2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	6–13 January 2019
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (5th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	98 (4.45 per match)
Attendance	9,031 (411 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Elisa Holopainen (8 points)
MVP
Website	iihf.com/en/events/2019/ww18
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The 2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 12th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Obihiro Arena in Obihiro, Japan from 6 to 13 January.^[1]

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	8	11	−3	3	Quarterfinals
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

6 January 2019 13:00

Sweden

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Tindra Holm	Goalies		Referees: Gabriela Malá Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Kristin Moore Linnea Sainio
	0–1 11:36 – (Wheeler, ) 0–2 28:51 – Serdachny (J. Gosling, Markowski) (PP) (, ) – 31:57 1–2
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	10	Shots	34

6 January 2019 17:00

United States

3–2 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Anniina Nurmi Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Zita Gebora
	(, ) (PP) – 04:55 1–0 1–1 05:58 – Markova () (Webster) – 22:51 2–1 (Eden, ) – 25:33 3–1 3–2 36:59 – Mezentseva (Markova) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	21

7 January 2019 13:00

Sweden

3–5 (0–1, 1–1, 2–3)

Russia

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Tindra Holm	Goalies		Referees: Kaylen Erchul Élizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 05:47 – (, Markova) (Bouveng) – 27:34 1–1 1–2 30:02 – Shkalyova (Markova, ) Ljungblom (Bouveng) (PP) – 40:34 2–2 2–3 44:06 – Shkalyova (, Savonina) Bouveng – 51:02 3–3 3–4 56:38 – (Luchnikova, Shashkina) 3–5 58:37 – (Savonina)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	32

7 January 2019 17:00

Canada

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

United States

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 490

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Daria Ermak Tijana Haack Linesmen: Anna Hammar Linnea Sainio
	J. Gosling (Wheeler) – 17:54 1–0 () – 21:26 2–0 2–1 24:08 – 2–2 24:22 – Murphy () 2–3 43:41 – Murphy ()
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	23

9 January 2019 13:00

Russia

1–5 (0–3, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 240

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Anna Kuroda Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Amy Lack Kristin Moore
	0–1 16:07 – Guay () (PP) 0–2 16:43 – () 0–3 17:32 – (Cooper, Guay) (PP) 0–4 21:32 – (Wheeler, Guay) () (PP) – 43:21 1–4 1–5 44:45 – (Cherkowski, Wheeler) (PP2)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	42

9 January 2019 17:00

United States

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 280

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Élizabeth Mantha Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Zita Gebora Diana Mokhova
	Eden (, ) (EA) – 32:37 1–0 (Murphy, ) (PP) – 41:48 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	17

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	Relegation round
4	Japan (H)	3	0	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

6 January 2019 14:30

Finland

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 1,064

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Kaylen Erchul Tijana Haack Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Amy Lack
	Holopainen (Vainikka, Laitinen) (PP) – 17:44 1–0 1–1 18:56 – (, ) Holopainen (Vainikka) – 36:13 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	19

6 January 2019 18:30

Czech Republic

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 117

Game reference
		Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Daria Ermak Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Anna Hammar Diana Mokhova
	0–1 09:50 – Zimmermann (, Leemann) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	9

7 January 2019 14:30

Czech Republic

4–2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 586

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Anniina Nurmi Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Zita Gebora Kristin Moore
	Mlýnková – 08:43 1–0 1–1 30:58 – Suzuki (Shiga, ) (PP) (, ) – 32:20 2–1 Mlýnková (D. Pejšová, ) – 38:55 3–1 3–2 56:38 – () Čajanová – 58:31 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	31

7 January 2019 18:30

Switzerland

2–4 (0–0, 0–2, 2–2)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 147

Game reference
	Saskia Maurer	Goalies		Referees: Anna Kuroda Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Diana Mokhova
	0–1 24:51 – Liikala (, ) 0–2 38:46 – Holopainen (Vainikka) – 42:16 1–2 Christen (Zimmermann) (PP) – 43:16 2–2 2–3 53:07 – Vainikka (Holopainen) 2–4 54:54 – (Seikkula)
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	9	Shots	28

9 January 2019 14:30

Japan

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 702

Game reference
		Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Tijana Haack Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Anna Hammar Linnea Sainio
	0–1 11:54 – (Zimmermann) Shiga (Ito, ) (PP2) – 24:30 1–1 1–2 30:52 – Ingold (Pagnamenta) (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	15

