2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2020 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Dates	26 December 2019 – 2 January 2020
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	86 (4.1 per match)
Attendance	7,538 (359 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Kristi Shashkina (8 points)
MVP	Kristi Shashkina
Website	iihf.com/en/events/2020/ww18
← 2019 2021 (cancelled) →

The 2020 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 13th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey.

Top Division[]

Match officials[]

9 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	9	4	+5	8	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4	Quarterfinals
4	Finland	3	0	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

26 December 2019 12:30

Canada

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 298

Game reference
	Ève Gascon	Goalies		Referees: Kelly Cooke Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wang Hui
	(, ) – 19:00 1–0 (Wheeler) – 23:55 2–0 2–1 50:35 – Korzhakova (Luchnikova) 2–2 53:49 – Shashkina (Korzhakova, Luchnikova) () – 63:12 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	19

26 December 2019 16:30

United States

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 311

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Darya Abrosimova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Polina Danilova Justine Todd
	Murphy () (PP) – 10:36 1–0 1–1 11:38 – Yrjänen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP) (Eden) – 33:40 2–1 (, ) – 39:59 3–1 (Eden) – 40:37 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	10

27 December 2019 12:30

Finland

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Canada

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 378

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Kelly Cooke Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Liv Andersson Kendall Hanley
	0–1 05:16 – () N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP) – 19:21 1–1 1–2 46:53 – () 1–3 52:37 – Wheeler () 1–4 54:55 – () (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	13	Shots	31

27 December 2019 16:30

United States

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 292

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Henna Åberg Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Marine Dinant
	(EA) – 54:31 1–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	20

29 December 2019 12:30

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

United States

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 719

Game reference
	Ève Gascon	Goalies		Referees: Henna Åberg Darya Abrosimova Linesmen: Polina Danilova Marine Dinant
	(Wheeler) – 00:20 1–0 – 54:23 2–0 2–1 59:58 – Eden (, ) (PP2, EA)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	28

29 December 2019 16:30

Russia

4–2 (1–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 320

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Drahomíra Fialova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Kendall Hanley
	Luchnikova (Shashkina) – 01:46 1–0 1–1 17:24 – N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP) 1–2 20:56 – Rantala (N. Laitinen) (PP) Shashkina () – 21:50 2–2 Shashkina (Luchnikova) – 24:46 3–2 Markova () – 36:39 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	30

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Switzerland	3	0	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3	Relegation round
4	Slovakia (H)	3	0	1	0	2	6	11	−5	2

26 December 2019 16:30

Switzerland

2–1 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 99

Game reference
	Caroline Spies	Goalies		Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Stephanie Cole
	0–1 16:56 – () Marti (Christen) – 43:10 1–1 Zimmermann (Christen, Leemann) – 60:28 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	23

26 December 2019 20:30

Sweden

4–2 (0–0, 3–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 543

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Gabriela Malá Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Marine Dinant Amy Lack
	L. Johansson (, ) – 27:22 1–0 (, L. Johansson) (PP) – 34:03 2–0 Thuvik (, ) – 38:32 3–0 Blom (G. Johansson, ) – 56:03 4–0 4–1 56:37 – (, ) (PP) 4–2 59:52 –
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	24

27 December 2019 16:30

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Viktorie Švejdová	Goalies		Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Polina Danilova Amy Lack
	() – 04:46 1–0 1–1 32:10 – (L. Johansson) (PP) (Mazancová, ) – 47:40 2–1 Kaltounková (Čajanová, Haasová) – 58:35 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	23

27 December 2019 20:30

Switzerland

2–3 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 0–1)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 527

Game reference
	Caroline Spies	Goalies		Referees: Darya Abrosimova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Wang Hui
	0–1 36:03 – () Leemann (EA) – 50:06 1–1 1–2 54:23 – () (Frey) – 55:45 2–2 2–3 62:52 – Matejková
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	20

29 December 2019 16:30

Sweden

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 99

Game reference
		Goalies	Caroline Spies	Referees: Elena Ivanova Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Justine Todd
	() – 10:55 1–0 (Markström) (ENG) – 58:39 2–0
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	9

29 December 2019 20:30

Slovakia

1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 1,248

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Liv Andersson Amy Lack
	0–1 08:34 – (, Čajanová) (PP) 0–2 25:05 – Mazancová (SH) 0–3 39:34 – (Kaltounková, D. Pejšová) 0–4 50:49 – D. Pejšová () (EA) () (PP) – 54:38 1–4 1–5 59:52 – (, Gruntová)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	33

Relegation round[]

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

30 December 2019 20:30

Switzerland

4–1 (4–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Caroline Spies	Goalies		Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Wang Hui
	(Zimmermann, Leemann) (PP) – 06:37 1–0 Zimmermann (, ) – 09:37 2–0 Zimmermann (Leemann, Christen) (PP) – 13:42 3–0 (Leemann) – 15:51 4–0 4–1 53:53 – (, ) (PP, EA)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	10

1 January 2020 16:30

Slovakia

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Switzerland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies	Caroline Spies	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Amy Lack Wang Hui
	() – 04:15 1–0 1–1 24:58 – Marti (Ingold, Frey) (PP) 1–2 36:46 – Zimmermann ()
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	18

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Canada

4

A4

Finland

3

A4

Finland

1

B1

Czech Republic

1

A1

Canada

1

A2

United States (OT)

2

A2

United States

3

A3

Russia

4

A3

Russia

0

Third place

B2

Sweden

0

A3

Russia

6

A4

Finland

1

Quarterfinals[]

