2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–12 January 2018
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Denmark
Runner-up	France
Third place	Poland
Website	IIHF.com

2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 January 2018
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runner-up	Slovakia
Third place	Italy
Website	IIHF.com

2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Italy; Poland; Mexico
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	8–14 January 2018; 6–12 January 2018; 30 January – 4 February 2018
Teams	17
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The 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I was three international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Divisions I A, I B and I B Q represented the second, third and fourth tier of competition at the 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

Division I Group A[edit]

The Group A tournament was held in Asiago, Italy from 8 to 14 January 2018.^[1] Having just been relegated to Division I in 2017, Japan entered the tournament with something to prove, handily winning all five matches in regulation and reclaiming their place in the Top Division. Despite eking out a shootout win against Hungary, Norway amassed the fewest points and were relegated to Division I Group B.^[2]

Final standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	21	1	+20	15	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Slovakia	5	3	1	0	1	18	11	+7	11
3	Italy (H)	5	2	0	1	2	13	14	−1	7
4	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	10	17	−7	6
5	Hungary	5	1	0	1	3	8	18	−10	4
6	Norway	5	0	1	0	4	4	13	−9	2	Relegated to the 2019 Division I B

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

Results[edit]

8 January 2018
14:00

Hungary

2–6
(1–3, 1–1, 0–2)

Slovakia

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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8 January 2018
17:30

Austria

3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

Norway

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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8 January 2018
21:00

Italy

0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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9 January 2018
13:30

Slovakia

5–2
(3–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Austria

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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9 January 2018
17:00

Japan

6–1
(1–1, 1–0, 4–0)

Hungary

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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9 January 2018
20:30

Norway

0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Italy

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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11 January 2018
13:30

Japan

5–0
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Austria

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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11 January 2018
17:00

Slovakia

2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Norway

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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11 January 2018
20:30

Italy

2–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–2)

Hungary

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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12 January 2018
13:30

Norway

0–5
(0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Japan

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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12 January 2018
17:00

Hungary

0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Austria

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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12 January 2018
20:30

Slovakia

5–4 OT
(1–1, 1–3, 2–0)
OT: (1–0)

Italy

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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14 January 2018
13:30

Norway

3–2 GWS
(2–1, 0–0, 0–1)
OT: (0–0) GWS: (1–0)

Hungary

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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14 January 2018
17:00

Japan

3–0
(3–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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14 January 2018
20:30

Austria

4–6
(0–1, 4–2, 0–3)

Italy

Pala Hodegart, Asiago

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Statistics[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Diana Vargová	Slovakia	5	3	6	9	+4	0
2	Nadia Mattivi	Italy	5	6	2	8	+7	16
3	Moeka Tsutsumi	Japan	5	3	5	8	+4	0
4	Theresa Schafzahl	Austria	5	5	1	6	+3	4
5	Remi Koyama	Japan	5	3	3	6	+5	2
6	Patrícia Ágoštonová	Slovakia	5	4	1	5	+3	4
6	Kaho Suzuki	Japan	5	4	1	5	+4	2
8	Lívia Kúbeková	Slovakia	5	3	2	5	+5	6
9	Anna Caumo	Italy	5	1	4	5	+4	4
9	Nikola Nemčeková	Slovakia	5	1	4	5	+2	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[edit]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Reika Sasaki	Japan	263:04	1	0.23	97.87	2
2	Ena Nystrøm	Norway	242:26	7	1.73	93.14	0
3	Sara Belli	Italy	300:57	14	2.79	91.72	1
4	Anja Adamitsch	Austria	220:36	11	2.99	91.06	1
5	Andrea Rišianová	Slovakia	272:56	11	2.42	89.42	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards[edit]

Best players selected by the directorate[edit]

Best Goalkeeper: Ena Nystrøm
Best Defenseman: Nadia Mattivi
Best Forward: Theresa Schafzahl

Source: IIHF.com

Best players of each team selected by the coaches[edit]

Leoni Geifes (D)
Míra Seregély (F)
Nadia Mattivi (D)
Remi Koyama (F)
Ena Nystrøm (G)
Lívia Kúbeková (F)

Source: IIHF.com

Division I Group B[edit]

The Group B tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 6 to 12 January 2018.^[3] Denmark won the tournament with a +27 goal difference and were promoted to Division I Group A. With only one point earned in five games, Australia was relegated to Division I Group B Qualification.^[4]

Danish defenceman Amanda Refsgaard was the highest scoring player of the tournament, notching 4 goals and 6 assists. Seven of the highest scoring players were Danish, including all five of the top ranked players. The leading scorer from a team other than Denmark was forward Elise Lombard of France, who ranked sixth overall with 4 goals and 2 assists.^[5]

Denmark also topped the charts on the goaltending front, with goaltenders Martine Terrida and Emma-Sofie Nordström ranking first and second in both goals against average (GAA) and save percentage (Sv%). Goaltender Martyna Sass of Poland recorded the highest time on ice at 258 minutes, nearly fifteen minutes more than any other goaltender at the tournament.^[6]