9 January 2019 18:30

Finland

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 109

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Kaylen Erchul Daria Ermak Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Svenja Strohmenger
	Holopainen (Laitinen, Rantala) (PP) – 24:07 1–0 1–1 57:04 – () Yrjänen () (ENG) – 59:26 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	25

Relegation round[]

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

10 January 2019 14:30

Czech Republic

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 238

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Anniina Nurmi Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Svenja Strohmenger
	D. Pejšová () – 03:07 1–0 Škrdlová (Seroiszková, ) – 04:06 2–0 Mazancová (Kaltounková) – 35:25 3–0 Mazancová (, Kaltounková) – 36:58 4–0 Mlýnková (Dýcková, Čajanová) – 46:49 5–0 (Seroiszková) (PP) – 54:52 6–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	9

12 January 2019 14:30

Japan

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 783

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Tijana Haack Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Zita Gebora Diana Mokhova
	0–1 04:54 – (Mazancová, ) () – 22:57 1–1 Ito () – 45:12 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	15

13 January 2019 13:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 746

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Kaylen Erchul Daria Ermak Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Amy Lack
	Mlýnková (Seroiszková) – 23:13 1–0 (, Škrdlová) – 46:39 2–0 Mlýnková – 58:42 3–0 3–1 59:28 – Ito (Suzuki) (EA)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	18

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

7

A4

Sweden

2

B1

Finland

1

B1

Finland (OT)

3

A1

United States

2

A2

Canada (OT)

3

A2

Canada (OT)

4

A3

Russia (GWS)

2

A3

Russia

3

Third place

B2

Switzerland

1

A3

Russia

0

B1

Finland

3

Quarterfinals[]

10 January 2019 14:30

Sweden

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 140

Game reference
	Tindra Holm	Goalies		Referees: Anna Kuroda Élizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Zita Gebora Amy Lack
	0–1 22:54 – Rantala (Holopainen, Vainikka) (PP) Thuvik () – 38:44 1–1 (Waxin, ) (PP) – 57:32 2–1 2–2 58:08 – Laitinen (EA) 2–3 65:34 – Holopainen (Yrjänen)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	30

10 January 2019 18:30

Russia

2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Gabriela Malá Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Anna Hammar
	Shashkina () (PP) – 10:17 1–0 1–1 56:08 – Christen (PP)
	Markova Pushkar Pushkar Mezentseva Provorova	Shootout	Ingold Christen Vallario Leemann Zimmermann Ingold Leemann Zimmermann Christen
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	18

Semifinals[]

12 January 2019 13:00

United States

7–1 (4–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Daria Ermak Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Marie-Pierre Jalbert
	(, ) – 02:43 1–0 Bilka (Knoll) – 05:51 2–0 Murphy () – 08:09 3–0 (Knoll) (PP) – 19:36 4–0 Knoll (Petrie) – 43:47 5–0 Samoskevich (, ) (PP) – 48:15 6–0 Webster () – 50:09 7–0 7–1 56:08 – Liikala (Yrjänen, )
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	18

12 January 2019 17:00

Canada

4–3 OT (1–1, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 330

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Kaylen Erchul Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Amy Lack Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 09:03 – Savonina (Luchnikova) (PP) (, ) – 11:49 1–1 Guay (Wheeler, ) – 21:28 2–1 2–2 27:46 – Markova (Savonina, ) (PP) J. Gosling (Guay) (PP) – 39:36 3–2 3–3 51:51 – Provorova (, Markova) (PP) Serdachny (PP) – 60:44 4–3
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	13

Fifth place game[]

12 January 2019 18:30

Sweden

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 152

Game reference
		Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Anna Kuroda Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Kristin Moore Linnea Sainio
	0–1 02:18 – Ingold (Zimmermann, ) Ljungblom (Waxin, ) – 02:56 1–1 Blom (Ljungblom, Thuvik) (PP) – 25:25 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	31	Shots	12

Bronze medal game[]

13 January 2019 13:00

Russia

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 140

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Élizabeth Mantha Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Anna Hammar Kristin Moore
	0–1 22:59 – Vainikka (Laitinen, Holopainen) 0–2 23:32 – (, ) 0–3 59:56 – Liikala (Seikkula) (PP, EN)
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	19