30 December 2019 16:30

Finland

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 213

Game reference
		Goalies	Viktorie Švejdová	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Liv Andersson Justine Todd
	Rantala (Sundelin) – 07:55 1–0 – 19:53 2–0 Yrjänen – 25:02 3–0 3–1 47:38 – ()
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	12

30 December 2019 20:30

Russia

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 193

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Drahomíra Fialova Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Marine Dinant
	() – 06:29 1–0 Korzhakova (Luchnikova, Shashkina) – 18:25 2–0 Shashkina (Luchnikova, ) – 40:33 3–0 (Shashkina , Shashkina) (PP) – 42:47 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	19

Semifinals[]

1 January 2020 12:30

Canada

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 316

Game reference
	Ève Gascon	Goalies		Referees: Kelly Cooke Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Marine Dinant Kendall Hanley
	(Messier) – 06:11 1–0 () – 07:12 2–0 (Messier, Buglioni) – 19:28 3–0 3–1 44:46 – N. Laitinen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP) – 49:11 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	15

1 January 2020 16:30

United States

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 456

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Liv Andersson Justine Todd
	(, ) – 07:16 1–0 Eden () – 10:10 2–0 (Simms) – 32:47 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	15

Fifth place game[]

1 January 2020 20:30

Czech Republic

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Viktorie Švejdová	Goalies		Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Polina Danilova
	0–1 48:35 – (, )
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	35

Bronze medal game[]

2 January 2020 12:30

Russia

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 137

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Kelly Cooke Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Justine Todd
	() – 12:44 1–0 (Glukhareva, ) – 18:18 2–0 Glukhareva (Markova) – 28:36 3–0 Markova (, ) – 43:10 4–0 4–1 45:35 – (Rantala, ) (Shkalyova, Markova) – 54:24 5–1 Glukhareva (Shashkina) – 59:08 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	26

Gold medal game[]

2 January 2020 20:30

Canada

1–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

United States

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 937

Game reference
	Ève Gascon	Goalies		Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Polina Danilova
	0–1 14:38 – Murphy (PP) () (PP) – 45:38 1–1 1–2 76:52 – ()
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	34

Final ranking[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	5	3	1	0	1	11	4	+7	11	Champions
2	A	Canada	5	3	1	1	0	14	7	+7	12	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	6	3	0	1	2	16	10	+6	10	Third place
4	A	Finland	6	1	0	0	5	9	23	−14	3	Fourth place
5	B	Sweden	5	3	0	0	2	8	9	−1	9	Fifth place game
6	B	Czech Republic	5	2	0	1	2	10	8	+2	7
7	B	Switzerland	5	2	1	1	1	10	8	+2	9	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Slovakia (H)	5	0	1	0	4	8	17	−9	2	Relegation to Division I A

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Kristi Shashkina	Russia	6	4	4	8	+6	4
2	Sanni Rantala	Finland	6	2	5	7	–5	2
3	Polina Luchnikova	Russia	6	1	6	7	+4	6
4		Czech Republic	5	4	1	5	+6	2
4	Laura Zimmermann	Switzerland	6	4	1	5	+4	6
6		Russia	6	4	1	5	+3	0
7	Lacey Eden	United States	5	2	3	5	+5	4
8	Sinja Leemann	Switzerland	5	1	4	5	–1	2
9		Slovakia	5	3	1	4	–3	0
10	Nelli Laitinen	Finland	6	3	1	4	–4	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	Viktorie Švejdová	Czech Republic	151:46	2	0.79	75	97.33	0
2		United States	195:27	4	1.23	80	95.00	0
3		Russia	243:12	6	1.48	111	94.59	1
4	Ève Gascon	Canada	258:46	6	1.39	96	93.74	0
5		Sweden	298:56	9	1.81	129	93.02	2

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:
  • Best Defenceman: Nelli Laitinen
  • Best Forward: Kristi Shashkina

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Kristi Shashkina
  • Goaltender:
  • Defencemen: Sanni Rantala /
  • Forwards: Lacey Eden / Laura Zimmermann /

Source: IIHF

Division I[]

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 3 to 9 January 2020.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	0	18	2	+16	14	Promotion to Top Division
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	20	3	+17	12
3	Hungary	5	1	1	2	1	10	9	+1	7
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	5	16	−11	6
5	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	10	18	−8	5
6	Denmark	5	0	0	1	4	5	20	−15	1	Relegation to Division I B

Group B[]

The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 2 to 8 January 2020.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norway	5	3	0	2	0	13	7	+6	11[a]	Promotion to Division I A
2	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	14	3	+11	11[a]
3	China	5	2	2	0	1	12	10	+2	10
4		5	1	1	0	3	7	12	−5	5
5	Poland (H)	5	1	0	1	3	8	9	−1	4[b]
6	Great Britain	5	1	0	1	3	5	18	−13	4[b]	Relegation to Division II A

Division II[]

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 25 to 28 January 2020.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	0	0	10	7	+3	8	Promotion to Division I B
2	(H)	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Australia	3	0	1	0	2	6	8	−2	2[a]
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2[a]	Relegation to Division II B

Group B[]

The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 28 January to 2 February 2020.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	18	3	+15	9
2		3	2	0	0	1	5	11	−6	6
3	Mexico (H)	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

Finals Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1 February
	Spain (OT)	2
					2 February
	New Zealand	1
					Spain	7
	1 February
						0
		4
	Mexico	2
					Third place
					2 February
					New Zealand	3
					Mexico	6

References[]

External links[]

• Official website