April 2018 13:30

Latvia

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Poland

, Asiago Attendance: 60

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Mirjam Gruber
	(Miljone) (PP2) – 38:43 1–0 1–1 48:46 – () () – 56:45 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	34

9 April 2018 17:00

China

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

South Korea

, Asiago Attendance: 90

Game reference
		Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Amy Lack Kristin Moore
	() – 26:25 1–0 1–1 29:08 – Choi Ji. (Park J.) () – 39:27 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	27

9 April 2018 20:30

Kazakhstan

1–4 (0–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Italy

, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Senovwa Mollen
	() – 27:31 1–0 1–1 31:26 – () 1–2 36:40 – (Dalprà) (PP) 1–3 41:31 – Carignano () 1–4 45:34 – Saletta (Dalprà, De la Forest de Divonne)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	25

11 April 2018 13:30

Latvia

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

China

, Asiago Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Mirjam Gruber
	0–1 20:51 – (, ) Miljone () (PP) – 44:22 1–1 Miljone (Yip-Chuck) (PP) – 53:15 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	30

11 April 2018 17:00

Kazakhstan

4–3 (2–2, 2–1, 0–0)

Poland

, Asiago Attendance: 75

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Amy Lack Senovwa Mollen
	() – 01:34 1–0 1–1 07:01 – () (SH) () – 12:42 2–1 2–2 19:44 – Czaplik (Późniewska) 2–3 28:05 – (Wieczorek) (PP) Moldabai () (PP) – 33:03 3–3 (Shegebayeva, Moldabai) – 34:39 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	25

11 April 2018 20:30

South Korea

3–2 (1–1, 0���0, 2–1)

Italy

, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Kristin Moore
	Park J. (Kim S.) – 12:33 1–0 1–1 14:21 – () (PP2) 1–2 42:02 – Dalprà (SH) Park C. (, Kim S.) – 57:03 2–2 Park C. (Choi Ji., Han) – 58:11 3–2
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	18

12 April 2018 13:30

China

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Kazakhstan

, Asiago Attendance: 60

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Kristin Moore
	0–1 52:14 – () 0–2 56:29 – Tukhtieva (, ) 0–3 59:27 – Ryspek (ENG)
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	26	Shots	29

12 April 2018 17:00

Latvia

1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

South Korea

, Asiago Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies	Shin So-jung Han Do-hee	Referee: Henna-Maria Koivuluoma Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Senovwa Mollen
	0–1 05:53 – Park J. (Jo) 0–2 20:53 – Im (Kim S., Park C.) (PP) 0–3 33:00 – Kim H. (, Eom) 0–4 50:25 – Park J. () – 54:26 1–4 1–5 59:50 – Han S. (Park J., Eom) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	33

12 April 2018 20:30

Italy

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Poland

, Asiago Attendance: 210

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Amy Lack
	(De la Forest de Divonne) – 14:40 1–0 1–1 19:22 – (Wieczorek) De la Forest de Divonne (Dalprà, ) (PP) – 40:45 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	15

14 April 2018 13:30

Poland

2–9 (0–3, 1–3, 1–3)

South Korea

, Asiago Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies	Shin So-jung Han Do-hee	Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Mirjam Gruber Amy Lack
	0–1 04:34 – Griffin (Kim S., Park C.) (PP) 0–2 12:25 – Park Yo. (Choi Ji., Park J.) 0–3 17:48 – Park Yo. (Im) Wieczorek – 24:28 1–3 1–4 31:02 – Cho (Jo) 1–5 32:21 – 1–6 38:48 – Park Yo. (Choi Y. Han) () – 51:02 2–6 2–7 53:00 – Park Yo. (Kim H.) 2–8 54:52 – Lee J. (Park Ye.) 2–9 58:56 – Park J. (Park Ye., Han)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	43

14 April 2018 17:00

Kazakhstan

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Latvia

, Asiago Attendance: 90

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laura White Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Stephanie Cole
	0–1 27:26 – () (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	36	Shots	20

14 April 2018 20:30

China

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Italy

, Asiago Attendance: 550

Game reference
		Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Tanja Cadonau Kristin Moore
	0–1 30:17 – De Rocco () (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	21

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Giulia Mazzocchi
  • Best Defenseman:
  • 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
	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
	5	2	2	4	+1	6	F
	5	2	2	4	+3	2	F
Līga Miljone	5	2	2	4	−3	25	F
	5	2	2	4	0	2	F
	5	2	2	4	+5	4	F
Han Soo-jin	5	1	3	4	+7	0	F
	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
	296:51	6	1.21	108	94.44	1
	300:00	12	2.40	167	92.81	1
	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