Gold medal game[]

13 January 2019 17:00

United States

2–3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 1,527

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Tijana Haack Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Linnea Sainio
	0–1 07:44 – Serdachny (J. Gosling, Guay) (PP) (, ) (PP) – 37:10 1–1 Murphy (, Webster) – 46:07 2–1 2–2 51:11 – (Serdachny, J. Gosling) (PP) 2–3 61:34 – Wheeler (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	27

Final ranking[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	5	2	2	0	1	16	10	+6	10	Champions
2	A	United States	5	4	0	1	0	17	8	+9	13	Runners-up
3	B	Finland	6	4	1	0	1	15	13	+2	14	Third place
4	A	Russia	6	1	1	1	3	13	19	−6	6	Fourth place
5	A	Sweden	5	1	0	1	3	8	13	−5	4	Fifth place game
6	B	Switzerland	5	2	0	1	2	7	9	−2	7
7	B	Czech Republic	6	3	0	0	3	15	8	+7	9	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Japan (H)	6	1	0	0	5	7	18	−11	3	Relegation to Division I A

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Elisa Holopainen	Finland	6	5	3	8	+2	6
2		United States	5	3	3	6	+4	0
3	Alexie Guay	Canada	5	2	4	6	+2	8
4	Ilona Markova	Russia	6	2	4	6	0	0
4	Viivi Vainikka	Finland	6	2	4	6	+2	2
6	Maddi Wheeler	Canada	5	1	5	6	+4	2
7		Czech Republic	6	0	6	6	+6	8
8	Natálie Mlýnková	Czech Republic	6	5	0	5	+6	10
9	Abbey Murphy	United States	5	4	1	5	+5	8
10		Russia	6	4	1	5	0	2

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

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Saskia Maurer	Switzerland	308:58	8	1.55	154	94.81	1
2		Czech Republic	358:42	7	1.17	110	93.64	1
3		United States	301:34	8	1.59	103	92.23	1
4		Finland	313:29	9	1.72	111	91.89	1
5	Tindra Holm	Sweden	185:34	10	3.23	96	89.58	0

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

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Saskia Maurer
  • Best Defenceman: Alexie Guay
  • Best Forward: Elisa Holopainen

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP:
  • Goaltender: Saskia Maurer
  • Defencemen: Alexie Guay / Nelli Laitinen
  • Forwards: Elisa Holopainen / / Ilona Markova

Source: IIHF

Division I[]

Group A[]

Official logo

The Group A tournament was held in Radenthein, Austria from 7 to 13 January 2019.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	14	9	+5	12	Promotion to Top Division
2	Germany	5	3	1	0	1	21	8	+13	11
3	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	13	9	+4	10
4	Italy	5	1	1	1	2	9	16	−7	6
5	Denmark	5	1	0	1	3	9	15	−6	4
6	Austria (H)	5	0	1	0	4	3	12	−9	2	Relegation to Division I B

Group B[]

Official logo

The Group B tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 6 to 12 January 2019.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	5	4	0	1	0	18	2	+16	13	Promotion to Division I A
2	Norway	5	3	1	1	0	14	4	+10	12
3	Great Britain (H)	5	2	1	1	1	7	7	0	9
4	Poland	5	2	1	0	2	12	14	−2	8
5	China	5	1	0	0	4	6	16	−10	3
6		5	0	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0	Relegation to Division II A

Group B qualification[]

Official logo

The Group B Qualification tournament is being held in Jaca, Spain from 12 to 18 January 2019.^[4] For 2020 it was decided to create a Division II and split the teams into two groups. The teams that did not make the semifinals were essentially relegated to Division IIB.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	0	20	1	+19	6	Semifinals
2	Australia	2	1	0	0	1	7	5	+2	3
3		2	0	0	0	2	0	21	−21	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	3	0	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	0	1	10	11	−1	5
3	Spain (H)	3	1	0	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

	5−7th place semifinal				Fifth place
	16 January
		1
					18 January
	Mexico	0
						0
					Spain	7

	Semifinals				Final
	16 January
	Kazakhstan	3
					18 January
	Chinese Taipei	1
					Kazakhstan	3
	16 January
					(GWS)	4
		5
	Australia	2
					Third place
					18 January
					Chinese Taipei	6
					Australia	2

References[]